Fake Healing is an exchange that prioritizes deep listening, improvisation and collaboration, it was brought into the contemporary queer dance and performance world by Keith Hennessy and is inspired by Valentina Desideri’s Fake Therapy and Jennifer Lacey’s Fake Art Therapy. Keith writes about it: “Fake Healing is a kind of joke that just might work. Torture is everywhere, so healing needs to be queerly re-imagined for the current era.”

Peter is a dancer and choreographer living in Berlin, teaching and performing internationally. He is a co-founder of P.O.R.C.H. summer-education program at ponderosa-dance. His most recent performances were with Keith Hennessy and together with Jenniffer Lacy for Antonija Livingstone. Fake Healing was a regular practice during these projects as a warm-up and a deepening of the relationships between the performers, an exercise on beauty.

Friday

11:00-12:30

Kai is a breath therapist based on Prof. Ilse Middendorf's work, an authorized Continuum Movement teacher, holds the German Heilpraktiker license for psychotherapy and co-founded the Somatic Academy of Berlin. He created "Authentic Eros - Explorations for Men" and curates the STRETCH festival. 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.

Friday

11:00-12:30

In this workshop, we will explore some fundamental tools for grounding. We start solo, connecting to our own thoughts, breath, rhythms.  From this space we meet others, expanding our sensory palette with simple touch and profound awareness.  Through this work we give space for focus, clarity and bliss.

Stuart Meyers is a Berlin-based multidisciplinary performing artist and hypnotist from the US.

Friday

11:00-12:30

This In this ritual there are four stations: one for being clothed, one to undress, one to be naked and one to put your clothes back on. These are options, not obligations: you yourself decide in which quarter you will be and for how long. We slow down the process of (un)dressing, bringing our awareness to whatever it is we are doing and experiencing. Simultaneously we are creating our own experience, all in the same process, being mirrors for each other. We look at each other, but we do not interact physically or verbally.

Shamanic practitioner for more than 25 years, Daan has studied with traditional healers and shamanic teachers from carious 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 work has been published in then languages. He works internationally and lives in Amsterdam and Berlin.

Friday

13:00-14:30

Imagine a massage that’s easy, light and playful, for both the giver and the receiver - without any effort? This doesn’t just mean technique, but also finding clarity about the dynamic of Giving and Receiving. We will play with the following two questions: "How do you want me to touch you?" and "How do you want to touch me?". In the Massage carousel you will explore touch with different partners. You can find out for yourself what feels good and pleasurable in each moment and discover what you would like to explore more - before the wheel moves on!

Peter works as a Certified Rolfer® and Esalen® Massage Practitioner in the Lotlinie Massage Practice in Zurich. He works part time in healthcare institutions as an adult education teacher and training officer. Allowing yourself to feel good, flexible and light is the goal of and approach to his work.

Friday

13:00-14:30

A meditative space where you can explore intimate touch, that can include genital touch, in a way than most men are not used to (yet).Breathing and touch will help you to connect with your body. You will learn some intimate massage strokes. With a partner you will use a stroke of your choice to explore mindful intimate touch.Explore to surf on the waves of your body sensations and pleasures without any goal. Just feel and enjoy the moment. Orgasmic does not refer to orgasm, but to a state of bliss.

Peter is a Gestalt coach, Sexological Bodyworker and Ludotrainer (“game therapist”). He is a collaborator of Espai Gestalt (Centre for Gestalt Therapy) in Barcelona and the founder of Sexological Bodywork Spain and Espai d'Homes (“Space for men”). In his courses, trainings and individual sessions Peter combines the Gestalt approach with other body-centred, playful and creative methods. His objective is to create secure, lively and transformative learning spaces where persons can develop a more intense connection to themselves and their erotic potential and to others aspects.

