Countries/Regions (Alphabetical)

Antarctica!

http://antarcticdance.blogspot.com/
OK, I just had to put this one in here. I mean who would'a thunk! A group of Contacters from Australia tried to get funding to go dance in this icy tundra! This is their blog that they set up to document the journey which unfortunately never got the funding.

Africa

CI in South Africa
www.kontaekt.com
Contact improvisation is still an un-birthed seedling in South Africa: the potential exists for interested individuals, groups and communities to set up more intensive workshops and consistent classes. For this to happen it is necessary to create links between those already practising contact improvisation and able to offer resources, and those who have been searching for opportunities and a community with which to share their interest. This website hopes to initiate the first of such ongoing and consistent interactions. (English) (WS,B,J,W,S,L)

Remix Dance Project
www.remixdanceproject.co.za
Remix Dance Project, based in Cape Town, is a contemporary dance initiative that brings together performers with physical disabilities and performers without. In addition to performing, Remix runs extensive education programmes for adults and children as well as teacher training programmes in integrated dance. They host monthly contact jams as well as monthly improv jams with live music.

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Argentina

surdespierto
www.surdespierto.org
This is a cultural center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which sometimes offers CI classes, performances, and events, as well as lots of other dance events. (B,WS,PR) (Spanish)

Orion Centro
www.orioncentro.com
A dance center in Buenos Aires that has regular classes and jams.

Buenos Aires Blog for Contemporary Dance
www.danzacontemporaneabuenosaires.blogspot.com

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Asia

Japan CI site - C.I. Co.
www2.odn.ne.jp/c.i.co.
www.jcdn.org/f-activ-a/CIco2.htm
A CI based dance company in Tokyo, Japan, directed by Chico Katsube. They often organize CI workshops and performances inviting various artists from both Japan and overseas. The first site is their home site (all Japanese), the second is an English bio of the company with contact info, found on the Japanese Contemporary Dance Network's site.

Hot summer in Kyoto
www1.neweb.ne.jp/wb/hot-summer/h_s/h_s_e_index.html
An annual international dance festival in Kyoto, Japan, with CI workshops and performances in the program. (B,WS,L) (Japanese, English)

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Australia/New Zealand

Australian Contact Improvisation Convergence
www.theconvergence.org.au
This annual festival had it's debut in June 2005, in Mullumbimby, Byron Shire, NSW, and since then has become the most anticipated event on the Australisian CI calendar. (B, WS, P, V, R, M)

Contact Improvisation Australia
contact.slightly.net
A great, well updated listing of jams, classes, workshops & performances with a clickable map and calendar of Australia to find the events by region or date.

Proximity Magazine
proximity.slightly.net
<proximity> is an Australian magazine devoted to new dance/movement and improvisation practice. It has a focus on CI, movement improvisation and other related forms. This site is a great resource! They have a great archive of articles from 1998-2002, as well as a recently added podcasts section. (W,L)

Kompany Kido
www.kompanykido.com.au
Kido is Kido is a contemporary dance company based in Perth, Australia, exploring the connection between Aikido and CI in their choreography. (B,WS,L)

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Austria

Anja Bader
Anja Bader, teaching and organizing New Dance, Contact-Improvisation and Performance Labs in Innsbruck/Austria. www.anjabader.at

rollingpoint - Verein fer Contact Improvisation
rollingpoint.sonance.net
Rollingpoint is an organization in Vienna devoted to CI. The site lists classes, workshops, and jams in
and around Vienna. (German)

Studio 13
studio13salzburg.com/
Studio in Salzburg offering weekly CI classes and jams.

International Contact Jam in Vienna
http://www.wienjam.at/

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Belgium

Brussels CI Jam Listings
www.freewebs.com/jambrussels/
A nice calendar of jams in Brussels. (English)

Patricia Kuypers and Franck Beaubois' Studio in Brussels.
users.skynet.be/transition
Very interesting Flash animation of a spine coming apart and together. Brussels Jams and workshops listed. Also some videos of performance work. (French)

Contredanse
www.contredanse.org
This seems to be a General site for finding Belgian dance organizations, events, and choreographers. It was quite hard for me to navigate, but that might be because I don't speak French.

