BEYOND DUETS

Contact Improvisation Summer Intensive with Joerg Hassmann
18.-24.07.2026 @Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg, Berlin

* For experienced contacters
* Max 35 participants
The duet is the core constellation of Contact Improvisation and will be a central base in this workshop. We love the clarity of relating to one person – being in dialogue, negotiating weight, direction and dynamics while hearts attune. It holds both simplicity and complexity, and we will dive deeply into the technical aspects of this form.
The mysterious web of satisfying jamming though needs more than that. Soloing and trios are the base for expanding beyond the common duet bubbles. Trios bring unpredictability, surprise and compositional challenges – the beauty of problem-solving in motion. There is a dynamic to trios that asks for calmness, ease and simplicity in order to let go into the openness. For decades I shied away from trios in my teaching. Now the desire for it is surfacing.
We’ll focus on the solo, duets and trios topic in the first half of the workshop and we want to see what’s emerging from what happened – or didn’t happen – in the first three days, during the second half of the workshop.
Each day will include a lab during which we can draw from the vast knowledge that many of the teachers and long term contacters bring to the space. How can we give feedback to support each other on our growing edges? While technical labs are always a great option, we’d like to also encourage more curiosity in how the solo body organises and establish soft skill labs that focus more on listening, emotional availability or courageous choice-making.
We, Joerg & Dino, are excited to invite you to another CI Summer Intensive in Berlin. More than in previous years, we want to tap into the collective knowledge and experience within the group, as many participants are teachers and long-term practitioners. We aim to shape this workshop in a more collaborative way, fostering a stronger sense of shared responsibility and self-efficacy.
We are interested in exploring formats that allow everyone to engage more actively beyond fixed roles, e.g. by contributing to daily CI labs, collaborating in the preparation and demonstration of material together with Joerg, or supporting one another through emotionally challenging moments. Our intention is to create a space where learning, teaching, and holding the process can be shared more fluidly.
Dino & Joerg
We have been on a shared journey with CI for over 20 years, during which a deep friendship has grown. In recent years, our focus has developed towards creating frameworks that support group cohesion, vulnerability, and personal growth within the practice of CI and we are interested in balancing detailed work with open structures that allow for rich and unpredictable dancing.
This year, we are curious about how to further soften hierarchies and open the space for more collective ownership – while still maintaining clarity, safety, and depth in the work.
❓ For any questions write to
[email protected]
⏰ Times
18.07.-24.07.2026
Sat-Mon & Wed-Fri 10:00-17:30 (2 hour lunch break)
Sunday 10-14
Tuesday is free!
💵 Fee
580-380€, sliding scale
📍 Place
Tanzfabrik Berlin / Studio 4
Möckernstraße 68, 10965 Berlin
Visit Joerg’s homepage & blog www.joerghassmann.com
📷 Jennifer Rohrbacher / Adrian Russi, Günther Klingler & Joerg Hassmann dancing

Global Underscore

Dancing the Underscore simultaneously around the globe

Saturday 20 June from 4pm-8pm
@Tanzfabrik Berlin, Möckernstr.

For the last 26 years, Contact Improvisation practitioners have met around summer solstice with the desire to connect, dance, and compose together simultaneously through this practice.
The Underscore was initiated by Nancy Stark Smith and her study group, and has evolved since 1990 with the aim of opening Contact Improvisation into the broader arena of improvisational dance practice. This year we will offer the Global Underscore at Tanzfabrik Berlin in a modified shorter version.
The practice includes a preparation talk:
In an interactive and playful way, we will discover and revisit the phases and aspects of this score. This information will inform and enrich the actual practice, creating a common language and frame to play with. If you are new to the Underscore, attending the talk-trough is mandatory. If you know the Underscore – we warmly encourage you to attend the talk-through, as well. We’d love to have your experience & contribution in the space!
For more detailed information visit globalunderscore.com
After the Underscore, there will be an optional potluck in the studio, for those who want to stay. Please bring some food to share.
Usually, Contact Improvisation Classes and Silent Jams take place on alternating Saturdays at Tanzfabrik. The Global Underscore will take place instead of the Silent Jam on June 20. The Global Underscore happens in agreement with the Silent Jam – Team: Adalisa Menghini, Jorge de Hoyos, Ka Rustler & Susanne Martin. Thanks for the collaboration!
➡️ Place
Tanzfabrik Berlin / Möckernstr. 68, 10965 Berlin
Studio 3 (in the backyard, entrance C, 3rd floor)
➡️ Times
Saturday 20 June, 16-22
15:45 – 16:15 > Arrival for talk-trough

16:15 – 17:15 > Talk-through
17:15 – 17:30 > Arrival for the Underscore, it is not possible to join after 17:30!
17:30 – 20:00 > Global Underscore Practice, including harvesting at the end
20:00 – 22:00 > Potluck, for those who wish to stay
➡️ Hosts & Music
Mireia Aragonés & Dino Spiri
Live Music by Barnaby Tree
➡️ Price
30-10€ sliding scale, payment in cash
➡️ Info & Registration
For any questions, write to [email protected] or [email protected]
🌍 Please sign up through this form. Places are limited to 30 people.
https://atof3pp6.paperform.co/

 

 

Contact Improvisation OsterJam in Freiburg

From Fri 3.-Mon 6. April 2026 at Studio ProArte

I am looking forward already to be dancing a lot during this jam 😉 It’s my fourth time there and I love how Nadja Schwarzenbach holds the space with so much generosity. Totally recommended!

Find all information on the REGISTRATION FORM

 

 

💫 Spring Equinox CI Jam & Potluck ⛄🎄

15:00-20:00
21.03.2026 @Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg, Berlin
🎶 With live music from Gábor Hartyáni
The Spring Eqionx is the astronomical start of spring and warmer weather in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator, resulting in nearly equal day and night lengths worldwide. It is celebrated in many cultures as a time of renewal.
This jam is an invitation to come together to move & share food with one another, celebrate the beginning of spring with our Berlin CI community.
After the jam, there is an optional Potluck in the studio, for those who want to stay. Please bring some food to share with others.

This jam is for people familiar with the practice of Contact Improvisation. Please feel free to spread the word and invite your friends!
We will begin and end together, please be on time! Arrival between 15-15:30, after 15:30 there is no entry possible.
⭐ DATE & TIME
21.03.2026
15:00-15:30 Arrival in the space, doors close at 15:30!
15:30-18:00 Jam
18:00-20:00 Potluck
Save the Date:
Instead of Summer Solstice Jam – GLOBAL UNDERSCORE: Saturday 20.06. / 16:00-20:00 / Studio 3, Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg
Autumn Equinox Jam: Sunday 27.09. / 13:00-18:00 / Studio 3, Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg
Winter Solstice Jam: Sunday 20.12. / 13:00-18:00 / Studio 4, Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg
⭐ FEE
30€ – 10€
Sliding scale
It’s highly appreciated, if participants pay 10+€ in order to help covering the studio rent + the fees for our musician and organizer
⭐ INFO & REGISTRATION
For any questions, write to [email protected]
Reserve your place here: https://cj6ffp96.paperform.co/
Limited to 30 people, please reserve your spot upfront
⭐ LOCATION
Studio 1
Tanzfabrik Möckernstr. 68, 10965 Berlin

Contemplative Dance Practice

A practice where meditation and dance making meets
– Developed by Barbara Dilley –

The Contemplative Dance Practice invites you to slow down, listen, and move with awareness. Through a balance of stillness and movement, the practice supports a deeper connection to the body, the present moment, and the people around you.

CDP is shared in three parts: Meditation, Personal Awareness Practice, and Open Space. Each part is marked by the sound of a bell, offering time to notice sensations, thoughts, and movement choices, and to explore how we relate to space and others while moving. Movement, witnessing, and meditation intertwine, every body and all movement are welcome. The practice emphasizes kinesthetic delight (the enjoyment that comes from feeling yourself move, rather than from how the movement looks or whether it achieves a goal).

Why we offer it
Through sensing in and connecting with oneself during the first two phases of the practice, we find that interactions with others during the open space come from a deeper place. This quality feels very satisfying and nourishing to us. Contact Improvisation is welcome as part of the third phase of CDP, as we understand and offer it. 

Our CDP structure

  • 20 min Meditation, invitation to observe the present moment in stillness
  • 30 min Personal Awareness Practice, invitation to sense yourself through movement
  • 40 min Open Space, invitation to explore relating to space and others with and without contact

We begin and close with a sharing circle.

When & Where
7 meetings in 2026 

Sundays 15.02., 29.03., 10.05. & 26.07. @ Studio 3 // Tanzfabrik Berlin, Möckernstr. 68, 10965 Berlin

Sundays 06.09., 25.10. & 06.12. @Studio 2 // Kunstquartier Bethanien Kreuzberg, Mariannenpl. 2, 10997 Berlin (take staircase on the right hand side, 2nd floor)

Time
11am – 1.30pm
Doors open between 11-11.15am. Please be on time so we can start together – it is not possible to enter afterwards or in between!

