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Meet your Team, Meet your Home

I was really lucky to be able to attend the session this afternoon with the academic team of MAPP. As I took a break from my working schedule, this moment was just the right treat for me, especially in this chaotic moment in time.

A few concepts that stood out for me were non separation between artistic research and personal endeavors, starting from any points for research, leaving the assumption of correctness and give space to personal freedom in research, giving and feeling joy in approaching creative realms.

I was particularly struck by the research about theatre, translation and sound by Pedro De Senna, as I conducted a similar research for my final dissertation in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies in 2017.

Looking at life and artistic investigation, I appreciate they’re both part of the same whole. Personally, I find it quite challenging some times to integrate completely unrelated daily activities into my artistic research, while I tend to spend more time for reflection purely within creative spaces.

Starting Module 2, for me it is an opportunity to include various moment of my day as opportunities to observe, reflect and keep a diary, so that my verbalized thoughts can help me contextualize my practice.

Within the frame of making life as a springboard for my artistic investigation, I relate to Helen Kinkred’s experience, since I have found dance/movement as my home.

This session has re-directed my day ahead, and set me to a new level of listening, and embracing.



*When you enter a dance a studio, you take off your shoes and enter your home, your body, your space.

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