Paradox Pollack

PARADOX POLLACK is currently working in Hollywood as an actor, fight choreographer, producer and movement director. He is one of the producers developing Starhawk’s beloved novel “The Fifth Sacred Thing” into a feature film. Paradox has worked directly with some of the biggest names in Hollywood including actors Robin Williams, Will Smith, Rene Russo, Chris Hemsworth, and Tom Hiddleston, directors JJ Abrams and Kenneth Branagh, and legendary stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong. His extensive 30-year career in the performing arts created the foundation for his work in film. Paradox has dedicated his entire life to create works of art, and evolve practices that serve humanity. To further this commitment he is developing COINE, a social media application, which cultivates human attention, integration and action toward individual and environmental health. Since 1990 Paradox has been a student and practitioner of the ancient Balinese ritual art of the Kecak (also known as the Monkey Chant) and has brought it to such diverse contexts as prisons, festivals, schools and business retreats. With this practice he has brought the wisdom of village ritual to a modern context and is very excited to share his insights and findings through the venue of Lucidity.

Scheduled Appearances

  • The Primal Voice

    Location: Lovers Nest - I.AM.LIFE. Tea Lounge

    The Balinese Monkey Chant, Kecak as a tool for village building The Balinese Monkey Chant is the best technique that I have ever worked with or seen which brings people together to a common field of agreement. It is a primal technology of the body, movement, the voice and the joyful participation of beings sending their dreams and life energy to the center of the circle. The Balinese use it to celebrate, bring community coherence and address the necessity of the village.

    There is nothing I have found in my search through life that brings people to a more unified field of agreement and communion then this form. I am excited to share it and teach others the tools that it takes to share it with groups so that it can become a part of how we practice togetherness.

    I will be sharing the chant and teaching the basic patterns with the intention of having others learn the practice and be able to conduct/facilitate their own circles.

    “The Balinese Monkey Chant is a powerful social technology that allows groups of people to connect and collaborate at a level beyond language, using sounds, rhythm, and gesture to express themselves and reach a collective harmonic state…it has great potential to reach a wider audience and influence the mainstream.” - Daniel Pinchbeck author and editor in chief of Reality Sandwich.

  • The Primal Voice

    Location: Ancestral Arts


  • The Primal Voice

    Location: Warriors Way - Warrior Arena


  • The Primal Voice

    Location: Dreamer’s Outpost


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