Material for the brain

For the 29th episode, I have invited Meytal Blanaru - a dancer, choreographer, teacher and a Feldenkreis practitioner. She is the founder of Fathom High - a Feldenkrais® based dance technique, that uses neuroplasticity to create changes in the way one moves, forms habits and overcome limitations. I met Meytal many years ago during my dance education and recently we worked closely for several month...

For the 28th episode of the podcast, I had the honour to host Defne Erdur. Defne (TR/FR/IT) is a mover, researcher and a therapist working in the fields of performing arts, health and education. She is trained in Contemporary Dance , Sociology, Expressive Art Therapy and Trauma Healing. I met Defne a decade ago, while we were both teaching in the First Austrian Contact Festival. About two year ago...

For the 27th episode of the podcast, I had the honour to host Simon Mayer. Simon is a performer, choreographer, musician, festival curator and workshop facilitator. He was born in Austria and studied at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School and at the Performing Arts and Research Studios in Brussels (P.A.R.T.S.). I got to know if Simon many years ago when I moved to Vienna. His choreographic work w...

In this solo episode, I explore the issues around the topic of consent within the contact improvisation world and beyond. In order to explore such a complicated topic, I have been referring to the 4 quadrant model of Ken Wilber's Integral Theory , to help with the process of identification and categorisation of the different challenges and tools we might use to address the problem. As always, I ha...

My guest for the 25th episode is Eva-Maria Kraft - a contemporary dancer, dance teacher and choreographer for humans and robots. She is also the founder of the dance studio RAUM für TANZ in Vienna and teaches internationally for beginners up to professional dancers. Her artistic projects move at the interface of different art fields and sciences, explore (artificial) bodies and are based on the re...

My guest for the 24th episode is Tal Shibi, a native Jerusalem dance maker, an improviser, photographer, , as well as a teacher and ongoing student of movement, art, and therapy. Most recently Tal has been sharing his passion for life, creativity, and movement through creating improvisation workshops which emphasise tools for life such as playfulness, meditation, the courage to be seen, body aware...

The guest for the 23rd episode is Daphna Horenczyk . A performer, choreographer and a good friend of mine.   I invited Daphna to the podcast to talk about her latest choreographic project - Diorama:stories which had its premiered in 2020 and examines the the relationship between the production of images and the embodied experience of the process.   And her current choreographic research...

My guest for the 22nd episode is David Mordoch, a body-mind therapist, a facilitator of men’s circles, a podcast host. He coming from the world of Body psychotherapy, Thai massage and contact improvisation. I met David in one of my seminars many years ago and around a year ago, I started following his podcast. I have been very inspired by the conversations that he was facilitating and I wanted to...

My guest for the 21st episode is Itay Yatuv, a dancer, teacher, director, and the founder of Contakids - a methodology that uses physical contact to develop a deeper form of communication between parents and their children. I met Itay in 2007 just as I took my first steps into the world of Dance. Back then, Itay was the artistic director of a unique dance school called ‘The group’ and after I have...

My guest for the 20th episode is Shanti Zimmerman, a teacher who is helping individuals to live in emotional authenticity, maturity and honesty and to develop Genuine Interactions in the world. Shanti came into my attention through her Facebook page. I was very impressed by her ability to handle sensitive conversations online, on topics that tends to spiral into violent accusations and pointless v...

My guest for the 19th episode is a friend on mine from Israel, Yochai Ginton, a dancer, teacher and performer. Yochai has been working in Israel and abroad in the last 15 years, performing and teaching dance seminars, collaborating with leading figures in the Israeli dance scene. Yochai was a very inspiring person for me in my own journey of becoming a dancer as he did a similar process sever...

My guest for the 18th episode is Stephanie lee, an Entrepreneur and a contemporary dancer. She is the co founder of Trybe gym in Hong Kong, a playground for circus, weightlifting, mobility training and acrobatics. I met Stephanie in 2018, she invited me to teach a seminar in her gym and from the first moment we met, we had really great time together. I was extremely impressed by her groundless and...

