Touch Wood is a season of unfinished ideas and raw material where the form is determined by the content. Self-directed research applicants will be invited to present a selected part or all of their research material in the Touch Wood season. This will be a result of the sharing that is part of the self-directed research strand.

Applications are not accepted for Touch Wood. The content of the season will be determined by the research of the self-directed research participants. All those selected for the self-directed research strand of Choreodrome 2009 will be invited to present a selected part or all of their research material in the Touch Wood season. This will be a result of the sharing that is part of the self-directed research strand.