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 Detail Workshops  Friday 20th July 2018 

 Detail Workshops  Saturday 21th July 2018 

 Detail Workshops  Sunday 22nd July 2018 

Did you ever observe what happens when somebody touches you while you stay connected with yourself? Sure, most of us know physical reactions like pain or arousal and the amazing effects of massage or holding. But there is much more to it when you allow yourself to notice all those somatic and emotional effects of physical contact. Here, we will explore mindful touch and support each other in a non-verbal and intuitive way.

Frank is a Berlin-based therapist applying transformative bodypsychotherapy, integrative psychotherapy and hypnosis. Ten years ago while he was still working as a life scientist, he discovered the benefits of body-oriented work and meditation. Subsequently, he decided to leave drug development in order to help humans unleash their life force and vitality instead. He is especially interested in exploring the connections between somatic and cognitive (sub)conscious layers.

Journaling and Creative Writing Workshop. Journaling is a self-development technique where you keep track of your feelings, thoughts and learning. It is particularly powerful for GBTQ men – because we were given the message as children that our stories don’t count. Involves a series of light-hearted writing exercises to build confidence, no prior experience needed and you can write in any language.

Andrew G Marshall is an author and therapist with thirty years experience helping couples and individuals. He is the author of twenty self-help books on relationships and two memoirs. His work has been translated into twenty languages. He now lives and works in Berlin.

This workshop is a playful exploration of the serious business of how we feel in our body. The myth of the body beautiful can leave us feeling absolutely fabulous one day, unable to look in the mirror the next. Through exercises in perceptual practice, singing into the body and movement, we will explore how Alexander Technique can give us more confidence and presence as we strut the catwalk of life.

David Young is an Alexander Technique teacher with a background in music, artistic direction, sport, social enterprise and mental health. Born in Australia, he now lives in Berlin and works with people to realise their full potential. David practises at the Zentrum-für-Alexander-Technik and his private studio in a range of modes including one-on-one coaching, masterclasses and workshops.

In this class, we’ll approach the body, contact, touch, and movement in the literal meaning of the word: We’ll focus on sensation. Receiveing and giving sensations is a wonderful and delightful way to fully and vividly arrive in the present moment, to open ourselves up for true encounters and for satisfying experiences. And then, there’s of course the dimension of very pleasurable and possibly erotic interactions which are embodied yet hightened through continuously bringing our attention to sensation and sensuality.

Ralf Jaroschinski was born in Southern Germany and grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  He trained to become a dancer in Hannover, Germany, and New York, USA.  He works as a dancer, choreographer and dance instructor since over 30 years.  Since about 15 years, he focuses on contact improvisation and facilitates this technique in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.  In 2009, he developed „sensual contact improvisation“ in San Francisco and has facilitated several workshops and class series in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain, the US, and Peru.

Come and connect to yourself and others from a place of self-observation. This workshop is about your inner-self. Using a mixture of presentation, discussion and experiential learning on your own and in pairs, you will have both a chance to meditate and contact with your essence, and to share it with another through touch.

David works as a trainer in a variety of areas ranging from conflict resolution, trauma release, leadership or meditation techniques. David is a qualified Social Worker and has degrees in Political Science and Sociology. Originally from Spain, David has been living in Brighton (UK) for the last 15 years. His interests include, travelling, community building, music, books, art and communication skills.

In this workshop you will have the opportunity to meet your own vulnerability in different ways. Through guided meditations, single and partner exercises we will create a safe space to look inside and care for ourselves. Can't we meet others only to the extend that we can meet ourselves? Connecting with our inner selves can be an interesting, healing journey for more balance.

In his profession as a health coach Markus supports chronically ill people with their life challenges. He is trained as a systemic coach, Heilpraktiker Psychotherapy, Yoga therapist (1000h) and as an energy worker (masseur & Reiki master). A strength in his work is Markus' awareness for the needs of his clients, thereby creating a safe space for their personal growth.

The Wave is a massage workshop for both newbies and experimented masseurs who are looking for a massage inclusive of breath & movement. This two parts massage will consist of instructions on how to give a massage when the massé is on his side and will be followed by a guided active meditation where the masseur is invited to close his eyes and feel the massage as a wave. Each participant will experience both roles and both sides will be massaged. Workshop contains nudity and consensual intimate touch.

