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DESCRIPTION:People can learn to be fluid and adaptable\, like water - an ex
 perienced state of groove. Or they can become rigid like iron\, resisting f
 low. How we move through the world\, and how we interact with people and en
 vironments\, is a deliberate choice that shapes creativity\, wellbeing\, an
 d human connection.\n\nIn this session\, artist\, author\, and Henley Busin
 ess School faculty member Barry van Zyl leads a presentation based on The T
 heory of Groove - an initiative he began in 2023 with Dr Ray Seol and Toki 
 Wright at Berklee College of Music - Ray will join this event as a special 
 guest. The presentation draws on insights from Barry’s recent Routledge boo
 k Finding Your Groove (co-authored with Dr. Chris Dalton)\, and ongoing doc
 toral research. Participants will feel individual and group groove - and ho
 w this shapes interaction and creativity.\n\nInspired by Hiroshi Ishii’s Te
 leabsence work\, Barry will also share some emerging ideas on how the heart
 beat/groove - our most primal rhythm - can carry presence across distance. 
 Technology could preserve and share another person’s pulse\, allowing us to
  breathe\, move\, or perform with it - a way of keeping memory alive across
  time and space.\n\n\nBarry van Zyl is a world-renowned musician with over 
 30 years of experience across performance\, production\, and education. Aft
 er touring globally for 21 years with South Africa’s iconic Johnny Clegg\, 
 and working with artists such as Annie Lennox\, Ladysmith Black Mambazo\, P
 eter Gabriel\, and Die Antwoord\, Barry completed an MBA at Henley Business
  School and is now a Doctoral candidate. He teaches Personal Development on
  Henley’s MBA\, publishes regularly\, and focuses on bringing the embodied 
 wisdom of groove from music into modern business leadership.\n\nDr Ray Seol
  is a full-time faculty member in the Professional Music Department at Berk
 lee College of Music and a Fulbright Scholar. His work spans jazz\, protest
  and labour music\, K-pop\, music technology\, and leadership development f
 or musicians. He is recognised for using K-pop as an experiential learning 
 platform\, launching student idol groups\, and developing related education
 al frameworks. Dr Seol holds degrees in Jazz Performance\, Music Technology
 \, Arts Administration\, and a Doctor of Education.\n\nTo attend\, kindly r
 svp to theoryofgroove@media.mit.edu
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SUMMARY:The Theory of Groove With Barry Van Zyl and Dr. Ray Seol
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