Identity in Moment with Bence Gáspár

From a political perspective, identity can help oppressed social groups gain more rights and freedom. From a Buddhist perspective, the self doesn’t exist, and our identification with it is the source of our suffering. From a traditional Western psychological perspective, we need to maintain a strong self in order to be happy. I invite you to a communal movement exploration to see which of the above views is in foreground for you at the moment, what parts of your life you identify with, and what is in flux.

Open Floor embodied mindfulness teacher, biologist • From Budapest, Hungary • Studied economics, critical social theory, biology • PhD in Tübingen, Germany, in evolutionary ecology • Dancing, meditating, hiking, cycling, walking, yoga, nature.
I weave critical social theory, evolutionary biology, and an ecological perspective into our shared embodied mindfulness practice, which is usually fun and serious at the same time. With a similarly broad musical palette, I aim to give space for an exploration through movement as diverse as possible.

Sunday

11:00 - 12:30 CET

Acroyoga - A Way to Connect with Jens Dube

Acroyoga is a physical practice which combines yoga and acrobatics. This workshop will include different types of partner and group exercises. We will create a space to physically relate to others, potentially experiencing something unique. It is a great opportunity to relate, experience yourself in new ways and overcome limiting beliefs. It can be playful, challenging, nourishing and deeply satisfying.

Jens Dube is a physiotherapist, a thaimassage & acroyoga teacher and therapeutic flying practitioner. As an acroyoga teacher for more then 10 years, he considers acroyoga a great opportunity for people to relate and create something unique and potentially wonderful while playfully exploring fears and limitations. Also in his treatments as a physiotherapist, he wishes to expand people's perception of what their body can do, combining his medical knowledge, clinical reasoning and osteopathic education.

Sunday

11:00 - 12:30 CET

Dating and Relating with Walter Kaul

This workshop offers speed-dating as a series of communication exercises. This approach is meant to break routine ways of introducing one another. Instead, we want to focus on authentic communication. And add some gamification. Science tells us, that men base their dating choices mainly on the partners’ physical attractiveness. But a successful matching of dating partners is actually more likely if they have similar short- or long-term interests. Authentic communication can uncover these.

Walter is a media producer and media trainer. He believes that in interpersonal conversation, authenticity is a key to establish meaningful connections. Walter holds two Master degrees in communication sciences. And he learned somatic methods at the Somatic Academy of Berlin.

Sunday

11:00 - 12:30 CET

Genital self gazing and compassionate witnessing with Ayo Gry

Compassionate witnessing, caring holding, somatic describing, present breathing, charmingly moving and healthy stretching, we allow our genitals to enter a space of nonsense beyond the conventional gaze and expectation of performing.
Warning: What might happen is a deconstruction of gender as binary, a sense of connection to a warm stream of love to the heart and new paths to approach queer sexuality.
Be as naked or clothed as you wish. Shyness, doubt and insecurities are welcomed. Nakedness and self touch is appreciated.

Ayo Gry (they/them) is educated in Sexological Bodywork and Mind/Body Therapy. They are co-founder of Skinship_Berlin - a touch based place for kinship, where they facilitate embodied processes for individuals, couples and groups. They believe in cultivating a sense of belonging and interconnectedness between people and nature as a crucial path for meaningful growth.

Sunday

13:00 - 14:30 CET

Fake Healing with Jo Koppe and Jorge De Hoyos

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.”

Jorge De Hoyos is a contemporary dancer, performer and choreographer from California, based in Berlin since 2012. He loves to channel sexual and sensual energy when he warms up to dance… it is a potent and grounding way to connect to his own body and joyful when he can share this on the gogo platform, in a rehearsal room, a stage or on the dance floor.

Jo Koppe is on an ongoing journey of weaving, integrating and sharing a variety of different experiences, practices and perspectives. He has a background in dance as well as in Sociology and Gender studies. He has worked as a performer and dramaturg, in social justice education, as a tantra masseur, as a personal assistant for differently abled people, and in end of life care. He has been initiated into the “natural religion of being trans” and thus “almost automatically being a witch” (says Anohni).

