Joint Forces Dance Company’s mission is to encourage the evolution of contemporary dance and provide ways for people to connect through dance. This mission is accomplished through the work of DanceAbility International, contact improvisation workshops and events, and performances.

The work of JFDC creates inclusive communities through dance.

“I believe that DanceAbility goes beyond movement exploration and is, for many people their first opportunity to define themselves in their own terms and see that this dance form, like their lives, has many options and possibilities.”

~Susan Sygall,

Executive Director,

Mobility International U.S.A.

Welcome

What’s Happening

• The 28th Annual Breitenbush Contact Improvisation Jam » is March 5th through 13th in Detroit, Oregon.
• If you are interested in taking Contact Improvisation and Bodywork courses from Alito Alessi, he is teaching in Vienna from August 3rd through 14th, 2009. Register for classes at the festival’s website ».
• We are warmly welcoming new members to our Board: Steve Christiansen, Michael Schapiro, Karla Schroeder, and Margo Duarte. They join Nancy Meltzoff and Emery Blackwell. Thanks so much for their years of service to our outgoing board members, Ann Fabian, Donna Gent and Lynn McKinney.
• Look out for Alito’s “Essentials” article about core Contact Improvisation skills in the Summer 2009 edition of Contact Quarterly ».
• We are excited to have many videos available at our Store ». Of particular interest to contact improvisers and those researching Contact in choreography are the DVDs “Hoop Dance II” and “Joint Forces Early Contact Choreographies.”