Welcome to the Global Underscore (GUS) 2026 Sites page!
Registration for GUS 2026 Sites is open. It takes a few days for your information to appear on this page.
If you choose, your site can join LIVE STREAMING during the Practice (20 June 2026, 14:00–18:00 UTC) — Live Streaming registration is in the GUS Site Registration. Also, please register for the Global In-Depth Talk-Through on 6 June 2026. We also have another online event: the 2-session Breaking Ground: How To Facilitate Your First Underscore, starting THIS weekend, facilitated by Meng Fan (Agni), Shanghai, China and yuenjie MARU, Hong Kong. Click ALL EVENTS below!
Contact us with any questions or concerns.
56 Sites
REGIONS
Africa: 0
Asia: 3
Australia/Oceania: 4
Caribbean: 1
Central America: 0
Europe: 21
Middle East: 0
North America: 16
South America: 11
All GUS Site practices are on 20 June 2026 unless otherwise indicated.
Live Streaming Zoom
Registration: In GUS Site registration
Info: www.globalunderscore.com/events
Participating Sites: Florence/Northampton, Massachusetts USA; New York City USA; Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Lima, Peru; Mayagüez, Puerto Rico; Ceceda, Asturias, España (Spain); Bellingen, NSW, Australia; Aracaju, Sergipe, Brasil;
AFRICA
BÉNIN
ASIA
CHINA
Shanghai
NowDance舞蹈客厅
No756,Xizang South Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Time: June 20, 2:30-5:30pm UTC+8
Talk-Through: June 20, 2:30-3:30am, UTC+8
Non-Synchronous Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Agni Meng,
Accessibility: It has elevator, and wheelchair accessible.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089493384991
History: Our CI community starts since 2016, has regular Jam and classed twice a week. Usually has 1-3 times Underscore practice every year.
HONG KONG
INDIA
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
Titi
Titi Eco Farm Resort
Lot 1706, Jalan Sungai Rotan, Kampung Titi Bunga, 71650 Titi, Negeri Sembilan
Time: 22:00–02:00, 20 June 2026
Talk-Through: Friday (19 June, 8:30 PM), as part of the festival. Open only to festival participants.
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Site closed to others
Facilitators: David Lim, Mimi Lo,
Info: The Underscore is open only to festival participants.
Website: contactimprovkl.com
SINGAPORE
Singapore
Dance Nucleus
90 Goodman Road, Block M, #02-53 Singapore 439053
Time: 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM SGT (11:00 AM – 3:00 PM UTC)
Talk-Through: Yes, within the session 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM SGT
Non-Synchronous Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Siang Ding, Daphne Chua,
Accessibility & Safety: The studio is in the 2nd floor — the access can be complicated to persons with reduced mobility because it is only by stairs. Safety protocols: There will be a community guideline which participants will read before participating.
Instagram: @contactimprovsingapore
Info: Sign up will be on form which will be share on telegram and facebook group. Participants can learn more through telegram chat engagement or come for a underscore session prior to the Global Underscore.
History: SiangDing have been active in CI since 2018. It’s the first time he is leading Global underscore in Singapore this year. Singapore is a small city with CI session going on about 2 times a month.
TAIWAN
VIETNAM
AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA
Canberra, ACT
Mirramu Creative Arts Centre
Lake Road Bungendore, NSW 2621
Time: 11.30am-2pm
Talk-Through: Short Talk-Through prior to the start of the Underscore on site at Mirramu Creative arts Centre 11.30am. Arrive by 11.15am for a sharp start, thank you.
Non-Synchronous Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitator: Debora Di Centa,
Website: www.facebook.com/share/18mnGeVRgN
Accessibility: Not accessible to wheelchair users.
History: We sense a special connection to this improvised dance practice and find it a beautiful way for dancers to experience CI and Dance Improvisation. Debora has experienced the Underscore with Nancy Stark Smith in 2020 at the January Workshop at Earth Dance (Massachusetts, US), and she has facilitated it at the Australian Contact Improvisation Convergence-ACIC.
Bellingen, NSW
St Andrews Bellingen
Cnr Church and Ford St Bellingen NSW 2454
Time: 11pm 20th June–2.30am Sunday 21st June
Talk-Through: Yes, I’m running a Tuesday night class Series through June at St Andrews Bellingen breaking the Talk-through down into aspects, including practice, and will also start an hour earlier on the night of GUS
Full Score Practice , In-Person, Inside, Others can join, Joining “Live Streaming”
Facilitator: Catriona Davies,
Website: www.facebook.com/BellingenCI
Accessibility: It’s a church hall with mobility access, we use for CI classes in this area.
Dancers: Catriona Davies, Hamzah Mas, Silver New, Alyssa Bunting, Tracey Orehov and others
History: I have participated in numerous Underscores and Global Underscores with the Sydney community since 2007 and have also done the global solo (not registered) between 2022 and 2025, as our community is small and haven’t had the critical mass to participate as a group. I’ve been practising CI since 2006, and teaching here in Bellingen since 2015.
