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

Intercultural Roots & Cross Pollination Crowdfunder

Please support our intimate but dedicated and growing arts collective to EXCEED our targets to fund the IR Health & WELLth Festival and CP Arts Residency in Southend. Help us to now extend development support to artists and eco-practitioners and also develop further Human-Nature Connect arts residencies in the UK with match funding from BRITISH AIRWAYS! 

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.

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.

Health & WELLth

Health & WELLth project integrates health and social wellness through a plethora of initiatives that includes cultural, artistic, educational and mental health 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 dialogues between the many layers of social life through educational and artistic events. 

GET ACTIVE ONLINE

GET ACTIVE ONLINE (GAO) offers live and interactive online classes from brilliant practitioners based all around the world. More than 60 professional artistic practitioners and teachers have delivered over 300 engaging sessions to date encompassing movement, dance, theatre devising, qigong and other arts, health and social change activities.

Active Projects

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.

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 and to create a picture of the local needs and issues that matter and are currently being experienced. At the same time it is also an opportunity for the community of artists and the public to share, build ongoing and meaningful relationships and to look for ways that encourage mutual support. #ripplesworld

Other Projects

Well Beings - Writing the body through illness and pain - with Marieke Bigg

A six-week online writing course to help you draw lessons from your experience of your own body. For anyone struggling with their body in some way.

BODIES IN EXPRESSION

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

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.