Friday

13:00-14:30

During this workshop we will focus on our relationships to the fathers, role models and daddies of our lives and how they have shaped our understanding of ourselves, our sexuality and our erotic talents or inhibitions. By integrating our bodies’ movements with voice, breath and spoken word, we invite the participants on a improvisational experience to journey through the thoughts, memory landscapes  and sensual sensitivities that erupt through investigation in this particular theme.

Tomi Paasonen is a choreographer, artistic director and curator, born in Finland and based in Berlin since 2003. His eclectic stage productions have strong queer aesthetics that often is rooted in documentary layers, provided by the theme-specific casts he chooses for his productions. His practice of working both with professional performers and laymen, ranging from disabled performers, prisoners and sexual minorities, has led him to develop an expansive array of device methods that engage the performers in autobiographical investigation.

Friday

16:00-17:30

In this workshop I invite you to undertake a journey to yourself. Within a safe space you can allow yourself to be fully held by another man, to surrender to the feeling of being held – and also you will hold another man. Explore your subtle sensations that unfold from the shared silence. Find out how you can create more depth, surrender and connection in your intimate encounters.

Peter is a Gestalt coach, Sexological Bodyworker and Ludotrainer (“game therapist”). He is a collaborator of Espai Gestalt (Centre for Gestalt Therapy) in Barcelona and the founder of Sexological Bodywork Spain and Espai d'Homes (“Space for men”). In his courses, trainings and individual sessions Peter combines the Gestalt approach with other body-centred, playful and creative methods. His objective is to create secure, lively and transformative learning spaces where persons can develop a more intense connection to themselves and their erotic potential and to others aspects.

Friday

16:00-17:30

In Italian "sentire” is a polysemic word: you could translate it in English as “to feel”, “to sense”, “to hear”, “to taste”, “to smell”... In the workshop we will play with this “ambiguity” and the possibilities it brings.

You will have the opportunity to enjoy your fellows to stimulate the five senses, with the aim of amplifying your levels of perception up to awake your “sixth sense”.Come in the group and “senti!”.

Pietro completed the first GLS Two-years Training and attended the first Authentic Eros One-year Training as assistant. What this certifies is that he is a curious man able not to miss an opportunity to explore. He organizes workshops in Italy and takes care of the growing community of men in his country, with the purpose of letting emerge the specific contribution of a mediterranean culture to this path. He is also a certified sacred intimate.

Friday

16:00-17:30

5Rhythms® an empowerment and healing practice for yourself, those around us, and the communities we live in and touch.Creative and fun - we listen to our own body through movement and expand our physical vocabulary in relationship to ourselves and other men in the group.  Embodiment as gay men is a gift deepening our physical expression and knowledge of the essential wisdom within our moving soulful bodies.

Bodhi is accredited at both 'Embodiment' and 'Heartbeat/Emotional' levels of 5Rhythms® and has been teaching for over 10 years. He works as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with a background in Herbal Medicine and Mindfulness. He teaches a weekly 5Rhythms class in London for LGBT and facilities workshops in Movement and Mindfulness in London, Europe and Russia.

Friday

18:00-19:30

I've A heady irreverent slide. Throw out any notions of structure. This series of exercises is thrown together like spaghetti on the ceiling. With me your chef hoping it is done and will stick.Together we may or may not answer these questions. Where can I take you if I lead you? Are you comfortable furniture for me? Are my titties your temple?Bring the spirit of your most emotionally empowered feminine heroes. It doesn’t matter which flavour - Arundhati Roy, bell hooks, Beyoncé – but you should have one in mind as we are looking to get hysterical and free.

Julian has worked as a physical performer in Australia since forever. Here in Berlin (since 2011)  he has sought out solidarity amongst gay men. Particularly seeking wisdom in all its forms. This manifest mostly as being a workshop slut for men’s groups that explore desire and potential in collective conscious sexualized spaces (and karaoke). This year’s Stretch sees him transition from participant to facilitator for the first time. Rest assured he is highly qualified and has no idea what he is doing. Come feel the noise".

