Marceau Chenault
Teacher
and researcher at the College of Physical Education and Health of
East China Normal University, and training manager at Shanghai Qigong
Research Institute. After more than 15 years of teaching experience
with different disciplines (Judo, Qigong, Dance), he is the
co-innovator of a transdisciplinary method for mind-body education :
Qi Dance,
a meeting between Qigong, Dance and Martial Arts. He is also founder
of the collective group Qi Dance
Project based on the creation of
site-specific performances where music, dance and visual arts
dialogue with poetry. Ph.D., Marceau is the autor of publications in
Human Sciences about Mind-Body Awareness Techniques. He have recently
lead the dossier Présences au corps
in the revue Corps
(«Quelle conscience de son corps ?
», CNRS, n°11, 2013). He give some
workshops and conferences in France, Spain and China.
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Estel Vilar
Arts and cultural manager, artist and translator, I am a creative creature that loves to exploit all ways of channelling inspiration. I pursue the spirit of awakening and sharing the artist/creator within everybody and experience the power of cooperation and co-creation through artistic expression.
I am familiar and active in multiple forms of artistic expression and the production of artistic and cultural events and activities. My experience ranges from classical flute to punk rock, from poetry reading to dance performance. Since the serendipitous discovery of my body’s spontaneous movement during a meditation, I have been seeing it evolve while exploring the paths between a meditative or qigong state and a creative form of dance and music.
Arts and cultural manager, artist and translator, I am a creative creature that loves to exploit all ways of channelling inspiration. I pursue the spirit of awakening and sharing the artist/creator within everybody and experience the power of cooperation and co-creation through artistic expression.
I am familiar and active in multiple forms of artistic expression and the production of artistic and cultural events and activities. My experience ranges from classical flute to punk rock, from poetry reading to dance performance. Since the serendipitous discovery of my body’s spontaneous movement during a meditation, I have been seeing it evolve while exploring the paths between a meditative or qigong state and a creative form of dance and music.
Olga Merekina
A visual and body artist, performer and educator. My journey to China had begun a long time ago, even before I came to China to study in 2004, and then moved here in 2007. With my background of Chinese studies, I tend to explore artistic expression as a way of non-verbal communication through a multicultural approach.
While studying contemporary art at China Academy of Art, I focused my research on the inter-cultural communication through dance, particularly emphasizing interactions between Chinese and Western cultures, which had definitely had an influence on my artistic works as well. In my opinion, artistic activity is a different way of cognizing world around us, and at the same time it is the main feature of homo sapiens.
While studying contemporary art at China Academy of Art, I focused my research on the inter-cultural communication through dance, particularly emphasizing interactions between Chinese and Western cultures, which had definitely had an influence on my artistic works as well. In my opinion, artistic activity is a different way of cognizing world around us, and at the same time it is the main feature of homo sapiens.
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Ke WenKe Wen, professor of Qi Gong, Tai ji Quan and Yangsheng culture, is the founder and director of the Chinese cultural center "Les temps du corps" in Paris (founded in 1992). She is also an Honorary Representative of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Yunnan, and decorate from Wudang Shan City.
Since 1995, she has conducted a training program for professional teachers. Throughout her long career as a teacher, trainer and lecturer, she has managed to infuse the Chinese culture throughout Europe, creating events between West and East. According to Chinese Thought, her training sessions give practical solutions on how to achieve harmony between body and mind. Ke Wen is the author of the book “Entrez dans la pratique du Qi Gong, les fondements philosophiques” (Start Practising Qi Gong, Philosophical Roots). She will defend her PhD. at Shanghai Sport University at the end of 2012. |