Contact Improvisation with Ong Pholchai: Dancing in the World of Quantum

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶: 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 3 Days of Contact Improvisation with Ong; 15, 16, 17 April 10:00 - 13:00 Motion Space Chaloklum 1000 baht per day 2500 baht full 3 days 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙢: 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙀𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙚, 𝙄 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨—𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨, 𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙪𝙥 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝘾𝙄, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙩-𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.- Ong Pholchai Wednesday 15 April Day 1/3: Finding Ground in an Uncertain World – States of Superposition For me, the core of classical CI training and research was about our relationships to gravity, which makes CI a very empowering resilience practice. Spiritually, this means returning home to the body-earth. However, our current humanity unfortunately has been moving away from the earth sociodigitally at the rapid pace of data and network algorithms. What I want to contribute to our CI culture with the quantum narrative of superposition is about finding grounds within uncertainty and how to embrace this fundamental truth through our body wisdom. Thursday 16 April Day 2/3: Centering in an Entangled Chaos – Navigating Affect and Vulnerability We are interconnected. In fact, lifefulness is based on interconnection. Our nervous system and cells are co-regulated with the environment and people we surround ourselves with. At this very same place of connection is how we accumulate tension, attachments and perhaps traumas. While moving, voicing and drawing together in different ritual configurations, we will navigate creative expressions of affects and vulnerability. How may we perceive chaos as authenticity and an aesthetic of listening? Friday 17 April Day 3/3: Seen and Heard by Spaces – Co-Witnessing as Critical Creative forces The intention and attention we place (or not-place) while observing affects the quality of experiences, both of the observer and the observed. We will use the frame of contemplative rituals and performative aspects of CI, together with reflective dialogues as a vehicle for exploring different ways of witnessing and “participating.” Some of the practices that I will share come from a performance research “Blind Rituals” developed with a Thai blind dancer Toffee Sophon Tabklong. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 1000 baht per day 2500 baht full 3 days 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in advance really support us organizationally :) : https://forms.gle/7SFzc15YLwmJ8Dw16 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 is due in cash upon entrance of each session (or on day 1 when joining all 3 days). 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: MOTION Space of Contact Improvisation Chaloklum Koh Phangan, Thailand https://maps.app.goo.gl/qhJAJrmKWedxmJgx5 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗡𝗚: Nitipat “Ong” Pholchai (Spine Party Movement) is a dance artist, physicist and educator. His practice lies at the intersectionality of dance, healing, and activism with a focus on communal rituals and emergent collaboration. Ong views life and art as intertwining forces that nourish and inform each other in a becoming flux of his being and environment. Professionally, Ong has gathered more than 10 years of experience teaching creative physics and improvisational dance in multiple platforms including universities, alternative schools, meditation centers, social activism spaces and international dance festivals. He has enjoyed leading artist communities and giving consultation to teachers/facilitators. He has choreographed works, curated activities and directed many community-based artistic projects in Thailand and internationally. He has received institutional support from Dance Nucleus (Singapore), MyDance Alliance (Malaysia), Asian Cultural Council, Kelola Foundation (Indonesia), Wanny Angerer’s Moving Cultures, Alliance Francaise Bangkok and British Council Thailand. Among his most influential dance teachers are Kathleen Hermesdorf, Sarah Shelton Mann, Augusta Moore, Lizz Roman, Daiane Lopez Da Silva, Karl Frost and Katie Duck. Since 2015, he has enjoyed collaborating and building a soulful network with many Asia-based dance artists. Since his pioneering work “Blind Rituals” with Thai blind dancer Toffee during 2017-2022, he has grown a strong interest in activating collective discourse about art and spiritual accessibility in society. When it comes to the art of dance, it becomes clear to him the saying “sharing is caring.”” 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗨𝗣𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗡𝗚: 𝟭𝟰 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 - 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 & 𝗖𝗜 𝗝𝗔𝗠 𝟭𝟵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 - 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 - 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶, 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗪𝘂, 𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵, 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝗮, 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗵𝘁𝗮 & 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 tab