List of contact improvisation festivals
This is a list of annual international festivals of contact improvisation.
Country | Name | First year | When | Where |
Argentina | Festin de Contact Improvisacion | around 2009 | November 2013 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Austria | Contact Festival Austria | 2011 | November | Yspertal, Austria |
Brazil | Contact in Rio | 2008 | January | Rio de Janeiro |
Canada | Elsewhere CIDI Festival | 2013 | August | Canada |
Costa Rica | International Contact Retreat in Costa Rica | 2016 | February 20-27 | Cahuita, Costa Rica |
Finland | Skiing On Skin | 2008 | February | Kisakeskus |
France | Les Mille et Une - The Thousand and One | 2008 | July | Grenoble |
France | RiCI (Rencontres internationales de Contact Improvisation) | 2015 | July | Paris |
Germany | Pfingst Jam Potsdam | around 1990 | Pentecost | Potsdam |
Germany | Internat. CI Festival Bremen | around 2000 | December | Bremen |
Germany | contactfestival freiburg | 2000 | August | Freiburg |
Germany | OsterImproFestival | 2003 | April | Göttingen |
Germany | International Festival for Contact Improvisation inviting Contemporary Dance in Göttingen, Germany | 2008 | Summer | Goettingen |
Germany |
Tempelhof Contactfestival |
2011 |
April |
Tempelhof Eco Village, Crailsheim |
Germany, Spain | Touch&Play Festival | 2010 | varies | Berlin, Cardona |
Greece | International Contact and Arts Festival in North Greece | 2013 | August | Chalkidiki, Thessaloniki |
Greece | International Contact Improvisation Festival in Crete | 2012 | September–October | Crete, Heraklion |
Hungary | Kontakt Budapest | 2002 | July | Budapest |
India | Goa contact Festival | 2009 | January - February | Goa |
Israel | The Israeli Contact Improvisation Festival | 2002 | December–January | Tel Aviv, country, desert |
Italy | Italy Contact Fest | 2013 | May/June | Arezzo |
Japan | Contact Improvisation Festival Japan | 2002 | March | Tokyo, Kobe |
Korea | SangBang Contact Improvisation Festival | 2013 | Summer | Seoul |
Lithuania | International Vilnius CI & Performance MINI-Festival | 2007 | November | Vilnius |
Lithuania | International Vilnius CI & Performance Festival | 2009 | August | Vilnius |
Morocco | Contact Improv in the Sahara | 2011 | February | Merzouga |
Poland | Poland Contact Festival – Warsaw Flow | 2011 | June | Warsaw |
Romania | Trans-Contact | 2006 | August | Cluj-Napoca |
Russia | International Contact Improvisation and Performance Festival | 2006 | July | Moscow region |
Russia | Siberian Contact Improvisation Festival | 2009 | August | Altai |
Spain | International Contact Improvisation Festival Fuerteventura | 2008 | August | Fuerteventura |
Spain | Ibiza Contact Festival | 2008 | August | Ibiza |
Sweden | NIM | 1996 | varies | Denmark,Norway,Finland,Sweden |
UK | Contact Festival Dartington | 2011 | April/August | Southwest England |
Ukraine | Kiev Festival of Contact Improvisation | 2009 | May | Kiev |
Ukraine | CRIMEA CONTACT QUEST – Festival of Contact Improvisation on the road | 2013 | May | Crimea, city, sea, mountains, ancient ruins |
USA | west coast contact improvisation JAM | 2012 | June–July | Berkeley, California |