Tulum Stainoff

Embark on an experience where dance, text, and light visuals come together to explore the transformative concept of morphic resonance. theorized by Rupert Sheldrake, it suggests that repeated behaviors create a collective, non-material memory field, making patterns more likely to recur. We invite our audience to question: How do our individual actions shape collective change? Can we break free from repetitive patterns to spark a new reality?

Our dancers' movements trigger live-reactive visuals and texts, transforming the theater into a dynamic, thought-provoking space and catalyst for societal impact. Blending intellectual discourse with Electro and club and street dance, it brings concepts, often confined to academic spaces, directly into the realm of performance. Will you embrace the discomfort of stepping into the unknown in order to break free from limiting patterns? This performance invites you to engage, reflect, and realize the power that you already possess. It’s time to spread the knowledge of morphic resonance to create greater self-actualization, social change, and trust.

About

Originally from New York City with Bulgarian roots, Tulum spent part of her childhood in Ecuador and is now based in the Netherlands. She studies cultural anthropology at the University of Amsterdam while actively practicing freestyle, club, and street-style dances like Hip Hop and House—recently delving into Electro.

Tulum, as a new maker, is passionately exploring how socio-political phenomena and environments can be examined through club and street-style dance, seeing these styles—rooted in and continually shaping rich cultural contexts—as powerful instruments of insight. Her artistic language is emerging through this process, influenced by her anthropological background and exposure to diverse social, political, and cultural perspectives from living in different places.

Tulum resonates strongly with the idea that creativity combines two (or more) hings that don’t typically ‘belong’ together. Musicis her launchpad when creating as she finds that sounds have a way of communicating and transmitting feelings and knowledge that words simply cannot grasp. She tends to gravitate towards using the extremities of the body whether that’s in sporadic high energy or arm illusions. As Tulum embarks on creating her first performance, Leap to the Net, at DOX—exploring Rupert Sheldrake’s concept of morphic resonance—she parallels and embodies the performance’s core themes: trust, stepping into the unknown, and embracing discomfort as a space for transformation.

DOX Club Lab

"My performance is a good reflection of where I’m kinda at in my life right now in that I want to explore fascinating concepts like morphic resonance in a socio political context through club and street dance.

For this season's DOX Club Lab, I’m creating a multidisciplinary dance performance combining electro dance and reactive visuals to explore Rupert Sheldrake’s theory of morphic resonance. The work aims to empower audiences to recognize their role in collective change, using movement, text, and visuals to challenge the idea that intellectual topics are confined to academia. It transforms the theater into an educational space, encouraging participation in pattern-breaking and social impact.

I’m grateful for DOX’s support in providing a space for new makers. I started the club to push myself out of my comfort zone. Often, we wait for the “right moment” to take on a project, but the truth is, we don’t need to be the best or most experienced to start—taking action is how we improve!"