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Contact Improvisation
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Wrocław
Contact Improvisation, Bodywork, Somatic Navigation, Lomi Lomi
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Gdańsk / Tricity
Contact Improvisation, Somatics, Conscious bodywork
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Contact Improvisation, Somatics
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Warsaw
Contact Improvisation, Somatics (Body-Mind Centering)
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Warsaw
Contact Improvisation, Dance Improvisation, Body awareness, BMC
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Olsztyn
Contact Improvisation, Dance / theatre
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Kraków
Contact Improvisation, AcroYoga, Thai massage
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Contact Improvisation (Basics)
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Wrocław
Contact Improvisation, Intuitive dance
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Contact Improvisation, Dance Improvisation, Voice + Contact
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Katowice
Contact Improvisation
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Contact Improvisation, Somatics, Improvised movement / physical theatre
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Lindy Hop, Jazz
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Contact Improvisation, Somatic practice (BMC-based body awareness)
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Contact Improvisation
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Somatics, Body awareness
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Contact Improvisation (Basics), Choreotherapy, Lomi Lomi Nui
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Contact Improvisation, Dance Improvisation, Group composition
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Contact Improvisation
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Contact Improvisation, Dance Improvisation
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Contact Improvisation
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Improvisation, Contemporary dance
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Contact Improvisation, Movement improvisation
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Warsaw
Contact Improvisation, Martial arts in Contact Improvisation
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Contact Improvisation, Group composition
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Kraków
Contact Improvisation, Soft acrobatics, Ilan Lev method
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Poznań
Contact Improvisation
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Contact Improvisation (technical), Floorwork, Capoeira, Acrobatics
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Contact Improvisation, ArtSport movement training
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Szczecin
Contact Improvisation, Contemporary dance, Jazz
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Warsaw
Contact Improvisation
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Contact Improvisation, Axis Syllabus
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What it is
Contact improvisation (CI) is a dance around a shared point of touch. Two people give each other weight, roll, support and fall — answering each other as they go, with no set steps.
Instead of leading, what matters is listening with the body: you track where your weights meet and answer what comes. You can dance as a pair, in a group, or solo.
There's no single, official definition of CI. Unlike most of what surrounds us today, it has no centre — many voices, approaches, opinions. And that's a good thing.
Before your first jam
A jam is an open, informal gathering to dance — no class, no teacher, no set steps. People come simply to dance contact improvisation: you join and leave dances whenever you like, solo, in pairs or in a group.
The best first step is a beginners' class plus a guided jam.
About CI · deeper
CI has no single founder and no manual. It began with Steve Paxton's 1972 experiment and has been passed from body to body for half a century. Below: a timeline and source recordings — see and hear where it came from.
Steve Paxton tworzy w Oberlin College dwudziestominutową etiudę dla dwunastu tancerzy na matach gimnastycznych — skoki, zderzenia, padanie i chwytanie. Tu zaczyna się to, co później nazwą kontaktem.
W John Weber Gallery w Nowym Jorku Paxton z grupą tancerzy pokazuje praktykę pod nazwą, która zostaje do dziś.
Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Nita Little i Curt Siddall wiozą formę na zachodnie wybrzeże — warsztaty i wspólne dżemy zamiast zamkniętej choreografii.
Nancy Stark Smith i Lisa Nelson zakładają pismo, które przez dekady zbiera głos, pamięć i teksty tej praktyki.
Paxton sprowadza taniec do podstawy: nieruchome stanie i nasłuchiwanie mikroruchów, którymi ciało nieustannie pilnuje równowagi. Punkt wyjścia niemal każdej lekcji.
Paxton publikuje obszerne studium ruchu kręgosłupa i ciężaru — cyfrową mapę tego, co dzieje się pod powierzchnią tańca.
Twórca odchodzi, a praktyka zostaje — od pół wieku bez jednego właściciela, niesiona przez kolejne ciała, sceny i dżemy.
Watch and listen
Sources and more
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Jams · Olsztyn
Olsztyn
Centrum Muzyczne Estrada / Studio Tańca Warszawska66 (rotating)
Recurring 2026 jam series hosted by Becia Kulgajuk (local organizer) with Bartek 'Bartunio' Przytuła on live music. Re-emerging Olsztyn scene — Jan 2026 jam described as 'first in a long time', followed by II JAM in March. Watch the FB event for next date.