Nine Class + Jam evenings
September9, 16 & 23
October7, 14 & 21
November4, 11 & 18
The open jam is included in every Class + Jam ticket.
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Movement · Participation · September–November 2026
DIG in Contact Improvisation
DIG creates continuity for contact improvisation in Delft through guided practice, jams, workshops, and a growing movement community.
Location
De WendingCommunity centre · DelftSchedule
September9, 16, 23 & 30
October7, 14, 21 & 28
November4, 11, 18 & 25
Access
€45 package · €8 singlePackage equals €5 per Class + Jam eveningWednesday programme · 2026
Class, jam,
or the full season.
Beginner-friendly Contact Improvisation classes followed by an open jam, plus two extended jam evenings at De Wending in Delft. In this class series, a regular group will explore the fundamentals of the practice together, building continuity, confidence, sensitivity and a shared movement vocabulary across the season.
Special full-jam evenings28 October + 25 November
Full Classes + Jam details 19:30–21:30 · Open jam only · No class
19:30–20:30Contact Improvisation class
20:30–21:30Open CI jam
Season package
€45All nine Class + Jam evenings
Commit to the complete remaining 2026 programme for €5 per evening.
- Single Class + Jam
- €8
- Jam only · 20:30–21:30
- €5
Extended monthly jams
JAM ONLY.
Two hours of open jam.
19:30–21:30 · €8 per session
Wednesday28 October
Wednesday25 November
Guest programme · 2026
Three workshops.
New perspectives.
30 September 2026
Contact Improvisation workshop
with Raúl Saldarriaga
18:30–21:30 · €20 · De Wending, Delft
17–18 October 2026
Attentional & Relational Practices in Contact Improvisation
with Leighann Kowalsky
€60 total for both days · Location and times to be announced
November 2026 · date to be announced
November guest session
with Guest teacher to be announced
Full programme details coming soon
The story so far
A living practice, made together.
DIG is Delft's weekly contact improvisation meeting place: a recurring class and jam for practising movement, listening, play, shared weight and physical dialogue.
Contact improvisation is an improvised movement practice built around attention, touch, gravity, momentum and a changing point of contact. There are no fixed steps or prescribed roles: each dance is discovered in real time.
Alongside the weekly beginner-friendly programme, DIG hosts three guest workshops during the season, creating space for focused study with experienced international teachers.
New to the form? Read About Contact Improvisation ↓About the practice
About contact improvisation.
Contact improvisation, often called CI or contact, is an improvised movement practice. Dancers explore physical dialogue through touch, shared weight, balance, momentum, falling, rolling and the changing relationship with gravity.
There are no fixed steps, assigned gender roles or predetermined leader. A dance may be quiet and subtle, playful and athletic, or move between both. It can happen with one partner, several people, the floor, or without physical contact at all.
A short history
From experiment
to global practice.
Contact improvisation emerged in the United States in 1972 through experiments initiated by dancer and choreographer Steve Paxton with a group of artists and students. Early work explored falling, impact, reflexes, support and the body's relationship with gravity.
The form developed through open practice, performance, teaching and exchange. It is now danced internationally in classes, workshops, research laboratories and community jams, while continuing to evolve through many bodies, cultures and perspectives.
Working principles
Listen
Attention begins inside the body and extends toward partners, space, gravity and the changing dance.
Share weight
Dancers explore support, momentum and counterbalance without fixed leader or follower roles.
Improvise
There is no set choreography. Choices emerge through touch, timing, curiosity and response.
Choose
Participation is always voluntary. You can pause, redirect, say no or leave a dance at any moment.
The jam
Practice without a script.
A jam is an open practice space rather than a class or performance. People arrive, warm up, dance, rest, observe and rejoin according to their own rhythm. Some jams are silent, while others include recorded or live music.
At DIG in Delft, the evening begins with a guided, beginner-friendly class. The open jam follows, giving everyone time to explore the material through their own dances.
Your first time
You do not need to know what to do.
Comfortable clothes that cover the knees and shoulders, allow free movement and have no sharp zips or jewellery.
Water, curiosity and respect for your own limits. You do not need a partner or previous dance experience.
Time to arrive, guided exploration, changing partners, open dancing, observation and a shared closing.
01 / The project
A recurring space to practise, investigate, and meet through contact improvisation.
The project makes room for both physical research and social encounter: listening through weight, touch, timing, consent, and shared space.
02 / The format
Made through repeated practice.
- 0119:30–20:30 · Class
- 0220:30–21:30 · Open jam
- 03Monthly extended CI jam
- 04Guest teachers and weekend workshops
03 / For whom
Participation shapes the work.
Anyone curious about contact improvisation, from complete beginners to experienced movers. The class is beginner friendly and the jam is open to everyone.
Wednesday programme, 9 sep–25 nov 2026, at De Wending in Delft.
04 / Join the project
Come and take part.
Come for the class and jam, join only the open jam, or commit to the full nine-class season. Wear comfortable clothes that allow you to move freely.
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