BODY POETRY . 2019 . FRANCE
TRAINING COURSE
4-14 October 2019
Brivezac, France
Embodied Arts Laboratory
Body Poetry was a space for creativity, art and inspirational sparks where we will share theatre, dance, circus, body expression and other embodied arts methods that were used in youth work as powerful tools for Social Inclusion.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The program was designed for two types of participants:
⌲ Embodied arts facilitators: Those working with the body in a creative way (theatre, dance, movement practices, contact improvisation, circus, martial arts, street art, body expression, bodywork, impro techniques…) and who had experience facilitating in front of the group.
⌲ Youth workers: Those working with young people at risk of Social Exclusion (including young people with disabilities, Roma community and with migrant backgrounds LGBTIQ+ young people…) who are interested in embodied arts methods but don’t have much experience and tools for applying them with their target group.
Our Training Course - Embodied Arts Laboratory was a meeting point for the embodied arts facilitators and youth workers to share ideas, approaches techniques and experiences with colleagues working with body methods and in the field of Social Inclusion from all over Europe:
As Embodied Arts Facilitators our participants had the chance to receive training in Embodied Arts forms proposed by our ‘Body Poetry’ Facilitators and by other colleagues from all over Europe. They had the chance to facilitate a workshop for sharing with the youth workers from their area of expertise and to work together mentoring a group for designing inclusive workshops for young people at risk of Social Exclusion.
As Youth Workers our participants had the chance to receive training in different Embodied Arts forms by Facilitators from all over Europe. They got tools for adapting the Embodied Arts methods for meeting the needs of their target group and received mentoring on how to design, implement and evaluate inclusive Embodied Arts workshops for groups of young people at risk of Social Exclusion.
As a result of the project the embodied arts facilitators received professional peer-training and had the chance to practice their facilitation and mentoring skills. At the same time the youth workers acquired successfully new tools from every partner to bring them back to their organisations and local communities.
See some more photos from the training course, made by Roos Bik here.
OUR TRAINERS
GABRIEL VIVAS MARTÍNEZ
Gabriel is an actor, trainer and researcher based in London, UK. He has received education and training in Social Theatre and Performance in countries such as Estonia, Italy, Malta and Poland. He has been collaborating as a pedagogue of inclusive drama and embodied arts workshops with minorities (young people with disabilities, young
refugees and asylum seekers, LGBTIQ+ young people…) with different European organisations. He is currently studying an MA in Applied Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - University of London.
JORDAN HERREROS
Jordan is a learning facilitator and space holder with experience in designing and facilitating experiential learning programmes for youth and youth workers in Spain, Estonia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Greece and Liechtenstein. Among his
experiential learning methods he uses body
expression and movement practices as powerful tools to create a safe space for people to connect with themselves and to connect with others through their bodies. Visit his Salto-Youth trainer profile here.
This training course has been co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme. If you would like to find out more about the programme, please visit European Commission’s webpage here.
