DNE - Dance New England - Sustaining the Creative Moments in Community Through Movement and Dance

Northampton
Massachusetts

Fri 8:30pm-12:30am
Cost: $6-$10
street-shoe-free, smoke-free, substance-free. wheelchair friendly, all ages, come early for one of New England's hottest dances!

NEA Dance Studio
25 Main St (Rt 9), 4th flr

(Above FitzWilly's)

Nancy Farber
(413) 548-8171

Barefoot Boogie

07/09

New York
New York

2nd & 4th Sat. Night, 8:30pm-12:30am
Cost: $10-$15 /kids free

Insight Meditation Center
28 W 27th Street, 10th Floor (Buzzer #27)

Kevin Slesinsky
617-970-8041

Freestyle Frolic

08/02

New Paltz (area)
New York

usually 1st & 3rd Sat, 8:30pm-1:00am or beyond...
Cost: $5 adults/$2 teens/kids free

Oct-April: Indoors at 389 Broadway, Kingston
May-Sept: Outdoors at River Road Ext, New Paltz

Hrana Janto

Frolic info
(845) 658-8319

DANCE JAM WILLIMANTIC CT

11/10

Willimantic
Connecticut

4th Saturday of the month, 7-10pm
Cost: Suggested donation $10
Upcoming Dances will be 11/20,12/18/10; 1/22 & 2/26/11. Contact Anneliese for more info.

Grasshopper Arts Dance Studio
25 Meadow St

Anneliese Smith
860-487-1100

Dance LaVie

Manchester
Connecticut

The 2nd Saturday of the month in our dance studio at 7:30 pm
Cost: $5/kids free
Join us with your Playful Spirit.

The Center for Progressive Therapies
192 Hartford Rd

(visit our web site for directions)

Mylčne (Me) Poitras
Me 860.538.4724

Danceables, Manchester CT

Manchester
Connecticut

The 2nd Saturday of the month in our dance studio at 8 pm
Cost: $3-5
Contact Jim Cowles if you plan to attend & to make certain (Sometimes we have other things scheduled)

The Center for Progressive Therapies
192 Hartford Rd

(Directions on our website)

Jim Cowles
(860)916-2775

Pure Expressions, Movement and Dance

11/03

Storrs
Connecticut

Thu 7:00-8:30pm (except the 4th Thurs each month)
Cost: $5-10 donation

Storrs Friends Meeting House
Corner of Hunting Lodge Rd and North Eagleville Rd

Cherese
(860) 429-6100

Earth Drum Council Drum and Dance Saturday

Concord
Massachusetts

7:30pm - 11pm, April 16 and June 11, 2011. Monthly starting Sept 2011
Cost: $10 for adults, $5 teens, kids 12 and under free.
Brings drums and percussion instruments if you've got'em, or just bring your body and move to the groove!

Concord Masonic Temple
8 Monument Square

Morwen Two-Feathers
(978) 371-2502

1st Sunday Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music

Plainfield
Massachusetts

every 1st Sunday of the month 7:30- 9:30 pm
Cost: $7-$10
Join us for our movement jam with live improvised music. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. For more information, please call or email.

Earthdance
252 Prospect St

Rek Kwawer
(413)634-5678

Barefoot Dance Saturday

Arlington
Massachusetts

Last Sat. of the month beginning April 25, 2009, 7:30-10:30pm
Cost: $10

Arlington Center
369 Massachusetts Ave.

Jaime
781-316-0282

Dance Freedom

05/09

Cambridge
Massachusetts

Wed 7:30-10:30pm
Cost: $7 - $11 sliding scale.
18+, no kids, please. This is a drug and alcohol free event. Barefoot - no shoes. New England longest running barefoot boogie from 1968 to the present. Wheel chair accessible.

First Congregational Church
11 Garden St

(Next door to the Sheraton Commander Hotel)

Mark Haskins
(508) 405-0908

Dance Jam

02/99

Williamstown
Massachusetts

Sept-May, 2nd Sat 8:00-11:30pm
Cost: $3-$6 adults/$2 12-17/under 12 free

1st Congregational Church
Main St (Rt 2)

Annie
(413) 458-2887

Athena
(518) 658-9753

Dance Spirit: Come Dance Your Prayers!

Northampton
Massachusetts

Sundays 10:00am-12:00pm and Wednesday eves 7:45-9:45pm
Cost: $0 - 5 or more, by donation
All faiths, all ages welcome. Please leave conversations and street shoes at the door.

NEA Dance Studio
25 Main St (Rt 9), 4th flr

(Above FitzWilly's same as Dance Spree)

DJ Root
(413)241-8624

Prakash
(413)585-0763

Dancegarden

03/06

Lenox
Massachusetts

Wednesdays, 7:00-10:00pm
Cost: $4-10 Donation
barefoot dancing to live music!

The Ballroom at the Lenox Community Center
65 Walker St

(413) 637-5530

Dharma Jam

Cambridge
Massachusetts

3rd Sunday mornings, 10:30am-12:30pm
Cost: $7-10
Dharma themed improv movement and dance opened with meditation and closed with reflection.

Dance Complex
536 Massachusets Ave.

Harrison Blum
617-308-2683

North Shore Freestyle Dance

06/09

Ipswich
Massachusetts

8-11pm
Cost: $5 to $15/person suggested donation, with a percentage going to the people of Darfur.
Usually the 2nd Saturday of the month. Enjoy DJ Rav’s mixed genre music, dance, network, and learn about the latest actions to help bring peace, health and justice to Darfur. For more information and confirmation on date and place call Lakshmi and Ravi Sirois at 978-356-5956.

Ipswich Moving Co. Dance Studio
62 East St.

(rear, on Cogswell St.)

Ravi and Lakshmi Sirois
978-356-5956

Owldance

04/05

Wendell
Massachusetts

2nd Fridays, 7:00pm-11:00pm
Cost: Donation: $5 individual, $10 family
Fragrance Free, Drug Free, Alcohol Free, All Ages.

Wendell Town Hall
Town Commons
Montague Rd & Lockes Village Rd

(About 30 minutes from Greenfield and Northampton)

Elena Zubulake

Sacred Groove

03/10

Boston
Massachusetts

Every 4th Sunday of the month
Cost: $15
Sacred Groove is a freestyle dance meditation inspired by the work of Spiritweaves, Soul Motion, and 5Rhythms, woven together with the teachings of yoga, breath and mystic poetry. Equal parts soulful movement journey and rockin' soul-shakin' fun. No street shoes, please keep verbal conversations to a minimum in the dance space. No children under 15.

Sadhana Yoga Studio
15 Worcester Street

contact dance
510-919-3367

Spirit Waves Community Dance

Orleans
Massachusetts

Fridays 7:30-9pm
Cost: $10 drop-in
Free-form fusion

Life Center of Orleans
47 Main Street

Acqua
802-777-9038

Farmington Boogie

Farmington
Maine

Monthly, second Fridays, 7 - 9 pm
Cost: $5 suggested donation
A barefoot freestyle boogie.

Access the studio from the Municipal Parking Lot, bordered by Main St, Broadway, and High St. in downtown Farmington. Look for the Karate sign and a set of wooden steps on backside of the building housing the Everyday Music Store, which faces Broadway.

SKIF Karate Dojo
Main St

Carl Rudman
(207)399-3707

justdancing4u

Portland
Maine

Last Saturday of the month, 8:00 - 10:00pm
Cost: $5
The music is eclectic. jd4u is a place of non-judgment, where adults of any age can find their bliss dancing to any style of their choice. Dance with one, none, or everyone.

