Bare Bones

A Touch&Play Community Gathering

November 21-24 2024 / Massachusetts

– Only for those with Previous Touch&Play Experience –

The trees have lost their cloaks, winter is arriving and with it our descent into darkness. As it grows colder we look for a hearth and home. We gather with family and friends to share our wild summer adventures and to give thanks for the lives that we live.

This is a time where we dive into ourselves to strip away, distil and keep only those things that will help us make it through to the light on the other side. Our Bare Bones.

As we gather in community, what does it need to thrive and inspire us? This community gathering will provide only the skeletal structure that will help hold our explorations. Within these Bare Bones we get to self direct our play and our dances.

We will meet as peers without teachers or a large team to keep us safe and feed us content. We will share the roles and divide up the tasks that we need to fulfil to be able to co-create the intimate embodied beauty that only we know how to do. Anna Maynard and Daniel Hayes (DeeJay) will hold the structure through the facilitation of ‘Unconference’ style Open Spaces Technologies

The retreat will take place at Earthdance Creative Living retreat centre in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.

Earthdance is embraced by acres of private woods. Two large beautiful dance studios, communal dining area, cosy living room, library, embodiment room, dungeon,  and lots of open, outdoor spaces await. 

A wood-fired sauna sits just feet from a cold plunge into the quarry.

Three fresh, organic vegetarian and vegan meals will be provided each day. Meet will be an available option for one evening. A snack and tea station is available at any time.

The Gratitude Lodge (a.k.a. the Earthdance dorm) is connected to the Farmhouse by a short wooded trail. The Gratitude Lodge offers an assortment of large and small rooms featuring dormitory-style bunks and beds. The dorm also has a shared common area and bathrooms.

Camping is available for winter creatures.

Earthdance assumes no responsibilities for the activities of the Touch&Play Event as a renter of its facilities.