[CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS – 20 SLOTS ONLY]
Blind Together — Body, Space, and Perception in the Dark
a workshop by Toffee Sabklong and Ong Pholchai
Workshop Session: 2.5 hours, Mon Feb 9: 1:00-3:30 p.m.
UP College of Music Dance Studio☘️
Interested participants may register on or before 5 FEBRUARY 2026 at bit.ly/BTParticipants or by scanning the QR code.
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Blind Together — Body, Space, and Perception in the Dark is an experiential movement workshop that invites participants to encounter the body without relying on vision. Through movement, listening, touch, and spatial awareness, the workshop explores how perception reorganizes when sight is no longer the primary sense. By temporarily embracing visual limitation, participants investigate how the body reads space, relates to others, and navigates uncertainty through non-visual modes of knowing.
The process gently guides participants into unfamiliar bodily states—hesitation, vulnerability, disorientation, or lack of confidence—and offers practical ways to remain present with these sensations. Drawing inspiration from the working methods of blind dancers and Contact Improvisation, the workshop engages perception at multiple levels: bodily orientation, listening, touch, spatial navigation, and interpersonal communication. The session also opens critical questions around inclusive and accessible performance, proposing the body as a site of shared perception rather than visual mastery.
*Walk-in observers are welcome.