I have a diploma in Thai Massage and in Californian Massage. I have practiced massage as a professional for 1 year and still practice as a hobby. I am an active member of SajMah, the gay massage group in France, where I've run several workshops including "The Wave", which I've also run in Marseille and London.

In times of right wing backlash, wars, climate change, fortress Europe and global capitalism queers must yet unite again to fight for liberation of everyone. The workshop explores queer liberation and radical social change using politicized somatics and radical bodywork. As our bodies are the starting point of liberation from oppression. Radical self-care and collective care, vulnerability and empathy as revolutionary forces for radical transformation. In our bodies - on the streets.

Jael has been born in Eastern Germany and has become an organic vegetable gardener, facilitator of group process and workshops for self-organized groups and is currently learning to become a politicized somatics teacher. They have been fiercely involved in direct action campaigns and they live in a wagon in the countryside.

Pain and Pleasure are considered opposites by many, yet both can also simply be heightened states of awareness. We will explore how breath and movement can transform intense sensation into energy, impact into joy. We will create a safe container so that each person can explore this at their own level, no matter where it is. Whether You’ve only been curious about impact play, or an experienced player who wishes to cultivate the beginner’s mind, You are more than welcome - Smack!

David Bloom is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, filmmaker, bodyworker, pianist, father, and tea collector. Graduated the M.A. choreography course at HZT Berlin. Also a long-time student and practitioner of conscious sexuality, his teachers have included Midori, Felix Ruckert, Osada Steve, Joseph Kramer, and Barbara Carellas. His dance films Quintet (2013), Sonata (2015), and Shapeshifters (2016) premiered at the Berlin Porn Film Festival and were screened internationally. David was a 2012 danceWEB scholar and taught at the ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna in 2015 and 2016.

A Casual Drag Tea Party with Victorian Parlour Games.
Costumes, Wigs, Make-Up..and...ACTION! A scintillating hour of shrieking, skill and subterfuge! We will have time to dress before Blind Man’s Buff, Squeak Piggy Squeak, Pass the Slipper, Cockfighting and many more...this will include forfeits, such as Kissing Rabbit Fashion, Making a Grecian Statue, Playing the learned Pig, Knobbing in the Corner etc. etc. etc.

Michael was born in London where he trained as a dancer at The Royal Ballet Schools. His dance credits include work with Northern Ballet Theatre, Scottish Ballet, The Lindsay Kemp Company, AMP and numerous others. Michael also works as a choreographer and makes visual art. He currently gives one-to-one bodywork sessions of Pilates, Gyrotonic®/Gyrokinesis®, Biodynamic craniosacral therapy and Thai Yoga Massage, as well as holding creative spaces as a choreographer and workshop leader.

This space is all about TOGETHERNESS and getting your basic needs of warmth, touch and connection met. Together we create a place of inclusion, consent and mutual appreciation; a place to forget about your worries or your latest man crush, let go and allow yourself to be held by the group. This cuddle puddle will be international, don’t miss it.

Roman, Julian and Uffe - the cuddle collective - have skills and backgrounds from many different areas. Roman is a breath worker, actor and one time berghain barman/celebrity. Julian is a physical performer, whole body focuser and certified temple whore and Uffe is an erstwhile political scientist now moonlighting as a professional cuddler with his new donation based initiative “cuddleNcompany”.
Together they are interested in exploring comfort, connection and consent in collective inclusive spaces. They run a monthly Cuddle Puddle at the Village.

Romantic Move is a dynamic and reflective workshop of movement, which aims to bring up some constructive reflections about the meanings of love. Using music for inspiration, we will attempt to connect through our body in movement with those areas inside ourselves where authentic love resides. Artistic and creative expression will be a means to explore the issue of platonic love and romantic non-reciprocity. We will open a path to self-love and find ways to use it to communicate. Romantic move is a ritual of liberation for the heart and a chance to find other meanings for unrequited love.

