TO BEGIN WITH THE ACT OF GIVING

𝑻𝑶 𝑩𝑬𝑮𝑰𝑵 𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑨𝑪𝑻 𝑶𝑭 𝑮𝑰𝑽𝑰𝑵𝑮 The Spirit of Contact Improvisation in Nature 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 3-𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 Dolores Dewhurst Marks, Yasukichi Suzuki, Geraldín Acevedo España, Zhang Xiao, Xindi Chen, Giyoung Kim and Viktor Schramek 7 - 27 June 2025 Chiang Dao, Northern Thailand An invitation to craft spaciousness for new beginnings, and the gifts of our inherent generosity towards oneself, others, and the space between us. To reverse the cycles of not giving that stop us from giving ourselves away as an offering to this world. To fall intimately within, rediscovering the genius in us that knows directly and lives in the shared space. To discover or deepen the soul’s artistry of asking beautiful and challenging questions, and being vulnerable and available to listen whole-bodiedly. To access and cultivate a greater support by unifying with the forces of nature and moving towards life together. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸, 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦; 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺. Information pack: www.tinyurl.com/CI53Giving This residency is a 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 of the Towards CI53 Summer program dedicated to - 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮. http://towards.contact