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Thank you for the attention! Keep dancing!

Wonderful! I have made another video beside this one and hopefully will be able to release more in the near future!

Thanks for the feedback! more to come soon!

Hi Martin, nice to read from you here. I am a bit sceptical that most people will have your attention span for CI dances without any educational commentary...

Happy you enjoy!

It doesn't seem to me that you actually watched the video. Are you here just for the comments?

Thank you for your attention!

Please enlighten me and others what is wrong with the content of the video.

@@MatanLevkowich Zionism originated as a European settler Colonial movement. Its own founders described it this way. To say it is antisemitic to describe it this way, in the way THAT ITS OWN FOUNDERS DESCRIBED IT AS, is, in my original words, dumb and wrong. Let me use an analogy for you; a postmodern (an ideology with many Jewish roots btw) decolonization advocate would describe America in the same way. It was a settler colonial project that resulted in the genocide and forceful seizing of land. If one of these people saw what America was doing to the natives, they would have called them out for it, and many still want to give land and reparations to the natives today. Is it racist to Americans to say that they should not have created their home by violent occupation and genocide? No. In the same way, it’s not antisemitic to say that the Jewish people should not use violent occupation and genocide to create their own nation, which they are doing and have been doing (with the support of the British and NATO, not sure where you pulled that out of your ass) for decades. Anti Zionism is not anti semitism, and until you can get that through your heads, you are just as evil as the perpetrators of any genocide in human history.

@@MatanLevkowich You deleted my response.

@@aaroncampbell1752 When did you respond? I cannot recall deleting your comment. If you be so kind to share your thoughts again

@@MatanLevkowich now I have to simplify my argument bc I’m not willing to type it all out again. Who else would have deleted my comment besides you? Basically, would you describe an anti colonial activist as racist against Americans bc they were opposed to the genocide of the natives? No, and you should apply the same principle to their arguments against Israel. Also Zionism was described by the people that made it as a settler colonial movement. And the British backed Zionists, and NATO continues to. Also I mentioned that postmodernism has deep roots with Jewish thinkers. (Not a criticism, I like postmodernism).

Thank you very much!

Thank you for further engaging with my content. Regarding the question you bring here - 'whether all imaginal states are equally worth experiencing or not. In order words, does consciousness inherently seeks healing, harmony and expansion'. I don't really understand how the first sentence translates to the second but I am definitely curious about both questions. Are you living in Europe? If so, I will be teaching in a summer CI festival in Greece and I intend to share my practice of the 'Metaphysical body' over the intensive I will be guiding. Could be a great opportunity to dance and further this conversation in person!

The first question translates to the second because if consciousness inherently seeks expansion/harmony then there probably is pleasure/value in understanding how to transition between states of low to high expansion/harmony, similarly to kinetic synchronisation between two bodies, what one may call perceptual synchronisation between parts/pockets of the field of consciousness I live in Scotland 😊 where can I find the details of the festival/intensive? Also, if you are interested in bringing this material to the UK/Scotland, I'd be happy to help organise

@@riccardovolpato6133 Here is my email address: info@movementlab.eu Drop me a message and I'll send you a link to the event. Beside that, I am open to talk about the possibility to travel to the UK :)

Great questions you ask here my friend! I will start by stating that the experience of transcendence in dance can have different qualities. I can dissolve myself into the flow of kinetic energy, I experience myself as a flow of bodily sensations, I can dive into my imagination or a mix of all the above… What I am trying to point out is that you can arrive to your ‘destination’ but taking very different routes. Therefore, different skills will enable different experiences. I don’t think that simply knowing how to generate kinetic flow will always lead you to dissolve the boundaries between you and others but it is one of the paths you can take. I agree that there is more that we don’t know than what we know about our consciousness. There are no formulas but I do see certain patterns that can be implemented in jams in order to create a potential for such collective transformation. If you are interested in this topic, you might find the following page interesting. It is a lecture performance I offered on the topic of dance and altered states of consciousness: movementlab.eu/the-metaphysical-body

My pleasure!