Williston West Church
32 Thomas St

Anne O'Brien

Fourth Monday Drum and Dance

Lee
New Hampshire

4th Monday of the month
Cost: Suggested donation $5
Let's get together outside or inside if weather does not permit on our farm to drum and dance the fourth Monday of the month at 7pm. Beginners welcome! Please email or call Dave Estes at (603)682-3581.

Estes Farm and One Vibe Healing Center
17 Lee Rd.

Dave Estes
(603)682-3581

JourneyDance

Keene
New Hampshire

Every Friday at 7:30 am
Cost: $7 per person or two for $10.

Yoga Space
82 Washington St

Sarah Dreher

JoyMoves

12/11

Keene
New Hampshire

2nd Saturday of each month 6-8pm and EVERY Tuesday and Saturday morning 9-10am.
Cost: suggested donation ($3-$5)
All ages welcome.

Sterling Studios
7 Main Street (3rd floor)

Jennie Gryczka

Bared Soles

03/04

New York
New York

Monthly (call for dates), 6:00-7:30pm Improvisation Workshop, 7:30-10:30pm Dance Party
Cost: Workshop $10, Dance Party $10, Both $15

Dance Forum
20 E 17th St, 2nd Fl

(Subways - Union Square L,N,Q,R,W,4,5,6)

Jovanina Pagano
(212) 749-9804

Ecstatic Dance Ithaca

Ithaca
New York

Monthly @ the CSMA. Please visit the website for dates.
Cost: $5 suggested donation
Ecstatic Dance Ithaca creates a dance space for full self-expression and freedom. It takes place once a month at the Community School for Music and Art where Ithaca DJs and people ready to move get together for a time to let loose and set free!

Community School for Music and Art
330 East State Street

Samantha Abrams

Long Beach Ecstatic Dance

Long Beach
New York

Every Saturday, 8:00 PM
Cost: ?
No dance experience needed, just desire to move & be moved. All ages/sizes welcome. Alcohol/drug free, barefoot or socks/non-scuff shoes.

Dance Loft
160 W. Park Ave.

Paula Lane
(516) 889-7837

Nassau/Queens Drum and Dance

06/00

Rockville Centre
New York

2nd Sat. Night, Special event 7:00pm, Jam 8:30pm-
Cost: $10 Special, $5 Jam, $12 for both, kids free

St Marks United Methodist Church
200 Hempstead Ave

contact dance

Open Movement Jam

11/11

New York
New York

Mondays 6:30-9:30pm
Cost: Suggested $5 donation.
We include some contact but are much like a freestyle jam, include live music.

Children's Aid Society
219 Sullivan Street

(Central Greenwich Village, between West 3rd & Bleecker Streets. (Subway to the West 4th Street stop. Facebook group: Open Movement NYC.)

Jim Dowling
(718)768-3492

Ecstatic Dance Providence

Pawtucket
Rhode Island

Every 4th Sunday from 6-9
Cost: $10 ($8 for Students)

Shri Yoga Studio
21 Broad St.

Thea Izzi

SpiritDanceRI

10/11

North Kingstown
Rhode Island

SpiritDanceRI typically meets the first Saturday of the month, 7 - 10pm
Cost: Sliding scale: $8-$12; Teens: $4; Children under 12: free
A freestyle shoeless, smoke- and alcohol-free dance event. See website for directions and link to Google maps. Children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.

LotusFire Yoga Studio
650 Ten Rod Road

Wendy Lewis
-no phone-

Dance Tribe

Shelburne
Vermont

Thurs 7:00-9:00pm
Cost: $2
Please visit http://vermontdancetribe.org for more info.

Shelburne Town Hall
5376 Shelburne Road

(3 miles from Burlington)

vermontdancetribe.org

Dance Your Prayers

12/11

Putney
Vermont

Every Sunday (except holidays) from 10:30am to 12:30pm
Cost: $5, work-exchange available.
Mystic Tribal Sundays presents: Dance Your Prayers. (This is not a "Christian" event. The Community Center is an old church and the street it is located on is called Christian Square.) Call for more information.

The Putney Community Center
10 Christian Square

Marcella Eversole
415-595-7984

JourneyDance (Brattleboro)

Brattleboro
Vermont

Every Monday night at 5:30pm
Cost: $7 per person or two for $10.

The Stone Church
Main St

Sarah Dreher
802-282-7792

United States - Outside New England Freestyle Dances

Name/Location

Time, Cost & Notes

Address

Contact

Barefoot Improvisational Dance Collective

01/11

Anchorage
Alaska

Sunday evenings, 7-9pm
Cost: $10-12 drop in or $30-42 every six weeks for collective membership.
We rotate through different approaches to improvisational dance weekly. First Sundays: open sound/movement improvisation night--musicians and dancers play together. Second Sundays: focus on meditation/transformation/inner awareness (kundalini, ecstatic, trance, contemplative, authentic movement, etc.) Third Sundays: contact improvisation jam with guided warm up and a mini-lesson. Fourth Sundays: barefoot boogie. (If it's summer we probably are taking a break from dancing indoors.)

Inner Dance Yoga studio
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Gabrielle Barnett
(907)783-1306

Awake-In-Dance

Sedona
Arizona

Sundays from 10:00am - 12 noon
Cost: Sliding-Scale $5-10.
Sedona's Barefoot Blissful Bhakti Boogie. Come join us!

The Academy of Martial Arts for Self Realization
1890 W Highway 89A

(Behind Domino's)

Juniper
512-632-8585

Sentient Rhythms

see website
Arizona

Sunday mornings 10:30 - 12:30
Cost: Suggested donation: $5
Sentient Rhythms is a weekly dance event aimed at creating a sacred space for movement and expression. To find out more information please visit our website or contact Marlene.

See website for current location
Location is announced on the website bi-weekly for Northern Arizona

Marlene
(860)965-6336

Dance Friday Hornby

Hornby Island
British Columbia

Every other Friday 8:30-midnight
Cost: $5 admission
World music focus.

Hornby Community Hall
Central Rd.

Peter Cloud Panjoyah
(250)335-1336

A Shamanic Disco

04/11

Los Gatos
California

Wednesdays, 8-10pm
Cost: $15
A weekly conscious dance practice. No talking. No alcohol. This is a safe container to journey through the music and movement medicine as you are moved from within. The music ranges and is expansive. The dance floor is a new bamboo floor. The dance has been described as "chakra surgery", "a massage to the soul"... join us, about 30-40 people in an intimately artistic free expression container that holds ALL of who you really are. Explore more sacredness, more soulfulness, and more playfulness in our togetherness!

The Yoga Center of Los Gatos
9 Montebello Way

Wendy, "Playful Dolphin With Wings"
(408)857-5090

All the Right Moves Community Dance Project

03/07

Pacific Grove
California

Sundays 12:30 to 2:00 PM
Cost: $10
Free Form Movement/ Many Worlds Music

****CURRENTLY ON TEMPORARY HIATUS****

Shall We Dance Studio
205 17th Street and Lighthouse Ave

(3 blocks walk to ocean)

Harriet
(831) 333-9129

Arcata Dance Jam

01/05

Arcata
California

Thursdays 8:00 - 10:30 pm
Cost: $3-$5 donation. No one turned away for lack of funds

Yoga Center On The Plaza

Noah

Mikal
(707) 826-7916

Barefoot Boogie of Sonoma County

Santa Rosa
California

4th Saturday every month
Cost: $10

Movement Oasis
1808-B Empire Industrial Court

Michelle Keip
707-544-2673

Barefoot Boogie-Berkeley CA

Berkeley
California

Sundays 7:30-11pm
Cost: $8-15 sliding scale, first-timers $5

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2525 8th Street at Dwight

Barefoot Boogie Message Line
(415) 820-1452

Clary

Cellspace alternative Milonga

06/05

San Francisco
California

Wednesdays 8:55pm to midnight, classes beforehand
Cost: $5 milonga, $8 with class
Freestyle with Tango elements

Cellspace
2050 Bryant Street

(Between 18th & 19th)

John Chang

Homer Ladas

Dance 4 Life

Mariposa
California

7pm every Friday night
Cost: $8 for adults, $6 for students and seniors
We freestyle meditative dance with an emotional theme for 1 hour and 1/2. All ages are welcome. Occasionally, our dance moves to the Bug Hostel in Midpines on Hwy 140 (It will be at the Bug on July 5 and moved to Sat instead of Friday )(209)742-5847

Bootjack Stompers Hall
see directions

(Please call Michele Marcell before coming. Located in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the way to Yosemite on Highway 49 across from the fairgrounds.)