Melbourne, Victoria
Dancehouse
40 Princes St. Carlton North
Time: Sunday afternoon, 21st June
Talk-Through: Optional talk-through will be held Sunday morning. More details available when full weekend schedule is released.
Non-Synchronous Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Dominic Burke, Catherine Magill, Doreen Ooi,
Website & Info: Visit cimelbourne.org and look up the 30th anniversary event on the GUS weekend. This GUS will be part of a whole weekend event celebrating 30 years of continuous weekly jamming by the Melbourne CI community (minus COVID-times….).
History: The Underscore has been practiced in Melbourne for at least the last decade and the Melbourne CI community has hosted a monthly underscore for the last 3 years.
Roelands, Western Australia
Roelands Village
575 Seven Hills Rd, Roelands WA 6226
Time: 20:00-24:00
Talk-Through: We will have a talk through at the start of our 4-hours. 2026-06-20 20:00 as part of our Modified Score.
Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Closed to others
Facilitators: Rowan Worth, Nicola Lazaroo, Bugs Boyd,
Event Info & Contact Details: www.facebook.com/contact.improvisation.perth
Facebook: www.facebook.com/contact.improvisation.perth
History: Contact Improvisation Perth has run a short Underscore once per month in its usual 2-hr jam timeslot, for as long as I’ve been part of the community (7 years).
NEW ZEALAND
CARIBBEAN
PUERTO RICO
Mayagüez
Taller Libertá
Calle Pablo Casals #66
Time: 11:00 am to 2:00pm
Talk-Through: Quizás/ Maybe
Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join, Joining “Live Streaming”
Facilitators: Danza Contacto Puerto Rico,
Website: Para participar y asegurar tu espacio, te pedimos que completes el formulario de inscripción que encuentras en nuestra página web: danzacontactopuertorico.weebly.com/the-underscore.html.
Info: Si deseas llegar más temprano para aclimatarte, estaremos en el espacio a partir de las 10:00 am. Comenzamos formalmente con la práctica a las 11:00 am. La entrada es completamente gratuita, aunque siempre agradecemos cualquier donación que desees aportar para ayudarnos a cubrir el costo del espacio.
🌿 Protocolo de Cuidado y Salubridad: Como la danza contacto nace de la proximidad física, nos cuidamos entre todes para mantener el espacio seguro y saludable.
Salud: ✨ Regla de Oro: Si estuviste expueste a alguien con algún virus respiratorio (COVID, Influenza, Mycoplasma, etc.) en los últimos 5 días, prioriza tu descanso; ¡te esperamos con los brazos abiertos en nuestro próximo encuentro de DCPR! Si no te sientes bien y tienes cualquier síntoma de gripe o catarro (como tos seca, congestión, dolor de garganta, fever o dificultad para respirar), te pedimos de corazón que te abstengas de asistir. ⚠️ Para proteger al grupo, no se permitirá la entrada al espacio a personas que presenten estos síntomas. Del mismo modo, si sabes o sospechas que tienes alguna infección activa que pueda transmitirse por el contacto con la piel, el sudor, la respiración o la saliva, es mejor no asistir.
Accessibility/General Questions: Para preguntas sobre accesibilidad o cualquier duda general, puedes escribirnos a . También puedes comunicarte directamente con la gente de Taller Libertá en .
Info: Sostenemos este proyecto a través de dos espacios que amamos: las jams, que son encuentros abiertos, libres y sociales para conectar desde la espontaneidad del movimiento, y los talleres, donde investigamos la técnica y la pedagogía de esta práctica. Para nosotras, cada dinámica es una oportunidad de tejer lazos y compartir saberes, tanto aquí en casa como a nivel internacional.
Dancers: Verónica Rodríguez Ojeda, Maidelise Ríos Medina, Nicola Pecci y otres que decidan unirse.
History: Danza Contacto Puerto Rico cobró vida en el 2014 y desde entonces nos dedicamos a abrir espacios para que la improvisación por contacto eche raíces en nuestro país. Parte de esa trayectoria ha sido celebrar la Global Underscore en Puerto Rico, una tradición que comenzamos desde el 2018. Este año regresamos a la zona oeste por segunda vez, para compartir junto a nuestros amigues de Taller Libertá en Mayagüez.”
EUROPE
AUSTRIA
Vienna
Internationale Dzogchen-Gemeinschaft Samdrubling
Friedrich-Kaiser-Gasse 74, 1160 Wien
Time: 17:30 – 20 h (CET)
Talk-Through: 15:00, before the GUS; see website
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Joining “Live Streaming”
Facilitator: Menno van der Woude,
Website: vienna.contactimpro.eu
Dancers: Menno, and who else (with some experience) wants to join!