Hi there! Thank you for the kind words and for sharing your perspective. Interesting point of view. I can see how my personality plays a role with the notion of belonging - I am a very disagreeable person and therefore, find it hard to settle into any pre-established norms/ideas. I take pleasure in questioning things and that can indeed lead to ‘evolution’ of perspectives but limits my ability to confirm to any group think. There is another topic that plays a role and that has to do with my jewishness and the collective jewish story which is very intertwined with the feeling of ‘not belonging’. And this intergenerational story is pretty much alive in me… Thank you again for taking the time to listen and further sharing your perspective! Yours, Matan

@@MatanLevkowich Hello Matan, Thank you for you answer. I am surprised by what you say about the jewish story and the feeling of « not belonging ». From a non-jewish point of view (mine), it looks like there is a strong claim of belonging in the jewish community, of belonging to this religious community, with its story, its culture, wether this belonging is publicly claimed or not. Isn’t it your experience? Or do you mean that, beyond this belonging to the jewish community, and maybe because of the jewish story, you feel in yourself that it is hard to feel belonging to another kind of community?

@@Psychiatrieavotreecoute Ok. I will elaborate further. Since the destruction of the old kingdoms of the Israelites, the jewish people have been mainly living in the diaspora (beside a very small minority that kept living in the region). And as such, the notion of being the strangers, the others, not being fully at home, is a feeling that has been passed from generation to generation. Jews have regain their sovereignty only 76 years ago which is really not long ago. So yes, I do feel belonging to this tribe but our collective story is interwoven with the feeling of lack of belonging, collectively. And collective feelings are hard to change… Small anecdote, the idea of jewishness as merely a religious identity is a pretty new idea that emerged alongside the idea of nationalism. Jewishness was and still is first and foremost an identity of people, with a language, history, culture and as well a religious affiliation. But nowadays there are many secular jews as well. It is an important distinction to make if you want to really understand Jewishness. Yours, Matan

@@MatanLevkowich Thank you very much Matan. I really appreciate that you take time to explain et develop. Indeed, although I know this history of the Jewish people, not only was I not conscious of the last part that you mention (the new aspect of considering jewishness as a religious identity rather than the identity of a people), but also, I had not realized how much this history had affected the sense of lack of belonging. It’s precious to hear it from someone who is directly concerned, because it helps to understand, although one can not really « know » how it is when it’s just not one’s identity, precisely. Thank you for your pedagogy.

Thank you!! Will do my best to release another one soon!

happy you enjoy it!

planning to share more of those in the near future :)

אתה צודק בביקורת שלך - לא פירקתי בצורה מדויקת מספיק מדוע הפרספקטיבה האנטי קולוניאלית מכילה בתוכה נקודות מוצא אנטישניות. אני יעשה וידאו נוסף לחדד את הנקודה הזו. בקצרה - בשביל להסיק את נקודות המוצא הללו, (שהציונות היא תנועה קולוניאלית) יש לפרק תחילה את התפיסה שיהדות היא זהות לגיטימית שזכותה להגדרה עצמית. ברגע שהמהלך הזה בוצע, המסקנה שהציונות היא תנועה קולוניאלית היא מתבקשת וברורה. הבעיה היא שפירוק היהדות לזהות דתית בלבד שאינה מכילה תחתה זהות אטתנית לאומית היא טענה במקרה הטוב נובעת מבורות גמורה לגבי יהדות ובמקרה הרע אנטישמית. לצורך הדגשה של הנקודה, בוא נעשה ניסוי מחשבתי - בוא נדמיין מציאות שבה הפלסטיניים מצליחים לפרק את מוקדי הכח של מדינת ישראל ומייצרים על חורבותיה מדינה פלסטינית עצמאית. בוא נדמיין שהם עושים זאת בעזרת תמיכה של מדינות ערב תוך קידום של הגירה של פליטים פלסטינים מרחבי העולם. האם זה יהיה נכון לתאר תנועה שכזו כתנועה קולוניאלית? סביר להניח ששום חוקר של פוסט קולוניאליזם לא יעלה זאת על דעתו. השאלה המתבקשת מתוך הדוגמא למעלה היא העם לפליטות יש תאריך פקיעה? האם לעם ששואף לחזור למולדתו יש מרחב זמן שבוא השאיפות הן לגיטימיות? או שמה השאיפה לחזרה היא מה שמאפשרת את השמירה על הזהות הלאומית? וזאת עוד נקודה מבין רבות שהסיפור היהודי מקביל לסיפור הפלסטינאי.

