๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฆ - reclaiming our nature and discovering intuitive knowing
9 days Being Nature workshop - Ecosomatics, Embodied Poetry, & Dance Improvisation with Dolores Dewhurst Marks
2 - 10 April 2024
Koh Phangan, Thailand
Being Nature is a project that encourages people to discover their own way of connecting with deeper self and the natural world. Inspiring them to feel nature as part of their body, and from that embodied understanding move towards change, with acknowledgement of the current environmental situation. Offering space for exploration, collaboration, artistic expression and environmental activism.
Learning about nature and the body experientially according to contemporary science. Emphasizing their corresponding imagery, logic and shared ecologies. Incorporating approaches from somatic and contemplative practices, contact improvisation, and body-mind centering.
Engaging artistically, including writing poetry, making performances and short poetic dance films with participants, in collaboration with videographers, photographers, poets, and movement researchers.
๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
โ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฆ - reclaiming our nature and discovering intuitive knowingโ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค; ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ.
The workshop will center on our embodied experience of being an interconnected part of nature. We will practice anchoring our attention in the immediacy and listening beneath its surface, trusting to that which is undefined. Creating and performing collective and individual rituals.
Partly it will happen in silence, giving space for direct experience, witnessing and contemplation. We will be working mostly outdoors, in forests, waterfalls and wild beaches. Our practice will be for 6 - 10 hours per day, some sessions will begin early morning, others will occur overnight. Some sessions will be open to be nude, but it is not obligatory.
Along with the workshop there will be an artistic laboratory about poetry, photography and film.
This workshop requires a readiness to spend many hours in nature in various locations that sometimes demand trekking. Full commitment and punctual attendance are required for each session. ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฒ:
Coming soon
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ:
9000 THB / 240 EUR regular price
11000 THB / 290 EUR support price - supporting scholarships and those who cannot afford the regular price.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ:
Registration will open on 20th December. There are 25 places.
๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
There will be 5 scholarship opportunities for dedicated emerging practitioners/artists who are unable to pay the regular price.
More information is coming soon.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐
(for full bio:ย https://www.beingnature.space)
๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐-๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ is a multidisciplinary artist, working with somatics, dance, performance, poetry, and nature. Her project Being Nature encourages people to discover their own way of connecting with deeper self and the natural world. Inspiring them to feel nature as part of their body, and from that embodied understanding move towards positive change, with acknowledgment of the current environmental situation. Offering space for exploration, collaboration, artistic expression and environmental activism.
In an ongoing artistic collaboration with Sasha Dodo, she co-directs and curates REVERSE RIVERS COMPANY, a vehicle for their artistic work, interweaving movement, visual and text; ART CONTINUUM NOMADIC RESIDENCY, designed for international artistic exchange, development and production of art, focused in fields of dance improvisation, performance, poetry and film; TOWARDS, center for education and research of Contact Improvisation (in development), and is co-author of THE LOST PLACE book of poetry and FORGOTTEN POEM, a contemplative poetic dance film.
Since 2020, they are based in Thailand, teaching workshops and retreats; organizing art residencies and events including Thailand Contact Improvisation Conference and Being Nature Gathering.
More information:
https://reverserivers.com
https://artcontinuum.space
https://towards.contact
https://www.beingnature.space
Direct your inquiry to:
beingnature.space@gmail.com