Michele Marcell

Dance Away

01/04

Santa Barbara
California

Almost every Friday. See webpage for schedule.
Cost: $5/kids $1

Unitarian Society Parish Hall (Usually... See webpage for schedule)
1535 Santa Barbara St

Dorothy
(805) 967-5241

Mike Thornley

Dance Church

06/10

Santa Cruz
California

Sun 9:00-11:15am
Cost: $7-10 donation

418 Project
418 Front St

Jim
(831) 466-9770

Dance Church, Encinitas

Encinitas
California

Sundays, 11am-1pm
Cost: before 11:30am $5; after 11:30am $7
A chance to sweat your prayers with no rules. Based on the 5 rhythms. Movement, prayer, ritual. This is a community project. You are welcome to bring something for the altar. First Sunday of the month: dance to groovy music, but no toys or talking.

The Performing Arts Workshop
1105 2nd street, suite 1

(Enter on J St.)

Patrick Deluz

Dance Elemental

San Jose
California

2nd and 4th Sunday mornings, 10:30am - 12 noon
Cost: ?
An ecstatic dance journey for personal exploration, breakthroughs, inner healing, spiritual alignment, and community building. (Oh yeah, it's great exercise too.) Please go to our website for full details.

Halanda Studio
1062 Lincoln Avenue

Tymn Urban

Dance Elemental (Wed)

San Jose
California

One Wednesday per month, 7:00pm - 9:30pm (check website)
Cost: Cost: $13 in advance or $15 at the door.
An ecstatic dance journey for personal exploration, breakthroughs, inner healing, spiritual alignment, and community building.

Divine Science Community Center
1540 Hicks Avenue

Tymn Urban

Dance Jam

04/08

Caspar
California

Second and Fourth Friday 7-9:30pm
Cost: Donations only

Caspar Community Center
307 E. Redwood Ave.

Lynn Stoller
(707) 964-2326

Oasis
(707) 964-5378

Dance Journey

11/11

Berkeley
California

Fridays 8:30 pm - midnight
Cost: $8/$7 before 9pm, $4 after 11:30, kids $3

Western Sky
2525 8th Street

Ken Martini
(510) 594-4021

contact dance

Dance Meditation Event

03/07

San Rafael
California
USA

2nd & 4th Sundays of each month, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Cost: $15
A heartful, fun, free-form meditative dance journey.

Bay West Ballroom
1133 E. Francisco Blvd. (second floor)

('on "The Loop", on the way to Home Depot')

Florence Schneider
(415) 488-4869 ext 2

Dance Sanctuary

02/09

Chico
California

Tuesdays 7:00pm-8:30pm
Cost: $10 drop in
Dance Sanctuary is a sacred ecstatic dance home to explore freeing up your dance, self and heart. The music format is in a 5 rhythms wave style. Bring a water bottle, bare feet, and open heart.

Satori Healing Center Dance Studio
Palmetto Avenue

Jacia Kornwise
530-891-6524

DanceJam San Diego

04/11

San Diego
California

Fridays 9:00pm – 11pm
Cost: $5 before 9:30; $7 after 9:30
In addition, there are contact improv classes: 1st and 3rd Fridays, 8pm-9pm; $10 includes admission to DanceJam. Visit our web site for more info.

Eveoke Dance Theatre
2811 University Avenue
North Park

(3 blocks west of the North Park sign between Utah St. & 28th St, next door to KFC)

Lisa Marie

Freestyle Dance Jam

02/03

Pacific Grove
California

Fridays from 8:15 to 10:15 p.m.
Cost: $10 adults / $5 youth

Chautaugua Hall
16th and Central

Donna Kaufman
(831) 375-2312

Heike Be
(831) 641-0814

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Los Angeles
California

Every Sunday 11:15am-2pm 5 Rhythms® / 9am-11:15 Soul Motion™
Cost: $15
Since 1995 in Los Angeles! See our website for more details.

Masonic Lodge
9635 Venice Blvd

Jo Cobbett
310-821-1144

Heart of Mission Dance

San Francisco
California

Every Sunday 9:30am - 11:30am
Cost: $13 online/ $15 door
A revitalizing world music-inspired, Sunday morning dance journey! Experience the power of dance to stir the wisdom of the soul. Located in the Mission District in a gorgeous dance studio.

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3221 22nd St

(at Mission & 22nd)

Brenna Cavanaugh

Lola Vollen

HeartSong & Dance

03/06

Los Angeles
California

Mondays 8:15p to 10:15pm
Cost: $12
Live Music. Singing encouraged.

Earth & Sky Studio
5521 Grosvenor Blvd

Lora Cain
(310)301-0939

Inner Rhythm

Santa Cruz
California

Thursdays 7:30 - 9:30pm
Cost: $12
Lightly facilitated, free-form, authentic creative expression jam-down.

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21511B East Cliff Drive

Hamid Martin
(831)818-7410

One in the Dance

08/04

San Francisco
California

Sundays 5pm-7pm
Cost: $10

One Taste
1074 Folsom Street

Caroluna
(415) 503-1100

Outdoor Family Dance

04/04

Mountain View
California

Thursdays at 4:00pm
Cost: Free!
International folk music, classical dance music, early 20th century dance music.

Rengstorff Park
Corner of S. Rengstorff Ave. and Central Expressway

(The dance is in the redwood grove next to the tennis courts.)

Ari Solovyova
(650) 964-7904

Rhythm Dance

Larkspur
California

1st Thursday of every month at 8 PM
Cost: $10
Great music & dance floor! Call for info: DJ Heartbeat (Lloyd from Backroads Music) or call the theater.

Larkspur Cafe Theater
500 Magnolia Ave

Lloyd Barde
(415) 924-4848

Larkspur Cafe Theater
(415) 924-6107

Second Friday Dance Jam

12/07

Ukiah
California

Second Friday of every month, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Cost: Self-selected admission fee.
This dance is a barefoot community freestyle dance structured in the shape of a wave, starting slowly, building in tempo and vigor and gently settling into a relaxed and released closing.

Yoga Mendocino studio
206 N. Mason Street

(From Hwy. 101, take the Perkins St. exit west into town, turn right on Mason. Yoga Mendocino is two blocks on the left.)

djBasin
(707) 489-3345

Soul Sanctuary

01/10

Santa Cruz
California

Friday nights
Cost: $12 or 5/$50
Weekly intentional gathering featuring guided moving meditation 8:15 - 9:00 pm., freestyle jam 9:00 - 11:00 pm., galactic tea lounge with kung fu tea service, altar and weekly theme. At least once monthly, generally last Fridays, there is a live sound healing jam. We occasionally host much larger intentional events. Check the web site for more details and to see this week's theme.

