(she/her/they)

Chloe Calderon Chotrani

created Body as Earth, a space advocating for the wisdom of the body as a conduit for the deep change we seek in the world.

Chloe is a certified somatic therapist and trauma sensitive advocate, as well as an embodiment facilitator and performing dance artist.

As a performer, Chloe spent her youth deep in the study of world movement forms; from growing up with the underground street dance communities of Metro Manila, to traditional folk forms in West Africa, to contemporary dance in New York, Malay dance with P71SMA and Oddisi with Chowk in Singapore.

She graduated from De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde as a full dance scholar and competed internationally representing the Philippines. She has performed with choreographers and companies in Singapore, Philippines, London, New York, Malaysia, Indonesia, West Africa, India, and North America. She holds a strong interest in the subtle body as a way to express deep presence.

While having come into therapy as a dancer with former selective mutism, Chloe has a strong kinaesthetic sensibility, allowing her to naturally attune to the unspoken story of the body.

Cultured by personal experiences with severe anxiety, neurodivergence, and volatile environments; Chloe positions herself in service amid collective trauma, working towards liberation for all.

She responds to the meta-crisis of the current climate catastrophe by advocating for ancestral animistic practices through her labor of bridging embodied wisdom to communities. Her diverse heritage reflects a cross-cultural sensitivity and a care-based approach. Her work aims to unwind the violence of collective trauma stored in the body.

She works with people who experience the wound of separation between the mind-body-soul, which may come in the forms of chronic stress, anxiety, disease, pain, inflammation, and burn out. Drawing upon mature experience in world movement arts, complementary medical health, trauma sensitive facilitation, bodywork modalities, and earth-based wisdom.

Chloe is formally trained and certified as a Craniosacral Therapist by Body Intelligence. She is accredited under The Pacific Association of Craniosacral Therapists. She has also trained under The Embody Lab, Trauma Center (AUS), and extensively mentored by Soma Clinic (SG). 

 

(she/her/they)

Chloe Calderon Chotrani

created Body as Earth, a space advocating for the wisdom of the body as a conduit for the deep change we seek in the world.

Chloe is a certified somatic therapist and trauma sensitive advocate, as well as an embodiment facilitator and performing dance artist.

As a performer, Chloe spent her youth deep in the study of world movement forms; from growing up with the underground street dance communities of Metro Manila, to traditional folk forms in West Africa, to contemporary dance in New York, Malay dance with P71SMA and Oddisi with Chowk in Singapore.

She graduated from De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde as a full dance scholar and competed internationally representing the Philippines. She has performed with choreographers and companies in Singapore, Philippines, London, New York, Malaysia, Indonesia, West Africa, India, and North America. She holds a strong interest in the subtle body as a way to express deep presence.

While having come into therapy as a dancer with former selective mutism, Chloe has a strong kinaesthetic sensibility, allowing her to naturally attune to the unspoken story of the body.

Cultured by personal experiences with severe anxiety, neurodivergence, and volatile environments; Chloe positions herself in service amid collective trauma, working towards liberation for all.

She responds to the meta-crisis of the current climate catastrophe by advocating for ancestral animistic practices through her labor of bridging embodied wisdom to communities. Her diverse heritage reflects a cross-cultural sensitivity and a care-based approach. Her work aims to unwind the violence of collective trauma stored in the body.

She works with people who experience the wound of separation between the mind-body-soul, which may come in the forms of chronic stress, anxiety, disease, pain, inflammation, and burn out. Drawing upon mature experience in world movement arts, complementary medical health, trauma sensitive facilitation, bodywork modalities, and earth-based wisdom.

Chloe is formally trained and certified as a Craniosacral Therapist by Body Intelligence. She is accredited under The Pacific Association of Craniosacral Therapists. She has also trained under The Embody Lab, Trauma Center (AUS), and extensively mentored by Soma Clinic (SG). 

