Movement is a hologram

If you cut a photograph in half, you have two incomplete halves, but if you cut a hologram in half, you still have two complete wholes.

Movement practice is a hologram - our practice is not in the sum of the parts. It is not defined by the specifics, but more in the path that binds them together.

As Gilles Deleuze says - "there is other, without there being several".

This was the punchline on Saturday. We had an intro session for students to clarify the basics of some of the subjects we are tackling lately. We worked on mobility, dynamic posture and reaction games, floorwork, organic and gymnastic strength, proprioceptive mapping, etc…

But what makes this movement, what defines the intrinsic nature of what we do, is NOT those things. It is only contained in them.

If you remove the gymnastic rings, or some system, or a specific protocol, or whatever, guess what - we still have a practice.

Welcome to the hologram.