Burlington Monday Night Jam

Scroll down for details of the Monday Night Contact Jam

Contact at Oakledge Park tonight

Near the Stone Circle!

Monday June 30th 2025

CI CLASS / LAB (this week!) with Michelle Lefkowitz

WHEN: Sunday, July 20th, 5 p.m. - 7p.m.

WHERE: 257 Pine Street, Burlington 

What I’ll teach: 

— a brief introduction to the history of contact improvisation (acknowledgment of my teachers)

Dance Quotes

Crescent Rolls, Where the body can receive weight, 

Some playful exercises.

Sliding scale 10 - 30. No dancer will be turned away for lack of funds. 

FUTURE CLASS / LABS will generally be held on the last Sunday of the month with rotating teachers. 

- Burlington Jam Guidelines 

MONDAY NIGHT REGULAR CONTACT JAM

COVID - Masks are now optional!  

                                                            Photo by André Blanchet 

Contact Improvisational  
Dance

Monday Evenings

  7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 

at:  Aikido of Champlain Valley

 257 Pine Street 
Burlington VT  05401 

Back Door

Other Requirements

• Sign a Liability Release Form
• Agree to abide by the Jam Guidelines - (Link Below)
• Pay from $5 - $10 or more if you can.  
  

  Burlington Jam Guidelines 

Covid19:   Please, if you’re not feeling well stay home and rest until you’re better.   

Let’s keep each other safe by washing our hands and following the guidelines of the CDC (Center for Disease Control.)  

  

Scroll to the end for links to other dance opportunities.

The Guidelines are a working document.

If you have ideas please email us at  ContactImprovvermont@gmail.com. 

https://contactquarterly.com

Join our Facebook page to connect with local dancers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/697923287050731/

Photo credit: Kinga Michalska - Burlington Jam 2018

continue the evolution and exploration 

of this grounded, flying, searching, softening, finding,

loosing, holding, feeling, knowing, confusing, loving, touching, opening, centering, rolling, spiraling, deepening, surfacing, 

quieting, playful dance form known as 

Contact Improvisation

Abbi Jaffe - The inspiration for the Walk

SCENES FROM THE URBAN DANCE WALK 
Burlington International Contact Jam 2017

momentum-based partnering ... rolling point of contact, balancing over center of gravity, sliding, 

following momentum, lifting using momentum rather than muscle power, “listening” with one’s skin surface.

 Contact Improv

 Film Festival Link

                           

The Urban Dance - from the Burlington International Contact Jam - October 1, 2016 - Church Street, Burlington VT

Scroll down for links to other dance opportunities.
Including Montpelier!

Hope to see you on the Dance Floor....

Matter tells Space how to Bend, Space tells Matter how to Move

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continue the evolution and exploration 

of this grounded, flying, searching, softening, finding,

loosing, holding, feeling, knowing, confusing, loving, touching, opening, centering, rolling, spiraling, deepening, surfacing, 

quieting, playful dance form known as 

Contact Improvisation

Space tells matter how to move.

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Being Intimate without Being Personal

Other Local Dance Opportunities:

The Everything Space:   Montpelier

Thursday Dance Vermont:    (5 Rhythms Based Bare Foot Boogie) - Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester

 

Reciprocity: Vermont Embodiment Center, Underhill

 

The Field Center: Center for Performance, Dance and Interdisciplinary Arts  Bellows Falls

 

Blossom Wellness Center: Montpelier 

Lots of Dance Opportunities Including Contact Improv

Vermont Dance Alliance

Vermont Dance Alliance believes that dance is a transformational art form. By providing a network of resources for dance artists and educational opportunities for movers and audiences, we expand the visibility and accessibility of dance in Vermont and bolster the creative economy of the state.

OUT OF STATE OPPORTUNITIES

Earth Dance: (Western MA): http://earthdance.net/

Boston: contactimprovboston.com

Montreal and other parts of Canada: contactimprov.ca

Montreal: http://contactimpro.org/


Global Sites:
contactimprov.com/

http://contactimprov.net/

INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND JAM INFO:  contactimprovvermont.com