Friday

18:00-19:30

Learn the basics of making a systemic partnership constellation. In groups of 6 you make systemic constellations based on partnership experiences. We experiment with Eros and Thanatos as mythical partners in the constellation field. You can find out more about your deepest longings for partnerships and how these longings are connected with your own family system. Let there be light on your hidden attractions.

Friday

18:00-19:30

Gentle, self-generated soundscapes and unpredictable, organic movements will accompany this continuum movement journey into our bodies. Intention and vibration touch the surface of the skin, meandering to and through our bone structure – the densest regions of our being and identity. Similarly, we awaken and claim both, the heart and the genitals from the inside, then continue to weave sensory awareness, sound and bone knowledge until we unwittingly shift from producing to becoming - something other then the sum of our parts. Discover and meet who else lives inside of you!

Kai is a breath therapist based on Prof. Ilse Middendorf's work, an authorized Continuum Movement teacher, holds the German Heilpraktiker license for psychotherapy and co-founded the Somatic Academy of Berlin. He created "Authentic Eros - Explorations for Men" and curates the STRETCH festival. 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.

Saturday

11:00-12:30

A deeply relaxing spiritual journey guided to the beat of the healing drum. Journey in meditation to blend our soul with our animal spirit guides; spiritual teachers, power animals! Enjoy a direct communication or healing experience in a safe, nurturing environment. The journey is an ancient ritual found in most of the worlds shamanic cultures including native North & South Americas and the Celtic traditions of Europe.

James, a Scot, is one of the faculty at The College of Psychic Studies, London; an impactful spiritual channel, contemporary shaman, healer & intuitive with 15 years experience of transformational healing, shamanism, psychic development , mediumship and has supported the profound growth of thousands of people.  He is founder and lead faculty of Celestial Earth institute , with a busy professional practise in London, and teaching internationally.

Saturday

11:00-12:30

 Softening This workshop will be a fun and playful quest to connect with ourselves and each other through movement and breath. We’ll explore pranayama breathing, meditation, a powerful witnessing / seeing exercise and flow through a dynamic Power Yoga practice. Yoga inspires us to realize our full potential and tap into the vast power within, to live life with courage, with passion, with heart and to be authentic and present. Come join us to discover your inner Warrior! his workshop is available to all levels of yoga experience. You are invited to be naked during the workshop and you are also welcome to remain clothed. Please bring a towel with you to cover the mat.

Tom moved to Berlin from the UK and founded the Yoga Boys Berlin community. He was also a co-founder of the sober clubbing revolution Morning Gloryville Berlin. Tom has travelled the world, climbing mountains in Patagonia, Kenya and the Himalayas and travels to Alaska to film 1000 mile sled dog races. For Tom life is an adventure to be lived with heart, passion and without regret. Tom’s mission is to empower people to live their life to the full, to follow their dreams and create the life they desire.

Saturday

11:00-12:30

In this version of contact improvisation it is allowed to touch the entire body by chance and also intentionally.  Co-creative dancing and being with others, assuming active and passive roles in various percentages, queer sensuality, erotic, even acrobatic moments – all of this will be put into context with each other.  A safe container will be held which will allow the participants to express themselves fully and freely.  As well as being a lot of fun, this practice also has a very integrative and healing effect.

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.  He works as a dancer, choreographer and teacher since 30 years.  Since about 15 years, he focuses on contact improvisation and facilitates it in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.  In 2009, he developed „sensual contact improvisation“ in San Francisco and has already taught several workshops and class series in the US, Peru, Spain, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Saturday

13:00-14:30

Sensuous and intimate, Touch, Flex & Flow fuses massage and stretching for you to experience of man to man body connection. We use massage powder to facilitate stretching and to create different sensations to oil or lotion. You can be fully naked or partially clothed. Attend alone or with a partner. This technique requires you to be flexible enough to sit on the floor with both hands free to massage.