Santa Cruz Vets Hall
846 Front Street

Laura Bishop
408-602-2940

Soul Sanctuary Dance

11/11

Berkeley
California

Sundays 11am-1pm
Cost: No admission fee - only an invitation to donate to pay-it-forward.
Since 2003, family-friendly community freestyle dance with eclectic music.

Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue

((Located near Gilman))

Zach Pine

Twist and Shout

06/04

Petaluma
California

2nd & 4th Fridays, 8:00pm-10:00pm
Cost: $10 or 5/$40
Music from the past 50 years and around the world. Shake your bootay!!

Bodyworks Yoga Studio
490 Second St

Val Richman
(707) 695.9268

YUM Session

03/11

San Luis Obispo
California

Semi-regularly on Sunday mornings starting at 10:44am
Cost: $10 single entry, $40 for 5 pass card.
A two hour Conscious Movement Session to LIVE music. Session is lightly facilitated and weaves together key elements of Soul Motion, 5 Rhythms and Contact Improv. Please Facebook YUM Session, email or call for upcoming YUM Session dates, times, locations.

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Philip Novotny
(805) 748-3815

Boulder Barefoot Boogie / Dance Home

09/05

Boulder
Colorado

Tue 8:00-11:00pm, Fri 8:30-Midnight
Cost: $5

Solstice Institute
302 Pearl Street

Mark Klosterman
(303) 499-9357

CommuniDance

03/11

Colorado Springs
Colorado

Wednesday eves 6-7pm, Saturday mornings 9-10am
Cost: Donations keep us moving!
CommuniDance is a freeform movement and dance community committed to the joy of moving together in authentic expression. Please arrive on time so that we may hold this delicious & sacred space with integrity.

Movement Arts Community Studio
525 E. Fountain Blvd

Barbra Gibb

Rhythm Sanctuary Boulder

Boulder
Colorado

Tuesdays 7:00-9:30pm
Cost: $9 (students and seniors $5)
Where current culture meets ancient wisdom through the practice of ecstatic dance and world music. Please arrive on time to honor the gathered community.

Avalon Ballroom
6185 Arapahoe Ave.

Shannon Jones
303-618-0401

Rhythm Sanctuary Denver

Denver
Colorado

Thursdays 7:00-9:30pm
Cost: $9 (students and seniors $5)
Where current culture meets ancient wisdom through the practice of ecstatic dance and world music. Please arrive on time to honor the gathered community.

Delmonico Hall
3220 Federal Blvd

Ahva Lenay
303-238-4398

Saturday Movement Practice

09/06

Colorado Springs
Colorado

Saturdays
Cost: donation
Please join us as we dance together and create community through movement, ritual and song. Men, women and children over 10 are invited. Free child care provided for those under 10. Donations to benefit the First Congregational Church Movement Ministry.

First Congregational Church
20 E. St. Vrain

Jenny Finn
(719)291-3120

Wilmington World Beat

North Wilmington
Delaware

see web site for times
Cost: $3-$5

Claymont Moose Lodge
5101 Governor Printz Blvd.

Rich Oberleitner

Atlanta Dance Jam

11/08

Atlanta
Georgia

Alternate Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Cost: Suggested $5 donation

Emory University Campus
1804 N. Decatur Rd.

((locations vary - check website for updates))

Lori Teague
(404) 275.4184

Thomas Bell

Dancing Buddhas

Ecstatic Dance @ The Green Church (Ke Ola Mau Loa), Hawaii

Honolulu
Hawaii

Wednesdays 6:30-8:30pm
Cost: $15 suggested donation, $10 for just the dance.
Silent sittings and gentle, trance dance practice.

Meditation 6:30-6:45Pm & 8:15-8:30pm. You may come just for the dance portion 6:45-8:15pm.

Academy of the Pacific
913 Alewa Dr.

Heera Sazevich
808-282-5151

03/09

@ The Green Church (Ke Ola Mau Loa)
Hawaii

3rd Saturday of the month, 7 to 8 pm
Cost: $10.00
Groove Temple is a time to dance for fun,"dance like no one is watching" and let your spirit fly!

Waimea (Kamuela)
The Big Island

Julie Alessio
808-935-6346

Ecstatic Dance Jam Honolulu (Sun)

Honolulu
Hawaii

Sundays 7-8:30 pm
Cost: $10 or whatever your budget allows

St. Andrew's Priory Dance Studio
Weinberg Center 2nd floor
224 Quenn Emma Sq.

Heera Sazevich
808-282-5151

Ecstatic Dance/Sweat Your Prayers

09/06

Haiku
Hawaii

weekly
Cost: see below
5Rhythms - The Practice, Tuesdays 6:00pm - 8:00pm($17); 5Rhythms - Sweat Your Prayers, Thursdays 6:00 - 8:00pm($12); 5Rhythms - Body Prayer, Sunday 10:45 am - 12:45 pm($17)

The Studio Maui
810 Haiku Road

Subashini Ganesan
(866)427-1427, (808)575-9390

Hilo Conscious Dance

07/09

Hilo
Hawaii

Thursdays, 7 to 8:30pm
Cost: $12 drop-in (class cards available)
A weekly community conscious and ecstatic dance. Participants leave feeling more aware, awake and alive! Truly a workout for body & soul!

Balancing Monkey Yoga Studio
65 Mohouli St.
(The Big Island)

Julie Alessio
(808) 935-6346

Kapa'au Conscious Dance

The Big Island
Hawaii

First Saturday of the month, 5 to 6:30pm
Cost: Cost: $15.00 to drop-in, class card available for yoga, nia, & dance
Kapa'au Conscious Dance is an opportunity to "dance your prayers" and let the motion of your body-mind-heart be the prayer. It is a time to dance for fun, "dance like no one is watching" and let your spirit fly!

Kohala Yoga Community Center
-
Kapa'au

Julie Alessio
(808) 935-6346

TranscenDance

10/08

Kealakekua
Hawaii

Wednesdays from 7-9pm
Cost: $7.00
A community freestyle dance that begins with a warm-up, and opening circle, and then a 90 minute mix. You can play instruments, sit at the altar, and dance alone or with others. No conversation until the closing circle, where we share and/or intone.

KTPS Dance Center
Big Island

(On Halei'ki St. across from the Kealakekkua Post Office.)

Jakimo Soucy
(808) 987-0769

Waimea Conscious Dance

Waimea
Hawaii

3rd Saturday of the month, 6:50 pm to 8 pm
Cost: $10.00
A monthly community conscious and ecstatic dance.

Green Church Studio
?
(aka Kamuela, The Big Island)

Julie Alessio
(808) 935-6346

Give Peace a Dance

Chicago
Illinois

1st Saturday of each month, 9pm-1am
Cost: $10 per person
Global/Dance music, drum circle, fire dancers, fire pit, bellydancers, healers, tarot, poi and much more. Alcohol-free. This event is 18 and over.

MKP
1900 W. Fulton

((detailed directions on website))

Emily Klik
(773) 841-1824

TranceZenDance Tribe

07/09

Chicago
Illinois

See web site for dates
Cost: $10 Donation/Trade
No one turned away for lack of funds

-
-

(See web site for locations)

Travis Robb
(773) 551-9059

Capital Boogie

Takoma Park
Maryland

3rd Saturdays, 9-11pm
Cost: Suggested donation: $10
Alcohol, drug, and shoe free! All ages welcome.

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
7117 Maple Ave

Rebecca Lemus

DanceFire

09/01

Ann Arbor
Michigan

2-4 times yearly, 8:30 PM
Cost: $7, $5 students/seniors, under 12 free
Percussion and dance performances followed by open freestyle dancing and percussion jam. For date of next event, view the schedule at web link, or contact by email.

