Dignity and Crisis
Dignity and Crisis: Dancing the Gospel of Doom
practice//discussion//sharing
The eco-philosopher Edgar Morin (1999) proposes a “gospel of doom” which recognises systemic change, development and collapse, as potential source for creativity, learning, and transformation to overcome the "crisis of the future." How do we embrace such place of vulnerability within our movement practices? How do we construct a ‘restoring of human dignity’, which Moshe Feldenkrais (2005) offers as practice of self-care and social-repair, in our somatic engagement with ourselves and others in times of crisis?
Sunday
13:00 - 14:30
Thomas Kampe
Thomas Kampe (PhD) has worked internationally as performance-maker and educator for more than 30 years. He works as Senior-Lecturer for Movement for Actors at Bath Spa University. Thomas worked for 13 years with Ausdruckstanz-pioneer and Holocaust-survivor Hilde Holger (1905-2011) in London. His research investigates emancipatory dimensions of somatic-informed performance practices/pedagogies. Recent publications include ‘The Art of Making Choices: The Feldenkrais Method as a Soma-Critique’ (Triarchy 2015), and ‘Eros and Inquiry – The Feldenkrais Method as a Complex Resource’ (Taylor & Francis 2015).