toronto TUESDAY Dance JAM

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Toronto Tuesday Dance Jam
The Toronto Tuesday Dance Jam is a weekly, membership-based contact improvisation (CI) jam featuring live improvised music, plus a pre-jam CI class. While many people participate as members, drop-ins are always welcome.

What to Expect
Experience the magic of contact improvisation with live music—dancers and musicians in real-time dialogue through movement and sound.
Contact Improvisation is a playful, responsive dance form rooted in touch, momentum, listening, and connection. Balance with a partner, explore weight and flow, and discover spontaneous movement together. This is a practice of presence, curiosity, and real human connection, held within a consent-based community that celebrates exploration and expression.

Schedule 

6:15 pm to 7:15 pm -  Contact improvision class

7:15 pm to 8:45 pm - Contact improvisation jam with live music

The last Tuesday of each month (Sept to June) we add in a Beginner Contact Improvisation class and a community potluck dinner or performance night.

New to Contact Improvisation?
Newcomer Onboarding Class
6:00–7:30 pm Beginner Contact Improvisation class 

Last Tuesday of each month (September–June)
A beginner-friendly class designed to welcome and orient those new to Contact Improvisation 

Community Potluck Dinner and/or performance night
Last Tuesday of each month (September–June)
Join us after the jam for a shared potluck dinner—an easy way to connect, relax, and build community.

Why Become a Member?
A membership with REAson d’etre dance helps us:

• Pass on savings to regular attendees
   
• Build a strong, connected community
   
• Offer special events for members
   
• Provide access to the RDD Online Academy (contact improvisation video tutorials, with two new videos added each month)
   

Not Ready for Membership? That’s Okay.
Drop-ins are always welcome—no membership required.

DROP-INS

$15 to $30 sliding scale (we take credit or debit... we do not take cash)

All drop-ins need to read RDD Jam Guidelines before attending. 

RDD Dance Jam Guidelines

MEMBERSHIP

One month free trial

All memberships begin with a one-month free trial.

Membership rate:

• $39 - monthly rate (in-person and RDD Online Academy)

All members: 

• attend dance jam all year long year whenever you want
• attend pre-jam classes all year long whenever you want
• attend after-jam special events
• have access to RDD Online academy which provides contact improvisation video tutorials with two new ones added each month.

Become a member

Feb 3 -  Krishna Deva

Feb 10 - Nilan Perera

Feb 17 - Charles James

See our roster of musician

Rafos Hall

Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation (NUUC)
310 Danforth Avenue
Toronto, ON M4K 1N6  

Please use Jackman Avenue entrance with ramp

Please note that Rafos Hall is wheelchair accessible

Barrier-free entrance is at the Jackman Avenue entrance. It has a ramp and elevator

All attendees need to read RDD's Dance Jam Guidelines before attending

RDD Dance Jam Guidelines

We also have a Beginner-Tip-Sheet for newcomers to Contact Improvisation

RDD Beginner-Tip-Sheet

SCHOLARSHIPS

We have scholarships for those that need lower membership fees.

To receive a scholarships please contact kathlee.rea@reasondetre.com with the heading "SCHOLERSHIP INQUERY"  in the header

PHYSICAL ACCESS 

Rafos Hall is wheelchair-accessible with two wheelchair-accessible washrooms right next to the dance studio. The entrance is barrier-free. 

Kathleen Rea, who teaches the pre-jam class, has autism and has worked and taught dancers with low-vision, who use a wheelchair and who are deaf (although her sign language is limited) 

Email kathleen.rea@reasondetre.com.com if you require access accommodations or if you have any questions about access. 

• Please do not attend if you are sick

• Masking is optional (Please know the community who attends this jam tends toward 90% not wearing masks and 10% wearing masks ratio) 

• Any open sores or contagious skin conditions need a medical grade bandage covering them

There are many CI events in Toronto. At REAson d'etre we work to foster surplus thinking in the way we interact with the community. Therefore we encourage you to check out other contact improvisation teachers and jams:

• Sunday Jam
• Jonathan Lilly
• Suzanne Liska
• Toronto CI Facebook page (to stay updated on Toronto CI happenings)
• https://contactimprov.ca/on/toronto/ (resource page)
• also RDD's Falling into Autumn an annual fall jam 
• There are also other great CI events so ask around or do a "Toronto contact improvisation" search to get the full picture.

CI teachers and event organizers are as well welcome to attend the Tuesday Jam and make announcements about their CI events in our closing circle or arrange RDD or others to make announcements for them. We  are happy to support the Toronto CI community.