Shifting Ground: Somatics of Anxiety with Joan Hanna

Shifting Ground: Somatics of Anxiety with Joan Hanna

October 4, 2026

Free! Registration required.

Mixed Movement Arts with Dae Gallina

SEPTEMBER

Saturday, September 5 · SHIFT Studio, Wallingford

• Big Picture & Practical Practices Workshop (4:30–7:30pm) — $75 sliding scale $55–95. Register at https://mixedmovementarts.thrivecart.com/mmabigpicture/
  
  
• Enstatic Dance (7:45–9:30pm) — included free with workshop registration. Separate registration at https://mixedmovementarts.thrivecart.com/enstatic-sept-5/

Saturday, September 19 · SHIFT Studio, Wallingford

• Partnering Practice Workshop (4:30–7:30pm) — $75 sliding scale $55–95
  
  
• Contact Jam (7:30–10pm) — free for workshop attendees, $10–20 at door for others
  
  REGISTRATION COMING SOON!

 

OCTOBER 

Weekly + Monthly Workshops

 

Wednesdays · 6:30–9:30pm · SHIFT Studio, Wallingford

• Dance Lab (6:30–7:30pm) — partnering practice, movement games, contact improv
• Enstatic Dance (7:45–9:30pm) — $20 sliding scale $13–27

Saturdays · Monthly Workshop Series · 4:30–7:30pm · SHIFT Studio, Wallingford

• October 3: NEUROFASCIAL RESET — $75 sliding scale $55–95
• October 10: MOBILITY PROJECT — $75 sliding scale $55–95
• October 17: SHAPESHIFTER — $75 sliding scale $55–95

REGISTRATION COMING SOON!

 

ONLINE

Check out Mixed Movement Arts Skool — all in-person workshops mirrored as recorded sessions, plus ongoing practice containers.

Everything I'm doing in person will have an online mirror, so whether you're local or anywhere else, there's a way in. 

Fall 2026 Classes with Karen Nelson

Improvisation Movement/Dance + Somatic Study with Karen Nelson

https://explomov.weebly.com/

Kerry Hall, Room 301, 710 E. Roy Street

(former site of Cornish College, lovely dance studio)

Correct DATES here

Sept.14, 21, 28*, Oct 5, focus CI + MFS

Oct 26, Nov 2, 9, Dec 14, 21, Tuning Scores

Jan 4,11, 25, Feb 1,8 Sensation + Design

*[note: Sept 28th space TBD]

2026 Seattle Contact Improvisation Jam and More Events

For 2026, the Seattle CI jam is scheduled at Open Flight Studio (4205 University Wy NE in the U-district), noon–2:00pm.

Introductory class every Sunday for the first 1/2 hr of jam.

Class is free with $10–15 jam fee and will take place concurrently with start of the jam (that is, you can jam without being part of the class). 18+

Seattle CI Facebook Group

More Events

January 16–19: Belliingham Jam

February 7–8: Fascinating Foundations Weekend at the Quimper Grange in Port Townsend, WA.

April 25: Vashon Day of Dance

May 8–10: Bellingham Spring Into Spring Jam

June 8–12: Portland CI+/- Festival

June 26–28: CI weekend in Leavenworth (Classes, jams, and an underscore)

July 12–August 9: Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation includes contact improv classes and jams.

July 22–26: Jam on Orcas Island

September 25–27: Bellingham Fall Jam

Fall and Winter Classes with Karen Nelson

November 13–15: Seattle Contact Festival

CI-Adjacent

BloomDance Ecstatic Dance

September and Fall 2025 Seattle Contact Improv

Update: On 12/7/25 and 12/14/25, the jam will be at Fusion Kung Fu, 1706 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98144.  Noon–2pm.

On  Sun. 12/21/25, the jam will return to Open Flight and will remain there through 2026. 

Starting 9/21, Seattle jams continue at Open Flight Studio (4205 University Wy NE in the U-district), noon–2:00pm, until further notice.

Introductory class every Sunday for the first 1/2 hr of jam.

Class is free with $10–15 jam fee and will take place concurrently with start of the jam (that is, you can jam without being part of the class).

Photo ©Jim Coleman. See more photos by Jim.

Other events of interest:

September 12–14: Bellingham Jam

Workshops with Shelia Kemp: