CI +/- Festival

What if Contact was just the Beginning...

and our Center Lived at that Edge?  

5 days of Classes, Jams &  Performance !!
  Day Classes at the Village Ballroom   

  Evening Jams at several locations throughout the week.

  Come for a day, an evening, or the full journey

  All bodies and experience levels welcome. 


Interested in teaching at the 2025 Festival? 

Please fill out our teacher interest form: 

Celebrate the wild, uncodified spirit of Contact Improvisation, and the forms that orbit it.

CI +/- brings together Dancers, Movers, and Researchers for a week of embodied exploration. From classic CI to Action Theater, vocal play, somatic inquiry, and much more!



What to Expect:
20 Classes across many disciplines
— Evening Jams & Closing Performance
A welcoming, curious, all-levels community



Cost:

— All classes and jams are drop-in.
— No advance registration needed.

Sliding scale $30-$15 per class/jam.

9:00AM Classes are only $10!

Cash or Venmo only at the door



Needs & Offerings

Looking for transportation or housing during the festival? Do you have an extra room to offer some coming in from out of town? If so, please fill out the our Needs & Offerings form.

All classes are at the Village Ballroom

704 NE Dekum Street / Portland, OR
Go up the stairs on the right to second floor.


Jams will be at several locations throughout the week.

ALL IN PASS

Attending multiple classes or jams? Consider the ALL IN PASS!
Unlimited access to all Classes, Jams and the Friday Performance.


Send full payment by Venmo:  @pdxCI

Sliding scale: $350-$225


Please include name and email in payment note.

   (Needed for payment confirmation)

Stay up-to-date with the CI +/- Festival as well as Contact Improvisation  events in Portland  and surrounding areas by join our mailing list and following us on Facebook .

Places to Stay if you're coming from out of town.
KEX--Hotel that also has shared bunk rooms for just $55/night. KEX is about a 25 minute bus or bike ride to the Village Ballroom. 


Motel 6--Just an eight minute drive to the Village Ballroom.