Contact improvisation dance festivals are popping up everywhere these days. There's always a warm community feeling and there are many who go from one contact improvisation (also known as contact improv, impro or CI) event to the next. portugal CI festival Of course, you might be wondering, what is a contact improvisation dance festival anyway?

Contact Improvisation in 2024



March

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Osterimpro Contact Improvisaton Dance Festival

28 March-1 April 2024 | Schonsee, 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 ...

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Spiritual Dance Festival - Conscious Holy Week

28-31 March 2024 | Barcelona, 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 ...

April

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Contact Improvisation Festival of Provence

20-26 April 2024 | Provence, 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 works ...

May

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Algarve Contact Community Gathering

8-12 May 2024 | Algarve, Portugal

Dance and play with other freedom seekers at the Algarve Contact Community Gathering. This meeting of creatives celebrates local artists, dancers, and musicians in a cozy, countryside backdrop. Activi ...

Contango Festival

26 May-2 June 2024 | 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: â ...

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Contact in Paradise

28 May-1 June 2024 | 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-cla ...

June

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Italy Contact Fest

12-18 June 2024 | 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 ...

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Emerging Hearts Contact Improvisation Dance Camp UK

26 June-1 July 2024 | Wiltshire, 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 S ...

Embodied Dance Festival & Retreat

28 June-7 July 2024 | Austria

Contact Improvisation meets Conscious Dance! EMBODIED DANCE offers you a self-empowering journey through multidisciplinary practises: Contemporary Dance, Conscious Dance, Contact Improvisation & A ...

July

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Hungarian Contact Improvisation Festival

2-14 July 2024 | Három Kincs Völgye, 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 ...

Warsaw Flow Contact Improv Festival

4-12 July 2024 | 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 ...

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Contango Festival Freiburg

5-7 July 2024 | Freiburg, 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 ...

Netherlands Contact Improvisation Festival

9-14 July 2024 | Overveen, 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 th ...

August

Stutgart Contact Improvisation Festival

2-4 August 2024 | Stuttgart, 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 int ...

Jam of Arts Festival and Sundance Festival

23 August-3 September 2024 | Greece

Two interesting festivals, one following the other on the beach in Greece 🙂 Jam of Arts Festival 23 – 29 August and Sundance Festival 20 August – 3 September. The festival organisers sa ...

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Solo & CI Tirol Festival

27 August-3 September 2024 | 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 cur ...

September

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Vesuvius Contact Festival

3-8 September 2024 | 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 ...

Portugal Contact Festival

5-10 September 2024 | 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 b ...