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Jam Participants PLEASE READ: Pay at the Dance Place registration desk on days that Dance Place is open.
When Dance Place is not open we still meet, and take payment ourselves. You can use an online payment service below or bring cash to the jam. We suggest $15 but pay what you feel you can afford – all are welcome regardless of ability to pay.
When Dance Place is not open we still meet, and take payment ourselves. You can use an online payment service below or bring cash to the jam. We suggest $15 but pay what you feel you can afford – all are welcome regardless of ability to pay.
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Cash: In person at the jam
Welcome!
This site is for coordinating Washington DC metro area contact improvisation, particularly the weekly Sunday DC jam.
See the next section for up-to-date Sunday jam status.
See The Sunday Jam pages for practical jam details, including location, times, and also a sense of what we do.
See the Contact Improvisation page for info about CI.
Use the PayPal box in the right top of the page to pay online for jam attendance.
Sunday Jam Current Status
Sunday Jam Current Status
(The Sunday Jam is the place for specific info about the DC jam which has been happening almost every Sunday since 1982.)
Latest Schedule / Venue Exceptions
Latest Schedule / Venue Exceptions
The Sunday Jam is on regular schedule and venue. We currently have no exceptions pending.
Regular Schedule and Venue
The Sunday Jam and class are regularly held at Dance Place from 2:00 to 5:00 pm, continuing through 2026.
On regular days cost is $14 to $17 for drop-in rate - see Dance Place's adult class schedule. Drop in or you can pre-register at https://www.hisawyer.com/.../schedules/activity-set/1699485. If you drop-in allow time to register at the Dance Place registration desk in the main building.
We only use the payment buttons above on holidays and outside of the regular Dance Place semester, when Dance Place is not open and we are renting. Please do not use it on regular session days.
We maintain this note about current our status and exceptional circumstances on various pages, including here and a log of our status notes.
Follow the DC-CI Sunday jam mailing list and/or DC Contact Improv Facebook group for active updates.
Every Sunday (with exceptions noted in the status section above) we have a Contact Improvisation Jam or Underscore. See the Sunday Jam page for details.
On the first Sunday of each month we share an Underscore at our regular time, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. (Please be on time - that helps the Underscore work well.)
On the other Sundays we have a class between 2:00 and 3:00 pm and a regular jam from 3:00 to 5:00.
The classes are led by experienced CI teachers from our group. We're dedicated to help newcomers and experienced dancers alike develop and deepen their skills and understanding of Contact Improvisation.
The classes lead into a jam – a free-form gathering to explore contact improv – that continues from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. There often is a closing circle during the last half hour.
Please be present by 2:00 if you're attending the class or the Underscore!
We often have a closing circle around 1⁄2 hour before the end of the jam.
See the Sunday Jam page for details and guidance.
DC-Area CI-related Activities
DC-Area CI-related Activities
The East Coast Jam↗︎ — a twice-annual 4 day CI retreat, Spring and Fall, 1.5 hrs outside DC
See the Baltimore CI Facebook group↗︎ and specifically the Baltimore CI Facebook group events listing↗︎ for our neighbor's CI events. (It looks like the Baltimore CI Calendar/Directory↗︎ is no longer being used.)
Ecstatic Dance DC↗︎ Facebook Page
Bethesda 5 Rhythms↗︎ Facebook Page
DC-Area CI-related Resources
DC-Area CI-related Resources
DC-CI Mailing List — for Sunday Jam coordination and logistics
DC Contact Improvisation Community↗︎ Facebook Group
Not familiar with Contact Improvisation? See our Contact Improv page for some introductory info.
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