AACT Studio
111 Third St at Huron

contact dance

LHSC Ecstatic Dance with DJ Bonobo

Minneapolis
Minnesota

The 4th Friday of every month, 9pm - Midnight
Cost: $10
Freestyle barefoot dance. For more info go to http://www.meetup.com/lhsc-mn/calendar/, then click on 4th Friday.

Lake Harriet Spiritual Community
4401 Upton Ave. S

Bernie
(952) 934-4334

Barefoot Boogie & Drum Circle

05/09

St. Louis
Missouri

Third Saturday of every month 7:30 - 11:00pm
Cost: $5
1.5 hour workshop followed by 1.5 hour freeform drum and dance.

Big Bend Yoga Center
88 N. Gore

JennTara and Sky
(314) 965-9166

Gypsie Nation

02/09

Missoula
Montana
USA

Every Wednesday 6:30-9:00PM
Cost: $5-8 donation
Village Dance Rituals for Planetary Medicine

Sussex School
1800 S. 2nd W.

((behind the Good Food Store))

Roses Stanley
512-924-4950

Carrboro Dance Jam - North Carolina

04/09

Carrboro
North Carolina

Every first Friday, 8:00pm-10:30pm
Cost: $5-$10 sliding
Free-Style Dancing to eclectic, uplifting, and "wave" mixed music. Dance improvisationally or within the genre of music....with partners, alone, or collectively with friendly dancers. With Ron Rudin (aka DJ Rovnitsky).

Balanced Movement Studio
304 W. Main St.

Ron Rudin
919-698-8776

Freestyle/5 Rhythms

Asheville
North Carolina

2nd and 4th Tuesdays 7:30pm
Cost: $5 donation

Future of Traditions Studios
River-Arts district of downtown Asheville

Thea
(828) 232-6952

Spiral Spirit Dance

Ashville
North Carolina

Wednesdays 6:30-7 Warm up, wave until 8 pm
Cost: $5 drop in
Dance off a difficult day or frolic with joy. This is a safe place to develop a deeper connection with ourselves and others.

-
11 Richland St

Cassie Brizzi

5Rhythms� Weekly Wave

Highland Park
New Jersey

Tuesdays 7 - 9 pm
Cost: By donation on a sliding scale: $15 drop-in, 1st class free.
The basic waves class of Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms moving meditation practice. Suitable for all levels of experience, this class features clear, guided instruction, an opportunity to explore your inner world and an invitation to dance out loud. Dress to sweat; dance shoes or barefoot. All welcome.

Reformed Church of Highland Park
19-21 S. 2nd Ave

Nancy Genatt

Dance Improv, Live!

Princeton
New Jersey

1-2 Fridays/month (see site), 8:00-10:00pm
Cost: $12 with many discount options
Lightly structured movement workshop with live music and refreshments. Bare feet, comfy clothes, no smoke, no booze.

All Saints Church
16 All Saints Rd

(Off Terhune Rd)

Catherine Judd
(609) 924-3767

Embodydance

07/11

Santa Fe
New Mexico

Sun 3:00-5:00pm, Thurs 6:30-8:30pm
Cost: $10 donation, discounts available

Railyard Performance Center
1611 Paseo de Peralta

(Yellow building at the RR tracks across the street from Site Santa Fe)

Body Choir Sante Fe
(505)983-5549

GROOVETONIC Dance Journeys

Albuquerque
New Mexico

Tuesdays 10:30 am-12:00 noon and Fridays 7:00-9:00 pm
Cost: $8-10/session sliding scale
Get your dose of musical medicine! Explore the healing and transformational power of music and movement in this free-form ecstatic dance session inspired by the 5Rhythms work of Gabrielle Roth and the energy medicine books of Donna Eden. Everyone welcome! No experience necessary. See our website for a complete description.

Studio B
1205 High St. SE

(From I-25 south, take exit Av Cesar Chavez (just so. of lead/coal exit). Turn rt onto Cesar Chavez, take the 1st available rt onto Walter. Go 2 blocks. Turn rt onto Lewis. Turn rt on High St. and find a place to park (lots of street parking) Studio B on r)

Gay Rathman
(505)670-4432

Journey Dance

09/02

Albuquerque
New Mexico

2nd and 4th Saturdays 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Cost: $5-$8 (sliding scale)

Cachet Studio
214 Coal Avenue Southwest

Alan
(505) 232-9018

Souldance

10/09

Albuquerque
New Mexico

Thursdays 7-9pm
Cost: $8
Souldance is a two-hour, non-verbal ecstatic dance designed to move our bodies and souls in community.

Selah Studios
7120 Wyoming NE

(@ San Antonio/Harper)

Zenne
505-261-5917

Valentina Aragon
505-319-9602

Taos Waves / 5 Rhythms

Taos
New Mexico

Sundays 10:30am-12:00pm
Cost: $12

Taos Academy of Dance Arts
#2 Upper Las Colonias

Visudha de los Santos
575-737-0408

Dance Your Soul

Richfield
Ohio

2nd Sunday of each month, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Cost: $10
Freeform Dancing - Two locations: 2nd Sunday of each month in Richfield, OH at 11:00am; 4th Friday of each month in Cleveland at 7:30pm. See the web site for complete details.

-
3750 Grant St

Kurt Forsthoefel
330-283-8142

Oklahoma City - Intro to Dance Meditation

03/06

Oklahoma City
Oklahoma

Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Cost: Cost $5
call to confirm

Windsong Dojo
2201 NW I-44 Service Rd

(Just west of Pennsylvania Ave)

Celeste
(405) 615-3886

Body Choir Community Dance

Ashland
Oregon

1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month 8 pm - 10pm
Cost: Love Donation: $10

The Dance Space
280 E. Hersey #10

Sarah Bly
541-535-2104

Carola Marashi

Last Saturdays - Dance Jam

Portland
Oregon

last Saturdays of every month, 7:30-8pm stretch, 8-10:30pm dance!
Cost: $8 drop-in; $5 with Amrita membership
Take off your shoes. Shake your tail. All ages welcome. Eclectic music. Alcohol-free. Dance together, dance solo… or just chill in the ecstatic vibe.

Amrita Yoga Sanctuary
0110 SW Bancroft St

(At the corner of SW Corbett & SW Bancroft)

Raphael Cushnir
(503)344-4025

Mindful Movement

05/11

Portland
Oregon

Mondays 5:30pm-7:30pm
Cost: $8-!0 donation
Starts with a 1/2 hour meditation and then dancing follows from 6-7:30pm

North Star Ballroom
635 N. Killingsworth Court

(1 block SE of N Killingsworth + N Albina)

Jerry Mansfield

Mindful Movement

09/10

Portland
Oregon

Thursdays 9-10:30am
Cost: $8-$15 drop-in sliding scale
Deep silence. rich sound. minimal beat. infinite possibilities...when you prefer e-vocative sound over pro-vocative music...When you connect with your own heartbeat more than the bass-beat...when you desire a space and place to feel the texture and fill the void. Join us for an early morning e-a-s-e into the day. These sessions include dancing and journaling. We move to creative, spacious music and then write the whispers of the body.

Soma Space
4050 NE Broadway

Paula Byrne
503-804-7660

Move It!

07/11

Portland
Oregon

Wednesdays, 6:45-8:30pm
Cost: $8-12

The Village Ballroom
700 NE Dekum St.

