Global Underscore
Dancing the Underscore simultaneously around the globe
Saturday 20 June from 4pm-8pm
@Tanzfabrik Berlin, Möckernstr.
Hosted by Mireia Aragonès Carol & Dino Spiri
Detailed information soon!
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
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
Please be on time so we can start together – it is not possible to enter afterwards or in between!
Price
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
21.12.2025 @Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg, Berlin
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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.
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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.
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.
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DATE & TIME21.12.2025
13:00-13:30 Arrival in the space, doors close at 13:30!
13:30-16:00 Jam
16:00-18:00 Potluck
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FEE30€ – 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
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INFO & REGISTRATIONFor any questions, write to [email protected]
Reserve your place here: https://cj6ffp96.paperform.co/
Limited to 30 people, please reserve your spot upfront
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LOCATIONStudio 4
Tanzfabrik Möckernstr. 68, 10965 Berlin
Superjam for Palastine
Contact Improvisation as an act of Solidarity
December 5–7, 2025
Friday • Saturday • Sunday
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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.
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All profits support humanitarian aid for Palestinians. Beyond fundraising, we gather to reflect, connect, and embody collective action through movement.
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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.
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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.
2/ Gaza Soup Kitchen: https://gazasoupkitchen.org
1/ Doctors without Borders: https://events.
2/ Gaza Soup Kitchen: https://gazasoupkitchen.org
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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
Contact Improvisations HerbstJam in Freiburg
From Thr 30. Oct-Sun 2. Nov 2025 at Studio ProArte
I am looking forward already to be dancing a lot during this jam 😉 It’s my third time there and I love how Nadja Schwarzenbach holds the space with so much generosity. Totally recommended!
Find all information on the registration form
Nordtanzfestival
Amidst a cozy & caring festival atmosphere, we create a relaxed learning space for 110 experienced and beginning CI dancers. Over 6 days we’ll meet in the west of Hamburg to deepen Contact Improvisation techniques in workshops and to improvise together in the jams. More info coming soon, we’re looking forward already!
Find all information on the website of Nordtanzfestival
I will be teaching an intensive during the week:
Intensive With Dino: Curiosity in Motion – An attempt to find nuance and connection
In my dancing, physical sensations are such an important driving force. They serve as a gateway into never-ending movement, into curiosity, into pleasure, and also into tasting some edges of discomfort and friction. I will share some practices that I find helpful to access a place of listening and heightened awareness, out of which playfulness, curiosity, and a hunger for sensing oneself and other bodies through touch and movement seem to arise quite naturally.
Recently, I’ve been inspired by making an effort to share verbally with my dance partner(s) what I actually desire, wish, want, or do not want from this particular meeting, with this particular person, at this particular moment. I do not find it all that easy to find my words for that, yet I find the attempt always very enriching. It often deepens the connection to my partner(s) and makes me engage in a different way. I’d like to weave some structures of verbal sharing and negotiation into what we’ll be doing during the two classes. And don’t worry – you do not need to know or think about in advance what you want or don’t want, but you might gather some insights along the way.
As a base and place to start, we’ll probably use some CI basics: simple yet complex proposals that involve sharing weight, leaning, and listening, while moving through space and levels.
You’ll probably get the most out of these classes if you also feel comfortable moving on your own and if you feel somewhat comfortable with technical aspects of the form, so you’ll have some capacity left to dive into sensing, subtlety, and to negotiate various dynamics with your dance partner(s).