History: Have been dancing CI since over 17 years now, currently teaching sometimes at the Movement Lab in Vienna (with Juli Gabor, Matan Levkovich), will teach at Contact in Paradise this year in May. In terms of Underscore, I have done those over the years, sometimes liking it, sometimes experiencing it as a bit restricting; currently I enjoy the Underscore a lot as a frame that “”allows”” breaking usual patterns in jams (ie.: couple couple couple) and to allow non-contact-ish influence (even if CI is my primary focus). I’ve also talked with Malcolm Manning quite a lot about the Underscore – he is also based in Vienna but unfortunately not here on the 20th; he worked with Nancy a lot.
Other Info: I build a small site for this event. It is open source here: github.com/mennowo/GlobalUnderscoreSiteSite . It is easy to deploy via Docker, and you can edit the content in the browser, and see/export signups. Maybe other sites can benefit from this. I am happy to spin up some instances of the site if there is a wish for this.
BELGIUM
CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague
Cirqueon – Hala 3
Vlastislavova 603/11,Praha 4 – Nusle, 140 00
Time: 15:00-20:00
Talk-Through: 15:00-15:45 (before starting the Underscore)
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitator: Eva Mora & Tomáš Wortner – Available Collective,
Website: fb.me/e/5ZUPv4h6G
Safety & Guidelines: drive.google.com/file/d/1i4vp8zUe76SZOaibDOoMSFAJvkyl0NbU/view?usp=sharing
DENMARK
Copenhagen
Dansekapellet
Bispebjerg Torv 1, 2400 København
Time: 16:00-20:00
Talk-Through: Day of event 14:45-15:45
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitator: Anne Vejen Hansen & Agata Rutkowska,
Website: fb.me/e/6NWgRPhkC
History: This is the 3rd year in a row we are having the Global Underscore in Copenhagen, this year will be an experimental edition with integrated dance.
FRANCE
Brengues
SomaSati
99 IMPASSE DU ROC
Time: 14h-18h UTC
Talk-Through: Yes: 3 days event, talk through the previous Friday on the same site.
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Outside, Others can join
Facilitator: Yanaël Plumet,
Website: www.somasati.com
Accessibility: Being in deep country side, the site is unfortunately not well adapted for people with reduced mobility.
History: We’ve been facilitating the Global Underscore on this site since more than 10 years after many encounters and organized events with Nancy Stark Smith.
Montreuil, Paris
La Fonderie
105 rue Edouard Vaillant 93100 Montreuil
Time: 18h- 20h
Talk-Through: Day of event 17h15. Bring pen crayons and paper.
Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitator: Carey Jeffries,
Website: www.deepcontacts.com
Instagram: @deepcontacts
Info: A basic level of contact improvsation is requested. this will follow on from the advanced lifts of C.I. a W/E workrshop wth Vinicius Carvalho in the same studio. Reduced prices for both events avalable in Hellasso site.
History: Facilitated it for the last 10 (?) years. Before that, it was Claire Filmon whom I studied with, as well as with Nancy Stark Smith.
Toulouse
Fepeb – Maison de quartier Fontaie-Lestang
59 rue Louis Vestrepain, 31100
Time: 3-8pm, 20 of June
Talk-Through: Yes AM before the Underscore
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitator: Anne-Sophie Rozet, Elise Malafosse,
Website: www.deepcontacts.com
History: Regular practice of classes and jams, Underscores for 20 years
GERMANY (DEUTSCHLAND)
Berlin
Tanzfabrik Berlin
Möckernstr. 68, 10965 Berlin
Time: 17:30 – 20 h (CET)
Talk-Through: same day and venue at 16:15h (as part of the whole event)
Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
RESPONSABLES/SPACE HOLDERS: Dino Spiri and Mireia Aragonés, | www.dinospiri.com | www.mireiaaragones.com |
Website: www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de/de/contact-jam
Info: We begin the practice all together with an hour interactive Talk Through and then 2,5h Underscore – joining the GUS as a modified (shorter) Practice. We do believe a jam is as safe space as we create it. Being aware of that, reminding everyone to take care of ourselves and each other, we can create more sensitivity.
We ask for registration before due to the space limited capacity. So, regarding the next qüestion, YES, we are open to others to join when they register or if they don´t register, if there´s still availability. More information will be posted in the venue´s website and in our private ones.
History: Contact Improvisation arrived in Berlin in the 1980s and quickly became a cornerstone of the city’s vibrant improvisational dance community. Tanzfabrik Berlin, one of Europe’s leading contemporary dance centers shortly after its founding in 1978, has been instrumental in nurturing this practice, hosting weekly Contact Improvisation jams, Global Underscore sessions, and international workshops.
Hamburg
Triade Tanzforum e.V.
Bernstorffstraße 117, 22767 Hamburg
Time: 16-20
Talk-Through: June 20th, 14:00-15:30
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join, Joining “Live Streaming”
Facilitators: Angela-Mara Florant, Heilke Bruns, Sigrid Bohlens,
Websites: www.angelamaraflorant.de/jams/underscore-jam, www.triadehamburg.de
Instagram: @triade.tanzforum.hamburg
History: Since more than 30 years, there is CI in the studio Triade, and the Underscore has been hosted there since more than ten years.
