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Five Ways In

 

By encouraging presence and awareness of our own being with others through touch,

Contact Improvisation is a transformative and potentially revolutionary dance form.

Our collaborative documentary project focuses on the experiences of five people

at the biggest contact improvisation dance festival in the world

to reveal contemporary meanings of the form and to

open up new themes and questions for research. Continue Reading

Research Themes

Community

What is the community of contact improvisation? How can contact improvisation be used in intentional communities and in creating community?

Personal Transformation

How does contact improvisation contribute to personal, spiritual and social transformation? In this theme we include therapeutic benefits and the appreciation of nature.

Political Change

Can contact improvisation contribute to making real changes in the world?

Teaching and Education

How is the way CI is taught and learnt relate to the quality of experience in CI events?

Intersubjectivity-Visual Anthropology

What concepts and areas of anthropology can best do justice to the transformative impacts of CI and the other research themes that emerged from the process of filming and feedback? How can the research value of this documentary be best argued in relation to current social and visual anthropology?

Visual Media

How can visual media be used to research and communicate key aspects of CI?

Performance

How is CI performed? What is it’s value within wider contemporary dance performances? What are the value of performance evenings in CI festivals?

Contribute a new theme

What new research themes does the documentary open for you?

Docusphere

Posted on September 3, 2015 by mikepoltorak

Reflections on Vision and a Community Research Visit

The need for a core group with a coherent vision is often regarded as vital to starting a community that lasts. I reflect on feedback on our Monastery of Dreams intensive in relation to visits to several formed and developing communities in Catalonia in 2013. We visited Kanawen, Arcadia, Arlequi, Cal Cases, Can Masdeu, Esblada, Irehom, Cala Fou and Molinàs. I also offer a brief history of the group that formed to set up the Monastery of Dreams and the extent of our mutual involvement to provisionally suggest that a lack of… Read More

Posted on August 16, 2015 by mikepoltorak

Two Weeks at the Monastery of Dreams

At the former Seminary of the Marist Brothers, Outdoor Pursuits Centre (Casa de Colonies Ca n’Oliver) and Festival Location of MAPA.   I spent some time thinking about how to summarise or even give a taste of what happened during the two weeks I spent at the Monastery of Dreams, the first week spent preparing for the second, a intensive process of dancing, sharing, performing while thinking, living and imagining community. I realised it would be impossible. The richness of the experience, the fact that my understanding and appreciation is still forming… Read More

Posted on May 7, 2015 by alyssa lynes

A lunch screening at: LONDON & VENICE… DANCE!! with Alyssa

LONDON & VENICE… DANCE!! Sunday, May 3 at 3:00pm C.T.R. (Centro Teatrale di Ricerca) Giudecca 621, Venezia Organized by: Carla Marazzato & Monica Giacomin After the film we had a short sharing of how the film resonated. In this photo: we are with our eyes closed for one minute to find the thought, image, statement, moment we wanted to share. * Carla first saw the film at a screening Alyssa hosted at Earthdance in January.  Carla was there as an artist in residence for two weeks.  Afterwards we spoke and she shared how she felt really excited… Read More

Posted on April 19, 2015 by alyssa lynes

CI & Community? a Post-screening Discussion at Tempelhof Contact Festival with Johan & Alyssa 

Contact Improvisation and Community?   “Wow this is a community and how can I be part of it? Do I want to be part of it or when am I part of it?  Who’s part of it ‘cause I felt when I watch it that I didn’t feel that I’m part of it and so I was wondering what would make me feel part of it and do I want to be part of it and how closed is it?  Who decides who’s part of it and all of these questions came… Read More

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Feedback

Feedback was a vital part of the process of  making this documentary.

As you watch and screen the documentary your feedback will be key to us expanding the docusphere (from kinesphere) of ‘Five Ways In’ and populating the website with more footage you are interested in. Continue Reading

Potolahi Productions

Several principles and ideals inspire our filmmaking:

Long term collaboration
Audience awareness and feedback
Social Transformation

We are inspired by the idea of a public and shared anthropology.

To learn more about our other productions see our vimeo site.

Key Links
  • Contact Improvisation World Resource
  • Moving on Centre
  • Our Project on Kickstarter
  • Potolahi Productions
  • School of Anthropology and Conservation
  • Vimeo (Potolahi Productions)
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