Join us every Thursday at Berkeley’s historic Finnish Hall for the biggest contact improvisation jam in the Bay Area. Since 2013, we’ve been a vibrant, community-run space, where newcomers and experienced practitioners explore this dynamic movement form.
A different teacher offers class each week from 7-8p. The jam from 8-11p features a dynamic soundscape, blending silence, DJ’ed tracks, and improvised live music. In the upstairs space from 8-10p, there’s additional contact improv programming (labs, scores, classes, screenings, etc). Everything is offered by donation, with no pre-registration required. For up-to-date listings of teachers, musicians, jam hosts, and upstairs programming, see our schedule.
Newer to contact improv? Other questions? Please check out our FAQs page! You’re also welcome to email us at contact@thursdayjam.org – we’d be happy to hear from you.
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There are also many other contact improv classes, jams, and workshops in Berkeley and the greater Bay Area! Check out the San Francisco Bay Area Contact Improvisation Facebook page and the NorCal Contact Improvisation Calendar (http://bit.ly/norcalcontactimprov).
In love of community and dance,
The Thursday Jam Organizers
P.S. COVID status is masks optional; please do not attend if you are not 100% well.
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