Thank for the feedback! Planning to release more in the coming weeks

That was our reference for the piece. We asked what does it mean to take the principal of the early days of CI exploration and apply them to the bodily knowledge we have now…

Thank you for the warm feedback! The topic of flying and basing is a pretty interesting one indeed. This video is actually part of a 3.5h online course I have released today. It covers all the base principles and fundamentals techniques of CI. If you are curious to see more, visit the following page: movementlab.eu/courses/fcf The course is on sale and you can get an additional 15% discount with the coupon code RUclips15% Enjoy!

Our school is located in Austria. Why?

@@MatanLevkowich I'm in US and was hoping I could visit, but Austria might be a bit too expensive. Anyway, I love what you are doing and hope you keep at it. CI is the most beautiful & profound experience of my life. Thank you!

@@JohnnyBoy-c4bAbsolutely! CI is an amazing practice. It also had a profound impact on my life as well! How many years have you been dancing?

@@MatanLevkowich Unfortunately, I haven't danced in several years now due to my location. But I found CI 30 years ago in Philadelphia, PA. I danced for several years in that area, as I lived in NJ. For a short time I also danced in North Carolina. I miss it. I'm older now but healthy and I feel great.

@@JohnnyBoy-c4b Well, I hope our paths crossed one day! If you ever come to Austria, make sure to pass in Vienna and come dance with us here!

Thank you for taking the time to listen so far and also for contributing your thoughts directly here. As for the technical issues, I don't usually record the podcast with ZOOM, but with another app that uses local recording, so any issues with internet connectivity don't affect the end result. I did use ZOOM this time because I wanted to get the content out as quickly as possible and it is a bit faster in post-production. All recent and future episodes will not have this problem. Regarding the second comment - from reading your words, I can assume that we see things quite similarly - justice and peace are not opposing values, but in the absence of one, they collapse completely. In my estimation, within the currently dominant Palestinian discourse, the sense of justice doesn't so often include peace, so 'from the river to the sea' becomes the dominant meme. On the Israeli side, it is quite similar. In the 90s, at least on the Israeli side, there was a strong peace movement. I think one of the reasons it failed was the lack of ability on the Israeli side to really engage with the Palestinian sense of justice. In the current zeitgeist, most people in Israel don't believe that we have any chance of a diplomatic solution with the Palestinian leadership and people... There are peace activists, of course, but they are more on the fringes. Having said that, there are a lot of Israeli Jewish and Israeli Arab solidarity movements and that is something I am very happy to see growing in Israel.

Don't we all make perspective about facts? No sure I understand what you meant.

@@MatanLevkowich I am sorry you're not able to understand

@@patriciahabchy5552Feel free to rephrase yourself. I would like to understand what you actually mean.

Please feel free to comment here on what you view as non accurate history. I would also appreciate if you can mention the sources you use and the facts your are referring to. Like anyone else, I might be wrong about stuff and I am always happy to alleviate my ignorance. All the best to you!

Do your own research, there has never been as much possibility for documentation as now...Invite a palestinian to converse and be brave enough to listen to what he is enduring, why he is being pushed out from his house, why they are being killed while harvesting their olive trees...

