8th - 10th February · 2027
Deep Touch
3-Day Workshop with Rosalind Holgate-Smith
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On what it means to touch, and be touched deeply.
This workshop will introduce deep touch techniques including gradual weight loading, sticky touch, and hugging, holding, squeezing involving deep compression and release.
Each morning will begin with slow somatic bodywork and will focus on one of the techniques. We will dive through and awaken distinct layers of skin, fascia, fat, muscle and bone, working slowly to invite release and expanded spatial awareness so that we may progress into more dynamic dancing with enhanced receptivity, sensitivity and compassion.
Through the exploration of the deep touch techniques the workshop sets a framework of tools to investigate what it means to be touched deeply, physically, energetically and emotionally. The aim is to question how we can cultivate dances of greater depth, intimacy and expressive agency in Contact Improvisation?
Please come ready for somatic bodywork, flying, lifting, soft acrobatics and authentic interactions!
Day 1. Holding: Exploring gradual weight loading, deep compression and release.
Day 2. Sticky Touch: Grasping fascia and awakening the whole body in movement and touch.
Day 3. Hugging and Squeezing: Discerning tension, playing the instrument and exploring advanced tools in compression and release.
*Recommended for intermediate to advanced CI dancers.
WORKSHOP FEE
3,500 THB Early Bird until 5th Jan / low income
4,000 THB Regular
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After registration you will receive payment information.
To secure your spot we request 50% of your payment in advance.
*note that food, accommodation and transport is self organized, and is not included in workshop fee.
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SCHEDULE
FEB
8th 17:00 - 20:00 | Holding: Exploring gradual weight loading, deep compression and release.
9th 17:00 - 20:00 | Sticky Touch: Grasping fascia and awakening the whole body in movement and touch.
10th 17:00 - 20:00 | Hugging and Squeezing: Discerning tension, playing the instrument and exploring advanced tools in compression and release.
*the schedule is compatible with participation in the Focused Jam
*it is necessary to commit to the full 3 days, and arrive punctually to sessions.
About the teacher
Rosalind Holgate Smith (UK) is a Dance Artist and Somatic Educator who creates performances and installations that explore intimate connections between people, place and the environment. She specialises in teaching Contact Improvisation and Contemporary Release Techniques and takes inspiration from Body Mind CenteringⓇ, Authentic Movement, Skinner Release Technique, Martial Arts and her love for dancing outdoors. She has PhD on the Vocabulary of Touch and encountering Otherness in Contact Improvisation and is currently a Dance Lecturer for Middlesex and Minzu University, on Hainan Island in China. Besides working in academia Rosalind has also taught dance for diverse communities, including children, disabled adults and older people. She is additionally an experienced Yoga Instructor and following her passion for water, she teaches swimming with the Shaw Method, which integrates the Alexander technique.