Andy Saich is a Body Electric school-trained sacred intimate who weaves therapeutic touch with body, sexual and relationship coaching. As the creator of the exquisite BodyFlow massage technique, and a pioneer of tantric work, he has helped men, women and trans people since 1990 through one to one sessions and workshops in the UK and in a variety of other countries. As co-founder of LoveSpirit, organising events for the LGBT+ community exploring and celebrating spiritual and sexual diversity, he is committed to helping others grow, share their stories and wisdom.

Saturday

13:00-14:30

Every time we say Yes or No, but actually mean the opposite, we experience an inner conflict. This creates conflictive patterns, which we carry in our body memory. If we become aware of them they can be resolved and the energy can be re-directed. The systemic-somatic constellation work helps us to meet this topic with our whole body and allowing movement in relation to these polarities, finding moment-to-moment expression and reconciliation.

Social Worker with training in classical family constellation work, Nature Constellation Work, Systemic Ritual®, several years of experience with somatic work, body work, meditation and breath work. Extensive involvement with issues around love, sex, relationships, Tantra, BDSM, Taoism, sexual energy and the healing of sexual trauma. Experiences with the healing potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness. Encounters with transcending processes, like near-death experience, visionary states, clairvoyance, and kundalini-awakening.

Saturday

13:00-14:30

This workshop will look at emancipatory movements and personal growth of queers with a special focus on sport as one of the last bastions of discrimination especially related to gender and sexuality. It perpetuates power relations and is often the source of early traumas for queer youth - leading to alienation of one's own body or social isolation. For this reason urgency of its queering and reclaiming is gaining momentum and its methods of engagement go beyond usual activist practices.

Zeljko works in fields of contemporary culture, digital media technologies and community sport. Cross-pollinating queer, media and social practices in his work as artist, activist, researcher, producer, designer, curator, critic... He was co-founder of Multimedia Institute/club MaMa in Zagreb, researcher at Jan van Eyck Academie, PatchingZone.nl and PhDArts.eu. He instigated QueerSport community and was president of qSPORT.hr society for queer athletes and sport enthusiasts.

Saturday

16:00-17:30

In this workshop we explore and touch our inner organs. Hereby we get to know about their relation to the rest of the body. With presence and intuition we learn to access them using the Thai meridian system („sip sen“) on the one hand, and mindful, caring and patient surface touch on the other. We become acquainted with basic principles of bodywork, while practicing a simple sequence with a lightly dressed partner.

Zahiro has been practicing Thai Yoga Massage for many years. During his annual visits to Asia, he learned this massage form and other types of energetic bodywork by studying at all important schools in Thailand. Since 2008, he is a teacher for Thai Yoga Massage. Out of his experience and his work with clients he developed: "Intuitive Thai Meridian Massage", a training program he regularly offers in Berlin and Cologne. Since 2012 he is a natural health practitioner (German: Heilpraktiker). He combines the balancing effect of his bodywork with his dynamic movement work GYROTONIC® und GYROKINESIS®.

Saturday

16:00-17:30

Almost all of us grew up in straight families without direct gay role models, but (known to us or not) we all have gay ancestors. In this workshop, using elements of ritual, we connect to the ancestor field that lies behind us so we can step into the footprints of the gay men from our own lineage. In each generation, gay men have been born - regardless if they could live an open life or not, gay men have always been there, throughout all time. Connection to our own gay ancestors gives us a new sense of place, it gives us roots and ground.

Shamanic practitioner for more than 25 years, Daan has studied with traditional healers and shamanic teachers from carious 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 work has been published in then languages. He works internationally and lives in Amsterdam and Berlin.

Saturday

16:00-17:30

Watching and letting oneself be watched is an important aspect in the relation between a model and a painter / photographer and as well between a dancer / performer and members of an audience. Communication through touch is a fundamental element in Contact Improvisation. Letting oneself be touched can be a playful, adventurous journey into risky territory – not necessarily breathtaking acrobatics, but who knows? Not knowing as an option. When do you say “NO”, set a boundary? Multidirectionality – How direct can we be?

