Moving Between Worlds

Video Resources

These videos accompany Andrea Olsen’s
Moving Between Worlds: A Guide to Embodied Living and Communicating

Day 3, Underlying Patterns: Biology

Hardwig, Scotty, Caryn McHose, Andrea Olsen, and collaborating international performers,
Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions, Day Two, Refreshing Fluidity
Voice by Andrea Olsen, Funded by the Digital Liberal Arts Initiative at Middlebury College, 2015, video, 9:09,

To Do: Pouring the Fluid Body  http://www.body-earth.org/work#/two/

Day 5 Perception

Hardwig, Scotty, Caryn McHose, Andrea Olsen, and collaborating international performers,
Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions, Day Five/Perception
Voice by Alex Draper. Funded by the Digital Liberal Arts Initiative at Middlebury College, 2015, video, 13:45.

Day 6 Arriving and Orientation

Hardwig, Scotty, Caryn McHose, Andrea Olsen, and collaborating international performers,
Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions, Day One/Orientation and Arriving
Voice by Caryn McHose. Funded by the Digital Liberal Arts Initiative at Middlebury College, 2015, video, 9:45.

Day 7 Alignment

Hardwig, Scotty; Caryn McHose; and Andrea Olsen, and collaborating international performers,
Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions, Day Four/Remapping Verticality
Voice by Caryn McHose. Funded by the Digital Liberal Arts Initiative at Middlebury College, 2015, video, 9:07.

Day 8 Breath and Voice

Hardwig, Scotty; Caryn McHose; Andrea Olsen, and collaborating international performers,
Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions, Day Three/Breath and Voice
Voice by Alex Draper. Funded by the Digital Liberal Arts Initiative at Middlebury College, 2015, video, 10:46.  

Day 9 Balancing the Nervous System

Hardwig, Scotty, Caryn McHose, Andrea Olsen, and collaborating international performers,
Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions, Day Six/Balancing the Nervous System
Voice by Andrea Olsen. Funded by the Digital Liberal Arts Initiative at Middlebury College, 2015, video, 11:13.

To Do: Differentiating the Nervous System, http://www.body-earth.org/work#/six/

Day 11 Moving and Touching

Holden, Lee, Awakening Whole Body Intelligence: Overview of qigong basics
Produced by Middlebury College and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and made possible with grants from the One Middlebury Fund and the Ron and Jessica Liebowitz Fund for Innovation, filmed in Santa Cruz, CA, 2017, video, 26:56.

From the Embodied Intelligence Lecture Series 2017 at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California

To Do: Knocking on the Door of Life (qigong, 5:42-9:15)

Day 14 Embodying Digital Media and Filming

Hardwig, Scotty with Andrea Olsen. Five Central Elements for Media Makers
Produced by Middlebury College and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and made possible with grants from the One Middlebury Fund and the Ron and Jessica Liebowitz Fund for Innovation, filmed in Carmel and Monterey, CA, 2018, 7:23.

This video focuses on several key elements for media makers working in site-specific locations. For professional media makers, faculty members, and students within the arts, these concepts can help you think about aspects of digital creation to support any project that is integrated online or in a digital context.

Day 15 Art-Making and Imagining

Hardwig, Scotty with Andrea Olsen. “Vision of Thornes
Interview and archival footage of visual artist Gordon Thorne, produced by the Toad Foundation and the Northampton Historical Society, Northampton, MA, 2017, video, 18:07.

An archival glimpse into the life and philosophy of Gordon Thorne (1941–2018) and his vision for the integration of business and the arts in Northampton, MA, as a building owner, artist, and community creator.

Day 19 Resistance and Relationship

Olsen, Andrea, “Moving from Fear to the Sublime: Art-Making and the Environment
TEDxMonterey, Monterey, CA, video, 14:15.

Day 22 Identity and Fluidity

Kardam, Nükhet; “Watercolor Identities” filmed at TEDxMonterey, Monterey, CA, May 21, 2013, 18:01.

Day 27 Body-Mind Centering, with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

Cohen, Bonnie Bainbridge, “Why Here, Why Then? and Where are we Now?
Produced by A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton Open Media, School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, and Historic Northampton, filmed at Smith College, Northampton, MA, Sept. 21, 2017, Sept. 21, 2017, 1:42:56, https://www.somatics2019.com/panel1,  and 1:32:54, https://www.somatics2019.com/panel2

Two panels featuring Janet Adler, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, and Nancy Stark Smith at the Somatics Festival 2019.

Day 28 The Discipline of Authentic Movement, with Janet Adler

Adler, Janet, “Why Here, Why Then?” and “Where are we Now?”
Produced by A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton Open Media, School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, and Historic Northampton, filmed at Smith College, Northampton, MA, Sept. 21, 2017, 1:42:56, https://www.somatics2019.com/panel1,  and 1:32:54, https://www.somatics2019.com/panel2

Two panels featuring Janet Adler, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, and Nancy Stark Smith at the Somatics Festival 2019.

Day 29 Qigong

Holden, Lee, “Embodied Intelligence with Qigong: Awakening Whole Body Intelligence
Produced by Middlebury College and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and made possible with grants from the One Middlebury Fund and the Ron and Jessica Liebowitz Fund for Innovation, filmed in Santa Cruz, CA, 2017, video, ”Energize” 9:27; “Relax and Clear Stress,” 18:20, and “Overview of Qigong Basics,” 18:20,  https://sites.middlebury.edu/wholebody/

From the Embodied Intelligence Lecture Series 2017 at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Day 30 Body and Earth

Hardwig, Scotty, Caryn McHose, Andrea Olsen, and international performers,
Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions, Introduction
Funded by the Digital Liberal Arts Initiative at Middlebury College. Voice by Andrea Olsen. filmed in Vermont and Massachusetts, USA; Wales and London, United Kingdom, 2015, video, 4:32.

This video project currently offers translations in Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), French, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Additional resources:

Hardwig, Scotty. “Andrea Olsen: Interview on Water
Produced by Middlebury College, Fund for Innovation. Interview and film by Scotty Hardwig, April 5, 2018, video, 12:10, https://andrea-olsen.com/films/.

Filmed by Scotty Hardwig for an Earth Day celebration and exhibit at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, CA, and the 3rd Annual National Water Dance Festival (online).

Embodied Intelligence Lecture Series 2017 at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, including presentations by Amy Collier (“Embodiment and the Digital: Constructing and Deconstructing the Body” 1:18:48), Lee Holden (“Self-Managing Stress through Qigong for Effective Social Change” 1:16:11), John Elder (“Myth As A Deep Cultural Resource in an Era of Climate Change,” 1:21), Molly Anderson (“Written on the Body: Impact of Food Insecurity Across Generations,” 1:21:00), Shruthi Mahalingaiah (“Translating and Interpreting the Body: Medical and Intercultural Views,” 1:39:44), and a panel with Nükhet Kardam, Andrea Olsen, Peter Shaw, Patricia Szasz, and Peter Shaw, introduced by Jeff Dayton-Johnson (“Fund for Innovation Education Panel and Celebration,” 1:01:50) filmed in Monterey, CA, https://sites.middlebury.edu/embody/

Photograph of two hands spread across a moss covered tree trunk

 Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions, Introduction