Laster Studio
www.lasterstudio.be
Laster Studio in Brussels is a non-profit organization in contemporary arts, such as multidisciplinary stagework, experimental art, dance as well as music and visual arts. Khosro Adibi regularly teaches CI here. (English, Dutch, French)

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Estonia

E.C.I.T.E. (European Contact Improv Teacher's Exchange) Viljandi, Estonia
Every year a different European country hosts ECITE. 2005 was in Viljandi, Estonia. Next year Austria! Maybe Moscow in 2007? The Organizers are currently working on a general website for all ECITE's which will be an archive for past ECITE's as well as info on upcoming events. Here is the link to Estonia's archived site: 
www.matti.ee/tants/ecite 

Polli Talu Studio
A studio in the countryside of Estonia offering occassional CI summer workshops.
http://pollitalu.org/

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France

contact-improvisation.org
www.contact-improvisation.org
This site has ambitions to be a list of world jams, workshops, festivals etc. (up to people to send in their info) At the time of this writing it was under construction.
(German, English and French)

Oster Impro Festival
www.osterimprofestival.info - In it's 4th year next Easter, This International Festival for Contact-, Dance-, Theatre-, Music- and Painting-Improvisation happens annually in Gottingen, Germany. (German and English)

Stolzenhagen/ Ponderosa Tanzland Festival
gut-stolzenhagen.de/e-aktio.htm
www.ponderosa-dance.de
www.smaher.de
In 1999, a group of 22 volunteers came together to build a dance studio in an old cow barn in the village of Stolzenhagen, Germany. This is now the heart of the Ponderosa Tanzland Festival, offering CI classes, artist retreats, workshops, and performances. The first site listed here is the community site, the second is the festival, the third is Co-director and teacher, Stephanie Maher's site. All are filled with beautiful photographs and useful information. (B,WS,J,P,R,L)

Blackforest Jam
www.blackforestjam.de
A wonderful festival that is literally within the Forest of Southern Germany. Supposedly this was the 9th and final year. I'd love to see someone continue this grand event. At least the website is still up and running! (English and German)

Contact Festival Freiburg
www.contactfestival.de
Maybe the largest Contact Festival in Europe with over 20 teachers and 200 participants. Very easy site to navigate complete with schedule, photos, links, and past feedback. (German and English)

Impro Art School for Dance and Theatre
www.improart.de/
A school in Munich offering regular CI classes, workshops and jams

Tanzwerk, Bremen
www.tanzwerk-bremen.de/
Studio in Bremen offering regular CI classes, workshops and jams

Fabrik Potsdam
www.fabrikpotsdam.de
Three studios, a resident dance company, performances, classes and workshops for children and adults in a variety of dance forms including CI. (German and English)

Stock-Kampf-Kunst | Steffen Naumann
www.stockkampfkunst.de
Translation Stick-Combat-Art. Steffen Naumann's studio in Bremen featuring workshops in this African dance/combat form as well as CI, and Alexander Technique. (German)

Tanzart Studio in Darmstadt
www.tanzart-heller.de
Studio run by Uwe Heller in Darmstadt offering courses in CI as well as improvisation, dance theater, and dance for children.

Tanz- und Bewebungslabor, Köln
www.tablab.de
Dance studio in Köln that has CI classes, workshops, and jams. (German only) (WS,J,F,L)

www.contactimprovisation.co.uk
This is one of the most comprehensive resource sites in Europe for jams listings, classes, and workshops in the U.K. as well as abroad. (WS,J,L)

Chisenhale Dance Space
www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk
Chisenhale Dance Space pioneers to be the centre of movement and dance experimentation in London, and has regular classes and workshops in CI. (WS,J,B,M,L)

BodySurf
www.bodysurf.findhorn.com
Based at Findhorn Foundation, Scotland, this organization hosts jams, workshops, and events at their community center and associated studios. (WS,J,L)

London Contact Improvisation
contactimprovisation.co.uk/London
A non-profit group promoting contact improvisation in London and offering weekly classes and jams.
(B,WS,J,P,L)

Penpynfarch
www.penpynfarch.co.uk
A workshop and retreat center in the beautiful rural landscape of South West Wales offering workshops in CI, Yoga, Feldenkrais, creative movement, etc. (B,WS,L)

Dance Base
www.dancebase.co.uk
A central dance studio in Edinburgh, Scotland. They have regular CI classes and occasional Jams.