David Franklin
(888) 432-8433

Natural Boogie/Expressive Dance

04/06

Salem
Oregon

Thursdays 7:30pm
Cost: $5

Riverfront Dance Studio
241 State St

Julie Masters
(503) 363-3464

Open Heart Dance

Ashland
Oregon

2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 8-10pm
Cost: $10
Come dance to an eclectic blend of high energy music guaranteed to move your body & soul!

DanceSpace
280 E. Hersey St.#10

Jerry Solomon
541-951-3034

Sacred Circle Dance

05/10

Portland
Oregon

Sundays 10:30am-12:30pm
Cost: Cost is $10 ($8 low-income)
Check our web site for any time or venue changes through 2010.

Tiffany Center, 2nd floor
1410 SW Morrison

contact dance

Soul Motion Ecstatic Dance

Portland
Oregon

Sundays 10:30am-12:00pm
Cost: $10-$15 drop-in sliding scale
Journey through the relational landscapes of Self, Other, Community and Spirit. Soul Motion is an inquiry into movement as meditation and medicine. This ecstatic dance form supports our exploration of the dance that "feels good" rather than the dance that "looks good". Through a blend of music and silence, movement and stillness, we quiet the mind and awaken the body. All levels of movement experience and abilities are welcome. See our web site for more info.

Soma Space
4050 NE Broadway

Paula Byrne
503-804-7660

Urban Boogie

Portland
Oregon

First Friday of the month, 8-10pm
Cost: $8 - $15 drop-in
Kick up your heels at this barefoot high-energy dance party! Dress up. Dress down. Come as you like. Dance your Spirit! Bare your Soles! Free your Funk! See our web site for more info.

Soma Space
4050 NE Broadway

Paula Byrne
503-804-7660

DanceFree Fridays

03/04

Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

3rd Fridays, 7:30pm-10:00pm
Cost: $5 love offering

Schoolhouse Yoga
41st and Foster

(In The Catalyst Building)

Suzen Sharda Segall
(412) 401-4444

Group Motion

07/02

Philadelphia
Pennsylvania

Fridays 8:00-10:00pm
Cost: $15 adults/students discounts available/kids free

Kumquat Dance Center
3500 Lancaster Ave.

Manfred Fischbeck
(215) 387-9895

Philly Barefoot Boogie

12/10

Philadelphia
Pennsylvania

Third Saturday of the month, 8-11pm
Cost: $10 donation
Dancing to recorded music first half, then a middle, then dancing to live drumming (bring drums). (Located in Mt. Airy, a NW Philly neighborhood.)

Baird Hall
New Covenant Campus
7500 Germantown Avenue

(Enter the driveway across from the Trolley Car Diner, 7619 Germantown Ave. and follow signs to Baird Hall)

Elise Rivers
(215) 266-5757

Rhythms

05/05

South Williamsport
Pennsylvania

Saturdays 9:00pm-11:00pm
Cost: Donation
Formerly "Gotta Dance"

60 West Southern Ave

Carl
(570) 546-6453

Shake!

10/04

Philadelphia
Pennsylvania

Certain Saturdays at 8:00pm - See web site
Cost: $7-$12, event dependent

Community Education Center
3500 Lancaster Avenue

Shake!
(610) 407-9555

5Rhythms Moving Meditation

Dallas
Texas

Sunday 9:30 to 11:30 am *See website calendar for dates
Cost: Sweat Your Prayers: $15; Night Waves: $25
Sweat your Prayers (monthly). Night Waves (1st Fridays, 7-9:30pm)

Sammons Center for the Arts
3630 Harry Hines Blvd

Mati Vargas Gibson
214-280-5204

Body Choir

Austin
Texas

Sun 11:00am-1pm, Thurs 7:45-9:45pm
Cost: $9 adults ($8 for 5 dances) - kids free
name: True Hardt

email:

Galaxy Dance Studios on South Lamar
1700 South Lamar Boulevard, Ste 338

True Hardt

Ecstatic Dance at MoveStudio

10/05

Dallas
Texas

Sundays 1:30-2:50pm, Thursdays 7:15-8:30pm
Cost: $15 drop-in, $12 student/teacher/senior, discounts available
Occasional TranceDance and other ED events. See web site.

MoveStudio
17062 Preston Rd, Suite 108

(at Campbell Rd)

Robin Parker
(972) 732-0206

Ecstatic Dance Houston

Houston
Texas

Sundays 10am-12noon
Cost: Adults $8-20, Kids $3-5
Urban GROOVE Tribe ~ Freestyle Dance

Planet Funk
5731 Logan Ln

(off Memorial Drive & Birdsall)

Sunshine
281-748-8080

fireUrchin Dance

09/09

Houston Heights
Texas

2 Friday nights monthly* and occasional Saturday nights. 8:30 - 10:45 pm [runs later on Sat.]
Cost: at door: $20, 5 sessions advance purchase: $50, 1 session advance purchase: $15
For detailed info and advance purchase registration online, visit www.niamoves.com.

*dates change to minimize conflicts with other dance community events.

NiaMoves Studio 2
3221 Houston Avenue

(From I-45 take exit N.Main/Houston Avenue. Studio is on feeder road going south of this exit just over a block.)

fireUrchin [Bonnie Lambourn]
832-213-9357

Inner Rhythms: Ecstatic Dance for Women

12/07

Austin
Texas

Every Thursday, 7-8:30 pm
Cost: $10

NiaSpace
3212 South Congress

(http://www.niaspace.com for directions)

Donna Starnes
(512)443-3013

TranceDance

08/05

Austin
Texas

2nd & 4th Fridays at 7:30pm
Cost: $15

NiaSpace
3212 South Congress

Gerry Starnes
(512) 443 3013

Ecstatic Dance Olympia

Olympia
Washington

Saturday nights, 8:00 - 10:00pm
Cost: Sliding scale admission $5 - $12
Dance Yourself Free at Ecstatic Dance Olympia,a weekly free-form dance jam that invites you to dance your own dance, in your own way, in a supportive community of kindred spirits. Teens & Adults of all ages welcome.

Wild Grace Arts / Center for Yoga & Dance
507 Cherry St. SE

Joanna Cashman
(360)754-3983

Ecstatic Dance Seattle

08/04

Seattle
Washington

Wed 7:15pm, Sun 10:15am, Last Friday of month 8:15pm
Cost: Wed & Fri $8, Fri $10

Dance Underground
340 15th Ave East

(Capitol Hill area)

Mary Anderson

Flying Turtle Dance

02/06

Seattle
Washington

Every Monday 7:30pm-9:30pm
Cost: $10
Freeform dance jam with recorded music that runs the gamut

Planet Earth Yoga Center
418 N. 35th St

Bruce Carloye
(206) 713-7154

Gotta Dance

04/06

Bellingham
Washington

1st and 3rd Fridays, October to June, 8-10pm
Cost: donation

The Purple Church
Franklin at Gladstone

Laya Shriaberg
(360) 733-7204

Madtown Barefoot Boogie

Madison
Wisconsin

1st and 3rd Friday of the month, 8-11 pm (Doors close at 10).
Cost: Cost: $5-10 sliding scale/kids free
Check out our website.

Tai Chi Center
301 S. Bedford, Suite 219

((Close to John Nolen Dr.))

Richard Aviles

Saturday Night Spirit Dance

Madison
Wisconsin

Saturdays 8-11pm
Cost: ?
High powered free-form dance in a substance-free environment.

Center for Conscious Living
849 E. Washington Ave

Gene Ferrara
608-843-7740

Canadian Freestyle Dances

Name/Location

Time, Cost & Notes

Address

Contact

Dance Divine

05/11

Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada

10:30am to 12:30pm
Cost: $14 drop in
A Sunday morning, un-facilitated, Ecstatic Free-Style Dance session.

