The Body as Archive

The Body as Archive is a documentary film based on research that considers ways in which the dancer’s body can be regarded as archive. A few hypotheses are intended as a frame of its research; is the body of a dancer only a repository of forms of usage? Dancers create, accumulate and carry knowledge - where is it stored and what do they explore through their practice? Is it possible to locate kinetic knowledge and understand its connection between subjective vision and objective realisation? How do cultural and social contexts reflect in the body of a dancer? The Body as Archive explores the role of dancer in the preservation of collective knowledge, it’s transmission and it’s accessibility. Directed by Michael Maurissens I Written by Michael Maurissens and Darko Dragičević I First Assistant Director: Darko Dragičević I Director of Photography/Editor: Alexander Basile I Music composed by Gregor Schwellenbach Produced by CARRÉ BLANC Productions With the participation of Prof. Dr. Maaike Bleeker I Allison Brown I Prof. Patrick Haggard I Fabrice Mazliah, Jone San Martin I Michael Schumacher I Prof. Dr. Gerald Siegmund I Prof. Wolf Singer I Dr. Ing. Michael Steinbusch I Thomas Thorausch and Ildikó Tóth I students of Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main I Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL and Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London I Institute for Applied Theatre Studies/Justus- Liebig-Universität Gießen I P.A.R.T.S. Brussels Funded by TANZFONDS ERBE – Eine Initiative der Kulturstiftung des Bundes I Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Supported by Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln I Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main I Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL and Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London IInstitut für Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft/Justus- Liebig-Universität Gießen I Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt am Main I P.A.R.T.S. Brussels I The Forsythe Company | Technische Universität, Dresden I Zentrum für Austausch und Innovation Köln http://www.thebodyasarchive.com/