Osnabrück
Aikido Osnabrück
Liebigstr. 25, 49074 Osnabrück
Time: 17:00 – 20:00
Talk-Through: same day at 16:00h
Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Johanna Hantke, Kai Kaldrack,
Würzburg
Global Underscore Würzburg, DJK-Halle
Wredestraße 23, 97082 Würzburg, Germany
Time: 14-18 UTC
Schedule:
11:00 – 11:30 | Check-in & Active Arrival
11:30 – 13:00 | Sharing, Introduction & Exchange
13:00 – 13:45 | Break
13:30 | Jam Check-in (for experienced participants only)
14:00 – 18:00 | Underscore Jam – Full Score
18:00 – 18:30 | Reflection Time, Sharing & Bodywork
18:30 – 19:00 | Harvest & Closing
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Manuela Schmied,
Website: tanzraum-wuerzburg.de
Info, Pricing, & Registration: Limited to a maximum of 30 “Impronautis” 🤍 Early Bird (until May 11, 2026): €35. Regular Price (after May 11): €45 – €65 (Sliding scale). Registration: Please register by sending an email to my .
GREECE
HUNGARY
Budapest
Kontakt Budapest Studio
Budapest, Szabolcs u. 27, 1134
Time: 3 pm Talk-Through, 4-8 pm CET
Talk-Through: 20th June 3pm
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join, Joining “Live Streaming”
Facilitators: Juli Gabor, Peter Lipka,
Facebook: facebook.com/KontaktBudapestStudio
Accessibility: We have elevators, though participation with wheelchair is not possible. The building is approved by fire department and exit signs are marked.
History: There has been several Underscores in Budapest, last time led by Eszter Gal and Peter Player.
IRELAND
ITALY (ITALIA)
Pian di Sco, Arezzo
Spazio Il Mulino
Localita cella 33
Time: 16.00 – 20.00
Talk-Through: Yes
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Outside, Others can join
Facilitators: Antü Munay e Margherita Fort,
Genova
Stream Ballet SSD ARL
Via Donato Somma 17, Genova (Nervi)
Time: Saturday 20 June, 16:00 – 20:00
Talk-Through: Yes: a brief Talk-Through in the beginning of the event. PLEASE COME ON TIME
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Lior Ophir,
Website: www.facebook.com/events/1737703087215352
History: Dancing and teaching CI for over 20 years. Organising and facilitating underscore and GUS for many years in Israel and lately in Italy. In the last 2 years we are having a monthly underscore here in Genova. It is the 5th time we will have GUS here in Genova.
Bergamo, Lombardia
Caprino Bergamasco
Campo Escondido
Time: 16:00 – 20:00
Talk-Through: June 21st 14:00 – 15:00
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Outside, Others can join
Facilitators: Davide Casiraghi and Blu Silvia Masnada,
Website: Evento FB facebook.com/events/s/global-underscore-26/988853156843581
Info: Only 17 Spots.
THE NETHERLANDS
Utrecht
DCU Herenweg
Herenweg 10, Utrecht, (Danscentrum Utrecht [next to Ekoplaza], Studio 3)
Time: 16:00 – 20:00
Talk-Through: Sat. 20 June, 16:00 -16:40
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Sebas van Wetten,
Website: Dansavontuur.nl/agenda
Accessibility & Safety: In the talk-through we address aspects of safety and access needs.
Dancers: Judith Kees, Sebas, and all visitors
History: Several years hosting full practice. Joined once week wa with NSS.
NORWAY
POLAND
Poznań
Studio Nieznane
Kramarska 26, Poznań
Time: 3 pm – talk-through, 4-8 pm (14-18 UTC) – underscore jam, 8-9 pm community time
Talk-Through: 20.06, 15-16, Studio Nieznane, ul.Kramarska 26, Poznań
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Marta Milewska, Bartek Mroczkowski,
Instagram: @w.kontakcie.ik
Facebook: facebook.com/share/1GqG6ibFxm
Info: I will contact all participants individually before about the protocols etc., we will also have an hour meeting before the Global Underscore where all will be explained.
History: I’ve organized the Underscore last year. From what I know there was no Underscore organized for the last 8 years at minimum, maybe before.
PORTUGAL
Palmela
SerVivo
Estrada do vale dos Barris, 2950-055 Palmela
Time: 14:00–18:00
Talk-Through: Same day at 10:30, same location
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Others can join
Facilitators: Jo Bruhn, Irene Pons,
Website: www.servivo.earth
Facebook: facebook.com/share/1GqG6ibFxm
History: SerVivo is a community and CI is an important part of it. We host many CI and CI related events.
