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The Art of Play

A Jewel in the Crown of my career is on offer again. . And it is, I believe highly relevant for these turbulent times. How many of us feel somewhat paralysed at a loss where to turn our energies first to make a difference to further democracy and assist people suffering. The playful methods can be an excellent tool to get perspective and find a path. For me this begun 30 years ago:Attending a psychodrama workshop in 1985 in the Feminist Frauenferienhaus Zuelpich as it then was, opened my eyes and my heart to that which I had always known, but forgotten and yet sought: Even a complicated life can be celebrated and lived freely and - it can be changed. Already working in adult education, from 1987, while attending modular training in Psychodrama, I  conducted action research workshops for women using the method -   an alternative to the medical model prevalent  with some official Psychodrama training providers. These days, the Szene Institut in Koeln, too, follows these goals. Joyful learning,. human-human encounter, role flexibility, overcoming grief, naming secrets were among the many positive results women stated after the workshops. I am expecting to update my training this year and offer workshops again soon: Shakespeare's sentence 'The whole world is but a stage...' for me resonates with the inner freedom participants experience, learn from, develop and then take into their every day lives.
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To direct workshops and act with your group, I come to a venue of your choice, so do get in touch for bookings.

A fictional actor (created by James Baldwin) expresses his passion thus: "I played that scene for all that was in it, for all that was in me and I realised for the first time, the very first time - the fabulous extent of my luck: I could, if I kept the faith, do for others what I felt had not been done for me... And If I could do that - I could live."


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