Come Dance with Us on Monday Night!
Monday, JULY 14th – Contact Improvisation Jam With live music!
Location: Centennial United Church – Main Floor Assembly Hall
Entrance: 612 David St
***Please DO NOT leave any personal items in the hallway.***
Schedule:
- Doors Open: ~6:35 pm
- Group Warm-Up: 6:45 pm – 7:30 pm
- Open Jam: 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Closing Circle: 9:00 pm
- Doors Close: 9:15 pm
If you arrive during the warm-up, please feel free to join or start your solo practice. Please respect the warm-up and avoid disruptions.
About the Warm-Up
Special guest Jennifer Mcleish-Lewis will be visiting from Vancouver to guide us through a warmup focused on mutual support. 🙂 Don’t miss out!
About the Live music
Julian Seagull is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter based in Victoria BC. His work spans across multiple genres and styles.
Tonight he will be offering an impressionist, ambient, and meditative psychedelic soundscape to inspire embodied movement and play, focusing on the spaces between tension and resonance. Beginning with rhythmic and repetitive drones, he uses layered soundscapes, as well as melodic and textural gestures to invite awareness of your own internal response to vibration. These sounds can range from airy and angelic, to deep and guttural, sometimes straying into harsher moments of catharsis that soften toward resolution.
You are invited to move with and allow these energies to wash through and over you, as you explore movement with your body and heart space, opening into a deeper knowing of your unique expression.
About Monday Night Jams
Monday Night Jams is designed to be a welcoming space for both seasoned dancers and newcomers to explore and deepen their practice of Contact Improvisation.
Entry Fee
$10 to $20 Entry, sliding scale – cash or e-transfer. Please reach out to Michael McAmmond if finances are a barrier for attending.
Questions?
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out 
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Event Etiquette
Please enter the space in silence. Before speaking, ask yourself: “Is what I’m discussing deepening my dance or distracting from it?”
Our intention is to create a safe, consensual, open, fun, and playful space grounded in deep listening and awareness. We invite you to bring generosity and respect into your interactions. Consider: What am I bringing to this space? How can I support myself and others? Am I being trauma-informed in my interactions?
Safety Policy
Zero tolerance for: predatory behavior, non-consensual touch, sexual advances, or any ambiguous intimate physical touch. This is not a space to pursue romantic or sensual exploration.
If anything inappropriate is witnessed or experienced, please speak with Michael or another facilitator. Your concerns will be handled confidentially and with compassion.