reflections on Inspiration by ISRAEL ALONI, ILDANCE

Israel Aloni from ilDance in Sweden shares their thoughts on what inspires them during the creative process.

By Hedda Axelsson

israel aloni, artistic director, ildance, sweden

How do you stay creatively inspired? What other forms do you draw inspiration from? (e.g. music, literature, visuals, nature, podcast, film...)  

I find seeds or triggers for my practice and processes in a really broad range of experiences and sources. I find philosophy particularly conducive to my processes of thinking, dreaming and making. The work of Spinoza, Deleuze, Guattari, Foucault, Lacan, Braidotti, S. Ahmed, B. Wilderson III and L. Warren is particularly important for my practice. At the same time, I can be moved and motivated to research and make work by the angle of smiling or frowning lips on a stranger’s face I come across on the street. Very importantly, dancing keeps me curious about dance, dancing and people.