Movement in Professions

What Is Movement to You?

“In Tai Chi Chuan I explore the course of things and thus the liberating power of effortless movement.”

Martin Neumann, Tai Chi Teacher 

“Movement to me, is the pace of the kitchen. The flow of the knife, the speed and cadence of the cut versus the slowness of the boil, sautéing vegetables and its crackling.” 

Amelia Surroca, Chef

“Movement is what makes you understand, feel and experience, what we may call, the fourth dimension in art. In architecture, the path is important; all your senses are questioned, suggested, while you are moving around the space. By entering it, by touring the space, you can feel the colours, the texture, the forms, but also the light, the sequence of spaces, diagonals, and crossed views, and the relations between in and out.” 

Guim Costa Calsamiglia, Artist and Architect

“Movement to me, is the smile on the machine operators’ faces at the end of a tough shift, during which they put their best efforts into bringing to life products engineered to make human lives better.” 

Prashanti Sankaran, Mechanical Engineer

“Movement is an irresistible physical impulse that emerges out of our bodies when we hear the sounds we care about.”

Yuki Nishimura, Musician and Illustrator

“Movement means mastering the art of pacing; moving from light and shade with fluidity, building momentum and never losing the underlying sense of urgency. It means creating art that will stir, ignite or provoke something visceral within people. It means mapping out journeys that end up in unexpected places.” 

Benedict Lombe, Playwright

”Infectious disease arises as our body moves interdependently with other biological bodies, both humans and other organisms, within space and time, interacting within a larger evolutionary environment in ways that remain largely beyond our control.”

Dr. Edward Velasco, Infectious Disease and Social Epidemiologist

“Movement to me is dance, it’s a gateway to freedom, giving me the safe space to continue to discover the version of myself best in tune with the inner workings of my heart and my mind, as well as with the outer world. In a way, dancing for me has always been a form of therapy.” 

Anna Tsuda, Dancer and Designer