It is an international training course, organized by the cultural organization CONFLICARTE, on Gestalt Theatre for Trainers. It is about developing the competences of experienced trainers in Europe on the conflict resolution and empathic communication through Gestalt Theatre and Gestalt approaches.

The objectives of this course are:

1. Introduce and further develop the participants' capacity to solve potential interpersonal conflicts as well as to develop their self awareness as persons and trainers.

2. To explore the potentials of improvisation as a way for self discovery and creativity development.

3. To help participants to understand the group dynamics taking place in a group of participants and to better facilitate the group process from a Gestaltic perspective.

4. To facilitate the exchange of experience from participants regarding their previous work in theatre in training courses with young people.

Activities:

The program flow will consist in different sessions on: Gestalt dynamics and process, Gestaltic cycle, Gestalt Theatre & Improvisation, Body based approaches (Bioenergetics, Authentic Movement, Contact, "Passing Through")

Duration & Dates:

7 working days + 2 traveling days

FINAL CONFIRMED DATES: 20th - 27th August 2016

As a result of this training participants will:

1) Develop their social competence, in particular, their ability to deal with inter/intra-personal conflicts in an effective way.

2) Improve their ability to empathize with other people with whom they can be involved in a conflict.

3) Acquire new skills and tools when it comes to the facilitation of educational or socio-therapeutic activities that have connection with conflict type of work at inter/intra-personal level.

4) Get a new perspective of the educational and training work in the field of conflict more in connection with the field of emotional education.

5) Become more aware of themselves as persons and about their own emotions and how express them in an assertive and healthy way while learning new ways/tools/approaches to do so.

6) Develop their sense of spontaneity, capacity to be creative and their intuition when it comes to work in conflicts in training situations, through supervision and Gestalt Theatre but also via other techniques such as Bioenergetics and other body based approaches (“contact” or “authentic movement”)

Ludmila (Estonia):

This seminar changed my life in many ways. Topics were very interesting and the trainers were very good. I am happy that I got the opportunity to participate in this seminar.

Everything was super. Well thought through and well organized.

The program was versatile. The trainers used a variety of techniques that made the training very interesting. I felt involved all the time.

It was important that I had to actively participate. Thanks to this, I learned a lot about myself. I really enjoyed these moments, when I had to be alone and reflect what is going on in my mind and body. It has been long time since I felt that I have time only for myself - It is MY TIME. That I am important.

This acting part was at the beginnig weird but at the end of the training I really enjoyed this. I put all together what we did, and this was useful part of the whole picture.

It changed me a lot. I take more time for myself now. My mornings have completely changed. I do 25 minutes of yoga every day, and I just be bymyself. I appreciate myself more than before, and I'm much calmer and happier person, a mother and a wife. Also I changed the way of thinking and behaviour. I am not so demanding towards myself any more, that I have to this or that, I dont have to take responsibility for everybody and everything. The only thing I am commited to right now is improving myself.

I feel more confident in the work, I am more straight without constantly thinking how this what I have said effects another persons feelings or beliefs. Because certain things are important in my work to be said. No need to wear a mask anymore :)