For the fourth time we will dance and play in the retreat center close to the Czech border surrounded by lush nature and hosted by a community that supports our practice.
This year’s edition is titled ”LEARNING TO STUMBLE”

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“I stumble; maybe by stumbling I found you, maybe by stumbling I stumbled on happiness, a hap-full happiness; a happiness that is as fragile as the bodies we love and cherish.” (S. Ahmed)

We all have been in those wobbly states of clumsiness, awkwardness or amateurism that have an undeserved bad reputation. But when approached with kindness they unfold wise teachings about pleasure, joy and vitality: to find more surprising ways of being in the world, to push back dull pressures of perfection and to remember the wonderful anarchies of childhood. Sometimes mistakes can be marvelous sources of creativity. Sometimes bumping into each other can be a comforting reminder that everybody is allowed to move in their own rhythm. And sometimes things shatter after falling. Then we are invited to look closely: Why was I rushing or distracted? And how do we caringly repair the ruptures? T&P 2022 is our warm invitation to curiously inspect those rich aspects of disbalance, which can be found hands-on in Contact Improvisation and other forms of relating. So hop on and join us on a gleefully bumpy ride!

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The Touch&Play project started in 2010 and grew from an exploration of the chemistry and the edges of Contact Improvisation. It currently frames itself as an exploration of “The Relational Body'' which uses CI as one of a few core practices to do this. This year we’re particularly interested in material that inspires the Learning to Stumble on one or more of the following levels: intra and inter-personal, collective or tribal, societal or Spiritual. Some of the fields we work with are: Embodied Consent, BMC, Healing Practices, Dance, Somatics; Contact Improvisation technique, Power Sensation Role and Rope Play, Authentic Movement, Performing-Witnessing; Conscious Sexuality, Gender Explorations, Queering the Dance, Ritual, Discussion groups, The Oracle, Singing Circles and more. We invite you to come home to this diverse community of dancers, somatic explorers and embodied humans. This is a festival about play, vulnerability and building community rich in emotional, sensorial and erotic intelligence. Happy to stumble, dance and touch and play with you again!

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Newcomers have the option to arrive already at the 25th for our free Pre-Camp https://germany.touchandplay.org/pre-camp/

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Pricing Info
The festival ticket is 350€.
If you are financially strained you can choose between 250-350€ sliding scale. This is only possible if people who are financially more stable support others by giving between 350-550€ sliding scale.

Helpertickets are sold out

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Additionally you will need to book accommodation and food: –>Book room & board extra here.
The prices depend on what kind of rooms you choose. All in all for the five festival days it is:single room: 600 €
double room: 450 €
3-/4-bed-room: 400 €
multi-bed room without linen: 350 €
mattress in dormitory: 300 €
motor home – campsite: 275 €
tent campsite: 250 €

All costs above include Food (vegan buffet, three times a day, midnight snacks, coffee and tea) for five festival days amounting 175€

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Foto/Header: Ulrich Tausend/Benjamin Lee Martin

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Nature Community
St.-Hubertus-Weg 1
92539 Schönsee