RUSSIA
SPAIN (ESPAÑA)
Burgos
Estación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología
C. Dr. José Luis Santamaría, 09001 Burgos
Time: 16:00 to 20:00
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Andrés Alonso Riaño,
Accessibility: It’s a public space run by the University of Burgos with all safety protocols and accessibility.
Instagram: andresalonso0
Ceceda, Asturias
Caserío Carancos
Caserío Carancos 48
Time: 14h – 18h
Talk-Through: The morning before the GUS
Full Score Practice, Both In-Person Site & Virtual Site, Inside, Outside, Others can join, Joining “Live Streaming”
Facilitators: Mónica Boullosa, ,
Info: I will share the info about the Underscore with the participants some da
SWITZERLAND
Basel City
TanzRaum im Warteck
Burgweg 15
Time: 3pm – 8pm (CEST / UTC+2)
Talk-Through: One hour slot as a short refresher and to ask questions
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Others can join
Facilitators: Monique Kroepfli & Nathalie Baumann,
Accessibility: It’s possible via elevator but still one step as an obstacle into the space.
Info & Registration: No registration required. Please turn up punctually!
History: 30 years of CI-Jams and courses; in this space there have been 8 GUS events during the last 12 years. Personally I have danced many Underscores with and alongside Nancy Stark Smith.</p
UNITED KINGDOM
London
Acland Burghley School Sports Centre
Churchill Road, London, NW5 1AN
Time: 15.00 – 19.00 (UK time), 20th June 2026
Talk-Through: yes, TBA.
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Colleen Bartley, Robert Anderson, Josephine Dyer,
Accessibility & Safety: The venue is on ground floor. Health and safety protocols common to a dance studio within a secondary education school will be followed. Contact the organisers for any questions / access needs.
Info: We’ll let you know further info once things are confirmed.
History: We’ve hosted a GUS quite a few times. We had Nancy with us in 2012.
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
Vancouver, British Columbia
EDAM
303 E 8th Ave
Time: 12:30 – 4:30pm
Talk-Through: Yes, Friday, June 19th, 6 – 7:30pm // register at: www.edamdance.org/special-offerings
Non-Synchronous Full Score Practice , In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitator: Anne Cooper,
Info & Accessibility: www.edamdance.org/contact // learn more: www.edamdance.org/special-offerings
Victoria, British Columbia
Saint Matthias Church
600 Richmond Ave, Victoria, BC V8S 3Y7
Time: 6:30pm – 10pm
Talk-Through: Yes
Non-Synchronous Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitator: Arunima McNeish,
Website: www.facebook.com/groups/605816639482380 ~ “Victoria Contact Improv Jam” on Facebook
History: We’ve been practicing yearly Underscores for the last 5 years with a growing group of people.
Stukely-Sud, Québec
Danse Orée des Bois
823, chemin Sainte-Anne
Time: 2 pm to 6pm, June 20
Talk-Through: Yes, May 9
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Outside, Others can join
Facilitator: Stéphanie Gaudreau & Loïs Darie,
Website: www.facebook.com/Danseoreedesbois
Dancers: 25 persons 😉
History: 12 Edition.
MÉXICO
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Parque Fundidora
Adolfo Prieto S/N, Obrera, 64010 Monterrey, N.L.
Time: 9 to 11 AM
Modified Score, In-Person, Outside, Others can join
Facilitators: Esteban Fredin ,
Instagram: @contactimprovmty
Info: Send a WhatsApp message to +52 81 2009 6038
UNITED STATES
Los Angeles, California
Studio A Dance (Oak Room)
2306 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles
Time: 2:30–6:30 pm PST
Talk-Through: June 19th, time TBD, will be in person and on zoom.
Non-Synchronous Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Marie Osterman,
Info: Email with any questions.
History: Hosting a monthly underscore for the last 3 years. CI has been thriving here since the 80s, particularly the Santa Monica jam (going for 30+ years now,) and recently has experienced a renaissance in CI jams and practice on the East Side as well.
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder Elks Lodge #566
3975 28th St, Boulder, CO 80302
Time: 8:00 am to Noon
Talk-Through: We will start promptly at 7:30 AM before the GUS. $10 Venmo or cash at the door. (same location)
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Outside, Others can join
Facilitators: Sue Lauther, Courtney Young, Alicia Grayson
Info: Turn left as you enter until you reach a large ballroom. Bring water and a snack and a journal if you like.
History: We have a very large weekly jam. The underscore is practiced in short spurts, intermittently. We don’t have a robust Underscore practice.
Sarasota, Florida
Soul Studios
1100 North Turtle Ave, Suite 16-17
Time: 5 pm EDT
Modified Score, Both In-Person Site & Virtual Site, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Kelly Atkins,
Website: www.ecstaticdanceglobal.org
Info: All welcome. Wheelchair accessible. 941-928-8866.
Dancers: Jodi Begala, Kelly Atkins
History: We’ve participated last 5 years.
