2024 video research
DANCE IN PLANTHROPO SCENE
A movement research and video essay inspired by Natasha Myers’ invitation to vegetalize our sensorium andcollaborate with plants.
Ongoing research and practice Within the project, I develop a dance methodology focusing on tissular fantasy and cellular intelligence in a quest to delegate agency to the body’s peripheries. It is informed by BMC approach, plant studies and ecosomatic perspective, particularly Laura Sewell’s ecological perception and Karen L. F. Houle’s concept of plant becoming. This approach invites unlearning somatic and mental habits within co-creative zones where habitual boundaries and roles dissolve. Alongside dance practice, the project revolves around the notion of co-creating atmosphere, opening reflection about placemaking, commoning and self-organization by instigating group learning processes (i.a. formation of Plant Babes porous collective).
PERFORMANCES:
CREDITS:
Concept & facilitation Dorota Michalak
Research & performance Julek Kreutzer, Maryna Makarenko, Dorota Michalak, Cary Shiu
Music & rhytmics coach Borys Słowikowski
Voice Carina Khorkhordina
Camera Maryna Makarenko
Editing Asidron
Animation Maja Zagórska
Participants of Plant Babes gathering in Przystawy (PL) Akseli Aittomäki, Joske Beckers, Michela Filzi, Aaron Lang, Dorota Michalak, Magdalena Meindl
SUPPORT:
The Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe