Projects

Fostering spaces in which this collective body can grow is an important part of our trajectory. We seek to harness the combined power of practice, critical inquiry and creativity to address some of the crucial issues of our times including health, environmental awareness, social equality and multilingual, trans-cultural collaborations.

Main Projects

EcoGPX™

A new app that will allow users to explore an online gallery of media at particular places of interest to interact with or contribute their own content. Beyond entertainment and eco-tourism, the app aims to merge art, nature, heritage and community while promoting environmental awareness and local involvement in local initiatives like reducing pollution and protecting wildlife.

'Transforming Broken Wings' for Artists and Practitioners with Disabilities, Chronic Illnesses and Injuries

Is being proposed and developed as an art network, where artists and practitioners with disabilities, chronic illnesses or injuries can give and receive transformative help and support.

GIRIC - Growing Intercultural Roots in Communities - an OPEN CALL

Actions for Growth: developing your practice within communities for artists, makers and practitioners. An Open Call to apply for free, funded opportunities.

HUMAN-NATURE CONNECT

Part and Fully Funded HUMAN-NATURE CONNECT residencies for artists, eco-somatic and land connected practitioners supporting creativity, wellbeing and environmental climate action. We are nature!

PRACTITIONER PARTNERSHIPS

An income generating opportunity for artists and practitioners to propose classes, courses, residencies that Intercultural Roots will co-develop, publish, promote and help administer, allowing practitioners to focus on what they do best.

Active Projects

'Arts and Health in Nature' Human-Nature Connect Residency, Hubberholme, 1 - 4 September 2023

'Arts and Health in Nature' will be the focus of this Human Nature Connect residency. Participants will be offered a variety of‘ portal opening’ experiences on therapeutic body work approaches allowing deep connection with nature, healing and wellbeing.

Isle Martin - Environmental Arts & Eco Somatic Residency, Scotland 6 - 10 September 2023

Can you imagine yourself being part-funded or receiving a Bursary to spend five days on a remote, uninhabited Scottish island doing guided environmental arts and eco-somatic practices and practical environmental work?

'Butoh in Nature with Vangeline' Human-Nature Connect Residency, Reeth, 13 - 16 July 2023

Join us this July for a 3-night, 2 full-day, Butoh residency with special guest Vangeline in Reeth, Swaledale (UK). Open your senses and enjoy the profound experience of dancing Butoh in Nature in an idyllic outdoors setting. This residency is open level and beginners are welcome. The residency will include practical environment-friendly climate action.

'myths, firesouls and song' Human-Nature Connect Residency, Ambleside, 11 - 14 June 2023

This Human-Nature Connect residency interweaves the beauty and mysteries of Ambleside and The Lake District with special artistic and eco-somatic gifts including a ritualistic fire ceremony, dream walking and Balinese Kecak (Kechak) chanting and music making. The intention is to release trauma, foster subconscious creative openings and nurture nature's healing in our collective being with and within the hills, forests, lakes, caves and their hidden mysteries.

Mental Health First Aid & Virtual Lifebelts

MHFA is an internationally recognised training course which teaches people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis. We deliver this and our online Virtual Lifebelts resources in partnership with the Evexia Foundation.

Other Projects

PIKO 'Where Life Begins', Human-Nature Connect Residency, Ingleton, 2024

"In Hawai'ian culture, PIKO is our belly button where we were connected to our Mothers. We acknowledge our land mass, the mountains as the PIKO of our Earth." Tau. Join us at this special Human-Nature Connect residency in Ingleton, Yorkshire Dales National Park 2024.

walks in the continuous field

This online program offers guided sound and movement scores for harmonizing self and other in collaboration with the more-than-human world.

Metamorphosis: connection, resilience and inspiration

A series of in-person encounters looking at ways of overcoming the challenges of our times. We are creating spaces and offering tools for participants to ignite and harness a sense of inspiration, connection and resilience through practice.

BODIES IN EXPRESSION

'Bodies in Expression' will focus on breathing & vocal exercises, acting games, body engagement, trust & confidence building for women.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Practitioners have described Intercultural Roots as a “a home”, “a performative healing space” and “a non-judgemental place to cultivate our inner voice and be in tune with inner values”. ENABLE-THE-ENABLER is our community hub for practitioners offering mutual care, support and sharing from Passion to Profession - with opportunities for artistic, somatic and facilitator co-learning that is all a part of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

CONSTELLATIONS

Practitioners, teachers and artists have the opportunity in Constellations to experience the dialogue between their practices and look deeper into their areas of expertise while teaching or presenting their artwork.

RIPPLES

Ripples presents an opportunity to amplify and listen to the voice of artists from all over the world, cultivate meaningful relationship and mutual support and to create a picture of the local needs and issues that matter.

PRACTITIONER LABS

An opportunity to develop your artistic or somatic practice through the dissemination of embodied research, allowing a critical consideration of your practice through the perspective of different lenses, collaborative 'gifting' and radical care.

CREATIVE LABS

Intercultural Roots' Creative Labs provide a platform for sharing choreographic and performance making practices, critical inquiry and promoting debates. They invite artists to investigate their own practices looking at fundamental 'arts for health & social change' issues in creative ways.

TO BE WITH - Health & WELLth Festival 2022

Our annual Health & WELLth Festival programme integrates health and social wellbeing through a plethora of initiatives that includes artistic, creative, cultural, somatic and critical care programs. The principles of interconnectivity, sustainability and collaboration create the framework behind all the initiatives of this project. Health & WELLth expands the concept of health across transdisciplinary practices while promoting dialogue between the many layers of social life through educational and artistic events. 

Get Active Online

GET ACTIVE ONLINE (GAO) was IR's first online programme of live and interactive classes in 2020 featuring practitioners based all around the world that encompassed movement, dance, theatre devising, qigong and other arts, health, wellbeing and social change activities.