Colours In Contact

Colours In Contact Colours In Contact offers a platform to explore open dynamic expression and connection through dance. Our minds? Our hearts?

At Colours in Contact, you are invited to explore your experience of body and movement through Contact Improvisation while remaining conscious of others, in all our differences, with love and curiosity. These differences may include but are not be limited to race, gender, culture, dance experience, athletic ability, neural differences and body type. Which Is to say, with great enthusiasm, we will

practice asking ourselves: What do our bodies have to say today? How can we approach this with the utmost respect and care and learn to listen to what is present? Join us for this musical dance evening, make new connections and have fun! Weekly Wednesday & Saturday schedule:
- 6pm doors open
- 6:10-7:10pm dance lab
- 7:10-8:50pm Open dance jam with music
- 8:50pm closing circle

Location: 805 Dovercourt Road, top floor

Access considerations: Not wheelchair accessible

Parking: Free parking available along neighbouring streets

Cost: $15-$25 sliding scale

Level: All levels welcome, no experience necessary. Beginners and beginners’ mindsets are welcome! ABOUT CONTACT IMPROV: Contact Improvisation (CI) is a partner/solo/group-improvised dance style developed in 1972 by Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith, heavily influenced by Aikido and Modern dance. Due to the open-ended nature of the dance, each new dancer can add to this pot of creativity. This has lead to various influences weaving in and out of the form. Some of those influences include but are not limited to Tango, Zen, Zouk, Contemporary, Ballet, Hip Hop, Qi Gong, Capoeira, Ballroom, Salsa and the list goes on. This is the beauty of CI: it can offer such an open fertile ground for exploration in expression and movement. Your voice in this dance is what will drive the creative freedom possible at Colours in Contact.

06/05/2026

✨ BIG NEWS FROM COLOURS IN CONTACT ✨

We’re evolving, expanding, and creating even more ways for you to move, learn, connect, and play with us this summer! 🎉💜

🌈 First of all, what is Colours in Contact?

We’re a community of movers, creators, and explorers using partnered movement as a way to learn about ourselves, spark creativity, and uncover new possibilities. Through movement research and embodied storytelling, we learn from one another while expanding how we move, communicate, and create.

And now… we’re growing! 🚀

Here’s what’s new:

🎉 More classes! We’re now offering a variety of 75-minute movement exploration classes on Thursdays and Saturdays!

✨ Expect creativity, partnering, storytelling, play, body awareness, improvisation, and lots of opportunities to grow through movement!

💜 Wednesdays remain our main time to come together through a movement jam and community night.

☀️ Sunday park jams are moving to every other week for the summer, creating space for intentional gatherings filled with movement, connection, food, and sunshine. Our next Sunday gathering is June 14.

🎉 And finally… we have an online booking system! You can now register for classes, jams, series, and special events all in one place, plus access some sweet new class pass and combo deals 👏

We’re incredibly excited about this next chapter and all the possibilities it opens up for learning, creativity, community, and connection!! 🤸‍♀️

🔗 Link in bio to book your next class!

And if you’ve been wanting to dive in, our next Leaning Into Contact Series starts THIS MONDAY 🙌 5 weeks of learning with a closed group is going to be AWESOME!

Let’s move, grow, create, and explore together 💜

06/04/2026

🎉 Leaning into Contact starts on Monday 🎉

In this video, a Colours in Contact mover from one of our learning series shares her experience of discovering the joy of creative movement, reconnecting with her body, and finding a sense of community along the way. It’s been so awesome to see her learn so much in just a few weeks 🫶

Join us for our next series: Leaning Into Contact!

If you’re curious about creative movement with partners and want a gentle way to begin, this one’s for you!

Together, we’ll explore:
🌱 Getting into our bodies and out of our heads
🌱 Navigating consent and boundaries
🌱 Getting familiar with partnered movement and contact
🌱 Embodied communication
🌱 Gentle movement explorations

This series is designed as a welcoming introduction to moving with others. No experience is required, just a willingness to explore.

📍 Kensington Market
📅 Mondays for 5 weeks, 7-9:30 pm
✨ Starting next week, June 8

Head to the link in our bio to learn more and register. Registration is required 🙌

06/04/2026

We don’t often share our community moments here - they’re most often posted in our stories - but this was a beautiful one to share from after the Wednesday jam.

One of the things we love most about this space is how deeply it is co-created. Every person who comes through the door contributes something unique, and together we create an environment of play, connection, creativity, and care.

Thank you to everyone who helps shape this community week after week 💜

✨ Three learning series complete, and what a journey it’s been! Over the past five weeks, we’ve watched people learn to ...
06/02/2026

✨ Three learning series complete, and what a journey it’s been!

Over the past five weeks, we’ve watched people learn to share weight, find confidence upside down, discover new ways of listening through touch, and become more playful, curious, and creative in their movement.

We’re so proud of everyone who showed up week after week to explore, experiment, take risks, and grow. It’s been a joy witnessing so much learning, laughter, and discovery along the way. A special thanks to Deep and Runa for leading their first beginner contact improv series 👏💜

And now, our community has even more movement tinkerers, creative problem-solvers, and curious explorers! 🤸‍♀️

If you’ve been thinking about joining us, there are two great opportunities coming up:

✨ Wednesday Jam - June 3
A welcoming space to move, play, observe, connect, and explore at your own pace.

