Welcome to this field of practice, shaped through movement, attention, and relation.
Togethering brings people together through embodied improvisation, shared attention, and creative practice.
Through movement, listening, and time given together, it opens a space to meet what is here, and discover what begins to move between us.
Togethering is a series of gatherings, workshops, and residencies exploring embodied improvisation, shared attention, and creative practice.
Based in the UK and Europe, each offering takes a different form. Some are short and open, others more immersive. All are rooted in the same approach.
“Perhaps what matters most is not what we do, but how we meet ourselves, each other and the ever-changing world we inhabit..”
What this is
Togethering is an evolving series of gatherings for people drawn to movement, presence, and relation.
It takes form through ongoing research groups, residential gatherings, place based work and beyond.
The focus is simple. To come into contact, with ourselves, with each other, and with the wider environment, and to stay there long enough for something real to emerge.
This is for improvisers and makers interested in emerging practice across movement, sound, language, and performance.
Ways in
Togethering takes different forms.
Each offering is shaped by place, people, and timing, and opens a different way into the same field of practice.
You can enter the work in different ways, depending on your interest, availability, and depth of commitment.
Please feel welcome to these invitations.
Togethering: Research Group
Summer Program · Manchester
A consistent space for returning to practice.
Working through movement, attention, and relation over time, with an emphasis on continuity, refinement, and staying with what unfolds.
Made for Improvisers who want to deepen their practice in a group setting.
Togethering: Heart of Cheshire Gathering
Late July 2026· Cheshire
A community gathering in nature, rooted in Contact Improvisation and eco-somatic practice.
Moving, resting, and being together across 3 days, shaped by land, rhythm, and group.
Togethering: Spirit Horse Residency
Early September 2026· Wales
A nature based, off grid 5 day exploration.
Set within a handcrafted community, with time spent in the wild, by water, and around fire.
A space for improvisers and makers to work deeply with attention, and collective emergence.
How it works
The work is grounded in embodiment, mutuality, and shared attention.
We stay in conversation with what is already present through movement, relation, and simple structures.
For a clearer sense of how this is held, you can read more below.
Interested in joining an offering?
Begin with a simple application.
From there, we’ll be in touch to continue the conversation.
If you’re not able to join an upcoming offering, you’re still welcome to express interest and we’ll keep you in the loop for future ones.
Any Questions? Reach out…
If something calls you to us, feel free to reach out.
📧 commonbodycollective@gmail.com
If you’re interested in collaborating, you’re welcome to be in touch and share what you’re working with.
‘Togethering’
Emerging from the Common Body Collective.
A growing network of improvisers working across practice, gathering, and shared inquiry.
📧 commonbodycollective@gmail.com
📷 Instagram: @togethering.contact
🎥 YouTube: @togethering.contact
*Images on this site are drawn from original photographs and reworked as part of the evolving visual language of Togethering.
Created by Alexander Dodgson.