Price – Drop In
10€ – 25€ sliding scale

Hosted by Mireia Aragonès Carol & Dino Spiri

 

⭐ Arriving Deeply – Dancing Fully ⭐

Contact Improvisation Winter Intensive with Joerg Hassmann
02.01.-07.01.2026 @Eden****** Studios, Berlin

* For experienced contacters
* Max 35 participants
* First time at Eden***** Studios with a smooth wooden floor

It is a special time when we meet to dance: after all the “end of year pressures” and celebrations, yet before the regular rhythm of daily life returns. My wish is that we let the dust settle, sink into the moment, and touch an alive inner calmness that enhances our presence with “what is.” Alive pausing … a sweet way to challenge habits, open new directions, and sense connections beyond touch.

I long for a fullness in our dancing – with many flavors: juicy animal bodies, wildness and weirdness, suspension and spaciousness … yet without forcing anything.

We will use bodysurfing for an embodied sense of groundedness, connecting deeply to gravity with lush bodies, wondering if and when the urge emerges to jump, fly and fall. Somatic work and Contact Improvisation technique will serve as anchors for the physicality of our journey.


For experienced contacters
Participants should be very familiar with Contact Improvisation technique, which will be our common language for this Intensive. For your orientation: We imagine a regular practice of at least two years. In case of doubt, check in with us.


🦄 WORKSHOP TIMES
2.-7.1.2026
Fri 15-18
Sat 10-17:30
Sun 10-17:30
Mon 10-17:30
Tue 10-17:30
Wed 10-14
(2 hrs lunch break from Sat-Tue, on Wednesday only mini break)

🦄 FEE
550€ – 350€ – sliding scale

🦄 INFO & REGISTRATION
Registration link
[email protected]

🦄LOCATION
EDEN***** Studios
Breite Strasse 43, 13187 Berlin-Pankow

Visit Joerg’s homepage & blog www.joerghassmann.com

Photo: Laeti Noblet & Joerg Hassmann dancing

💫 Winter Solstice CI Jam & Potluck ⛄🎄

13:00-18:00
21.12.2025 @Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg, Berlin
🎶 With live music from Andrea C Junge / AndieSounds
The Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year, marks a turning point in the seasonal cycle. From this moment onward, the days slowly begin to lengthen again – a timeless symbol of renewal, hope, and the return of light.
This jam is an invitation to come together to move & share food with one another, celebrate the Solstice and a little bit of Christmas 🤶 with our Berlin CI community.
After the jam, there is an optional Potluck in the studio, for those who want to stay. Please bring some food to share with others.

This jam is for people familiar with the practice of Contact Improvisation. Please feel free to spread the word and invite your friends!
We will begin and end together, please be on time! Arrival between 13-13:30, after 13:30 there is no entry possible.
⭐ DATE & TIME
21.12.2025
13:00-13:30 Arrival in the space, doors close at 13:30!
13:30-16:00 Jam
16:00-18:00 Potluck
⭐ FEE
30€ – 10€
Sliding scale
It’s highly appreciated, if participants pay 10+€ in order to help covering the studio rent + the fees for our musician and organizer
⭐ INFO & REGISTRATION
For any questions, write to [email protected]
Reserve your place here: https://cj6ffp96.paperform.co/
Limited to 30 people, please reserve your spot upfront
⭐ LOCATION
Studio 4
Tanzfabrik Möckernstr. 68, 10965 Berlin

Superjam for Palastine

Contact Improvisation as an act of Solidarity
December 5–7, 2025
Friday • Saturday • Sunday
Join us for a three-day Contact Improvisation gathering in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Through dance, listening, and shared movement, we honor values of presence, communication, and humanitarian care. Contact Improvisation invites us to co-create and resist domination—principles that echo the Palestinian struggle for dignity and justice.
All profits support humanitarian aid for Palestinians. Beyond fundraising, we gather to reflect, connect, and embody collective action through movement.
Across three days of jams, sound baths, bodywork, and exchanges, we’ll explore improvisation as a practice of care, hope, and resistance. Whether you’re new or experienced, bring your body, curiosity, and solidarity.
Register here: [email protected]

Contributions:
  • Vision: Antoine Ragot with the support of Alex Zampini and Rebecca Weingartner
  • Sound bath: Triloka
  • Politics Input and reflection scores: Antoine & Rebecca
  • Circle of information: Ali Schwartz (tbc)
  • Active listening: Naama Ityel
  • Music: Alex Zampini, Moss Beynon Juckes, Tere Wiecko, Paula Schieferecke
  • Jam starters: Dino Spiri, Zoe Phoenix, Mathilde Mensink
  • Books & articles: All participants