The Scotia Dance Centre
7th floor
677 Davie Street

Jelena Marda

Just Dance

07/07

Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada

Three Fridays per month, (Journeys, Ethnicity and Fusion; Sept-June) See website for dates
Cost: $10
Just Dance is not a one-beat-stomping affair! We take you around the world and invite you to groove to a long list of world rhythms.

Russian Community Hall
2114 West 4th Avenue

(at Arbutus)

Abheeru
(604)731-1551

Dance Your Body & Free Your Spirit

Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada

One Saturday evening each month from 7:15-10pm: Oct 4, Nov 8, Dec 6, 2008
Cost: $20 evening or bring a new friend for half price
A sacred evening of dance and movement where everyone is welcome. Come dance with joy and abundance in a drug and alcohol free environment.

-
340 Provencher Blvd.

D'Arcy & Dieter Bruning-Haid
(204)475-5339

Barefoot Boogie - C l o s e d - If you can offer some energy to revive this dance, please contact them.

09/04

Sault Ste Marie
Ontario
Canada

Every second Friday Fri 8:00pm - 11:00pm, call first for dates
Cost: $10

Sault Theatre Workshop
121 Pittsburgh Avenue

Harold Tausch
(705) 256-2224

United States - Outside New England Freestyle Dances

Name/Location

Time, Cost & Notes

Address

Contact

Spiral Moves Montreal

09/08

Montreal

Tuesdays 7:30pm to 9:30pm, Fridays 8pm - 10pm
Cost: $20
Ecstatic Dance Workshops

Espace Transparence 7250
Espace Transparence 7250
Clark 3rd Floor

(next to Metro deCastelnau)

Anick Patry
514.937.9057

Canadian Freestyle Dances

Name/Location

Time, Cost & Notes

Address

Contact

Tribal Dance

Toronto Ontario
Canada

Saturdays 7:30pm - 9:30pm (check the website for dates)
Cost: $10 at the door
A Playground For Connection and Self Expression...enter an open space and with bare feet explore the exhilarating feeling of moving your body freely through space and time. Tribal is a dynamic self-guided spiritual movement practice. Come to Move, Play, Connect, Sweat, Stretch, Sound, Unwind, Renew, Release, Contact, Improvise, Transform...with the ever growing Tribe!

Dovercourt House
805 Dovercourt Road, 3rd floor

Julia Ray

International Freestyle Dances

Name/Location

Time, Cost & Notes

Address

Contact

PlaySpace Dance Jam

08/07

Brunswick, Melbourne
Australia

Fridays 8pm - midnight
Cost: $14-$12. $13-$11 before 9pm
Think of a dance club without the smoke and alcohol and with a very warm and welcoming environment.

The PlaySpace
290 Albert Street

(Right next to Safeway which is next to the Brunswick train station less than 1 block from Sydney Rd. See web site for more details.)

contact dance
(03) 9387 0271

Barefoot Boogie

08/02

London
England

Monthly 8:30-11:30pm (see web site or contact people for dates)
Cost: �10 (waged) �8 (low waged) �6 (unwaged) �1 (child)

Hampstead Town Hall NW3

Alan
020-8952-1470

(Unknown Name)

02/99

Hamburg
Germany

every Sat
Cost: unknown

Toulouse Institut
Friedensalle 45a

Voice
390 5991

FAX
390 1027

barefootboogie

Dublin
Ireland

Fortnightly on Thursdays: call or e-mail for dates
Cost: 15 euro (concessions for students/unwaged)
good for the sole!

St. Andrew's Hall
Mt. Merrion Avenue, Blackrock

Liz
353 87 2934699

Ecstatic DanceIn

Belfast
Ireland

Monthly to bi-monthly Friday evenings 7:30-10:00pm
Cost: £5
Contact Crescent Arts Centre or Julia for details on location/times which may vary.

Crescent Arts Centre
-

Julia Lyn Waters

SunDaynce

Dublin
Ireland

Monthly (Sunday): call or e-mail for dates
Cost: 15 euro (concessions for students/unwaged)
Creative Movement & Dance space

St. Andrew's Hall
Mt. Merrion Avenue, Blackrock

Liz
353 87 2934699

(unknown live music boogie)

Jerusalem
Israel

Every 2nd Tues 7:30-11:30pm
Cost: unknown

Mirkaz Zera Becha
Rehov Bezalel

Leah
02 561-7583

Dance Free Rikud Chofshi

Jerusalem
Israel

Wed 8:30-11:30pm
Cost: unknown

ICCY - Mirkaz Anim V'Noar
Emek Refayim 12

Ginga Freedance

12/02

Tel Aviv
Israel

Every Wed. beside the 1st., 21:30 - 02:00
Cost: 40 NIS

Bet Bikurey Hitim
6 Heftman

Iftach
053-847190

Dov
054-401858

Jerusalem Boogie

01/01

Jerusalem
Israel

Every 2nd Tues
Cost: unknown

Gerard Behar Centre
11 Bezalel St

Avi (Organizer)
02-5660018

Louise (DJ)
02-6446278

PAUZA Freedance

03/04

Haifa
Israel

Thu 21:00-1:00
Cost: $5-$6

Beit Hect
Carmel Center

(near Haifa cinemateque)

Yaron
064-874483

Zuza

10/04

Kfar Yehoshua
Israel

2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month
Cost: 0-10 NIS

Varying locations

(Near Tivon. Call for directions.)

Elite
0524696802

DanceFree!

Utrecht
Netherlands

1st & 3rd Sunday 8:00-10:30pm
Cost: Dfl 8/Dfl 10

Nelleke
(030) 693 4816

Wellington Barefoot Boogie

08/05

Wellington
New Zealand

Odd numbered months, 7:30-11:00pm. Contact us for next dance.
Cost: NZ$5.00

Indian Dance Academy
22 Webb Street

Juliet Shelley
04 569 1664

Dance Free Winterthur, Barfussdisco

Liliane von Allmen Benecke

Winterthur
Switzerland

8:00pm-11:30pm, normally 3rd Friday each month, please call
Cost: CHF 15
Also offers various "Dance Free Specials" with live music, a whole night through, or blind dancing.

Alte Kaserne
Technikumstrasse 8

(Zurich area)

Karin Beck & Matthias Gerber
44 (052) 222-66-91

owi dance winterthur

06/08

Winterthur
Switzerland

8:30pm-12:30am, 2 Fridays each month
Cost: CHF 20.- incl. drinks
die Barfussdisco zum freien

owi open way institute
Reitweg 7 8400

Albert Hiltebrand
052-233 97 27

Ph�nix-Tanzfest Barfussdisco

09/02

Bern 3006
Switzerland

1st & 3rd & 4th Friday 8:30 pm - 12:30am
Cost: Fr. 18.- inkl. Getr�nke

Ph�nix-Zentrum
Ostermundigenstr. 71

Contact Improvisation

United States - New England Area Contact Improvisation

Name/Location

Time, Cost & Notes

Address

Contact

Contact Improv Class and Jam

12/05

New Haven
Connecticut

Sundays 3:30pm class, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Jam
Cost: $5 class & jam

New Haven Medical Association Building
364 Whitney Ave.

(at Lawrence St.)

Michelle Kim
(203) 389-7756

3rd Sunday Contact Improv Jam

Plainfield
Massachusetts

3rd Sundays
Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10
An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level Contact Improv Class 3:30-5:00pm. Contact Improv Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Call or email for more info.

