Chicago CI Sunday Jam Registration 
Please note, completing this form does not secure a spot at the jam.

Step 1: Fill out this form once or anytime your information changes.
Step 2: Secure your spot the week of the jam on the Sign-Up Sheet. Sign up opens at 9 am the Monday before each jam for Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and multiracial jammers only. Everyone may sign up starting the Tuesday before each jam at 9 am.

This system is to ensure a 30 person cap. It also encourages all people to attend the class or risk losing their jam spot to someone waitlisted on standby ten minutes after class starts. If this is your first time at this jam in 6 months, be sure to arrive in time to attend the class. 

Chicago Contact Improvisation Sunday Jam
Links Hall
3111 N. Western Ave

11:30 Doors open
11:45-12:45 Class
12:45-2:15 Jam
2:15-2:30 Closing Circle

Suggested donation $5-$20
*Cash only* No one will be turned away for lack of funds

Would you like us to know about any access needs (anything you may want support with to allow you to show up fully at the jam) ahead of time? Please email chicagocijam@gmail.com 

And do leave us feedback at bit.ly/chijamfeedback !
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We suggest a $5-$20 cash donation. (No electronic payment methods please)
Your contribution supports space rental, teacher pay, and future scholarships. No one will be turned away for lack of funds, so if it's more sustainable for you to pay less, do so!
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By attending a jam, I assert that I do not have any cold, flu, or COVID-19 symptoms and have not been exposed to anyone who you know has tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week. 

I also do not have any raised lesions or swollen lymph nodes which can be symptoms of monkeypox. 
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To be in close physical contact, we must be mindful about virus exposure. We all want to dance and keep our communities healthy and recognize that it is by people making the disappointing choice to stay home that we do so.
I understand that there is still a risk of contracting and/or spreading COVID-19 and other illnesses at the jam. *

Please let an organizer know if:

- You develop symptoms by the Tuesday after the jam

- You test positive for COVID-19 without symptoms within 10 days of the jam.

- You learn that you had close contact with someone who may have been contagious with COVID-19 between 2 and 10 days prior to the jam.

Organizers will immediately alert those who were exposed to you.
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I understand that I must wear a KF94, KN95, or N95 grade mask in the studio at Links Hall unless the day has been designated as "mask-optional" typically the last Sunday of the month. *
N95s will be available at the jam for purchase. Order your own high grade mask at https://www.projectn95.org. 
I also understand that I will be asked to sign a liability waiver at the door. 
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This final section highlights our Community Agreements which this jam approved in Town Hall meetings (the link includes a recording of them being read aloud). By attending the jam, you agree to uphold them. If you have questions or would like clarifications, please email chicagocijam@gmail.com or 

We have both an individual and collective responsibility for the dance floor. 

CI involves both physical risks (like straining your back) and emotional risks (like feeling overwhelmed). We can only navigate these by agreeing to listen (feel and sense) for what is needed in the space, in one another, and in ourselves.

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Act from the question, “Is this a dance we both/all choose?”

Listen to your partner’s cues to gauge if they consent to the dance throughout its course. Change course if it appears that they do not. 

Sense for spoken cues (using voice), social cues (like facial expression), and body language (like tensing/relaxing muscles or increasing/decreasing physical distance) 

Ask your partner explicitly if it’s unclear whether they consent, especially if they seem hurt, uncomfortable, tired, or if their ability to move away is compromised. Touching a wheelchair or other mobility aid requires consent.   

If someone says “stop” or “no,” immediately pause. 

Graciously welcome a “no"—make it easy for your partner to exit the dance.

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Practice physical safety

Leave your partner’s limbs free for movement and landing—don't grab and hold.

Consider if you are forcing your partner into a shape they cannot support or easily leave.

Soften so that making contact does not feel like a punch, kick, or shove. 

CI is a multi-dimensional form that requires training.

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Connect with yourself to ground in your own wants and needs. 

Prepare to communicate these using your voice, social cues, and body language. We encourage using voice to clarify boundaries and negotiate the dance while acknowledging that voice is not always possible to access in the moment.

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Do not pursue sexual or romantic feelings at the jam. 

Confusion around intimacy, sensuality, and sexuality is a common experience. For help navigating this, reach out to Jam Support.


If sexual feelings arise in a dance, check in with yourself and change the energy or exit the dance.


Do not look for sexual or romantic partners here—not in the studio, the lobby, nor before or after the jam.


Do not manipulate someone into intimacy under the pretense of teaching or healing.


Do not intentionally touch erogenous zones (i.e. breasts and genitals) to stimulate as you dance. These areas might receive unintentional "sweep by" touch as part of following a rolling-point-of-contact but do not linger or purposefully stimulate. (We credit Kathleen Rea for the language of this sentence from the REAson d'etre dance productions dance jam guidelines) *

Treat all participants with respect. 

Do not demean, dismiss, or harass. 

Do not indicate to someone that because of their race, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, sexual orientation or other marginalized identity that they are not a welcome member of the community.

Commit to working against behaviors and conditions that perpetuate power imbalances.

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