Projects

Fostering spaces in which this collective body can grow is an important part of our trajectory. We seek to harness the combined power of practice, critical inquiry and creativity to address some of the crucial issues of our times including health, environmental awareness, social equality and multilingual, trans-cultural collaborations.

Main Projects

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Practitioners have described Intercultural Roots as a “a home”, “a performative healing space” and “a non-judgemental place to cultivate our inner voice and be in tune with inner values”. ENABLE-THE-ENABLER is our community hub for practitioners offering mutual care, support and sharing from Passion to Profession - with opportunities for artistic, somatic and facilitator co-learning that is all a part of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

PRACTITIONER PARTNERSHIPS

Intercultural Roots is curating partnerships with somatic and artistic practitioners and groups based on principles of integrity, equality and respect for mutual benefit. By opening our horizontal infrastructure, class / course, performance and video production is more cost-effectively delivered, allowing practitioners to focus on what they do best and co-creating opportunities for income.

TO BE WITH - Health & WELLth Festival 2022

Our annual Health & WELLth Festival programme integrates health and social wellbeing through a plethora of initiatives that includes artistic, creative, cultural, somatic and critical care programs. The principles of interconnectivity, sustainability and collaboration create the framework behind all the initiatives of this project. Health & WELLth expands the concept of health across transdisciplinary practices while promoting dialogue between the many layers of social life through educational and artistic events. 

Active Projects

walks in the continuous field

This online program offers guided sound and movement scores for harmonizing self and other in collaboration with the more-than-human world.

Human-Nature Connect

An open call to join a fully funded 3-day artists residency in the Yorkshire Dales National Park 4th - 6th November 2022. You will be filmed performing in chorus with and within the hills, limestone pavements and caves near to Ingleton with full board accommodation, local transport and support provided.

Metamorphosis: connection, resilience and inspiration

A series of in-person encounters looking at ways of overcoming the challenges of our times. We are creating spaces and offering tools for participants to ignite and harness a sense of inspiration, connection and resilience through practice.

Other Projects

BODIES IN EXPRESSION

'Bodies in Expression' will focus on breathing & vocal exercises, acting games, body engagement, trust & confidence building for women.

CONSTELLATIONS

Practitioners, teachers and artists have the opportunity in Constellations to experience the dialogue between their practices and look deeper into their areas of expertise while teaching or presenting their artwork.

Mental Health First Aid & Virtual Lifebelts

MHFA is an internationally recognised training course which teaches people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis. We deliver this and our online Virtual Lifebelts resources in partnership with the Evexia Foundation.

RIPPLES

Ripples presents an opportunity to amplify and listen to the voice of artists from all over the world, cultivate meaningful relationship and mutual support and to create a picture of the local needs and issues that matter.

PRACTITIONER LABS

An opportunity to develop your artistic or somatic practice through the dissemination of embodied research, allowing a critical consideration of your practice through the perspective of different lenses, collaborative 'gifting' and radical care.

CREATIVE LABS

Intercultural Roots' Creative Labs provide a platform for sharing choreographic and performance making practices, critical inquiry and promoting debates. They invite artists to investigate their own practices looking at fundamental 'arts for health & social change' issues in creative ways.

Get Active Online

GET ACTIVE ONLINE (GAO) was IR's first online programme of live and interactive classes in 2020 featuring practitioners based all around the world that encompassed movement, dance, theatre devising, qigong and other arts, health, wellbeing and social change activities.