The workshop series is branched from the research of Collective Improvisation I & II, as well as a collaborative project with an artist Dor Cohen. It is an on-going outcome as well as Zihao’s primary research for further development of the theme.

The pandemic affected an invisible connection our society has described by Carl Jung as the collective unconsciousness, leading to a further fragmented culture. On the facade, human beings are separated individuals, however, there is a network lying underneath the surface that connects people’s thoughts and minds. In many philosophical and religious traditions, this idea of the inextricable intertwining of the self and the world is known as the oneness hypothesis. Oneness promotes an expansive conception of the self as fundamentally connected to other people. Hyperindividualism and its tendency toward self-centred behaviour are greatly challenged by such views.

Zihao and Dor formed as a duo that practice together for sharing an interest in dance and the human experience, each coming with their approach and different disciplines. We interlace cognitive and psychedelic study with movement experience-based research. Within our practice, we question and challenge mundane phenomena, through socially engaging projects. We are fascinated with dance for being a primal intuitive means of communication hence our practice explores its boundaries and experiments with their possibility to expand. Moreover, we are intrigued by sensory experiences that teach us more about our bodies and minds, such as being in an altered state of consciousness or encountering an extrasensory perception.