Chicago, Illinois
Mind Body Connections
1802 West Berteau Ave, Chicago IL 60618
Time: 9:00 am–1:00 pm
Talk-Through: June 18 from 6:30–7:30 pm at Mind Body Connections. Email to sign-up.
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Kellyn Jackson,
Registration: forms.gle/273rSqmzKWrDrYH27
Florence/Northampton, Massachusetts
Florence Community Center
140 Pine St, Florence, MA 01062
Time: 10 am–2 pm EST
Talk-Through: please go to Global Online In-Depth Talk-Through
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Outside, Live Streaming Zoom, Others can join
Facilitators: Sarah Young, Patrick Crowley,
Website & Registration: www.patrickcrowley.net/underscore Register
Dancers: Patrick Crowley, Sarah Young,
History: We are excited to dance at the Florence Community Center (FCC) where Nancy Stark Smith held the January Workshop many moons ago before she moved it to Earthdance. The Global Underscore was essentially conceived at FCC (and Earthdance) by Claire Filmon when she took the January Workshop in 2000! One side of the studio is mostly glass letting in a lot of light. Also there are doors to the outside so we can extend our dancing to the lawn.
Florence/Northampton Massachusetts USA has been a central place for Underscore and CI because Nancy Stark Smith lived here and started Contact Quarterly here (with Lisa Nelson) in the 1970’s. Earthdance, a center for CI and other related work, started nearby in Plainfield in 1987 because of Nancy and CI being here. Acappella Motion workshop, Nancy’s January Workshop, a local GUS site, and countless other CI classes and workshops has been held in this area for decades. Nancy led seasonal Underscores here, which Patrick Crowley and Sarah Young host now. Nancy started the Underscore +/- Group in 2010 as a weekly peer workgroup and was a regular member until her death in 2020 — the group continues with 20 dancers!
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Center for Performing Arts
3754 Pleasant Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55409
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm CDT
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Lindsay Forsythe,
Kansas City, Missouri
Park 39 (Office Building 1)
300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111
Time: 9a – 1p CT, 6/20/26
Talk-Through: Yes. TBD
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: April Biggs,
Instagram: @biggbiggsdance
Accessibility: Elevators for access to studio.
Info: For more information, please contact
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Hut
1285 Clark Rd Unit 1 and 2, Santa Fe, NM 87507
Time: Saturday, June 20th: 10am-2pm GUS practice
Talk-Through: Saturday, June 20th: 9am-10am Talk-through at The Hut
Non-Synchronous Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Casey Loomis,
Register in advance: shorturl.at/7GrA9
Website: www.facebook.com/share/1EC8eVgLoB/
Accessibility & safety: The Hut is ground level. Masks are not required. Contact with any accessibility Q’s or requests.
History: We’ve been Underscore-ing monthly since February 2024!
New York, New York
MR Studios
122 Cultural Center 150 1st Ave, New York, NY 10009
Time: 10 am – 2 pm
Talk-Through: before practice
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Live Streaming Zoom, Others can join
Facilitators: Luce Mahler, Nicole Touzien,
Accessibility: www.movementresearch.org/about-us/accessibility
Ashland, Oregon
Studio Z
250 Hersey Street Suite 1, Ashland
Time: 4-7 pm on June 20th 2026
Talk-Through: 4pm – 4:40pm
Non-Synchronous Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Mali Jarvis,
Website: www.malijarvis.com
Info: 4-4:40 Talk through, 4:45 opening circle, 6:45 closing circle, end by 7:00 pm. Registration is required. To register, please join WhatsApp group called “Global Underscore Practice in Ashland June 20th” and I will put all the details there regarding registration and logistics. If WhatsApp is inaccessible for any reason, email me.
History: I have participated in around 20 Full Underscores. I have facilitated around 6 or 7, giving the talk through and all. I don’t know if Ashland, Oregon has been registered participant in GUS before.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Westminster University’s Gillmor Hall
1840 South 1300 E
Time: June 20 8 am to 12 noon MDT
Talk-Through: TBD
Full Score Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join, Joining “Live Streaming”
Facilitators: Brandin Steffensen,
Website: @underscore_slc
Info & Accessibility: See Sorensen-Fenton Performance Studio in Jewett Center for the Performing Arts.
SOUTH AMERICA
ARGENTINA
Molinari, Córdoba
monteCIto
Av. Costanera s/n, X5166
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Talk-Through: At monteCIto on Friday 19 (it’s not open)
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Andrea Fernández, Iván Baucia, Tolý Rogêt,
Website: espaciomontecito.com
History: Located in the hills of Córdoba, monteCIto is a rehearsal and residency space dedicated to dance and the performing arts where CI events are periodically held. On this ocassion, the GUS will be part of a 4-day CI meeting dedicated to study the Underscore.
San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro
22 Encuentro de Contact de Los Lagos
Time: 11:00 – 15:00 hs (GMT -3)
Talk-Through: Yes, Not yet confirmed.
