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wcciJAM 2026 Teachers

Check out our Intensive Teacher, Single Class Teacher Line-up, and Facilitators for wcciJAM 2026!

Karen Nelson and mayfield dancing together with a red chair.

Karen Nelson

Intensive Co-Teacher

Every moment is a moment…

Aramo Álvarez dancing with Carolina Marín.

Aramo Álvarez

Single Class Co-Teacher

Pulsing Planetarium

Carolina Marín dancing with Aramo Álvarez.

Carolina Marín

Single Class Co-Teacher

Pulsing Planetarium

A portrait of Daine Lopes da Silva

Daiane Lopes da Silva

Single Class Co-Teacher

Contact Improvisation & the Four Core Energies of Tai Chi

Jess Hepin lifting another dancer on their hip.

Jess Hepin Huang

Single Class Teacher

Water Knows: Learning from Tidal Intelligence in CI

Kan Yan lifting another dancer on his shoulder.

Kan Yan

Single Class Teacher

Breaking the Loop: Disrupting Habit in Contact Improvisation

Margaret Sunghe Paek being lifted by another dancer.

Margaret Paek

Single Class Teacher

CI in Ensemble

Paris Cullen dancing in a tree.

Paris Cullen

Single Class Teacher

Softening fear edges through falling skills

A portrait of Weidon Yang.

Weidong Yang

Single Class Co-Teacher

Contact Improvisation & the Four Core Energies of Tai Chi

mayfield and Karen Nelson dancing together with a red chair.

mayfield

Intensive Co-Teacher

Every moment is a moment…

Brandon Gonzalez lifting Brenton Cheng on his shoulder

Brandon Gonzalez

Single Class Teacher

Soft Arrivals

Cheyenne Amen sitting on the ground.

Cheyenne Amen

Single Class Teacher

It Takes a Village

Emily Jones lifting another dancer.

Emily Jones

Single Class Teacher

Cultivating Intuition

Jonathan Brussolo dancing on a rock.

Jonathan Brussolo

Single Class Teacher

Relational Forces

Karin Moriarty wearing a red dress and dancing with another dancer, holding hands.

Karin Moriarty

Facilitator

BIPOC Only Jam

Mihyun Lee dancing.

Mihyun Lee

Single Class Teacher

Function and Expression in CI

A portrait of Rebecca Bryant

Rebecca Bryant

Facilitator

Performance Scores

Petra Kuppers, a white queer disabled cis woman with yellow glasses, shaved head, pink lipstick and a black dotted top, smiles up to the sky, arms outstretched, embracing the world. Her mobility scooter’s handlebar is visible at the bottom of the image. She is in front of a multicolored wall: purple, pink, yellow and orange.

Petra Kuppers

Intensive Teacher

Speculative CI: Eco Soma Dreams

Brenton Cheng rolling on the ground.

Brenton Cheng

Single Class Teacher

Origins of Impulse

Chris Cahoon dancing at a jam.

Chris Cahoon

Single Class Teacher

Dancing Upside Down

Gabriele Christian performing on a block of ice in an alley way.

Gabriele Christian

Single Class Co-Teacher

Professional Wrestling is Partnering

Johnny Huy Nguyễn dancing with Megan Lowe.

Johnny Huy Nguyễn

Single Class Co-Teacher

Professional Wrestling is Partnering

Kriss Rulifson dancing underwater.

Kriss Rulifson

Facilitator

Water Contact Jam

Oka Ver and another dancer lifting up a dancer in the air.

Oka Ver

Facilitator

The Underscore

Utam Mosese dancing in a tree.

Utam Moses

Single Class Teacher

Receptive, Dynamic Hands: Listening in, offering more

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