My guest for the 17th episode is Jorge Crecis - A dancer, choreographer and a researcher, holding a degree in Sport Sciences and a PhD in Philosophy through the department of Performing Arts, Goldsmiths college, University of London For the last 20 years, Jorge has been working to crack the secret of how to replicate altered states of consciousness through very accessible but highly effective body...

The guest for the 16th episode is Yuval Ayalon, a Performing Artist, Handbalancer, Acrobat - and a Gymnast. Yuval is a life long physical practitioner. A man, who dedicates his life for the never ending journey of refining his skills and knowledge of his craft. He came into my attention through a common friend who made a connection between us. I hosted him at my apartment in Vienna while he was te...

My guest for 15th episode is Nita Little, a dance pioneer who’s work had an international impact and changed the course of dance history. Nita is a performer, teacher, choreographer, scholar and theorist. She is one of the founders of Contact Improvisation and in the last 50 years, has been touring the globe to teach and share her research on what she calls relational intelligence. Nita holds a PH...

My guest for the 14th episode is Wili Erber -  a martial artist, a coach and the co founder of science of jiu jitsu martial art gym. Wili holds a black belt in Japanese and Brazilian Jiu jitsu and a master degree in sport science.    I met Wili 4.5 years ago when I started my own journey in the world of BJJ and nowadays I am training at in his gym under his guidance. What I really a...

My guest for the 13th episode is Richard Sarco-thomas, a life long martial artist and a social worker, working with youth and people with learning disabilities. Richard is a black belt in Aiki jiu jitsu and Aikido and in the last 15 years, beside marital arts, he has been practicing, teaching and organising contact improvisation events and festivals.   Richard was born in a small working clas...

My guest for the 12th episode is Sabine Parzer(AT), founder of the Holistic Dance Institute . Her professional experience spans over 30 years as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, bodyworker, author and organiser.   Sabine does an incredible work in merging the world of dance with the world of therapy. She has an amazing capacity to create educational structures, and during the past 10 years,...

In this solo episode I am sharing a personal anecdote as a mean to examine the tension between our need for safety and our need for freedom and how it can manifest in our bodies, culture and more. I find that this tension is very present nowadays as the Covid pandemic magnifies both the need for safety and the need for freedom. I am trying to offer a way to help us preserve the ability to communic...

For the 10th episode I have invited my friend Manon Siv Duquesnay. Manon is a French-Danish dancer, choreographer and teacher based in Spain. She has studied a BA in dance between Uniarts (SE) and Institut del Teatre (ES), and is currently completing her Master at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (DK). I met Manon first time in 2012 and during the last 9 years we have played different...

My guest for the 9th episode is Patrick Oancia(CA/JP) , founder of Baseworks - a movement system designed to increase your ability to sense, and improve motor and mental performance.  Patrick diverse background is unique - a former punk musician, that for the last 30 immeshed himself in athletics, the study of Hatha yoga asana and martial arts while refining more...

My guest for the 8th episode is Guillermo Justel (ES/UK). Guillermo is a Yoga and Hand balancing teacher and the co-founder of 'We-Guild' - a social network for self employed people that helps absorb financial blows through the power of community. What I really admire in Guillermo is that he is the kind of thinker that doesn't shy away from confronting paradoxes and interacting with conflicting pr...

My guest for the 7th episode is Outi Sulopuisto, a Finnish friend of mine who lives in Klagenfurt, Austria. Outi is a 4th dan black belt Aikidoka, she has training experience in somatic & dance, She is a certified physiotherapist and Feldenekrais practitioner. She holds a master degree in Health Care and currently is working as a Junior researcher at the Carinthia University of Applied Science...

In this solo episode, I am reflecting on the topic of authentic expression. I decided to take a personaI approach and to use some of my own life stories as reference points in order to examine the notion of authenticity and its expression and evolution.  Key questions/topics I am talking about: What is self expression? Why should I be bother with expressing myself? How does external structure...

In the 5th episode, I had the pleasure of talk with Shai Faran (IL/DE). Shai is a dancer, teacher and a choreographer based in Berlin. She has a large base of followers from all over the globe with whom she shares what she calls 'a life practice'. Shai is one of the most dedicated practitioner I have met and she lives her life in a very intense and interesting way. In our conversation sh...