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Contact improvisation jams & classes in London
Contact improvisation is a movement practice built on a shared point of contact: two people lean, roll, lift and give weight, following momentum rather than choreography. It's danced barefoot and usually in silence or to quiet music.
London has weekly jams — open floors where anyone can dance with anyone — plus classes for people who want the technique first. Jams often ask for some prior experience; classes never do.
2 on in the next seven days — times, venues and tickets, refreshed several times a day.
Sunday 27 September
Tuesday 29 September
Common questions
- What is contact improvisation?
- A duet form developed by Steve Paxton in the 1970s in which dancers share weight through a moving point of contact. Nothing is set in advance: the dance follows physics — momentum, gravity and the surface between two bodies.
- Is contact improv a beginner-friendly practice?
- Classes are, and are the right place to start: you learn rolling, giving weight and how to keep each other safe. Open jams assume you already have those basics, so check the listing before turning up to one.
- Is contact improvisation intimate?
- It involves a lot of physical contact but is not romantic or sexual, and consent is explicit throughout — you can decline a dance or end one at any point without explanation.