David is a physical actor, dancer and teacher. Born into a big family in a small village in the north of Spain, David studied physical theatre and dramatic art in Madrid and Bilbao. While studying at H.F.S. Ernst Busch in Berlin he learned Contemporary Dance and Contact Improvisation. Currently he co-facilitates the Queer Contact Improvisation Laboratory at The Village, and also works on creative projects as an illustrator, dancer and performer. David is passionately interested in how to enable personal development of the individual within a group dynamic, the springs that activate the connection of our body's creative impulses, sexual consciousness development in a mindful way, and the role of gender and sexual orientation in our society.

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Wenn es um Sex geht, bewegen wir uns dabei innerhalb eines bestimmten - wahrscheinlich repetitiven - Verhaltensspektrums, in dem unsere Körper, Empfindungen, Gedanken und Vorstellungen beteiligt sind. Wir werden uns auf den Körper fokussieren und die somatische Methode des Continuum nutzen, um uns selbst zu begegnen und uns als vollblütige, ganzkörperliche, bewusst-lebendige Ereignisse zu begreifen … ständig atmend, pulsierend, strömend, sendend und empfangend. Ausgehend von diesem angeregten Zustand zellulären Lauschens, erkunden wir unterschiedliche Partnereinladungen  und können so einige Inspirationen für unseren sinnlich-sexuellen Ausdruck daheim und anderswo bekommen.

Kai ist Atempädagoge nach Prof. Ilse Middendorf, autorisierter Continuum Lehrer nach Emily Conrad, Heilpraktiker für Psychotherapie sowie Mitgründer und Ausbilder an der Somatischen Akademie Berlin. Er entwickelte den Ansatz Authentic Eros - Explorations for Men & For and Beyond all Genders zum Thema Sexualität und Partnerschaft und kuratiert das STRETCH und das BODY IQ Festival. 2016 hat er in Berlin ein neues Community Center namens Village initiiert. Kai ist davon überzeugt, dass Körperwahrnehmung und ein erweitertes Verständnis von Eros entscheidende Elemente hin zu einer integralen und nachhaltigen Lebensweise sind. Seit 2002 gibt er Seminare, Workshops und Trainings in Europa und den USA.

"be the one" is a physical solo erotic practice, which aims for developing honest and intimate dialogue with inner sexual voice. Acknowledging our needs is a step towards developing compassionate relationships with oneself and allows the individual to focus on what is substantial in their sexuality. This attentive and mindful encounter with oneself helps us better understand what gives us pleasure, what improves the communication about our desires and what can reclaim our freedom in satisfying our own sexual needs, independently from external factors.

Today Pawel is a conscious sexuality practitioner. He focused his artistic practice around the topics of intimacy, love, care and sensuality. Feeling the importance to react towards aggression, violence and hate which is growing because of insensibilisation and empathic anesthesia, current national segregation linked to fear and predominance of normative perceptions, Pawel sensed the need to bring to the foreground, question and rephrase how we connect and relate to each other as human beings. Pawel cultivates tenderness. 

In this workshop, we practice different forms of moving and silent meditation in order to get in touch with the body, own emotions and needs. Through biodynamic exercises and selected Yoga-asanas, you are able to explore body tension and blockages and discover approaches to solve blocked motions. After this, an approx. 20-30 minute silent meditation follows. A meditation experience is not required. Beginners are taught the basics of breathing meditation.

Psychologist. Further education in body-oriented psychotherapy, Hatha-Yoga (Sivananda), sexual counseling. Practicing meditation since 25 years, mainly in the tradition of Theravada Buddhism. Different retreats in Europe and South-East-Asia. Working as a project coordinator in the field of HIV/STI-prevention and as a psychologist for individual coaching, relationship counseling and team coaching.

Strangely our high brain‘s creativity, its ideas and wishes often are in the way and censor our bodies‘ expression through movement. It often times prevents us from finding flow and effortless improvisation in our dances. An array of exercises will help us to open up many channels for our true originality and individuality to thrive and blossom. The direct feedback we get from dancing in contact with other bodies will serve as a guide, reminding us to be present and embodied and remain in touch with our visceral creativity during every moment of our enjoyable dance experience.

Ralf Jaroschinski was born in Southern Germany and grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He trained to become a dancer in Hannover, Germany, and New York, USA. He works as a dancer, choreographer and dance instructor since over 30 years. Since about 15 years, he focuses on contact improvisation and facilitates this technique in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. In 2009, he developed „sensual contact improvisation“ in San Francisco and has facilitated several workshops and class series in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain, the US, and Peru.