Dieter is a professor for Contemporary Dance and directs the Department for Contemporary and Classical Dance at the HfMDK Frankfurt am Main. From 1978 to 1995 he has been one of the artistic directors of Tanzfabrik Berlin. Since 1977 he has been deeply involved with studying, teaching and performing Contact Improvisation, dance and interdisciplinary work. His choreographies have been presented in many countries and continents. He has also choreographed for Ballet Frankfurt, the Ballet of the State Opera Berlin and for Theater and TV. In the last years his performance research has led to the development of several lecture performances and installations combining practice & theory, movement, live music and video.

Saturday

18:00-19:30

A meditative space where you can explore intimate touch, that can include genital touch, in a way than most men are not used to (yet).Breathing and touch will help you to connect with your body. You will learn some intimate massage strokes. With a partner you will use a stroke of your choice to explore mindful intimate touch.Explore to surf on the waves of your body sensations and pleasures without any goal. Just feel and enjoy the moment. Orgasmic does not refer to orgasm, but to a state of bliss.

Peter is a Gestalt coach, Sexological Bodyworker and Ludotrainer (“game therapist”). He is a collaborator of Espai Gestalt (Centre for Gestalt Therapy) in Barcelona and the founder of Sexological Bodywork Spain and Espai d'Homes (“Space for men”). In his courses, trainings and individual sessions Peter combines the Gestalt approach with other body-centred, playful and creative methods. His objective is to create secure, lively and transformative learning spaces where persons can develop a more intense connection to themselves and their erotic potential and to others.aspects.

Saturday

18:00-19:30

Explore and discover how to liberate yourself from expense and toxicity in this workshop about Lube, dildos, poppers and more. Coco and Tamás, who brought you "Identity Realness" in 2014, are back to lead a workshop with discussion and experimentation about all those things that "feel" good. This hands-on workshop is for Top-bottom-versatile-sub-dom-butch-fem-twink-faerie-geeks and anyone else looking to luberate themselves (and their partners).

Cocopierre is an afro-caribbean versatile-top cis-male radical/euro-faerie artist. He makes art, teaches, lectures internationally as well as hiring himself out as a consultant who cooks, cleans and makes LUBE with hungarian choreographer and dancer Tamás who he collaborates with in Berlin, Rotterdam and Venice.

Saturday

18:00-19:30

Renaissance and medieval dances are a particular mixture of dance and theater, they often show us that gestures associated with gender rolls might not have always been as they are today. We will use ancient music and explore some traditional dancing steps to create a fantasy/cross-dressing ballroom in a playful, carnival like, and flirtatious atmosphere. We will not focus in learning long codified sequences, but rather in building a group connection, and a playground where we can improvise and have fun with the joy and the curiosity of a child who uses movement to discover and to develop life.

Born in Colombia, biologist, and Ph. D. in the field of plant molecular biology; during the last 25 years Miguel has practiced several body work techniques like Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Yoga, Feldenkreis, eutonie and dance. A certified Tai Chi instructor from l'école de la voie intérieure; he has been teaching this internal martial art for the last 15 years. Furthermore exploring other healing tools like Tarot, alchemy, spagyrics, alchemical bone structure (SOA), kinesiology, and tantric massage, have helped him to build up a personal paradigm where different aspects of his own experience can                 co-exist and interact.

Sunday

11:00-12:30

Reiki meaning Universal Life Force is an ancient energy healing modality extremely popular around most of the world today. This mode of spiritual healing offers a robust and sustainable healing practise for oneself and for others, animals and plants. Suitable for complete beginners as well as those with experience of other energy healing modalities & practise.

