Circles of Attention
A three-day, immersive learning retreat exploring theatre-making aesthetics and methods
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facilitators, teachers, coaches and creative leaders .
- 21, 22 & 23 June 2024
Are you ready to challenge the confines of linear thinking and meet the boundless possibilities of embodied facilitation?
Join us to expand your facilitation toolbox, invigorate your sessions, and breathe new life into your practice.
Join us for a 3-day immersive, learning retreat in theatre-making aesthetics, right by the ocean, designed to enhance your creative facilitation and leadership skills. This experience offers energizing and dynamic approaches to leading and facilitating groups through theoretical, philosophical and practical applications of the body in group dynamics. Curated with non-theatre creatives and facilitators in mind, this retreat is led by experienced theatre-making trainers, collaborators and facilitators, Colin Skelton and Tarryn Lee.
Umzumbe Beach & Aloha Life Retreat
In this learning retreat you will:
Discover the principles of theatre-making to deepen your current facilitation approach and practice.
Cultivate body-mind intelligence to enhance group dynamics and problem solving initiatives.
Expand your facilitation toolbox with activated, engaging exercises and fresh perspectives.
Are you:
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A curious facilitator, leader, or trainer eager and curious to explore current and evolving trends in embodied approaches to facilitation work
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Frustrated with the over-reliance on linear thinking and rational approaches to group dynamics and collaboration?
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Tired of working in the same, habitual ways and craving to activate and invigorate your sessions with more creative flair, emotional resonance, and energy?
Who is this retreat for?
If you're a facilitator, group leader, or trainer looking to re-imagine facilitation work with an interdisciplinary lens, then this opportunity awaits you. Whether you're new to leveraging theatre-making approaches or an experienced facilitator, this immersion provides a supportive peer group environment with regular, creative and playful explorations, both indoors and in nature on the beach.
What can you expect from this immersive learning journey?
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Reside in a spacious beach-house with breathtaking views of the ocean just a stone's throw away from a blue-flag status beach on the stunning south coast of KZN, Umzumbe Beach.
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Deepen your personal, somatic awareness through unconventional and powerful, applied theatre-making techniques.
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Indulge in delicious and nourishing, yet simple food to support your journey of creative self-discovery.
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Unlock creative insights at the meeting point of presence, imagination and practice.
Don't miss out on this invitation to re-ignite your passion for facilitation and join a community of like-minded professionals committed to pushing boundaries by embracing the artistry of embodied leadership.
The process flow and content will cover three fundamental tenets of theatre-making:
Space, Body-mind, and Relationship.
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These Tenents inform the experiential design of the training and allow for a systematic and creative integration of how theatre-making practices may inform, enhance and inspire your current practice.
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