SPECIAL OFFERINGS

 

Before attending a special offering, please review the Important Info below, including what to wear/bring, waiver, values, code of conduct, FAQ’s, and accessibility info.

Please arrive 5 to 10 min beforehand to sign-in and change. Entry to the building is only granted 15 min before and 15 min after an activity starts.

For more information, please contact us at: info@edamdance.org.

If cost is a barrier and you are interested in attending a special offering, please email us at: info@edamdance.org.

AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT

TUESDAYS, 5:30 - 6:30PM

Full Series: $140 | Individual class cost: $20 | No one turned away for lack of funds
Pre-registration is encouraged, drop-ins welcome space permitting.
Registration link below.
Please note: Class Cards are not valid for this offering.

Awareness Through Movement® is a somatic movement practice that re-patterns the nervous system's habitual movement pathways. Through structured movement explorations with specifically directed attention, participants develop greater efficiency and ease in movement — reducing excess tension, building greater integrity and coordination, and refining embodied awareness. ATM helps people find freedom from habitual patterns which may lead to strain, discomfort, or injury, and opens up a world of continual exploration, refinement, and possibility. ATM Classes are held in partnership between EDAM and Francesca Frewer.

Fall 2026 Schedule:

  • September 15th to October 27th: seven-week series

  • November 10th to December 15th: six-week series

REGISTER HERE
 
 

December Underscore w/ Anne Cooper
Talk-Through #1 - Sun, Dec 13th @ 3:00 - 4:30PM
Talk-Through #2 - Fri, Dec 18th @ 4:30 - 6:00PM
The Practice - Sat, Dec 19th @ 12:30 - 4:00PM

Please note: Class Cards are not valid for this offering.

Participants must attend a Talk-Through prior to attending The Practice—please choose one Talk-through to attend. Some familiarity with Contact is needed. Registration is required.

The Underscore is a spacious and engaging experience shared by the participants that can spark surprising kinesthetic and compositional improvised dance and Contact Improvisation within a defined framework.

The Underscore is for those with some previous Contact Improvisation experience.⁠ Registration is required. Participants must attend a talk-through prior to attending the practice.⁠

Please email info@edamdance.org if you have any questions about attending.⁠

REGISTRATION OPEN SOON

IMPORTANT INFO

What is Contact Improvisation?

Contact Improvisation (CI) is an improvised dance, involving non-verbal communication between bodies moving through physical contact. It is a meditation on presence and somatic awareness, as well as a play of physics using gravity, momentum, and inertia to inspire dancing together. Every moment is a collaboration with a focus on “listening” through the skin surface at the physical point of contact.

Accessibility + What to Wear/Bring

EDAM’s studio is a ground-floor wheelchair accessible studio located inside the Western Front building at 303 E 8th Ave Vancouver V5T 1S1. The studio is through the first door on the left from the main entrance. The building has two ground-floor, single-stall gender neutral washrooms, one of which is accessible. There is a small lip on the front door of the building as well as on the inside door for the entrance to the studio.

EDAM is closest to transit stops at Broadway/Main (Buses: 8, 9, 19, 99). There is free street parking in the neighbourhood (check for hour-limits and permit signs) around Dude Chilling Park. Bike racks are located at the entrance to the building.

Please arrive 10 to 15 min beforehand to change and sign-in. Entry to the building is only granted 15 min before and 15 min after an activity starts.

We recommend bringing a water bottle and wearing long sleeves, pants, and layers for changing body temperatures. You may wish to wear light kneepads. EDAM sells dance kneepads at the studio for $40. To help us keep the space scent-reduced, please refrain from wearing scented products. Outside shoes are not permitted in the dance studio.

Membership

  • To participate in activities at EDAM, you must be a member.

  • If you are new to EDAM, please purchase a membership along with your registration.

  • EDAM Membership is a lifetime membership (one-time $5 membership fee).

Waivers

Special Offerings Refund & Cancellation Policy

  • Special Offerings are non-refundable and non-transferable.

  • EDAM reserves the right to cancel a special offering for any reason. Registered participants will be contacted and full refunds will be issued.

  • EDAM reserves the right to or change the teacher if the scheduled teacher can no longer attend.

EDAM gratefully acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples; the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, on whose traditional, stolen and occupied territories we live and work.