WATCH THE MOVIE, VISION STATEMENT, CREDITS
Watch the movie "dreambody/earthbody" - (80 minutes)
VISION STATEMENT
"dreambody/earthbody" (2012; 80 min. USA) Antero Alli
Since 1977 I have been developing a paratheatre medium inspired by the late Polish visionary of theatre, Jerzy Grotowski, integrating methods of physical theatre, dance, Zazen meditation, and vocalization to access and express the internal landscape. For this "dreambody/earthbody" video, I trained seven individuals in paratheatre methods to perform a ritual choreography with movements recalled from their nocturnal dreams. This process bypasses dream analysis in favor of tapping the personal and collective Unconscious as a wellspring of creative force unleashed in patterns of motion, form, presence, and sound. The video also features the group demonstrating a series of paratheatre methods alongside participant interviews, dramatic re-enactments of my own dreams, and a lush musical score by my wife/collaborator, the composer/singer Sylvi Alli, who also appears as "Naiad, a dreamtime entity". - Antero Alli
CREDITS
Featuring Antero Alli, Sylvi Alli, Robin Coomer, Jeffrey Fisher, Steve Mobia, Lori Salomon, Marianne Shine, Julian Simeon, Nick Walker, and Alaska Yamada. Edited by Chris Odell & Antero Alli. Music by Sylvi Alli. Videography by Antero Alli. Produced by ParaTheatrical ReSearch. Written and directed by Antero Alli.
FILM REVIEW, INTERVIEWS, DREAMING LINKS
Left to right: Robin Coomer, Nick Walker, Julian Simeon
DREAMBODY/EARTHBODY reviewed
David Finkelstein, filmthreat.com (4 stars)
The Paratheatrical Dreaming Ritual
The inner & outer workings explainedDREAMBODY/EARTHBODY: Interview with Antero Alli
by Isabel Fondevila for A.T.A. (January 2013)
Interview with Guboo Ted Thomas
Antero interviews an Aboriginie elder on the dreamtime
Links to World Dreaming Cultures
Dreaming ritual traditions around the world