Your Hungry ghost is the animalistic part of you that is driven by intense emotional needs. It is that which saps your energy and feeds on your essence. In this workshop you will give your Hungry Ghost a voice, to dance it, to sing it and to fall in love with it. Fear not and transform your Ghost into a mythical figure and find new gifts within yourself.

David works as a trainer in a variety of areas ranging from conflict resolution, trauma release, leadership or meditation techniques. David is a qualified Social Worker and has degrees in Political Science and Sociology. Originally from Spain, David has been living in Brighton (UK) for the last 15 years. His interests include, travelling, community building, music, books, art and communication skills.

Each of us has gay/queer ancestors, even if we do not know their names and faces. In this ritual, we experience the lineages of queerness as they stretch out throughout time. Monotheistic religion has tried to make us believe we are a mistake, but we are part of creation. Connecting to our queer ancestors gives us a new sense of belonging. Knowing where we come from, we discover unexpected roots and solid ground.

Shamanic practitioner for more than 25 years, Daan has studied with traditional healers and shamanic teachers from various cultures (Lakota, Southern Ute, Sami and others). Combining elements of shamanic ritual and family constellations, he developed Systemic Ritual®. Daan is the author of seven books, his writings have been translated in ten languages. He works worldwide, creating rituals for different communities and groups. He lives in Amsterdam and Berlin.

A workshop in which we will explore and experience healing in a different way. Through an active guided meditation we will connect to our Spiritguides, to our Totem Animals and to our bodies and hearts.
We will be working with the healing qualities of sound, herbs, flowers, water and smoke. Together with the Sensual healing touch from previous workshops (will be demonstrated) we will enter an enchanting Forrest where Magic, intimacy, pleasure and healing take place. In this Forrest nudity is welcome...

 

 

 

 

 

Robert ist Massage und Touch Therapeut mit Hintergrund in Yoga, Tanz und Theater. Seit 1997 ist er auch an der rituellen Arbeit mit Ayahuasca beteiligt. Er ist leidenschaftlicher Umbanda Praktiker und Heiler und reist durch Europa und Brasilien um seinen heilenden Touch zu teilen. Nach Beendigung des Sacred Intimacy Trainings, entstanden seine eigenen Workshops. Er ist auch bekannt als Erotischer Schamane, der den Fokus auf die heilenden Aspekte von Berührung, Freude, Vergnügen und Dankbarkeit setzt.

I would like to reflect with you on the injunction to masculinity that dominates the mainstream gay culture (and the rest of the world too) and creeps into our lives. As an alternative, in this workshop i would like to imagine with you how to see our friends and lover’s femininity, as well as our own, as attractive and desirable (and not only entertaining) We will discuss our own relationships with gender norms in small groups, and also use drag, runway walk & lap dance.

Tchivett is a berlin based dancer, improviser and performer. He comes from france and has training in contemporary dance, butoh, performance art, somatic practices and martial arts. Since 2011 he creates his own solo pieces and workshops, and toured throughout europe on alternative scenes and in festivals. He also takes part in different constellations of dance creative group processes and research collectives seeking to develop artistic and political practices around dance, improvisation, self-organisation, queer culture and feminism.

 

 

This workshop will teach us how to capture and highlight the inter-play between Bonobo and human.  As human’s we see how to live as Bonobos'. We learn group compassion, re-learn play, bond, groom and understand why sex and touch is a tool to keep the peace. Though this work we disrupt our mono-species experience with that of the Bonobo and rediscover a past that has been forgotten. 

This is a pants off workshop.

This Workshop will be photographed.

I am a queer artist/activist and Sexological bodyworker. I am currently Studying a Master Degree at The University of the Arts London. I am passionate about sexuality, playfulness, creativity and Bonobo culture.Through my work I am researching the effect of Bonobo behaviour on Humans. If we use our creativity we can confront things that are challenging, test new boundaries and discover new realms of possibility.
I have developed The Bonobo Experience© to do this.

