Contact improv fundamentals: eight Fridays from the ground up.

Every class runs the same way: a warm-up from standing and from the floor, one piece of material worked slowly with different partners, and an open dance at the end so the material is used rather than noted down.

The material is what the form rests on. Giving and taking weight through the skeleton instead of by gripping. Keeping a single rolling point of contact and following where it travels. Falling, and rolling out of it instead of catching yourself on your hands. Reading momentum rather than watching for it. Declining, pausing and renegotiating inside a dance, which is taught here as technique rather than housekeeping. The last evenings put the pieces together into a small open score you can dance without a plan.

The first evening assumes nothing, and a class later in the series still works if it turns out to be your first one.

The eight Fridays

All eight classes run 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Inner Motion Dance Studio, 216 NE 1st Ave, Hallandale Beach.

Class 1	Friday 2 October 2026
Class 2	Friday 9 October 2026
Class 3	Friday 16 October 2026
Class 4	Friday 23 October 2026
Class 5	Friday 30 October 2026
Class 6	Friday 6 November 2026
Class 7	Friday 13 November 2026
Class 8	Friday 20 November 2026

What a class costs

$20 to $40 online on a sliding scale, booked with the ticket button above; online sales close two hours before each class starts. The door takes $30 to $50, pay what you can, no booking needed. Share the class or come for the first time and it is $15: tickets. See all pricing →

Subscribers to the monthly email get 20% off the online ticket for the next two months; the code arrives in the first email.

If the price is the reason you are not coming this week, pay what you can at the door instead, or say so by email beforehand. Nobody is turned away from a fundamentals class over money.

Getting there

Inner Motion Dance Studio is at 216 NE 1st Ave, Hallandale Beach, just east of US-1 (Federal Highway) and north of Hallandale Beach Boulevard. From Miami it is the first city past the county line after Aventura; from Fort Lauderdale it is south of Hollywood. If you need parking or access details before you come, email and you will get an answer before Friday.

Who teaches it

Max Petrusenko teaches the series. He also builds and maintains this website, so this page reads as the organiser describing his own class, and the Miami-Dade and Broward jam list carries the same disclosure beside its entry. Every other session on this site is published on the strength of the organiser's own page; this one is published on the strength of this page, and it comes down when the series ends rather than sitting here looking current.

Also on a Friday

The Friday jam this site hosts runs at the same studio from 2 October 2026. Its own page carries the schedule, the door price and how that evening runs. A class is taught and an open jam is not, and most people here end up doing both.

Ground rules

The full protocol is on safety and consent. The short version applies in a class as much as in a jam: keep a single point of contact, keep your own feet available, roll out of a fall instead of bracing with your arms, decline anything you want to decline and take a decline without asking why, and step out of a dance when it ends.

Questions about the series

Do I need a partner or any experience for the Fundamentals series?

No. The series starts at the beginning and assumes no dance background. Most people arrive alone, and every partner exercise is done with whoever is standing next to you.

Do I have to come to all eight classes?

No. Each class stands on its own, so you can drop into any one of the eight. Coming to all of them is what turns the material into dancing, and it is not required.

How much does a class cost?

$20 to $40 online on a sliding scale, $15 when you share it or come for the first time, or $30 to $50 at the door, pay what you can. Online sales close two hours before each class; book with the button on this page or on the tickets page.

How do I book?

Buy the $20 to $40 online ticket above, any time until two hours before the class starts. No booking is needed to come to the door either: every class accepts $30 to $50 pay-what-you-can, no advance registration, right up to 9:00.

Where is it, and how do I get there?

Inner Motion Dance Studio, 216 NE 1st Ave, Hallandale Beach, FL 33009, on the north edge of Miami just past Aventura on US-1.

Who teaches it?

Max Petrusenko, who also maintains this website. That is why this page reads as the organiser describing his own class, and why the entry in the jam list carries the same disclosure.

Is this the same thing as the Friday jam?

No. The jam is open dancing with no teacher and no plan. This is a taught class, and every class ends with an open dance so the material is used straight away.

What should I wear and bring?

Clothes you can roll in, covering your back, shoulders and knees, with no zips, buckles or hard seams. Bare feet or soft socks, a full water bottle and a towel. Rings and watches come off at the edge.

What if the price is out of reach this week?

Say so before the class. One email is enough, and it gets sorted without a conversation about your circumstances.