
Contact Improvisation in 2025
April
Contact Improvisation Festival of Provence
12-18 April
France
Join dancers of all skill levels at the Contact Improvisation Festival of Provence in the heart of southern France.
A team of contact improvisation dancers will personally lead you through dance workshops, jams, and live music. Register soon because space is limited to just 25 participants! The fest
Osterimpro Contact Improvisaton Dance Festival
17-21 April
Germany
The website for the Osterimpro Contact Improv festival is in German but they’ll speak English for sure – anyway who needs to talk during contact improv?
Learn more about Osterimpro contact improvisation festival!
Spiritual Dance Festival - Conscious Holy Week
17-20 April
Spain
Yes, going by the video you wouldn’t be judgemental to deduce that they seem to take themselves a little too seriously but if you want to go dancing in the mountains close to Barcelona (we think) there’s the Spiritual Dance Festival offering yoga, tai chi, chi kung, contact improv, reiki
May
Contact in Paradise
26 May
Austria
Contact in Paradise is a contact improvisation festival where you can immerse yourself in a community of creative, joyful dancers exploring paradise together.
The festival boasts a lineup of world-class musicians and dance instructors to help you build skills, connect with creatives like yourself, a
Contango Festival TBC
31-31 May
Italy
Contango is a blend of contact improvisation dance and tango and the Contango Festival is a chance to try that out – there are multiple dates in Germany and Italy.
The festival organizers say: “Contact improvisation makes us soft and elastic every day. Every morning from 10.00 am to 1.00pm w
June
Italy Contact Fest
14-20 June
Italy
Join the 10th-year celebration of Italy Contact Fest in Gaia, Italy.
An experienced lineup of contact teachers will take you on a transformative journey of intensive dance workshops, jams, and classes. Explore contact practice while camping or sharing the 1.400 mq space within the inspiring ecovilla
Emerging Hearts Contact Improvisation Dance Camp UK
23-30 June
UK
Where Community Matters as much as the Dance Contact Improvisation inspired gathering All sorts of amazing dance workshops (not just contact) Variety of creative, somatic and sound-based experiences Small, Intimate and Great Value Nestled within green fields, wild meadows, natural woodlands, lakes,
July
Hungarian Contact Improvisation Festival
8-13 July
Hungary
A cosy contact improvisation festival in Hungary for just 60 dancers.
The organisers say: “We will celebrate Contact Improvisation and deepen together into our practise during 6 days surrounded by nature. This is an opportunity to gather the hungarian community and to welcome international dan
Netherlands Contact Improvisation Festival
8-13 July
Netherlands
The festival organizers say: “A yearly festival where people and dancers from all over the Netherlands and abroad are coming together to create a dancing community that explores and play with this beautiful art/dance form.” Learn more about Netherlands Contact Improvisation Festival.
The Netherlands Contact Improvisation Festival
8-13 July
Holland
The Netherlands Contact Improvisation Festival is a chance to do some CI early in the year.
The festival organisers say: ‘By organizing the Festival and the Gathering, we aim to make this wonderful dance form accessible for dancers to make a deeper dive into it. Additionally, we aim to provide
Body Love Festival
25-29 July
Germany
Body Love Festival features ecstatic dance, contact improv and twerk/yoga with live music sets in a country setting.
The festival organisers say: ‘A weekend dedicated to movement, connection, and community. Just 90 minutes from Berlin, join us at “Wir bauen Zukunft”—a former Botanic Gard
Contango Festival Freiburg TBC
31-31 July
Germany
Kick off your shoes and join your fellow tango enthusiasts at Contango Festival Freiburg.
The festival merges contact improvisation and tango to form one thrilling dance style. Enjoy live music while you learn from experienced guides on an open dance floor. The festival organisers say: “Here a
Warsaw Flow Contact Improv Festival TBC
31-31 July
Poland
Warsaw Flow is Poland’s main contact improvisation festival and is one of the most dynamic CI events in Europe.
The Warsaw Flow organizers say : “In our festival we want to: – use dancing as a tool to work on your own personal process of development – prepare a performanc
August
Stutgart Contact Improvisation Festival
8-10 August
Germany
If you are looking for an intimate experience, focused on community building and connection, Isabelle Guidi’s Contact Improvisation Festival is the event for you.
Split into two sections; an intensive week and the festival weekend, you will build bodywork skills, connect with other creatives,
Immersiones Contact Improv Festival
24-30 August
Spain
Immersiones is a contact improv festival in Spain – the website is in Spanish but the teaching can also be in English and anyway, who needs language to dance CI?
The festival organisers say: ‘Inmersiones was born from the hope of co-creating a meeting between people who love this practic
Solo & CI Tirol Festival TBC
31-31 August
Austria
Immerse yourself in the deep antiwar history of contact improvisation at the Solo & CI Tirol Festival.
Join workshops, lectures, and public talks with artists from Ukraine, as they discuss the current war from an artistic angle. Participate in daily jams to explore your body in motion and be par
September
Portugal Contact Festival
5-10 September
Portugal
Portugal Contact Festival is a contact improvisation community music festival immersed in nature. Enjoy the spontaneous jams, and get lost in the wave of movement in the outdoor dance space in the beauty of nature.
Prepare to let your mind, body, and soul align and dance on the beach and in the oc
Vesuvius Contact Festival TBC
30-30 September
Italy
Jam every night at Vesuvius Contact Festival!
You will cultivate a greater connection to your body with workshops teaching floorwork, communication, transition, and falling, amongst other contemporary contact improvisation practices. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of contact improvisation with a com