Sunday

16:00 - 17:30 CET

Spirituality through Domination and Submission with Philip Poole

In this workshop we will create a consensual safe space to explore the energy that exists when in domination or submission. We will mindfully explore the energy and feelings which you will experience as you move yourself into positions of domination and submission, and the energy that exists between yourself and another. This will focus on the spiritual so there will be no pain or S&M involved. Beginners and those who are curious are very much welcomed.

Phil has been in the S&M scene since he was 20. Over the last 19 years he has been on a voyage of discovery, finding out that the essence of domination and submission is a spiritual one. When Phil is not on his knees serving he works as a coach helping to transform organisations and people through facilitation and life coaching.

Sunday

13:00 - 14:30 CET

The natural voice, a journey towards free emotion with Ignacio Jarquin

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.

Sunday

16:00 - 17:30 CET

PUSSiiiy gAyZing fOr gAyZzzz with Skinship

This is the anatomy class you've been waiting for. Often we find ourselves curious for other genital formations then our own, but we miss the oppurtunity for social situation in which we can explore this in a peacefull_safe_non-judgemental_expectations-free_fun and connective way. In a form of a playful peep-show we learn about the anatomy of the vulva (Assigned Female At Birth) and hear personal stories of their (self)pleasure. Workshop based on our personal story and we would love to share it with you.

Melanie Bonajo *gender expander *pleasure enthusiast * plant whisperer * erotic dancer for plants * chaos clown * sexological bodyworker * personal assistant for people with disabilities * survivor activist * future pleasure oracles *gender queer self-help comedian *allergic to textile *co-creator of SKINSHIP_a touch based placed for Kinship.

Sunday

16:00 - 17:30 CET

The Magical Masturbation Circle with Julian Martin

In this choreographed ritual we can move between different roles, experiment and try ourselves out. Celebrate with others your body, your genitals, your lust and your arousal. Slip into the role of an exhibitionist or voyeur or watch the goings-on as a witness from the outside. Clothing, nudity and masturbation are welcome.

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 his 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.

Sunday

16:00 - 17:30 CET

Space to Digest with Axel Nielsen

In this workshop you are invited to come with your confused, joyful, tired, overwhelmed, angry, ecstatic, triggered or anything in between states. We will take a time to digest the experiences you have had during the festival, and let them flow and sink into your body. It will be a space with the intention of support and we will explore what that might mean for you and for us as a community.

Axel lives in Berlin, where he works as a bodyworker (Pantarei Approach) and as an embodied counsellor (Body Mind Therapy). He facilitate groups and gives individual sessions.
Having a background in activism and social justice, especially around the topic of trans- and non binary peoples acces to health care, he is interested in how an embodied approach can support people to get in touch with their own power and resilience.

Sunday

18:00 - 19:30 CET

Slow Motion Love Rave with Peter Pleyer

Slow motion moving from bonding with the earth, rolling, crawling, rising and sinking. Activating the spiral in your body for beeing together in the studio, in the world, in all directions, 360 degrees. Reaching for each other with open arms, from a softened heart. Seeing each other and being seen by each other. Possibility of undressing yourself or help others to undress. Going really slow allows for a negotiating approach to consent without words.

Peter Pleyer is a dancer and choreographer living in berlin. He choreographs solo and group work and teaches internationally. In the stretch village he is facilitating the queer-contact improvisation lab in a team. Sensuality, physicality, awareness, open eyes and open heart are the key elements in his teaching and living.

Sunday

18:00 - 19:30 CET

It’s Never Too Late To Join The Corps de Ballet with Michael Rolnick

In this workshop we take pride in ourselves dancing as a team, (and also shine as individuals, no doubt...) discovering the joy, blood, sweat and yes, probably some tears, as we undertake our task to create a world-class(?) Corp de Ballet in 90 minutes. N.B. If possible wear something white (underwear will do!)

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.

Sunday

18:00 - 19:30 CET

Closing Circle with Facilitators, Volunteers and Participants

The closing circle is an opportunity to sit together, to reflect, speak and listen with our bodies, hearts and minds to some experiences of the festival. As a way of closing and transitioning, everyone is invited to share something that perhaps touched, inspired or irritated them during the past three days.

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Sunday

20:00 - 21:00 CET