Touch&Play Discovery Weekend -Massachusetts, USA

Dear Dancers, Explorers, Sensualists and Adventurers, We invite you to co-create this mini Touch&Play with us as a juicy mix of a community gathering and a great opportunity to join in as a newcomer to the tribe! During these four days we’ll be setting the space and frame to dance, play and discover the Touch&Play work and community in an intimate gathering of up to 40 people. We will begin by diving into the Touch&Play’s de-CIDE Consent Framework so that we all have a chance to learn how to explore and communicate our boundaries and desires in an effective and authentic way. We’ll play with Contact Improvisation and its edges. For the curious at heart, we’ll also be offering a safer space to engage in Rope, Role, Power and Sensation Play. Our evenings will be reserved for more self-guided spaces to jam and explore with a little celebration on Saturday evening to round-off the weekend. The whole journey will center community building processes such as morning check-ins, sharing groups, shared meals and singing circles. Limited discounted tickets available for people who have already attended 2 past Touch&Plays. Join us to help seed the T&P culture to new folx! To receive the discount code and thus take 20% off ticket price, send an email to: [email protected] These limited discounts will be offered to the first requests. Touch&Play Founded in 2010, the Touch&Play Project has a rich background in facilitating and creating different fusions/compositions of learning spaces around the exploration of the “Relational Body“. Through its structures (e.g. Soothe & Care team, sharing groups, Peace Council) and practices (e.g. Embodied Consent) it offers a safer container to invite our emotions, sexualities, body politics and power dynamics into dance and relating. Core values are Authenticity, Inclusion, Play, Embodied Consent, Tribe Location: The gathering will take place at Earthdance Creative Living retreat center in Plainfield in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Dorm-style bunks and beds and campsites are available. Earthdance is embraced by acres of private woods. A wood-fired sauna sits just feet from a cold plunge into the quarry. Two large beautiful dance studios, communal dining area and lots of open, outdoor space await. Three fresh organic vegan/vegetarian meals will be provided each day. Pricing Tier: Financially Strained -Dorm $435/ Camp $375 Financially Coping -Dorm $475/ Camp $415 Financially Stable -Dorm $525/ Camp $465 Financially Abundant -Dorm $605/ Camp $540 My Cup Runneth Over -Dorm $750/ Camp $690 If you are curious as to where you fall in this spectrum, check out a brief description at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vtX4xYDjxSkPyihY1CE4cMce6bWvXscUmmRu_ra4cnA/edit Covid: The Event will be held within the official safety regulations of Covid 19 at the time of occurrence. More info to follow. If the event can’t take place due to Covid 19 issues, all payments (minus card transaction fees) will be refunded. Registration: Go to https://buytickets.at/tpusa/700437 to register for the event! Work Exchange: We have work exchange positions for those needing/interested in trading some of their ticket price. Fill out the form at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19F_OwT4ReMIlf47OOe9HfBF3lB8E61NN4yyfkyfwKYg/edit to apply. We’re looking forward to connecting and diving into this new experience with you! A warm embrace, Hazel and Daniel Facilitators: Dr. Daniel J. Hayes – Founder of Touch&Play and Vidàlia, medical doctor, current Executive Director of Earthdance, teacher of non-violent communication, undisciplined Zen-Animist and Eco-Anarchist. Hazel Turrone - Intuitive bodyworker, Sole proprietor of ‘earth*spirit confluence,’ Ceremonialist, Animist, Somatic explorer, Edge stretcher, Curator and Guide. Earthdance assumes no responsibilities for the activities of the Touch&Play Festival as a renter of its facilities.