Community Connections

Nandini Gupta and Courtney Helen Grile share and discuss how their doctoral research overlaps in the areas of compassionate democracy and applied theatre.

Though an apology may seem to some like common sense, the reality is many people do not know how to give a meaningful impactful and validating apology. As a result some of us need to know how to do process work to construct the apologies we wished we received, some need to know how to reverse engineer an apology to support social capacity and emotional intelligence in the systems and spaces we reside, while others still are learning and hoping to finally take home the skill of giving meaningful apologies.  Modifying Eve Ensler's Alchemy of Apology this live series will support you in walking through understanding and constructing the parts of an apology. This is relevant in healthy sustained relationships, JEDI Justice equity diversity inclusion and community care, as well as a means to mend and heal conflict in our lives, take accountability for our actions, and move forward within healthy systems having engaged practices that increase intimacy and mindful presence.

Remember when you were a kid, how easy it was to imagine different worlds? When you dream of a future free from oppression, what do you see? In the day-to-day grind of living in white supremacy culture, it can be difficult to keep our dreams of liberation in sight. During this play-based, interactive "play"shop, we will practice the art of storytelling in order to dream our just future into being. Facilitated by Larkin Flora as part of our Community Connections series! This workshop features: Body-based (somatic) practices to root the teachings into the body. Guided meditation practice to help us access our inner and collective wisdom. Cultivating a greater sense of hope and inspiration to continue doing the work of social and environmental justice. Captions are available!

About Social Presencing Theater Social Presencing Theater- a new synthesis between movement, embodied presence, dialogue, and stillness. It is not "theater" in the conventional sense, but it uses simple body postures and movements to dissolve limiting concepts to communicate directly, to access intuition, and to make visible both current reality and the deeper – often invisible – leverage points for creating profound change. Facilitation: Manuela Bosch is a facilitator and guide for transformational experiences in groups, organizations, and individuals. She works with various unconventional techniques that include body, consciousness, and nature. She has been part of the SPT Advance Training Program in Rosendale NY from 2016 to 2017. Manuela offers SPT in Berlin and beyond since 2015. www.manuelabosch.de WHAT YOU NEED: a notebook and pen space to lie down and move around additional 15-30 minutes to practice Stuck Dance comfortable clothing in layers - stay warm/cool for your own care a bottle of water/tea and maybe a snack if practiced in a group of 5+: instructions for Stuck Dance in small-group-sessions (available below or on slides in the video) a way for facilitating small group sessions (2-4 people) STUCK DANCE INSTRUCTIONS (in groups of 2-4) ⏱ 5-8 Minutes per person. Stop video for the time of the practice. Case Giver: Embody your stuck shape 1 (current reality) Speak a spontaneous sentence from your experience (S1) starting with I … (e.g. „I feel I can’t hold this“) Lean into your stuck, by e.g. intensifying your shape, let movement emerge Arrive in a stuck shape 2 (emerging future) Speak a second sentence (S2), starting with I … (i.e. „I sense an opening“) Option: The witness writes the two sentences into the Chat: S1: …. S2: …. Witness(es): During the Case Givers stuck embodiment: notice what you see, sense, feel. After the embodiment: The witness(es) shares a briefly (1-2 sentences) from their perspective, what they saw, sensed, or felt while observing the stuck dance Optional: The witness mirrors the movement with S1+S2 with the body Continue same process, so everyone in the group had a chance to be Case Giver and be witnessed. Source: https://www.u-school.org/stuck, Adaptation: Manuela Bosch If you'd like to acknowledge the indigenous people of the land you are on, find out via https://native-land.ca/.

Join José Cruz Gonzáles and Roxanne Schroeder-Arce as they discuss with Sahar Muhsin-Laufman their work as bilingual playwrights and with Theatre for Young Audiences. This is part ONE of a two-video series produced by our Community Connections program! Enjoy! To learn more about José's work: https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/authors/profile/view/url/jose-cruz-gonzalez To learn more about Roxanne's work: https://www.roxannearce.com/ To learn more about our Community Connections program: https://www.fusetheatre.org/community-connections

Join José Cruz Gonzáles and Roxanne Schroeder-Arce as they discuss with Sahar Muhsin-Laufman their work as bilingual playwrights and with Theatre for Young Audiences. This is part TWO of a two-video series produced by our Community Connections program! Enjoy! To learn more about José's work: https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/authors/profile/view/url/jose-cruz-gonzalez To learn more about Roxanne's work: https://www.roxannearce.com/ To learn more about our Community Connections program: https://www.fusetheatre.org/community-connections