Playback Theatre: Embodied Empathy and Stories of Neurodivergence // with Christopher Ellinger & True Story Theater

When
18 November 2024
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location
online
Spaces left
5

Registration

Member – $40.00
Non-Member – $50.00
Student – $25.00
Student: current College & Grad School students

Registration is closed

We welcome you to a one-time session where we’ll use Playback Theatre and Embodied Empathy to explore the experience of neurodivergence.

First, enjoy a 60-min. experience of Playback Theatre with performers from the Boston-based Playback company, True Story Theater.

Playback is an improvised performance art that is used in over 70 countries to support personal and social transformation. Volunteers from the audience will spontaneously share moments from their lives that relate to the theme of neurodivergence–their own, or of people they connect with in their roles as artists, parents, healers, or teachers. On the spot, performers will respectfully and empathetically reflect back the emotional essence of what was shared using movement, music, and dialogue. Come to just watch, or to share your thoughts, feelings and experiences on the theme. Laugh, cry, and gain insights about this important and often-hidden identity.

Come see how a show works.

See also PlaybackNorthAmerica.com

Afterwards, process your experience of the performance through a 50-minute mini-workshop on Embodied Empathy.

Embodied Empathy is a simplified version of Playback that you can use in your daily life with friends, family, students and clients. Learn tools you can easily bring into your relationships to amplify delight, creativity, and connection.

All about Embodied Empathy.

Who Should Take This Class

All who want to better understand and have more compassion for differences (related to how we process our experience in the world) and different types of neurodivergence. Also, anyone looking to learn creative, embodied tools for deep listening.

Format

This class will be presented Monday, November 18, 2024 from 7-9 PM ET/ 6-8 PM CT/ 5-7 PM MT/ 4-6 PM PT / 12-2 AM UTC as a one-time, two-hour Zoom session and will be recorded for anyone who cannot attend live.

About the Facilitator

Christopher loves teaching and has four decades of experience leading interactive workshops. With True Story Training, he has co-led over 100 workshops and classes, many on telling your own story, as well as on active bystander intervention and cross-ideological dialogue skills. With his wife Anne, he has co-authored ten books--on relationship skills, on playful practices, and on many aspects of Playback Theatre. Feel free to contact Christopher and Anne: connect@playback northamerica.com.

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