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators: Comunidad Contact de Los Lagos,
Instagram: @contactimprov.deloslagos
History: La Comunidad de C.I. de Los Lagos reúne practicantes de San Martín de los Andes, Villa La Angostura, Dina Huapi, Bariloche, El Bolsón y Lago Puelo (Patagonia, Argentina). Desde el año 2023, nos reunimos periódicamente a convivir entre danzas en diálogo con el territorio.
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The Comunidad de C.I. de Los Lagos brings together practitioners from San Martín de los Andes, Villa La Angostura, Dina Huapi, Bariloche, El Bolsón, and Lago Puelo (Patagonia, Argentina). Since 2023, we have met regularly to share our experiences through dance and in dialogue with the land.
BRASIL
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Espaço Transformando
Rio Ponche, 733
Time: 11h – 15h
Talk-Through: Laboratório de Underscore 21/06/2025 – 9h as 11h
Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Outside, Others can join
Facilitators: Fernanda Nicollazzi, Roberta Fofonka, , ,
Website: entrandoemcontato.blogspot.com
Instagram: @espacotransformando
Info: Localizado no bairro do Rio Vermelho, bem perto das dunas e do mar da Praia de Moçambique, em Florianópolis, o espaço transformando convida também a estar perto da natureza. Reconhecer suas forças, aprender seus ciclos, proteger e cuidar dela. Aqui há o desejo de acolher as questões sociais movidas pela comunidade, dando suporte físico e visibilidade para comunidades originárias, o movimento hip-hop, questões de identidades etnico raciais, de classe, de gênero, sexualidade, e outros assuntos que mobilizam nossa presença no mundo. Estar nessa casa inspira contemplação, ação e re-criação!
No Espaço, experimentamos o cruzamento da Improvisação por Contato com questões de ativismo, comunidade e cidade de forma contínua, cíclica, investigando a relação entre arte e vida em processos de curta ou longa duração. Outras danças, práticas e linguagens artísticas tem feito parte de nossa transformação como a Capoeira Angola (Núcleo Angoleiro Sim Sinhô), o Afoxé Amigos do Katendê, Artes de Rua (Hip Hop, Lambe, Grafitti), o Butô, Danças Contemporâneas diversas, Teatro, Vídeo, Cinema (um cineclube!), Palhaçaria, Música, Yoga, Dança de Salão, Meditação, Estudos de Massagem, Estudos Feministas e Estudos Antirracistas, Exposições e Feiras, Festas e Saraus, Kung Fu, atendimentos de Tatoo e Massagem, Ateliê de Artes Visuais, Arte e Cidade e tantos outros encontros rolam ou já rolaram por aqui!
Temos recebido artistes e interessades em formatos como imersões de estudo, residências artísticas, ou a experiência de ficar hospedado numa casa que respira arte, ativismo e natureza.
Dancers: Fernanda Nicollazzi, Lincon Soares, Jacqueline Silveira, Paula Omani, …
History: Fizemos um Seminário com Nancy Stark Smith em 2011, entre 2009e 2016 formamos um coletivo de experimentação em contato. Depois várias experiencias entre dança, território, terapia foram concebidas.
Campinas, São Paulo
Salão da Xiluva
Parque Ecológico de Campinas
Time: 20 June 2026, 10:00-16:00 UTC
Talk-Through: Yes, contact us
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Outside, Others can join
Facilitators: Marília Carneiro, or WhatsApp +55 (19) 991978308
Instagram: @mucinadanza
Info & Accessibility: Participants can write for us on WhatsApp +55(19)991978308 or Instagram @mucinadanza
Dancers: Lucas Rosseto, Juliana Braga, Pedro Vageler, Maíra Fenci, Vanda Heloiza, Juliana Lima, Rafael Ummus
History: Desde 2011 participamos do GUS. Fizemos uma pausa de 2 anos e agora estamos de volta nessa espiral. We have been participating in GUS since 2011. We took a two-year break, and now we are back in this spiral.
Vargem Grande Paulista, São Paulo
SitiOm
Estr. Elías Alves da Costa, 600 – Jardim Mirador, Vargem Grande Paulista – SP, 06730-000
Time: 11h-15h, 20th June
Talk-Through: 19th June, 19h30-22h30, in the same place: SitiOm
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join, “Live Streaming”
Facilitators: Bruno Garrote, or WhatsApp +55 (19) 991978308
Website: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/clLBdnyxHQYTk
Info: This is a retreat that will begin 19th and ends in 21th, but people can go just for the 20th GUS practice.
History: I have facilitated several times.
Aracaju, Sergipe
Cultart – Centro de Cultura e Arte da Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Rua Ivo do Prado, 612. Bairro São José. Aracaju
Time: 11h – 15h
Talk-Through: Yes, 8h – 10h40, 20/06/2026. Espaço Cultart – Centro de Cultura e Arte da Universidade Federal de Sergipe. Rua Ivo do Prado, 612. São José. Aracaju.