James, a Scot, is one of the faculty at The College of Psychic Studies, London; an impactful spiritual channel, contemporary shaman, healer & intuitive with 15 years experience of transformational healing, shamanism, psychic development , mediumship and has supported the profound growth of thousands of people.  He is founder and lead faculty of Celestial Earth institute , with a busy professional practise in London, and teaching internationally.

Sunday

11:00-12:30

Gentle, „C'mon flow and glow with electric eye as you dip to the dive baby you'll realizeBaby you'll see the funky side of me // Baby you'll see that rhythm is the key“ (Dee- Lite)

We connect with our voice, body and movement and play with our creative energy. We improvise and experience our vocal and moving performance in the group and together we discover the sound of our body. From our heartbeat breath voice through our body we get into the groove! We enjoy the power of singing, stomping, playing together and colour our creative abilities with funky material. One two three ... bloooo! Welcome everybody.

Coach for music und movement. Andre is working with teams & firms for their creative resources (“sound step colour“). Co-Manager of the Creativity School Bergisch Gladbach/ Germany Institute for Cultural Education. Initiator of the mobile musical exhibition “Klang-Räume”. Singer & songwriter.

Sunday

11:00-12:30

Therapy is so amusing. We are so structured and constructed as liberal humanist subjects through a multitude of therapeutic techniques that we invent more therapy in attempts to decode our over coded selves. That being said, I am totally fascinated with regression therapy, from rebirthing to past life regression to role playing big babies in a Doctor’s office or dungeon to channeling your inner ape at the office. Let's regress. Let's forget. Let's get hypersensitive and needy. Let's take our selves apart and go further down the rabbit hole towards the THE GIANT BABY! Diapers not included.

Jeremy is an American dancer choreographer and performance curator living in Berlin.

Sunday

13:00-14:30

Softening this for many of us our genitals are associated with some kind of conditioning or taboo. Being sensitive and vulnerable, they are associated with any number of projections - from pathetic weakness of the loser to flaming sword of the tyrant. What do we feel if we exaggerate these projections?In the first part of the workshop Amalion will show you possibilities to "stage" the cock with some simple bondage techniques. Knots, grips and ties for effectivity and safety will be demonstrated. The second part consists of a coached bondage session between you and your partner. During this phase the focus will be on contact and interaction. No previous knowledge necessary.

Amalion is a passionate researcher, navigator, dreamer, dancer and adventurer. And he loves connecting to people. He studied and is still studying Kinbaku and Shibari among others with Nawashi Kanna, Akira Naka, Osada Steve, Kinoko Hajime, Otowaya Otonawa, Hagen, Felix Ruckert and Shadow. His way of tying is strongly influenced by his experience in movement, body- and consciousness work, his view on aesthetics and his inclination towards precision and love for detail.

Sunday

13:00-14:30

In this session, we hold a loving space through simple rituals to invite love in every part of you and then welcome another person into this space. This is a chance to slow down, check in with yourself, notice how you feel, what you need and want, for you to open to a state of love that is without attachment or expectation. This love is not about looks but connection, integrity and capacity to be in harmony.

Andy Saich is a Body Electric school-trained sacred intimate who weaves therapeutic touch with body, sexual and relationship coaching. As the creator of the exquisite BodyFlow massage technique, and a pioneer of tantric work, he has helped men, women and trans people since 1990 through one to one sessions and workshops in the UK and in a variety of other countries. As co-founder of LoveSpirit, organising events for the LGBT+ community exploring and celebrating spiritual and sexual diversity, he is committed to helping others grow, share their stories and wisdom.

