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Dance-theatre productions, contact improvisation, axis syllabus and strength training

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Toronto Tuesday Dance Jam - a place for contact improvisation

Weekly

TIME: 

Weekly
6:15 pm Class

7: 15 pm Dance Jam with live music


LOCATION: 

NUUC's Rafos Hall
310 Danforth Ave, Toronto
(wheelchair accessible)


Last Tuesday of each month Sept to June there is a beginner class (6:00 pm-7:30 pm) and a community  potluck diner


COST:
Drop-ins are $15 to $30 siding scale at the doors (Debit or Credit)

Membership is $39 a month


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

Contact Improvisation Flying and Basing with Kathleen Rea

Saturdays, June 2 and 20, 2026 - 10 am to 1:30 pm

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. 


DATES AND TIME:
June 2 and June 20, 202

10:00am to 1:00 pm
 

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

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


 

STRENGTH TRAINING inspired by the aXIS SYLLABUS

Monday morning and Thursday afternoon

On Thursday afternoons, Kathleen Rea teaches the strength training inspired by the Axis Syllabus 


TIME and DATE: 

Mondays - 9:30 am to 11:00 am

and/or

Thursdays - 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm


LOCATION:

Toronto's west end at at a home studio in the Roncesvalles area.


REGISTER NO drop-ins as space is limited

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AXIS SYLLABUS CLASS SERIES

Thursdays

Class series with Axis Syllabus teacher Kathleen Rea. Research flexibility, alignment, anatomical attributes, and ways of moving that are safe and energy-conservative. 


TIME:

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm - class


LEVEL: For everyone all 


LOCATION: Roncesvalles United Church, 240 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto  (wheelchair accessible)


REGISTER

Drop-ins welcome

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dance class series inspired by the aXIS SYLLABUS

Friday Mornings

 FOR ADVANCED MOVERS


TIME:
10:00 am pm to 11:30 am Class


DATES FOR CLASS SERIES:
Friday morning class April 10 to June 25, 2026

LOCATION: Roncesvalles United Church, 240 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto.


LEVEL: For experience with movers.


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UNICAMP - Axis Syllabus wEEKEND Retreat

August 28-30, 2026

Sliding scale: $100-160

LOCATION: Unicamp of Ontario, 638159 Prince of Wales Rd W, Mulmur, ON L9V 0C5

DESCRIPTION:
Optimize your movement with insights from physics, anatomy, and biomechanics: Empower flow states in sports, dance, and everyday life and Increase agility, flexibility, strength, and balance.

REGISTER:
https://unicampofontario.ca/event/axis-syllabus-august-28-30-2026/ 

Toronto's "Falling Into Autumn" - Long weeekend for contact improvisation

Oct 9 to 12 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)


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