Venue
Philadelphia Shambhala Center
2030 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Schedule
Day One
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Day Two:
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
About the program
This in-person is open to all who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and who want to learn more about the embodiment practices of Social Presencing Theater, with an interest in applying these practices in groups, communities, and organizations engaged in conversations about race.
The program will offer several Social Presencing Theater practices. Besides practices that support our own wellbeing, we will offer a system mapping practice that can reveal innovative ways to approach social challenges of inequity. We can acknowledge the layers of sorrow and pain as well as uncover emerging joyful possibilities for liberation.
About SPT
Drawing on the arts and contemplative traditions, Social Presencing Theater brings to the surface a clearer sense of the relationships, hidden dynamics, and emerging possibilities inherent in a team, organization or larger system. It allows co-creators in a given system to gain insight into the current situation, seeing potential opportunities for change. It sets the ground for creative collective action. "Theater" here denotes an empty stage or a blank canvas where the different aspects and roles of the system can be embodied. In that space, the roles can interact in fresh and creative ways to reveal emerging possibilities hidden in the system. It is "the art of making a true move."
This course is an introduction and does not require any pre-requisites.
It qualifies you to apply for the yearlong Practitioner Development course.