Contact Improvisation Cape Town

Regular CI classes in Cape Town

  • Every Monday 7-9pm at 196 Victoria, Woodstock, Cape Town

    - Please arrive 10 mins early

    - Upstairs in the yoga studio

    - On street parking with security gaurd

    - Wear comfortable loose fitting clothing: t-shirt and long pants

    - Ask about joining our whatsapp group for regular updates

    - R150 cash or EFT before arriving

Focused CI Jams in Cape Town

  • Sundays 2-5pm at 196 Victoria, Woodstock, Cape Town

  • Please arrive 10 mins early (no late-comers)

  • This is a Focused Jam with a specific structure which will be explained at the start, it is therefore required to start and end together

  • R222 cash or EFT before arriving

Contact Festival South Africa 2026

  • Weekend Workshop in Cape Town with Charlie Morrissey - 7-8 February

  • Main Festival 13-17 February

  • 5 day immersion in dance and nature at Hearth & Soul Retreat Centre in the heart of the Overberg

  • CI intensive with guest international teacher Charlie Morrissey

  • Daily morning practice with Tasha Saha, afternoon workshops with Thalia Laric, Jams every night with live music

  • Post Festival Jam Immersion 17-19 February

  • Visit our website to register and find out more www.contactfestivalsouthafrica.com

My Contact Improvisation background

I have been holding regular classes, workshops and jams in Cape Town for over 10 years and it’s amazing to witness our community growing. I started dancing CI in 2008 with Jori Snell and Lucia Walker. They were my first teachers, and important initiators of CI in Cape Town. I began teaching CI in Makhanda in 2011 while studying at Rhodes University, and since 2014 have been teaching in Cape Town. I have also taught regular classes in Amsterdam between 2019-2022. I travel regularly to study, teach and dance at CI festivals around the world.

I have studied Contact Improvisation with Nancy Stark Smith at Earthdance, Massachusetts, and this has been fundamental to my teaching practice. Other influential teachers from whom I have learned include Kirstie Simson, Karen Nelson, Martin Keogh, Melcom Manning, Julyen Hamilton, Jess Curtis, Joerg Hassmann, Mirva Mäkinen, Katja Mustonen, Otto Akkanen, Leonardo Lambruschini, Sebas van Wetten, Tom Goldhand, Raul Saldarriaga, Roman Singh, Serafima Darova and many more.

I am also a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique which has had an important influence on my approach to teaching Contact Improvisation.

Facilitator Training

In 2025 I held a facilitator training for a group of new teachers in our community. It has developed into a continuous laboratory for discussion and study around facilitation specific to CI. It is wonderful to see CI expanding in Cape Town with the energy and offerings from the new facilitators. I am delighted by the support and resource created by the group to guide and grow CI practice with clarity and depth. During the times that I am travelling, the regular Monday evening class is taught by Andrew van Diemen, Francesca Annenberg, Olivia Gardy, Dave Gardner, Adam Salmon, Philip van Zyl, Tossie van Tonder, Nico Athene and Laing de Villiers. They also offer their own classes, workshops and jams in the Western Cape.