What this practice is, and what it is not
Some questions come up again and again before a first class, so it is worth answering them plainly. Dancing the Invisible is a small dance organisation, not a company with a fixed cast and not a training academy with levels to pass. The weekly contemporary classes, contact improvisation jams and weekend intensives are for adults, taught by working choreographers in rented studios with sprung floors. Nothing here is a performance track, and nobody is being prepared for a stage.
Below are the points that most often get misread, written out so you can decide before you arrive.
No audition, no performance background
You do not need prior stage experience, a dance school history or a recorded reel. The work starts from what your body already does: standing, breathing, shifting weight, falling and getting back up. If you have never taken an adult class before, that is a normal starting point here, not an exception.
Drop-in, five-class card and six-week block are separate formats
A single session, a five-class card and a six-week block are three different ways to attend, not tiers of ability. The six-week block is the only one that ends in an informal showing, and that showing is for friends and local artists, not a public production. Choosing a card does not reserve a place in a block.
Toronto, Montreal and online are not the same room
In-person sessions happen in rented studios with sprung floors, which change how falls, rolls and recoveries feel under the body. Online sessions across Canada cover breath, floorwork patterns and somatic awareness, but they cannot offer the same surface or the same weight-sharing in partnering work.
Contact improvisation is not social dance
There are no counts, no fixed steps and no mirror. A jam is a shared practice where weight is negotiated slowly and either person can decline a duet. Strength helps less than listening. Somatic awareness and breath are the actual entry points, which is why beginners often settle in faster than they expect.
Improvisation labs are structured, not free-for-all
Structured improvisation means there is a frame: a score, a constraint, a duration, a focus such as weight transfer or partnering. It is not an open floor where anything goes. The frame is what makes the research repeatable across weeks.
What the programme does not include
There is no audition process, no certificate, no graded progression and no guarantee of a place in any given session. Weekend intensives run on set dates rather than on request. Questions about a specific class, jam or intensive are best sent through the contact page, where a plain form reaches the organisation directly.