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The weekly Tuesday Dance Jam

Join us on the dance floor. All levels are welcome.

PROMOTION - month of December, 2025 drop-ins are $10

310 Danforth Avenue, Toronto

 6:15 pm Class

7:15 pm Dance Jam

REGISTER

2025 Contact Dance Film Festival Awards

We are already taking submission for next years festival

FilmFreeWay

upcomming

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RDD's online ACADEMY

RDD's tuesday dance jam- weekly MEMBERSHIP BASED JAMming

  -Gain access to a growing library online content focused on contact improvision partnering and dance training 


CI Moments

Detailed breakdowns of specific lifts, 

techniques, and contact improvisation 

concepts.


Video Lift Archive

A library of contact improvisation based 

partnering lifts 


Beginner Section

Clear, accessible tutorials designed for

  -Gain access to a growing library online content focused on contact improvision partnering and dance training 


CI Moments

Detailed breakdowns of specific lifts, 

techniques, and contact improvisation 

concepts.


Video Lift Archive

A library of contact improvisation based 

partnering lifts 


Beginner Section

Clear, accessible tutorials designed for dancers who are new to contact improvisation.


Solo Dance & Soft Acrobatics Training

Movement explorations you can practice on your own to build coordination, and creativity.


Anatomy Notes for Dancers

Learn from Kathleen Rea’s anatomy notes to 

better understand your body and move more safely.


Fitness Training for Dancers

Conditioning videos designed to support safe, strong, and sustainable movement.


Teacher Resource Section

Includes a course on how to teach beginner CI ideal for educators.


All this for $5 a month


Join today!

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RDD's tuesday dance jam- weekly MEMBERSHIP BASED JAMming

RDD's tuesday dance jam- weekly MEMBERSHIP BASED JAMming

6:15 pm Class

7:15 pm Dance Jam with live music


LOCATION: 

NUUC's Rafos Hall

310 Danforth Ave, Toronto,

Close to Chester Subway (wheelchair accessible)


Onboarding for newcomers to CI

Last Tuesday of each month September to June there is a beginner class (6:00 pm to 7:30 pm)


Potluck After Jam Community Dinner
Last Tuesday of each month September t

6:15 pm Class

7:15 pm Dance Jam with live music


LOCATION: 

NUUC's Rafos Hall

310 Danforth Ave, Toronto,

Close to Chester Subway (wheelchair accessible)


Onboarding for newcomers to CI

Last Tuesday of each month September to June there is a beginner class (6:00 pm to 7:30 pm)


Potluck After Jam Community Dinner
Last Tuesday of each month September to June there is a after jam potluck community diner. Bring something yummy! 


Drop-ins are $15 to $30 at the door 


Membership is $39  a month - includes class, jam and online academy


MORE INFO

SIGN UP FOR MEMBERSHIP


Contact Improvisation Flying and Basing with Kathleen Rea

Contact Improvisation Flying and Basing with Kathleen Rea

DESCRIPTION:
Learn to fly and or base in contact Improvisation. Advance lifts will be taught. However, several pre-stages to each lift will also be taught and there is no expectation that students need to arrive at doing the lift if they are not ready.  Alo’s people can choose to practice either basing base or fly or decide to do both rol

DESCRIPTION:
Learn to fly and or base in contact Improvisation. Advance lifts will be taught. However, several pre-stages to each lift will also be taught and there is no expectation that students need to arrive at doing the lift if they are not ready.  Alo’s people can choose to practice either basing base or fly or decide to do both roles. Application and integration into jamming will be explored with the hope that the material learned can show up in improvised dance! You must be an intermediate level dance who is starting tp be comfortable being upside down. Class learning will be supported by tutorial video that will be available ot the students.
 

DATES AND TIME:
June 2 and June 20, 2026

10:00am to 1:00 pm
 

ADDRESS:
Home studio in the Roncesvalles, Toronto (West end). Address will be given once you register.

REGISTER: 


Contact Improvisation Flying and Basing with Kathleen Rea

Contact Improvisation Flying and Basing with Kathleen Rea

DESCRIPTION:
Learn basic contact dance principles that are the base of all that come next in your Contact improvisation learning curve.

DATES AND TIME:
Monday June 8
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

ADDRESS:
Home studio in the Roncesvalles area (West-end of Toronto close ot Queen and Roncesvalles)
Address will be given once you register.
Studio is two

DESCRIPTION:
Learn basic contact dance principles that are the base of all that come next in your Contact improvisation learning curve.

DATES AND TIME:
Monday June 8
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

ADDRESS:
Home studio in the Roncesvalles area (West-end of Toronto close ot Queen and Roncesvalles)
Address will be given once you register.
Studio is two flights up


COST:

$50

REGISTER:
https://www.eventzilla.net/o/REAson

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The Axis Syllabus- Ease through UNDERSTANDING how your body works

The Axis Syllabus- Ease through UNDERSTANDING how your body works

On Thursday nights, Kathleen Rea teaches the Axis Syllabus in Toronto's west end at Roncesvalles United Church in Toronto (wheelchair accessible). These classes will help people learn to move with ease and prevent injuries.


THE AXIS SYLLABUS CLASS

(All levels)

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm - Class


REGISTER and drop-ins also welcome

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STRENGTH TRAINING INSPIRED BY THE Axis Syllabus

The Axis Syllabus- Ease through UNDERSTANDING how your body works

Kathleen Rea teaches the strength training inspired by the Axis Syllabus in Toronto's west end at her home studio in the Roncesvalles area.

(All levels)


Mondays

9:30 am to 11:00 am


and/or


Thursdays

3:30 pm to 5:00 pm


Drop-ins welcome if the course is not full. 


REGISTER 

Sixdancer on stage. Some are in lifts and others in solo moments

Company Dance class inspired by the Axis Syllabus

Kathleen Rea teaches a open REAson d'etre dance class inspired by the Axis Syllabus in  at Roncesvalles United Church in Toronto 

(for advanced movers)


Friday

10:00am am to 11:30 am


Drop-ins welcome but full series to advance further in your practice.


REGISTER 

Falling Autumn

Oct 9 to 11, 2026


The Falling into Autumn Jam is an annual weekend jam that aims to be a dance-focused exploration of Contact Improvisation featuring workshops, jams and a film screening. We work to welcome as many types of bodies, identities, and levels of experience in this wheelchair-friendly and access-focused space. We welcome dancers

Oct 9 to 11, 2026


The Falling into Autumn Jam is an annual weekend jam that aims to be a dance-focused exploration of Contact Improvisation featuring workshops, jams and a film screening. We work to welcome as many types of bodies, identities, and levels of experience in this wheelchair-friendly and access-focused space. We welcome dancers from Toronto and the surrounding areas to join us 


LOCATION:
Celia Franca Centre, 400 Jarvis St, Toronto, (wheelchair accessible and barrier-free)


SCHEDULE

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