“FALLING INTO AUTUMN JAM” Toronto Weekend Dance Jam

October 10 to 12, 2025 “Falling into Autumn” Toronto weekend dance jam includes:

• two days of CONTACT IMPROVISATION dance jamming
• workshops
• Guest teacher from salt spring Sashah Klapkew plus Tanya Willaims, Kunji Ikeda, Sarah Jones, Luke Anderson and Kathleen Rea
• BIPOC affinity dance jam
• disability-led access-focused dance jam
• evening dance film screening
• DJed ecstatic dance
• community harvest dinner!

REGISTER:
https://www.eventzilla.net/e/torontos-falling-into-autumn-jam-2138662007

WHAT IS CONTACT IMPROVISATION?
– Athletic social dance using touch and momentum

– Connect through movement, roll, balance, and “listen”

– Exchange and share lead/follow of roles in an evolving physical dialogue

– Experience play, presence, and human connection (yes, some screen free time that is good for your soul)

– Be part of a community

TRAILERS
Festival trailer – https://youtu.be/cgMhWjWXMMY
Film Screening trailer – https://youtu.be/7DQbORO4BM0
Meet Sashah Klapkew trailer – https://youtu.be/unaSCg-7avM

LOCATION:

Celia Franca Centre, 400 Jarvis St, Toronto, ON M4Y 2G6, Canada (wheelchair accessible and barrier-free)

SCHEDULE:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NsNtSqeLRHNaFbM3dZDnpwVoK7iMALT_/view?usp=drive_link

PRODUCED BY:

REAson d’etre dance (RDD) www.reasondetre.com

FUNDED BY:
Toronto Asts Council
Ontario Arts Council
The Canadian Heratage Foudation