Earthdance
252 Prospect St

contact dance
(413) 634-5678

Contact Improv Jam, Cambridge

Cambridge
Massachusetts

Tuesdays 8-10pm, except on the 1st Tuesday when the jam begins at 7:30 with the first hour being a class-like activity.
Cost: $8 - $12 (sliding scale)
All levels welcome on all evenings. Come to learn contact, come to practice contact, come to have fun. See our website or call Paul for more info.

Masonic Hall
1950 Mass Ave

(in Porter Square)

Paul Spielman
781-254-0868

Contact Improvisation Sunday Jam

Arlington
Massachusetts

Sunday mornings 11:30am-1:30pm
Cost: $8
This is a year-round event, with a/c in the summer! The fee is split between the Arlington Center ($8 at the door, less if you buy a multi-session discount) and an additional donation to the facilitator/teacher (we recommend $5 to $8).

The Arlington Center
369 Mass. Ave.

(Check out the website for directions and weather cancellations.)

Maxine Gautier
(978)857-5513

Movement Improvisation Jam with Live Music!

08/01

Cambridge
Massachusetts

2nd & 4th Mon 8:00-10:00pm, Sept-June
Cost: $7-$10 sliding scale
Facilitated by Olivier Besson

The Dance Complex
536 Massachusetts Ave
Central Square

Olivier Besson
(617) 269-2744

Wendell Contact Jam

04/05

Wendell
Massachusetts

2th Fridays, 7:00pm-10:00pm
Cost: Donation: $4-$9
Fragrance Free, Drug Free, Alcohol Free, All Ages.

Wendell Town Hall
Town Commons
Montague Rd & Lockes Village Rd

(About 30 minutes from Greenfield and Northampton)

Elena Zubulake

Contact Jams & Classes - Stone Ridge, New York

Stone Ridge
New York

Sundays, 4pm-6pm
Cost: $5
1st & 3rd Sundays: class for $15 / 2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays: jam for $5. Schedule may vary at times, so do contact us to confirm details.

Marbletown Multi-Arts
3588 Main Street

Dana Rudikoff
(845) 256-9728

Contact Improv Burlington Vermont

Burlington
Vermont

Tuesdays 7:15-9:15pm
Cost: $2-$5 donation

Ohavi Zedek Synagogue
188 North Prospect St.

Michelle Lefkowitz
802-864-7306

United States - Outside New England Contact Improvisation

Name/Location

Time, Cost & Notes

Address

Contact

CI Phoenix Contact Jam

11/08

Phoenix
Arizona

Saturdays
Cost: ?
Call Sandra or visit http://www.ciphoenix.org for the latest updates.

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Sandra Yee
(602)309-1559

Berkeley Contact Jam

09/01

Berkeley
California

Every Saturday 3:30pm-6:00pm
Cost: $4 donations
Open jam

8th Street Studio
2525 8th St. near Dwight

Contact Improv Jam

10/01

Sebastopol
California

Third Saturday of every month from 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Cost: $4
Basics class the first hour of the jam

Wischemann Hall
460 Eddie Lane

(Two doors down from the community center on Morris St.)

Meryl Juniper
(707) 823-7559

Contact Improv Jam

02/04

Davis
California

Mondays 7:00-9:00pm
Cost: Free

University Club, UC Davis Campus

Jennifer Arnoth
(530) 754-0389

Contact Improvisation Jam

09/09

San Francisco
California

Tuesdays 8-11pm
Cost: $5

CounterPULSE
1510 Mission St

Contact Jam

Chico
California

(Dates & times unknown)
Cost: unknown
call for information

Wall Street Center for the Arts
330 Wall Street

Robin Trenda
(916) 342-8267

Contact Jam

San Francisco
California

Fri 9:00-11:00pm
Cost: unknown

Mariposa Studio
499 Alabama St

Contact Jam Plus

Santa Cruz
California

Tuesdays, 730pm-900pm
Cost: $5-$10

The 418 Project
418 Front Street

(across from the Metro Public Bus Station)

Randy Om

Dance-Is-It Contact Jam

Palo Alto
California

1st & 3rd Sundays 4:00-7:00pm
Cost: $12

DanceVisions Studio
Cubberley Community Center, L-3
4000 Middlefield Rd

Anne Caswell

Karin Moriarty
408-244-8837

LA Contact Improvisation Jam

08/05

Santa Monica
California

Sun 6:30pm-9:00pm
Cost: $7 or what you can. 2nd time free.

522 Santa Monica Blvd

(West of Lincoln, East of 4th Street, above Radio Shack)

LA Contact Info

Stage7 Contact Dance

San Diego
California

Mondays, 7-8pm Class, 8-10pm Jam
Cost: $10 Class & Jam; $5 Jam only
Live Music. Taught by Ron Estes, Justin Morrison, Leslie Seiters & guests.

Stage 7 School of Dance
3980 30th St.
North Park

Justin Morrison
619-234-4647

West Coast Contact Improv Festival

02/05

Berkeley
California

Yearly in early July
Cost: Jam: $10, Day: $30
This 5-day annual CI fest features nightly jams and and one full all-day jam during July 4th weekend.

8th St Studios Complex
2525 8th St

contact dance
(415) 789-7677

Monthly Improv Jams (SpiritDancing)

09/01

Washington
District Of Columbia

Once a month Fri, call for dates, 8:15-10:30pm
Cost: $15
(Formerly at Joy of Motion Dance Center)

The Ashtanga Yoga Center
4435 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

(Take Tenleytown Metro Red Line)

Michelle Ava
(202) 328-8092

Chicago Contact Jam

Chicago
Illinois

Sundays 11:30am to 1:30pm
Cost: $3 donation
Continuous since 1978!

Links Hall
3435 North Sheffield

(Near the Addison "L" stop)

Kathleen Maltese
(773) 338-0519

Carolina Contact Improvisation

07/07

Carrboro
North Carolina

Sundays 2 to 4 pm
Cost: $5

Balanced Movement Studio
304 W. Weaver St.

Dan Schmidt

Contact Improv Jam

Asheville
North Carolina

1st and 3rd Tuesdays 7:30pm
Cost: $5 donation

Future of Traditions Studios
River-Arts district of downtown Asheville

Thea
(828) 232-6952

Contact Improv

Portland
Oregon

Every Tuesday night 8-10pm
Cost: $5-$10 sliding scale

-
918 SW Yamhill St, 4th floor

(http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl)

Christine Maxwell
503-236-3691

Brandon Stewart
503-505-0022

Dance of Presence

Ashland
Oregon

2nd and 4th Saturday of every month, 10 am - noon
Cost: $10 donation
Open contact improvisation jam exploring movement from states of mindfulness.

The Inner Space
280 E. Hersey #1

(behind The Dance Space)

Dinah Breakell

InTouch Contact Jam

09/10

Portland
Oregon

Third Friday of the month, 8-10pm
Cost: $15 pre-registered
Contact Improv All-Night Jam. An evening of contact improv, play, relaxation and community. We come together to explore the worlds of touch, deep listening, intuitive expression and conscious connection. The studio is ours for the entire evening. We dance as long as we like and go home in sweet exhaustion. See our web site for more info.

Soma Space
4050 NE Broadway

Paula Byrne
503-804-7660

Contact Improvisation Dancing

12/05

Austin
Texas

Jams: Sun 4:30-6:00pm, Tues 8:00-10:00pm; Class: Sat 3:00pm-4:30pm
Cost: $5 donation
Also look for annual Contact Improv Workshop/Intensive in January.

Austin Yoga School
1126c South Lamar

(In the Alamo Draft House South movie theatre plaza)

Laurie Elllington
(512) 797-9297

Tom Giebink
(512) 426-5729

Canadian Contact Improvisation

Name/Location

Time, Cost & Notes

Address

Contact

Contact Improv Jam