Schedule:
  • Friday:
    9h30 Registrations and opening circle
    10h30-12h30 Body-work into Jam
    14h30-17h30 CI and Politics into Jam
    19h-21h30: Triloka Sound Bath into silent Jam
  • Saturday:
    10h00-12h30 Body work into Jam
    14h30-17h30 Circle of information into Jam
    19h-21h30 Jam
  • Sunday:
    10h00-12h30 Body work into Jam
    14h30-16h30 Active listening Naama into Jam
    17h End

Entrance against proof of payment to either:
1/ Doctors without Borders: https://events.doctorswithoutborders.org/…/Humanitarian…
2/ Gaza Soup Kitchen: https://gazasoupkitchen.org
Payment by cash at the registration desk is also accepted
Suggested Donation: 70 euros, 100 euros or 150+ euros for the weekend

Close Enough to Sense 
Dancing the Delicious Edges of Almost Touch

Contact Improvisation Workshop with Dino Spiri
15 Nov 2025 @K77 Berlin

Two bodies in direct physical touch, negotiating various degrees of density and weight — that’s probably one of the most familiar and most practiced ways of connecting to a dance partner in contact improvisation. As a base to start exploring from, we’ll use basic CI principles: simple yet complex technique-based proposals that involve sharing weight, leaning, and listening, while moving through space and levels.

Once we’ve established a grounded and juicy connection, I’d love to invite more subtle possibilities of touch — where communication becomes more fine and detailed, without necessarily having to be slow or less juicy. Some hands-on work will support our softening — not only on a physical level. Softened bodies and minds are able to sense more, move more connectedly, and become more permeable.

As our awareness heightens, we’ll include even more subtle possibilities of contact. I’m fascinated by the possibilities that open up when we invest in communication on the level of our kinespheres — this wonderful place of almost touch, when we are close to each other and could easily touch physically, but don’t necessarily have to. 

There can be a lot of freedom in moving together without physical touch, while still sensing a very clear physical connection to one’s partner. I find that including energetic planes can bring a sense of vulnerability and intimacy, a lot of pleasure, and quite a bit of magic to the dance. And of course, returning to physical touch is always an option. How might our dances change if we move in and out of touch?

Some experience in Contact Improvisation recommended, yet open to any-body.
Feel free to reach out with any questions.


DEUTSCH:

Direkter Körperkontakt mit der Aushandlung von unterschiedlichen Intensitäten von Dichte und Gewicht – das ist eine der vertrautesten und am häufigsten auftauchenden Formen des Kontaktes, die in einem CI Duett vorkommen. Wir beginnen den Workshop mit grundlegenden CI-Prinzipien: einfache, aber komplexe, technikbasierte Vorschläge, die das Teilen von Gewicht, Lehnen und Zuhören beinhalten – während wir uns zusammen durch Raum und Ebenen bewegen.

Außerdem möchte ich subtilere Möglichkeiten der Berührung einladen – Kommunikation wird feiner und detaillierter, ohne unbedingt langsamer oder weniger juicy zu sein. Hands-On-Arbeit wird uns dabei unterstützen, durchlässiger zu werden – nicht nur auf körperlicher Ebene, sondern auch auf weiteren Ebenen unseres Seins.

Während das Bewusstsein immer feiner wird, beziehen wir zusätzliche Möglichkeiten des Kontakts ein: Mich fasziniert, welche Räume sich öffnen, wenn wir in die Kommunikation auf der Ebene unserer Kinesphäre investieren – diesem wunderbaren Raum des Fast-Berührens, wenn wir einander nahe sind und uns sehr leicht berühren könnten, es aber nicht zwingend müssen.

Es kann viel Freiheit darin liegen, nicht im direkten Körperkontakt zu tanzen, während dennoch eine sehr klare Verbindung zum*r Partner*in zu spüren ist . Ich finde, dass die Einbeziehung energetischer Ebenen dem Tanz Verletzlichkeit und Intimität, viel Freude und eine gute Portion Magie hinzufügen kann. Und natürlich bleibt physischer Kontakt jederzeit eine Option. Wie verändern sich unsere Tänze, wenn wir mit Berührung und Nicht-Berührung spielen?

Etwas Erfahrung in Contact Improvisation ist hilfreich für diesen Workshop. Der Workshop ist trotzdem offen für jede*n. Bei Fragen könnt ihr euch jederzeit gerne melden.


Information & registration
Registration form
www.dinospiri.com
[email protected]

Times
Sat 15.11
10:30-13:00 & 15:00-17:30, 2h lunch break

Price
110€ – 60€ /Person

Place
Studio 77 e.V. (K77 Studio) | k77studio.org, Kastanienallee 77, 2.backyard, 3rd floor, 10435 Berlin