Collaborations & Clients

corporates, hospitality & collectives

  • Artists of Colour Council, New York
  • Altered States, Singapore
  • AlUla Banyan Tree, Abu Dhabi
  • Arts Equator, Singapore
  • Banyan Tree, Singapore
  • Banyan Tree, AlUla, Saudi Arabia
  • B Supreme, London
  • Channel News Asia, Singapore
  • Chowk, Singapore
  • Evidence Dance Community, New York
  • Gati Dance Forum, New Delhi
  • Movement Research, New York
  • P7:1SMA, Singapore
  • Post-Museum, Singapore
  • Romançon Dance Company, Manila
  • Soma Clinic, Singapore
  • Terra Luna Yoga, Singapore
  • TOPAZ Arts, New York

residencies & festivals

  • Climate Leaders Retreat, Plum Village, Indonesia
  • Da:ns Lab, Singapore
  • Dance Nucleus, Singapore
  • Ecole Des Sables, Senegal
  • Garden Gathering: Women & Children, Hong Kong
  • IdeasCity, New Museum and NTU-CCA, Singapore/New York
  • Mental Health Film Festival, Singapore
  • New Curriculum for Old Questions, NUS Museum, Singapore
  • Objectifs, Singapore
  • Ubah Rumah, Indonesia
  • Festival, Koh Pangan, Thailand
  • OMI International Collective, Hudson, New York
  • Singapore International Festival of the Arts, Singapore
  • Wonderfruit Festival, Thailand
  • Zürich Theatre Spektakle, Zürich

Cultural, Arts Institutions and Foundations

  • Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore
  • De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde, Manila
  • Objectifs, Singapore
  • Esplanade – Theatres by the Bay, Singapore
  • Ground-Up Initiative, Singapore
  • National Arts Council, Singapore
  • National Gallery Singapore
  • NTU – Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore
  • School of Oriental and African Studies, London
  • IdeasCity Fest (Guest curated by IdeasCity, New Museum), NTU-Center for Contemporary Art, Singapore
  • INDENT: The Body & The Performative, Delhi
  • INSIGHT: Science and Psychedelics, Berlin

Accreditations & Certifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, School of Oriental and African Studies
    University Of London, UK 
  • Contemporary Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art
    University College London
    , UK 
  • Bachelors of Arts (BA) in Arts Management, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde
    Manila, Philippines
  • Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Certification, Body Intelligence
  • Reworlding Fellowship, Brave Earth: Centre for Applied Cultural Transition
    Costa Rica
  • Solidarity in Nature Fellowship, NTU-Centre for Contemporary Art,
    Singapore  
  • Trauma Informed Relational Somatics, Soma Clinic
    Singapore
  • Trauma Sensitive Facilitation, Trauma Centre
    Australia
  • Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy, The Embody Lab
  • Yoga Teacher Certification YTT200, Yoga Alliance
  • Black Dance Forms: Resistance and Engagement, Ecole Des Sables
    Senegal, West Africa

Fields of Study

Study as a way of nourishing the vivid life force that learning offers. A continuum of knowledge teaches how much we don’t know in this life. Current fields of interest:

  • Embodiment
  • localising somatics
  • Trauma informed facilitation
  • collaborations for community
  • native rituals for healing
  • Cross cultural communication
  • Consent and boundaries
  • Anti-imperialism
  • unlearning capitalism
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • education on Narcissism
  • inclusive Programme curation
  • Production management
  • Choreography
  • Decolonization
  • Indigenous knowledge
  • Traditional ecological knowledge
  • Regenerative farming
  • applied mysticism 
  • craniosacral therapy
  • economic justice
  • tropical and island wisdom
  • joyful marketing

Biodynamic Somatic Therapy in Singapore

April 23 - May 3, 2025

Biodynamic Somatic Therapy is a method of gently realigning the body’s dynamics to release tension, restore balance, and support holistic healing from chronic pain, stress, and emotional volatility.

Biodynamic Somatic Therapy (BST) is a gentle, hands-on approach that works with the body’s natural rhythms to reorganise from misaligned or overworked states into more fluid, available, and spacious states of internal harmony. 

Rooted in Craniosacral dynamics, BST focuses on the spine—the core of the central nervous system—helping to address chronic pain, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, and the lingering effects of trauma.