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Outside, Others can join
Facilitators: Janaína Moraes Franco, or WhatsApp +55 (19) 991978308
Instagram: @janaina.moraes.franco
Dancers: Vanessa Carranza,
History: Eu pratico contact improvisation desde 2011, participei de diversos encontros no Brasil, Argentina, Uruguai e Itália. Estudei com Marília Carneiro (Campinas/SP) de 2017 a 2022, quando estudamos o Underscore e participei de vários Global Underscore, com Marília e um com Ricardo Neves em São Paulo. Em 2022 e 2023 facilitei os primeiros GUS da minha cidade natal, Aracaju. Este ano será o terceiro ano a Aracaju participar do GUS.
I have been practicing contact improvisation since 2011 and have participated in numerous workshops in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Italy. I studied with Marília Carneiro (Campinas, São Paulo) from 2017 to 2022, during which time we studied the Underscore, and I participated in several Global Underscore sessions with Marília, as well as one with Ricardo Neves in São Paulo. In 2022 and 2023, I facilitated the first GUS events in my hometown, Aracaju. This year will be the third year that Aracaju has participated in GUS.
CHILE
Valparaíso
Sala Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo #16, Barrio Puerto
Time: sábado 20 Junio, 10 am to 14 pm (horario Chile)
Talk-Through: viernes 19 de junio, 18 a 20 pm / Sala Santo Domingo
Modified Score, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators & More Info: Rocío Rivera Marchevsky, ,
Instagram: @en_practica_valparaiso, @rocioriveramarchevsky
Accessibility: The studio is in the third floor — the access can be complicated to persons with reduced mobility because it is only by stairs.
Info: The details will be communicated in instagram and by a mailing list. In specific about Underscore, we facilitate few practices the week before to introduce in the collective knowlege of the glifos-scores, looking for complicity, participation, joy and commitment with the presence in the Global Underscore day. Sala Santo Domingo is a place to safety practice, and is a place that offer weekly C.I. practices facilitated by Rocío Rivera Marchevsky and Cristian Reyes Montes, and JAMS. Also the organizers of the En_práctica C.I. festival make frequently calls for the place, so there is a community around.
History: Since 2018, Colectivo En Práctica has organized festivals, workshops, and the Jamarada (a 3-day event with 8-hour daily jams), contributing to the visibility and depth of the practice. The collective is currently composed of Daniela Villanueva Tolosa, Cristián Reyes Montes, and Rocío Rivera Marchevsky. The founding members were too Bárbara Trejo Cruz and Consuelo Pacheco. This is the first time we are registering the Underscore as a collective.
I (Rocío Rivera Marchevsky) have coordinated several Global Underscore events. As part of the Contact Improvisation (C.I.) community in Chile, we participate in various initiatives centered around the practice to support its transmission and “”pollination”” within our social and artistic environments. I have sustained public research and C.I. practice in the city since 2002, establishing TEJIDOS PERCEPTIBLES, a weekly space for the practice, for over 10 years. For the last two years, this practice has been co-guided with Cristián Reyes Montes, merging our inquiries, interests, and research. Please consign that the call will be made together by COLECTIVO EN PRÁCTICA and TEJIDOS PERCEPTIBLES.
COLUMBIA
ECUADOR
Quito, Pichincha
Pabellón de las Artes, Quito
Parque del Arbolito
Santo Domingo #16, Barrio Puerto
Time: 10 am – 2 pm
Talk-Through: 1 dqy before
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators & More Info: Sofía Barriga,
Instagram: @somos.solo.uno
Dancers: Sofía Barriga, Arco Huayamave, Ricardo Mena, Mane Silva, Sol Vasconez, Gina, Sebastián Salvador.
History: I do other UNDERSCORE y diferentes momentos of My life. With Lucy Maler un Cuba and Ecuador and with Cristina Turdo en Argentina.
Peru
Lima
Club Nacional de Movimiento Libre
“El Paradero Cultural”, León Velarde 982, Lince
Time: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join, Joining “Live Streaming”
Facilitators & More Info: Diana María Stephenberg,
Info & Instagram: Find us at @cnml.pe and send us a DM for more information. A GoogleForms will also be created with all important details.
History: I’ve been practicing contact improvisation for the past 2 years or so, and have had the opportunity to share this practice with different communities, both in my country and in Puerto Rico. I have yet to find a space where they host the Global Underscore, and decided my self sustained initiative for the exploration of movement and artistic performance (CNML) was the perfect intermediary to bring this global practice to my city. I know locally there are other two groups that dedicate themselves to CI, but am unaware if they’re participating or not.
URUGUAY
Montevideo
GEN centro de artes y ciencias
Andes 1128
Time: 11 a 15 hrs
Full Score Practice, In-Person, Inside, Others can join
Facilitators/span>: Juan Noblía, Maximiliano Sonderegger, Josefina Diaz, ,
Info & Instagram: Find us at @cnml.pe and send us a DM for more information. A GoogleForms will also be created with all important details.
History