Movingeast
www.movingeast.co.uk
A studio for dance, martial arts and complimentary medicine. One of the main studios in London where you'll find regular CI in their programming. (B,WS,W,L)

Londondance.com
www.londondance.com/content/398/london_contact_improvisation/
This site has good directory of jams and events in the London Area

Manchester Contact Improvisation
www.manchester-contact-improvisation.org.uk/
A group in Manchester that offers weekly jams and classes

CI in Athens.
jamcontact.7h.com/
www.jam.7h.com
Limited information and poor layout, but one of the only Greek CI sites I could find. (P,L)

Yoga Center, Alternative Methods of Exercise, Athens
www.gisi.gr/aion/
A yoga studio in Athens offering weekly CI classes

CI in Hungary
www.zpok.hu/kontakt/index_en.html
CI Classes in Budapest. (Hungarian, English) (WS,P,L)

Kontact Budapest Festival
www.kkvportal.hu/web.php?030313005302048046334349358357
An annual summer CI festival since 2002. (Hungarian, English) (B,R)

Casina Settarte
www.casinasettarte.org
A stone house with an outdoor dance floor and a panoramic view. Located in Apulia, south Italy, Casina Settarte has offered workshops, performances, and jams since 1994. The site is well organized with clear descriptions of the events and workshops and nice photos. (Italian and English)

ZIP.Orvietofestival
www.contactfestival.it
This has become one of the largest annual dance festivals in Italy, and its focus is primarily on CI. Five days of improvisational dance and music, with guest artists from eight countries invited to collaborate in the creative production of workshops, study labs, jams, and performances every night in two palatial historical theaters. The site is very full of information artists bios, archived performances and photos, historical background on the venues, and lots more.(Italian and English)

Lunati-Contact
www.lunaticontact.splinder.com
LunatiContact is a meeting space for Contact Improvisation, movement, and improvisation. A space open to research, exchange, to meet and share experiences and knowledge. There is an International Jam held here annually as well as smaller jams and workshops throughout the year. (Italian and English) (WS,J,L,P,M)

Spazio PMR
www.spaziopmr.it
A studio in Torino that has classes and Jams. (Italian)

Il Cortile
www.ilcortile.net
Studio in Milano with classes in CI, Feldenkrais, Rebirthing, and creative movement as well as a yearly jam. (Italian)

iNFO DANZa
www.arteco.org/danza/
This site has a information about dance classes, workshops, performances, and festivals all over Italy, much of which is CI related.

Lelastiko
http://web.tiscali.it/lelastiko/
Info on Jams and classes in Brescia. (Mostly Italian with a bit of English)

Deborasbaiz, (Jam organizer/teacher)
www.deborasbaiz.it
Debora organizes the yearly Adriatic Jam in Italy. (B, J, WS) (Italian only)

Napoli Jam
http://www.chiaradanza.it/corsi/contact_improvisation.htm
Chiaradanza Studio hosts a regular CI class and Jam taught by Alessia Scala. (Italian only)

Israeli Contact Festival
www.contactil.org
A great annual festival in its 4th year. This site contains archives of all the previous years with many photos. (Hebrew, English) (B,WS,P,R,L)

Bodyways
www.bodyways.org
A comprehensive site for events Jams and Classes in Israel. Many articles, photos, and other resources can be found here, though it's mostly in Hebrew. (WS,J,L) (Mostly Hebrew, some English)

Contact-i.org
www.contact-i.org
A beautiful new Israeli site moderated by teacher Zohar Rabinovich with a forum, gallery, teachers list, workshops, articles, links. Right now mostly in Hebrew, but promises to translate into English and Russian soon!

www.hakvutza.org.il

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Contact Improvisation in Amsterdam
www.geocities.com/amsterdamjam
This is the best resource for CI in Holland. You'll find a good list of all the Jams and events in the Amsterdam area. Also nice photos and a gallery of Drawings by a local artist, Edgar Jansen, who regularly shows up to sketch dancers. (English) (WS,J,P,M,L)

Another site for CI classes and workshops in Amsterdam:
contactimprovisationamsterdam.wordpress.com/about/

Pauline de Groot Studio
www.xs4all.nl/~pdgdans
Pauline is one of the first CI teachers in Europe. Based in Amsterdam, she currently lives, teaches, and choreographs there. Her studio often hosts CI jams and workshops. (B,WS,PR,L)

Dansavontuur
www.dansavontuur.nl/
CI classes/workshops in Utrecht and Amersfoort, taught by Sebas van Wetten. (Dutch) (B,WS,J)

Dance Moves, Leiden
www.edu-webcreation.nl/dancemoves/
This is a group of dancers who meet every friday in Leiden. A CI friendly evening dance with alternating leaders and teachers.

CI in Delft
http://www.dansnu.nl

Polish Dance Theater
www.ptt-poznan.pl
In Poznan, Poland. CI workshops happen here.