Sunday

13:00-14:30

In the jam, we’ll put the techniques that were being practiced in the regular and sensual contact improv workshops to use.  A dance-like flow will encourage the participants to follow their own process and to effortlessly remain centered while enjoying sensual and erotic touch, and intimacy.  The beginning of the jam will be clearly structured, and then there will be time for open jamming which will culminate in a group ritual that concludes the participants‘ shared 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.  He works as a dancer, choreographer and teacher since 30 years.  Since about 15 years, he focuses on contact improvisation and facilitates it in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.  In 2009, he developed „sensual contact improvisation“ in San Francisco and has already taught several workshops and class series in the US, Peru, Spain, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Sunday

16:00-17:30

You are always guided and cared for, believe it or not. Your inner guidance has been, is and always will be available for you. It is a matter of willingness to listen. Open your mind to the part of your being that is permanently in touch with your vastest expression. This workshop is designed to understand and to experience how to increase awareness of  Your Inner Guide in practical and useful ways.

Sergi Aynó has dedicated his life since 1991 to the expansion of Global Consciousness due to an out-of-body experience. He is a catalyst and researcher of Truth. Sergi Aynó has a very special and intimate bond with a pod of wilde dolphins in the Pacific Ocean. This oceanic connection has accelerated his extra-sensorial perception abilities. He is also certified in Sexological Bodywork by Joseph Kramer.

Sunday

16:00-17:30

An invitation to explore the sensuality of external anal touch and find deeper relaxation and more pleasure. We will briefly revisit our own history with anal pleasure. Then you can experience how to connect to this part of your body and relax it through breathing. With a partner you will explore different qualities of touch. We will end our workshop with an intensively slow external massage. The intention is to learn new ways to expand your erotic possibilities with your anus. You are welcome to set any boundaries during the workshop whenever necessary.

Peter is a Gestalt coach, Sexological Bodyworker and Ludotrainer (“game therapist”). He is a collaborator of Espai Gestalt (Centre for Gestalt Therapy) in Barcelona and the founder of Sexological Bodywork Spain and Espai d'Homes (“Space for men”). In his courses, trainings and individual sessions Peter combines the Gestalt approach with other body-centred, playful and creative methods. His objective is to create secure, lively and transformative learning spaces where persons can develop a more intense connection to      themselves and their erotic potential and to others.aspects.

Sunday

16:00-17:30

In the frame of his research project “Bad girls practices: un-writing dance, the body and the choir” initiated three years ago, Frédéric Gies develops a series of movement practices, which bridge somatic explorations with club dance and techno music. In this workshop, he will share an exploration of the endocrine system and of the states of consciousness and images that arise from this exploration. 

Frédéric is a dancer, choreographer and senior lecturer in choreography. He is head of the MA programme in choreography at DOCH-UNIARTS in Stockholm. His work focuses on the articulation between dance, choreography and politics, and more precisely on how dance and choreography can address politics in a non-representational way.Somatics, clubbing and techno music, remains- or ghosts of various dance practices and styles and social choreography intermingle to form thesoil of his works.

Sunday

18:00-19:30

When our main senses are taken away, we enter a state of increased awareness on all other levels. This is an invitation to a one hour session of sensory deprivation, an hour without seeing or hearing. It is an invitation to make contact with ourselves and with others in a different dimension. An invitation to perceive and experience physical touch, smell, proximity and distance, space and time, movement and stillness, our own body and those of others, in a state of increased sensitivity. An invitation to explore how silence gives space to our bodies to unfold in a new timing, and how darkness reveals sensual poetry.

Jo is a freelance dancer, performer and facilitator. He completed his dance education at TIP/bewegungs-art Freiburg and holds a Magister degree in Sociology and Gender Studies. As a performer he has worked with Keith Hennessy, Costas Lamproulis, Lea Martini, and Kai Simon Stoeger among others, and also develops his own solo work. He is interested in creating spaces for unlikely encounters, feeding queer monsters, and building impossible bridges. 

Sunday

18:00-19:30

Kai is a breath therapist based on Prof. Ilse Middendorf's work, an authorized Continuum Movement teacher, holds the German Heilpraktiker license for psychotherapy and co-founded the Somatic Academy of Berlin. He created "Authentic Eros - Explorations for Men" and curates the STRETCH festival. 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.

Sunday

18:00-19:30