08 – 09 May

RESEARCH and UNCERTAINTY

In this workshop, we will open ourselves up to the new, to what is yet to come. But we will do it by starting from resting, from simply being, from emptiness..

Workshop  / 08 – 09 May

Samuel Nicola Fuscà e Giulia Lampignano
Be into the void
Contact Improvisation and Group Facilitation

Workshop Description

The calm after the storm.
The void that precedes and follows the action.
Opening a passageway of exploration and relaxation. Allowing the body’s intuition to guide us in an intimate encounter with the unknown, to allow a personal push, an urgency, a creative act to happen.

Allowing dance to be and desire to manifest itself.

We like to draw on the varied wealth of tools and knowledge that we have encountered in our journeys, to allow the disciplines and practices of discovery and awareness to merge, meet and dialogue. We would like to play with the space that is created between two bodies, between the sky and the earth, between the body and the floor. Falling, letting oneself be crossed, being in the uncertainty of the relationship. Being in the breath, in the small things, in the in-action. We will train ourselves to jump, and to experience empty space with serenity and confidence.

We will train divergent thinking, intuition, provocative operation, questioning through the body.

Group facilitation will accompany us and pull the threads of the skein, like a rudder in a stormy sea.

BIO

Samuel Nicola Fuscà
Dancer, group process facilitator, movement teacher, founder of 50 days Movement Retreat.

He trained in physical theatre and performing arts; he has been studying dance and martial arts since he was a child. He teaches Contact Improvisation and Physical Theatre. He coordinates study programmes for young dancers, children and adults. He collaborates with institutes and training centres in the performing arts both in Italy and abroad.

He promotes physical practices as a means of genuine and spontaneous interaction between bodies. He trained in group facilitation with FacilitArte and integrates these tools into his teaching work to create a context of listening, care, awareness and personal and group growth.

He has a degree in Anthropology and is studying Organisational Pedagogy at the University of Siena.

Giulia Lampignano
Trainer, group process facilitator, social and community theatre operator, researcher.

Throughout my career I have dedicated myself to weaving bonds and relationships – between people, cultures, disciplines, concepts, practices: I am passionate about exploring the margins, the manifestation of its emerging properties.
Ethical-political commitment, an ecosystemic perspective, sensorial and imaginative experimentation, the search for beauty, are values and guiding principles in my research work.

I have trained in various disciplines, which are related and complementary, and I continue to do so through lifelong learning: philosophy, social and community theatre, documentary and participatory video, group facilitation. From a theatrical and body awareness point of view, I consider my teachers to be Serena Sinigaglia and the ATIR company, Cesar Brie, Teatro Nucleo, Claudia Castellucci, Julie Stanzak.

For more than ten years I have been working with groups of different ages, coming from different contexts – from schools to associations, from multicultural to socially marginalised and fragile contexts – promoting transformation and social cohesion through artistic languages and experiential and participatory methodologies. In recent years I have been studying and practising systemic facilitation, working with different types of groups: vision work in cultural associations, conflict transformation in work groups, surveys among networks of associations, and participatory community processes.

10 – 11 MAY

CARE & COMMUNICATION

How can we communicate authentically? How does connection transform our relationships?
In the fourth workshop of Lichene, we will explore the link between communication and connection, two fundamental aspects for the creation of more conscious and fluid relationships, both in the body and in speech.

Workshop  / 10 – 11 May

Adam Cajka (CZ) / Insegnante Certificato NVC
Embodied Non Violent Communication
Somatic Approach to Nonviolent Communication

Workshop Description

The workshop is designed to introduce participants to the fundamental principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) through practical learning and body practices.

NVC is a powerful communication framework that fosters connection and understanding, both with ourselves and with others.

We will explore the three fundamental pillars of NVC: connection with oneself, honest self-expression and empathic presence. We will explore how they work together and how we can move among them in our interactions. We will explore the art of self-connection, learning to tune in to our thoughts, feelings and needs in a compassionate and non-judgmental way. Then we will focus on expressing ourselves honestly and authentically while remaining open and respectful towards others. Finally, we will cultivate empathic presence, in order to develop the ability to listen deeply and with empathy. The aim will be to find a sense of balance between focusing on one’s inner experiences and being present to the needs and emotions of others – to find balance and reciprocity in communication.

BIO

Adam Cajka
Certified NVC Trainer (www.cnvc.org/trainers/adam-cajka)

I have been working with groups for fifteen years. My main research topic could be summarised in the question: how can we flourish and realise our potential as individuals and at the same time liberate ourselves as a collective? I have a background in global education which has taught me different perspectives for facing social and environmental challenges. I am fascinated by processes and the transformation of conflicts. I support groups in dealing with conflicts (mediation) and in collaborating better (convergent facilitation). I use NVC methodologies, and I also offer training in these at an international level.
My practice of martial arts inspires my work with groups and the attention I dedicate to the physical dimension.