In this workshop we explore the qualities of the four elements in a four handed massage from two partners. Earth: through a sinking quality, related to solid forms in the body. Water: through melting and floating, related to body fluids and regeneration. Fire: deep treatment on "challenged" spots, related to metabolic processes. Air: through soothing and light strokes, related to the breath and the nervous system. We remain dressed, creating a safe, consensual space, respecting each other's boundaries.

Zahiro Kai is an alternative non medical practioner (Heilpraktiker) based in Berlin. Originally from a Dance and Movement background, he learned Thai massage at all the important schools in Thailand and other bodywork techniques in India during his annual visits to Asia since 2004. As a therapist and teacher he combines Asian and Western approaches to reharmonize the body. He is also one of the facilitators of the „Queer Contact Improv Lab“ and „Body Centered Meditation“ at the Village.

Forbidden pleasures or experiences that might remain unlived because of social or cultural beliefs. In this workshop we ask ourselves what is forbidden and why? In the shadow could be lurking for instance, a hidden artist, a Diva, or a whole array of forbidden fantasies. Through structured exercises, and dynamic ritual we work in pairs and with the group to quiet the voice of the cynic and to discover a space where we are able to be as deliciously self-indulgent as possible.

Michael was born in London where he trained as a dancer at The Royal Ballet Schools. His dance credits include work with Northern Ballet Theatre, Scottish Ballet, The Lindsay Kemp Company, AMP and numerous others. Michael also works as a choreographer and makes visual art. He currently gives one-to-one bodywork sessions of Pilates, Gyrotonic®/Gyrokinesis®, Biodynamic craniosacral therapy and Thai Yoga Massage, as well as holding creative spaces as a choreographer and workshop leader.

Creating together a safer non judgmental space where we can explore and experiment with the topics of fear, shame, play and honesty. Be vulnerable and NOT having to be interesting, amazing, beautiful, funny, talented, smart or charismatic. The permission to show our so called "shadows" if we wish to. With respect and compassion for each-other. Possible scenarios: curiously playing with improvisation, exposure, sound, body, shaking, crying, voice, masturbation, silence, nudity, touch with consent or anything else that arises.

Amit is a visual artist, performer, yogi, dancer, student of shamanic practices and plant medicines. He studied art in Tel Aviv where he also grew up and lately initiated the Altered Conference (about psychedelics and altered states of consciousness). Amit is interested in exploring social taboos, breaking them and questioning the ways we have been programed by society to be. At the moment he´s curious to learn from fear, shame, imperfection and the topic of  "failure". Doing that through improvised exposure within a supportive group environment.

Juan, Andre, and Jorge will co-facilitate a group process of mindful/heart-full undressing and touch in a nude and blindfolded landscape that will then turn into an open jam/play/interaction/social space.  Sex is allowed and embraced, but is not the goal or expectation here. Rather, our aim is to simply and openly instigate a naked and gay space for people to enjoy each other at many levels of care, respect, touch, sensuality, and yes, possibly sexuality, etc...

Jorge De Hoyos (1984, USA), Andre Uerba (1983, Portugal), and Juan Corres Benito (1987, Spain) are Berlin-based artists working in dance and performance. From the beginning of 2017 they have begun instigating events in their flats, from Performance Art showings to community- and ritual-minded erotic gatherings.

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The aim of this workshop is to experiment with the connections between the physical and energetic body. First we will tune into different partner's energetic fields by caressing their aura, using our voice to send vibrations into their bodies, connecting our hearts by expanding our breathing into a partner's heart. Then the principal Nadis (streams of energy in the body) will be located and drawn on our naked bodies with massage cream. We will give and receive: a subtle massage on these lines and then a powerful activation of the flow into the Sushumna Nadi (the central channel) using the whole body, voice and breathing. You will be able to gain a wider perception of the interaction between the subtle and physical bodies and how to put them into play. This approach can then be used in any kind of massage, bodywork, self healing or love making.

An actor/dancer, photographer and film maker, Jacques has a parallel journey exploring the erotic path and the realms of massage and healing. He has 12 years' experience as a practitioner of Egypto-Essenes healings, and he also develops his own techniques combining physical and energetic approaches.
Born in Switzerland, he now lives between Europe and Bali and keeps on travelling, exploring and learning about the world and himself.

