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The Contact Improvisation Ireland dance community welcomes you to their web page where you will find information about CI jams, classes and workshops taking place in Ireland.

You can also find up to date information on our Facebook page

Contact Improvisation Ireland

and  Instagram @contactimprovireland

Good news is that we have changed our venue for the Mirva Makinen workshop to the Dublin city centre location of Dance Ireland.  We hope this will be a more accessible point  for those travelling to Dublin as it is very near train and bus stations.  The dates are  November 14th/15th of this year. This marks a return to Ireland for Mirva who gave a great workshop in Dublin in 2016 and who has also given workshop in Derry with Echo Echo Dance Festival, 2013 and 2015. For info and booking – co******************@***il.com

Early bird offer runs until end of July.

   

Jams

Jam

Dublin @ The Lab on Foley street –

Jams occur on the last Friday of each  month. A warm up will be facilitated  by a member of the CI community, before the session evolves into a jam.

6:15 to 8.45pm – Open to all – €15 with prior booking (€20 at the door)
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Classes

Classes

DUBLIN @ The Lab – Foley St, D01 WA07

Classes and jams occur on Fridays from 6.15 – 8.45 pm

There are weekly classes on Fridays and a jam on the last Friday of each month.

A member of the CI community will lead a class which is followed by a dance jam.

Jams begin with a facilitated warm up and then evolve into jamming.

For weekly info check  Instagram @contactimprovireland or join the Whatsapp group.

6:15 to 8.45 pm – open to all (studio opens at 6)

Class and Jam:  €15 prepaid  / €20 at the door

Jam only: €10

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CORK @ Long Yard Studios, Kitten Lane

 

Workshops

Workshops

NOVEMBER 2026: Dynamic Flying with Mirva Makinen, November 14th and 15th at  Dance House, Foley St. Dublin 1, D01 YOX8.

For booking and further info – co******************@***il.com

Past CI workshops.

Oct 2025 – Scott Wells, “From Zero to Flying” workshop.

Sept. 2025 – Lewis Wilkins Contact Improv workshop.

Sept 2024 – Contact Improv workshop with Lewis Wilkins.

Sat 8th April, 2023 – “Skills, Scores and Jamming: Contact Improv with Lewis Wilkins” at Dance House, Dublin. 

.5TH TO 7TH OF APRIL 2019 – ECHO ECHO – ZOE, TONYA, KELLY & AYESHA
21st to 23rd of September 2018 – Visceral listening – Tara Brandel
24th to 26th of August 2018 – Reídhe – An exploration into contact improvisation
23rd to 25th of February 2018 – Presence – Johan nilsson
11th to 13th of August 2017 – Reídhe – an introduction to Contact Improvisation
19th to 21st of May 2017 – A luscious touch – Andrew Harwood
10th to 12th of February 2017 – Imperfect sphericity – Johan Nilsson
30th of September to 2nd of OCtober 2016 – Ecology in movement – Javier Cura
6th to 8th of May 2016 – Big mistake – Itay Yatuv
29th to 30th of January 2016 – Around axis – Mirva Makinen
2nd to 4th of October 2015 – Contact improvisation and poetic movement – Steve Batts