The Touching Performance – an Invitation to Bodymindful Presence and Shared Responsibility for What Emerges: Zrinka Šimičić Mihanovic

In English
Lecture, Experiential and Pre-recorded Performance Excerpt

This presentation explores the intersections of artistic and educational approaches to working with the body and movement, emphasizing their potential for empowerment, transformation, and a felt sense of connection with oneself, others, and the world. The Touching Performance is an experiential, participatory, and site-responsive intermedia artwork created in collaboration with visual artist Marina Bauer, inspired by author’s somatic practice and study of Body-Mind Centering® (BMC®). The project has served as a foundation for workshops with diverse participants, including children, dance and visual arts students, older adults, women diagnosed with or recovering from cancer, individuals with psychophysical challenges and other vulnerable populations. Zrinka will discuss key procedures, methods, and outcomes of the work, highlighting their relationship to the BMC® approach.

About Zrinka Šimičić Mihanovic
Zrinka Simičić Mihanovic is a dance artist, teacher, and somatic practitioner based in Zagreb, Croatia. She completed the CMA-SP program at Laban/Bartenieff Somatic Studies International, as well as the SME and IDME programs of the School for Body-Mind Centering®. She works as a dancer, choreographer, and author, integrating somatic inquiry into her work and intermedia collaborations. She teaches diverse populations, including students, professionals, amateurs, children, and vulnerable groups. She started the SomaHut initiative, co-founded the improvisation festival Improspekcije and is the artistic director of Multimedia Hut. A faculty member at the Academy of Dramatic Art Zagreb - Dance Department, she also teaches in postgraduate programs in Dance Movement Psychotherapy in Zagreb and Osijek.