Tag - theatre of the oppressed

10 years after her great training in Rome, Hanin Tarabay returns to Italy for a training on how to collectively tackle oppression and build creative solidarity networks, using the techniques of Theatre of the Oppressed, Storytelling and Playback Theatre. She will share the tools developed in her extended experience in Palestine and the Arab world …

In these workshops we will explore – in a collective and enjoyable way – the most widespread and common problems of women, within and beyond geographical and cultural origins. Using simple theatrical techniques, the workshops will allow us to tell experiences and emotions with our bodies, without exposing ourselves. No words will be used. We …

What is masculine and feminine in our bodies? To what extent is this distinction biological or social? If our bodies could freely move in a safe space, what would they say? What gestures and movements would they make? Shadow theatre will allow to gradually discover the essence of our bodies and “highlight” desires and conditionings …

A forum theatre workshop aimed at staging and tackling the educational challenges in family and at school. Games, exercises and simple theatrical techniques, accessible to everyone, will allow to stage problematic situations faced by parents, teachers, educators. Together we will start a playful and creative research of possible strategies engaging social workers, educational and health …

This training on inclusive leadership aims at engaging male political leaders as transformative agents of change for gender equality. Forum theatre allows participants to recognize the impact of gender norms not only on the lives of women but on their own lives as well. How fewer women in politics affect public policies and the economy? …

In this experiential training we will use collective games and theatre to raise food producers’ and consumers’ awareness towards environmental issues and towards climate change mitigation. Can collective games and theatre positively impact on producers and consumers’ attitudes and motivations towards sustainable choices? An Italian pilot study, run by CREA, will provide first insights about …

CAM Florence was the first Italian organization working with men who perpetrated violence against women. In 2009, after years of patient work with abusers, national and international networks were created with people working with perpetrators, a tough job. How can theatre of the oppressed contribute to this work? Since 2013 Parteciparte has been specializing in …

After the forum theatre on male violence and a training for the anti-violence centre practitioners, Parteciparte goes back to Tuscany to keep on working on male violence. This time we will play our forum theatre on masculinity. We will train ourselves to overcome toxic masculinities, build relationships based on freedom, reciprocity and consent. In collaboration …

Often we end up trapped in rigid and externally imposed roles. We end up playing old scripts that push us into problematic behavior. Where do these roles and scripts come from? How can we change them if they oppress us? When scripts come from social norms, transmitted by family, school and the whole society, we …

Parteciparte will organize a Festival of Collective Arts Contamination of Arts, Pedagogies, practices enabling to create collectivity. The festival will bring together people and techniques that allow to tackle tough oppressions, to overcome injustice and division, to create anew strong communities, united and creative. The Saturday will be dedicated to workshops on relationships, desires and …