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  KINTSUGI BREAKING WORKSHOP "Complete Encounters: From Facial Play to Conscious Embrace" 🏛️  INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT Date:  Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Location:  Tramway Cultural Centre, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2PE Organization:  Indepen Dance - Artistic Director: Karen Anderson Facilitators:  Nelson Simonelli, Coll Hutchinson, Chattanika Klinkaew, and Heg (special collaborator) Participants:  Members of the Indepen Dance company and students, including people with Down syndrome, special abilities, and diverse bodies. Structure:  Two independent 1.5-hour encounters, each with a complete structure per session. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Each encounter offered a complete journey through the metaphor of kintsugi, from the first contact to deep connection, demonstrating that transformation can happen in a concentrated time frame when the progression is organic. COMPLETE STRUCTURE PER ENCOUNTER BOTH ENCOUNTERS FOLLOWED THIS COMPLETE SEQUENCE: PHASE 1...

Before the first step is taken on stage, Antes de dar el primer paso en el escenario, I invite you into a pact. te invito a un pacto. A pact at a moment that is, in itself, already a ritual. Un pacto en un momento que es, en sí mismo, ya un ritual. My name is Nelson, and on December 28th, I will perform  The Last Dancer  here, in Tain. Mi nombre es Nelson, y el 28 de diciembre, presentaré  El último bailarín  aquí, en Tain. This date is not just any day in Scotland. Esta fecha no es un día cualquiera en Escocia. It marks the beginning of Hogmanay. Marca el inicio del Hogmanay. The great New Year celebration—a time of community rituals where the old is burned away to make way for the new. La gran celebración de Año Nuevo: un tiempo de rituales comunitarios donde lo viejo se quema para dar paso a lo nuevo. I come with my own fire. Yo vengo con mi propio fuego. And my own ashes. Y con mis propias cenizas. This piece was born in Spanish. Esta obra nació en español. From ...