Kali Wellness Space
Kali Wellness Space
I have matured my take on corporeality across 3decades and 3continents. From where I now stand, overlooking the Ionian Sea, on the isle of Ortigia or at Sicily lemon grove, I work at relinquishing chaos to the ocean of tranquility, to touch the space where the wild intercepts the essence of life.
CORPOREALITY, SPACIOUSNESS, ORTIGIAHORIZON, ORTIGIASECRETSOUNDS, KALARIINSPIRATION, KALARIENERGETICS, L'OCEANOINORTIGIA
CORPOREALITY & SPACIOUSNESS
BEGGININGS At the Mangala Studios in inner Melbourne, the space was designed to transform expression into movement, enabling creativity. I, the body in space, and the qualities of earth, air, water, fire and space were "listening". I/the body were responding to the design, the music-scape and the cues, in this way creating a passage to the body's innate capacity for proprioception, and touch. In the flux between the outer 'I' and awareness of minute inner workings, I entered the 'dance' of form and flow in space. (I created pieces performed at Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Dancehouse, Melbourne).
At the school of the Northern Style Kalari master, EP Vasudevan Gurrukal, in Kerala, I trained in Kalaripayattu, its Ayurvedic marma system and the Gurukkal system, (the BBC4 documentary The Way of the Warrior (1983) features Kalaripayattu Master Vasudevan Gurrukal). I experienced life at EPV Kalari, and became witness to the training, the Kalari Ayurvedic approach based on knowledge of the Marma (which Gurrukal afforded Tribal people), and the Kalari rituals. I attended feast days, where I saw Shamans dance. I learnt the Kalaripayattu principles, and was inspired by the spirit of "action". I came to appreciate the qualities of the martial art, its strength and elegance, and movement sequences that merge with life force. I benefited from the stillness, peace and stability that the training affords.
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Furthermore: I attended the Winter School of Performing Arts, Kerala, India, 1993/94; I trained in Wu Qong at the school of Professor Wong, Melbourne, 1994/95; I attended movement workshops in Melbourne, Italy and Germany 1995/2004; I trained at EPV Kalari, India,1994; I trained and taught at the Mangala Studios of Yoga and Creative Dance, Melbourne 1988/1995
Silvana Tuccio PhD Bio
In Melbourne, I completed graduate studies with majors in Literary Studies and Performing Arts, followed by a First Class Honours in Literary Criticism. The thesis I wrote: “Writing” Desire, Corporeality and Transformation: A Theoretical and Creative Approach: Departing from Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorema." was informed by my experience of corporeality and spaciousness. Later, I completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Cinema, from the University of Melbourne, Australia.