
Contact Improvisation in 2023
January

Road Junky Sahara Retreats in Morocco
15 January-11 February 2023 | Morocco
If you’ve ever fancied visiting the Sahara Desert and experiencing a meditation, dance and yoga retreat deep in the sand dunes then the Sahara retreat in Morocco could be for you. 20 travelers g ...
April

Contact Improvisation Festival of Provence
15-21 April 2023 | 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

Contact in Paradise
17-21 May 2023 | Reichenau/Rax, 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 ...

Italy Contact Festival
31 May-4 June 2023 | Rivignano (Udine), Italy
Set in a little historical town in the heart of Italy, the Italy Contact Festival is where to go to connect with the Italian contact improvisation scene. There will be teachers from around the world w ...
June

The Land of Thousand Contacts: Finnish CI Festival
7-11 June 2023 | Hub Feenix, Karjaa, Finland
Connect and recharge at The Land of Thousand Contacts summer festival. Immerse yourself in the contact improvisation community and nature while learning contemporary and theoretical skills with experi ...

Italy Contact Fest
12-18 June 2023 | Gaia Terra, Northern 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 ...

Algarve Contact Community Gathering
19-25 June 2023 | 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 ...

Hungarian Contact Improvisation Festival
27 June-15 July 2023 | 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 ...

Emerging Hearts Contact Improvisation Dance Camp UK
28 June-3 July 2023 | 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 ...

Galicia Contact Festival
30 June-6 July 2023 | Lugo, Spain
Galicia Contact Festival aims to explore the possibilities of your body in motion. Reach your full potential and gain technical skills, expanding your creativity and joining daily jams to broaden your ...
July

Festival of Contact Improvisation and Tango Beichlingen
4-9 July 2023 | Germany
Spend 5 days dancing in an enchanting castle at the Festival of Contact Improvisation and Tango Beichlingen. Learn, romp, and exchange ideas with a talented lineup of international ContacTango teacher ...

Warsaw Flow Contact Improv Festival
6-12 July 2023 | Warsaw, 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 ...

Netherlands Contact Improvisation Festival
11-16 July 2023 | 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 ...

Contango Festival Freiburg
14-16 July 2023 | 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 ...

Festival de Danse Contact Improvisation
15-21 July 2023 | Rustrel, France
Enjoy 7 days in one of the most beautiful villages in France, participating in intimate workshops, jams, and live performances at Festival Contact Improvisation. Delicious vegetarian delights will be ...

Cardedeu Contact Festival
28 July-3 August 2023 | Cardedeu, Spain
Expand your contact improvisation practice in a serene, intimate environment at Cardedeu Contact Festival. You will enjoy 7 days of jams, dance, live music, and delicious vegetarian treats. Study and ...
Contact Improvisation Festival: Summer in the City
31 July-6 August 2023 | 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 ...
August

Solo & CI Tirol Festival
27 August-3 September 2023 | 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

Vesuvius Contact Festival
4-10 September 2023 | (Pompeii) Naples, 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 ...

Georgian Contact Improvisation Festival
18-24 September 2023 | Tbilsi, Georgia
In case you needed an excuse to travel to Georgia… The CI festival organisers say: ‘This is a festival of Contact Improvisation that brings together people from all over the world and unit ...