Moving from the Bones - a contemporary dance class

Moving our bodies communally is one of the most simple and enjoyable ways to spend time together. In this class, we will start from sensing the skeleton and explore how it can be used to create effortlessness and clarity in our movement. We will then move on to simple exercises and sequences to begin the day with the pleasure of moving. 

David Bloom is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, filmmaker, bodyworker, pianist, father, and tea collector. Graduated the M.A. choreography course at HZT Berlin. Also a long-time student and practitioner of conscious sexuality, his teachers have included Midori, Felix Ruckert, Osada Steve, Joseph Kramer, and Barbara Carellas. His dance films Quintet (2013) and Sonata (2015) premiered at the Berlin Porn Film Festival and were screened internationally. David was a 2012 danceWEB scholar and taught at the ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna in 2015 and 2016.

This workshop explores ways to address an increasing empathy and communication deadlock between various social identities, perspectives and agendas. Collectively, we are going through an important cultural process of bringing awareness to interpersonal and institutional oppression, neglect and abuse - some of which can be traced back many generations. A tremendous amount of collective shadow and trauma is rising to the surface and can hopefully gradually be healed. (...#metoo #brexit #trump #political correctness, etc...) Sometimes however this process comes with its own shadow, aggressive finger pointing and a new sense of rigidity, thus creating other forms of division instead of true inclusion. Through constellation witnessing and experiential shifts in perspective we explore how we can affirm ourselves and others despite varying world-views and ambitions.

Kai is a breath therapist based on Prof. Ilse Middendorf's work, a Continuum teacher, holds the German Heilpraktiker license for psychotherapy and co-founded the Somatic Academy of Berlin. He created Authentic Eros - Explorations for Men & For and Beyond all Genders and curates the STRETCH and the BODY IQ festivals. In 2016 he initiated a new Community Center in Berlin called Village. He believes that the conscious body and the reclaiming of Eros are crucial elements in our evolution toward an integral way of life. Kai teaches since 2002 in Europe and in the US.

The workshop invites us to explore the energetic frequencies which surround us. Starting with the physical body we connect more and more with our subtle bodies and the energies which are interfering with them. When we let go of thoughts, expectations, aims and goals everything is possible to happen. We can connect with an energy space, which has its own immanent intelligence to nurture, relax and rebalance our system.

Mathias Bröring was born 1966 in Düsseldorf. He is banker, lawyer, health practitioner for psychotherapy, a loving soul and spiritual seeker. Trained with Martin Siems in „Souling“, a body oriented psycho therapy, Michael Barnett in energy work and Christina Kleinen in various therapeutic and shamanic techniques. On his spiritual path, he explores for himself and with others various ways of meditation and bodywork to embrace and love life in all its aspects. 

Play fighting is experimenting with our bodies in physical contact and conflict with one or more opponents. Fighting playfully can be dance-like, sensual, funny, overpowering,
childish, serious, scaring, deep, teasing, freeing, healing, or sexy. Play fight is a consensual bodily confrontation that allows us to feel our power and our partner’s power, to feel how physical we are in a unique, intensive way.

Alexander Hahne is a movement researcher by night and an acoustic engineer by day based in Hamburg. He is trained in Ballett, New Dance, Contact Improvisation, Butoh and Martial Arts. His main interests are inclusion and empowerment concepts on a physical/bodily basis.

Pimp up your Pussy/Penis/Privates

Our pussy's/penisses/private parts are not just organs that can provide intense pleasure, they can also be the cause of feelings of insecurity, doubt and shame. Our p/p/p's can leave us in ecstasy but can leave us feeling judged and betrayed as well. In this workshop we will change the script of some of the sad, difficult and negative stories connected to our ppp's in the most concrete way. We will engage in a creative and probably hilarious artistic process of turning our genitals into the personalities and creatures we want them to be. Mini wigs, costumes, and added miniature body parts are just one of the endless options, any kind of material that has your fancy can be used. The process will guide you. Some material is provided but please bring anything that can be used by you or others as well - and your sheet/towel. 