Refrences:drive.google.com/drive/folders/18u9KYo3MvRpyI0SDqD2AzseTvuSn3S8T?fbclid=IwAR30qok22kc_EW89yOS4lUXtIYAAaO5yDmNcuyrp1hhTUrWWgazri_-s3Yw

drive.google.com/drive/folders/18u9KYo3MvRpyI0SDqD2AzseTvuSn3S8T?fbclid=IwAR1Gkkxhmit_NRjJ3sX_GhihPDvEKIfATK-P4T4D83bbZzRCQwYLOotFEwo

@@patriciahabchy5552 I have done my research. Have read books and saw documentaries. You are accusing me of being ignorant but are not willing to point out the faults in my video. Anyone can write 'you are wrong' but few can actually point out to the facts that will support their claims. I have made an open call on Facebook that I am willing to converse with whomever wants to converse with me. I would be extremely happy to talk to any Palestinian person who would like to come on the show. I grew up in the suburbs of Jerusalem. I met many Palestinians from the villages around were I grew up. I have visited Palestinians cities before the second Intifada and to some extent, some of my personal opinions could be considered Pro Palestinians. It seems to me that you are not trying to be constructive here but simply want to blame me and take the moral high ground. What is your intention? What are you trying to achieve here?

Very nice to hear! Will definitely have her again soon!

I also resonated with Meytal's perspective - linking limitation with creativity!

Thank you for sharing your perspective in insight. From my stand, I see the notion of freedom interlinked with responsibility. That is path one might take when facing so much freedom. It is good that you are aware of your personality bias, so you are more aware what are the challenges you might face whenever you are in a jam space etc. Wishing you best of luck

Great!! Check out the full interview here: ruclips.net/video/WDBjFAVaJ8g/видео.html

Thank you Bianka! That is one of my favourite moment from this episode...

Thank you! what did you find useful in particular?

@@MatanLevkowich it was useful to hear about Nita's work and the different between intentional and tacit relational movement - i was also interested to hear about communication and how you are lookng for ways to promote it.

Happy you find it interesting. Can you share a bit more? What did you find interesting?

@@MatanLevkowich I was wandering If there could be some way to compensate the sensory data we are not getting in front of a screen with "artificial ones" or some kind of precaution to have a more complete stimulation (I hope I explained myself, my english is so bad). I'm a designer so I was thinking in terms of context characteristics, objects or preferable interfaces to interact with virtual situations; to answer more succinctly Digital health related informations would be appreciated

@@tesan6805 Well, that is exactly what Sarah is trying to explore. How to adapt the technological tools to the full potential of human movement. I am a bit old school in that regard and will always pick a real life interaction but who knows, maybe one day the matrix fantasy would be real and we can meet in a virtual room and experience it through all our senses...

Thank you Nil! would be curious to hear what did you take from it if you don't mind sharing a bit more with me...

@@MatanLevkowich So what I can relate absolutely is the notion of self practice of practicing by yourself. Only through many hours by myself I can entangle what teachers put into concepts and make sense of the material/content in a personal way and build meaningful connections. I also liked your talk about awareness or interoception/proprioception as a skill. I felt also connected to Shai using dance as a medium to convey many things - where it is not really all about learning to dance but through dance learning about and building a connection to oneself.

@@NilTeisner Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. See you on the path!

Thanks for the positive feedback! Would you mind to share further what you find relieving and insightful? Thank you!

Thank you Marlo! Maybe you can join me in this space in the future as well?

I prefer to look at it as something that is unavoidable. To call it necessary can draw to the understanding that abuse is necessary as well. Or did I misinterpret what you meant?

@@MatanLevkowich Maybe let's define dirty pain and clean pain a bit clearer? the dirty pain I refer to is the unpleasant (unavoidable) pain of life that teaches, the pain that brings life lessons and should you never experience it you would never grow, have perspective or the ability to empathise etc. This at least for me implies necessity. Clean pain is for me what the Chinese refer to as "the small pain to heal the big pain" or healing pain.

I tend to agree as well. I have met very few people who could really understand and teach beyond their realm of their experiences...