6:30-9 pm • Dovercourt House

✨ Leaning Into Contact Series - Starting June 8
Our 5-week intro to contact improv series, focusing on getting familiar with partnered movement, touch and embodied communication.

5 Mondays from 7-9:30 pm • Kensington Market

Come see what all the excitement is about! We’d love to move with you 🙌

What an incredible day at STREETCON! ☀️💜We spent the afternoon climbing boulders, balancing on railings, scrambling over...
06/01/2026

What an incredible day at STREETCON! ☀️💜

We spent the afternoon climbing boulders, balancing on railings, scrambling over logs, exploring sculptures, hanging from trees, and finding creative pathways across benches, stones, and ramps.

It felt like we were kids again - curious, playful, and absorbed in the moment. There was laughter, encouragement, creativity, and willingness to try things we might normally overlook.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this adventure. We left with tired bodies, happy hearts, and a new appreciation for the creative possibilities that exists all around us ✨

Until next time, keep playing 🤸‍♀️

Ann Event space availability at the Dovercourt House✨Good news! The top floor of the Dovercourt House is open for weeken...
05/29/2026

Ann Event space availability at the Dovercourt House✨

Good news! The top floor of the Dovercourt House is open for weekend bookings!

This space has long been home to Toronto’s dance, theatre, wellness and movement communities, and it carries a special kind of energy. It’s bright, airy and full of life, with a balcony, a dozen large windows, gorgeous wooden floors, and plenty of natural sunlight throughout the day. You also get that soft city skyline view and fresh air that makes the whole space feel expansive and alive.

It is available on select days for $50/hour:
• Saturdays: 3-6 pm
• Sundays: 2-5 pm

Perfect for:
✨ Dance classes & events
✨ Rehearsals, workshops & intensives
✨ Theatre creation & run-throughs
✨ Photography & video shoots
✨ Choirs & vocal groups
✨ Movement & wellness sessions
✨ Community gatherings
✨ Private sessions

Head to the link in our bio to fill out an inquiry form, or send us a DM if you’d like to chat about your ideas 💜

It’s definitely our favourite space in the city, and we’re so happy to be able to share it with others! Please save and share with anyone who might be looking for a beautiful space to bring their classes, workshops, events, or creative projects to life 🙌

05/29/2026

🌆 PARKOUR FOR DANCERS 🌳

Join Colours in Contact for a special one-time-only event: STREETCON!

This Sunday, we’re taking contact improv out of the studio and into the city for an afternoon of movement, play, and urban exploration. Think contact improv meets parkour-inspired curiosity - climbing, balancing, rolling, hanging, and discovering new ways to interact with the spaces and the other movers around us.

Here’s how it’ll work:

✨ Meet at 2:30 pm at the High Park gates on Bloor
✨ We’ll share some pointers on how to safely and creatively use the environment as a playground
✨ Our adventure begins at 3 pm
✨ We’ll wrap up around 5 pm

Pack light, bring a water bottle, and dress for the (beautiful!) weather ☀️ We’ll have a wagon for belongings and a speaker to soundtrack our journey.

This is an invitation to see familiar spaces differently, challenge your movement habits, and rediscover the joy of play. Whether you’re a seasoned mover or simply curious, come climb, balance, explore, and create with us!

💜 All levels welcome. No previous contact improv or parkour experience necessary - just bring your curiosity.

🔗 Registration is open now. Head to the link in our bio to sign up!

05/22/2026

Park Jam this Sunday ☀️🌿

Last Sunday felt so special. Around 15 beautiful humans gathered to move, laugh, rest in the grass, share food, meet new people, and follow curiosity together. It felt playful, grounding, and quite magical ✨

This weekend, we’re doing it again!

Join us this Sunday for an afternoon in the park with music, movement, creativity, connection, and space to be. You can dive fully into dancing, explore contact improv, hang at the edges and chat, or just enjoy the atmosphere.

We’ll be there rain or shine, and honestly, the cooler weather might make it even sweeter 🍃

Jam details:
3-5 pm
Trinity Bellwoods Park
Middle of park
Just east of playground
All levels
Sliding scale $10-20
Bring your friends 💜

⚡️ Quick reminder that our Soft Acro Workshop is coming up this Saturday from 3-5:45 pm with the awesome Noaman. He’ll be guiding us through helpful acro movements that can support and expand any movement practice ✨ Link in bio to sign up ⚡️

05/15/2026

🌿 Park Jam This Sunday 🌿

Our very first park jam of the season is finally here and we are SO excited to be back gathering in Trinity Bellwoods for another summer of movement, creativity, play, and community ☀️

Join us for an afternoon of jamming, learning, exploring, resting, laughing, dancing, creating, and moving together on the grass, under the sun. Whether it’s your first time or you’ve been with us for years, we’d love to share this space with you.

Bring a picnic mat or blanket, some snacks if you’d like, water, comfy clothes to move in, and feel free to invite some friends along, too 😎

Come enjoy a beautiful afternoon in the park with us ✨

Jam details:
3-5 pm
Trinity Bellwoods Park
Middle of park
Just east of playground
All levels
Sliding scale $10-20
Rain or shine
Bring your friends 💜

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805 Dovercourt Road
Toronto, ON
M6H2X4

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