Shamanic practitioner for more than 25 years, Daan has studied with traditional healers and shamanic teachers from various cultures (Lakota, Southern Ute, Sami and others). Combining elements of shamanic ritual and family constellations, he developed Systemic Ritual®. Daan is the author of seven books, his writings have been translated in ten languages. He works worldwide, creating rituals for different communities and groups. He lives in Amsterdam and Berlin.

Cats are inspiring creatures, sent to us by the gods.  If we let them, they can teach us wonderful ways of bonding, caring for each other and expressing affection gracefully. This workshop is about creating a (feline) space of intimacy, in which participants get to explore a more playful fashion of touch, physical closeness and communal care. 

Idàn plays with performance, dance, music and film, trying to figure out what material are connections made of. They practice "unlearning" as means of healing and self-empowerment for individuals, communities and spaces. ​Idàn creates, explores and improvise​s​ in Berlin.

In most of our sexual activities, we increase excitement in a short time from zero to 100%. With this partner exercise using genital touch we examine what happens if we stay consciously in the range between 20 and 80% over a longer period of time. What happens in our body? Are there any wishes coming up? How can I influence my arousal by breathing?

Julian originally studied acting, singing and dance before he discovered his passion for massage and bodywork. He regularly organises and leads courses for men and weekend workshops in Zürich under the title of “Men Bodywork”. The main areas of work are breath, voice, movement, touch, self-acceptance and the discovery and expression of your own needs as the key to a free and fulfilling (sex) life.

Our culture seems to be speeding up, things become more and more short-lived as our attention jumps around to absorb one bit of information after the next. How is our relationship to the nature of death and dying connected to this phenomenon? How is our relationship to issues like pollution, migration or climate change connected to how we relate to death and dying? We will explore what needs to die in your life so that something that is yearning to live personally and/or collectively can arise.

Kai is a breath therapist based on Prof. Ilse Middendorf's work, an authorized Continuum teacher, holds the German Heilpraktiker license for psychotherapy and co-founded the Somatic Academy of Berlin. He created Authentic Eros - Explorations for Men & For and Beyond all Genders and curates the STRETCH and the BODY IQ festivals. In 2016 he initiated a new Community Center in Berlin called Village. He believes that the conscious body and the reclaiming of Eros are crucial elements in our evolution toward an integral way of life. Kai teaches since 2002 in Europe and in the US.

Unleash your creativity and make beautiful music together. This workshop is all about improvisation and letting go of your inhibitions, learning there is no such thing as mistakes and discovering the hidden depths of your voice. The reaction from most people who did this workshop last year: 'Where did that sound come from?' and 'I never knew I had so much power in my voice.' No singing experience is needed.

Singer/musician/performer/voice mentor born in Mexico City lives between Brighton and Berlin. After studying orchestra conducting in Vienna, he moved to Paris where he led an independent opera company and worked for France’s first TV Channel creating large musical extravaganzas around the world. In 2000 he moved to the UK where his passion for the voice led him to swap the orchestra pit for a life as a story teller, physical performer, singer and voice pedagogue.

Emotions, touch, connections, intimacy, overcoming fears, community, tears. This and so much more is what we experience throughout 3 days at stretch. We encounter a loving tenderness between one another, we open up, we make ourselves vulnerable. This crafting space will give time to talk about and digest our experiences during stretch. We are going preserve this positivity and transform the stretch spirit and its energy to take it home with us after this magical weekend. 

Max Appenroth is a trans* activist from Berlin and part of the stretch and village community for several years. He works as an freelance educator, lecturer, scholar and activist on an international level. The ability to reflect on our experiences and what we’ve learned, is for him a necessary tool to be able to implement these into our daily lives. 

As queer people, our experience of love often challenges traditional representations, especially those we find in love stories. This can be felt as a form of exclusion. But it can also be seen as an opportunity to invent new stories that no longer set us apart, but celebrate our uniqueness. In this workshop inspired by improvisational theatre, we will meet unexpected lovers, imagine new narratives and become the heroes of our own love stories.

Vanasay is a playwright and stage-director working in France, where he trained as an actor and musician. Beside his work in mainstream theatre, where he translates and directs, among others, plays by Shakespeare or Howard Barker, he has developed a series of performances exploring queerness, hinging on the notion of metamorphosis.
She’s also a singer.

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STRETCH Summer 2018

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