FROM WITNESS TO ACTION
Dates: 25 – 28 July 2015 
Times: 10am – 4:30pm each day
Place: Studio Emad Eddin, Cairo
Cost: 475 LE or 850 LE for both workshops
Contact: Dina Said: workshops@orientproductions.org

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SENT TO DINA SAID BY APRIL 1ST. CONFIRMATION WILL BE GIVEN AFTER APRIL 15. SEE DETAILS BELOW 

In this 4-day intensive, we will identify personal patterns and social forces that block our ability to engage in satisfying relationships and constructive action. In particular we will connect with values, skills and resources that help us to address rigidity, hardship and oppression from a place of greater wisdom and creativity. The workshop will include voice work, movement practice and various therapeutic drama methods. We will also work with traditional and contemporary Egyptian songs and melodies 

This workshop is open to people who are new and experienced with dramatherapy/psychodrama methods 

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CIRCLE OF RESONANCE 
Dates: 1 – 4 August 2015 
Times: 10am – 4:30pm each day
Place: Studio Emad Eddin, Cairo
Cost: 475 LE or 850 LE for both workshops
Contact: Dina Said: workshops@orientproductions.org

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SENT TO DINA SAID BY APRIL 1ST. CONFIRMATION WILL BE GIVEN AFTER APRIL 15. SEE DETAILS BELOW 

Whether you have completed one dramatherapy/psychodrama course – or many – this workshop will provide you with a space within which to continue your journey towards greater insight, connection and empowerment. In particular we will work with the Circle of Resonance – a participatory drama method used for processing and developing group themes through embodied practice. We will also work with traditional and contemporary Egyptian songs and melodies 

This workshop is open only for people who have completed at least one prior psychodrama or dramatherapy workshop with Ben Rivers or another accredited drama therapist/psychodramatist. 

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DRAMATHERAPY 
Dramatherapy utilizes drama methods for individual, interpersonal and group development. Through the use of voice, movement, story, role-play and improvisation, dramatherapy enables safe expression of emotion, whilst inviting fresh perspectives and insights to emerge. Through dramatic enactments, we are also able to investigate and practice specific actions we might wish to implement in the world around us. Dramatherapy aims to develop our capacity for a life of spontaneity, creativity, collaborative enquiry and constructive action

FACILITATOR BIOS
Ben Rivers was born in the UK and raised in Australia. He specializes in the use of participatory theatre for community mobilization, cultural activism and collective trauma response. Ben has taught and practiced in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. He is a founding member of The Freedom Theatre’s Freedom Bus initiative (Jenin, Occupied Palestine) and a Co-founder of the Arab School of Playback Theatre (Beirut, Lebanon). He has also initiated several Therapeutic Drama training programs in Palestine and Egypt. Ben holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, USA with a concentration in drama therapy. He is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of New England, Australia. Several professional journals have published his articles. Ben is a Registered Drama Therapist with the North American Drama Therapy Association. He is also an Accredited Playback Theatre Trainer through the New York-based, Centre for Playback Theatre. Ben is currently based in Cairo where he works as an educator, psychotherapist and theatre practitioner. 

Mohamed Ebo Elfath is an Egyptian musician and singer. He has also been a practicing theatre practitioner since 2001. Mohamed has worked extensively with the Choir Project, a grassroots songwriting collective that emerged as a significant voice during the Egyptian revolution. In past dramatherapy workshops, Mohamed has also used music and song for the healing and empowerment of people adversely impacted by political violence and other forms of trauma

LANGUAGE
Workshops will be delivered in English and Arabic with translation

VENUE
Studio Emad Eddin, 18 Emad Eddin Street, Cairo, Egypt

COST 
475 LE per workshop or 850 LE for both workshops. 
Limited scholarship reductions are available. To apply for a fee reduction, please email workshops@orientproductions.org
with details regarding your request

WHAT TO BRING
The workshop will involve extensive movement practice. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing. We also encourage you to bring a percussion instrument

ORGANIZERS
Studio Emad Eddin Foundation and Orient Productions

ATTENDANCFROM WITNESS TO ACTION
Dates: 25 – 28 July 2015 
Times: 10am – 4:30pm each day
Place: Studio Emad Eddin, Cairo
Cost: 475 LE or 850 LE for both workshops
Contact: Dina Said: workshops@orientproductions.org

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SENT TO DINA SAID BY APRIL 1ST. CONFIRMATION WILL BE GIVEN AFTER APRIL 15. SEE DETAILS BELOW 

In this 4-day intensive, we will identify personal patterns and social forces that block our ability to engage in satisfying relationships and constructive action. In particular we will connect with values, skills and resources that help us to address rigidity, hardship and oppression from a place of greater wisdom and creativity. The workshop will include voice work, movement practice and various therapeutic drama methods. We will also work with traditional and contemporary Egyptian songs and melodies 

This workshop is open to people who are new and experienced with dramatherapy/psychodrama methods 

< : > : < : > : < : > : < : > : < : > : < : > : < : > : < : > 

CIRCLE OF RESONANCE 
Dates: 1 – 4 August 2015 
Times: 10am – 4:30pm each day
Place: Studio Emad Eddin, Cairo
Cost: 475 LE or 850 LE for both workshops
Contact: Dina Said: workshops@orientproductions.org

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SENT TO DINA SAID BY APRIL 1ST. CONFIRMATION WILL BE GIVEN AFTER APRIL 15. SEE DETAILS BELOW 

Whether you have completed one dramatherapy/psychodrama course – or many – this workshop will provide you with a space within which to continue your journey towards greater insight, connection and empowerment. In particular we will work with the Circle of Resonance – a participatory drama method used for processing and developing group themes through embodied practice. We will also work with traditional and contemporary Egyptian songs and melodies 

This workshop is open only for people who have completed at least one prior psychodrama or dramatherapy workshop with Ben Rivers or another accredited drama therapist/psychodramatist. 

< : > : < : > : < : > : < : > : < : > : < : > : < : > : < : > 

DRAMATHERAPY 
Dramatherapy utilizes drama methods for individual, interpersonal and group development. Through the use of voice, movement, story, role-play and improvisation, dramatherapy enables safe expression of emotion, whilst inviting fresh perspectives and insights to emerge. Through dramatic enactments, we are also able to investigate and practice specific actions we might wish to implement in the world around us. Dramatherapy aims to develop our capacity for a life of spontaneity, creativity, collaborative enquiry and constructive action

FACILITATOR BIOS
Ben Rivers was born in the UK and raised in Australia. He specializes in the use of participatory theatre for community mobilization, cultural activism and collective trauma response. Ben has taught and practiced in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. He is a founding member of The Freedom Theatre’s Freedom Bus initiative (Jenin, Occupied Palestine) and a Co-founder of the Arab School of Playback Theatre (Beirut, Lebanon). He has also initiated several Therapeutic Drama training programs in Palestine and Egypt. Ben holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, USA with a concentration in drama therapy. He is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of New England, Australia. Several professional journals have published his articles. Ben is a Registered Drama Therapist with the North American Drama Therapy Association. He is also an Accredited Playback Theatre Trainer through the New York-based, Centre for Playback Theatre. Ben is currently based in Cairo where he works as an educator, psychotherapist and theatre practitioner. 

Mohamed Ebo Elfath is an Egyptian musician and singer. He has also been a practicing theatre practitioner since 2001. Mohamed has worked extensively with the Choir Project, a grassroots songwriting collective that emerged as a significant voice during the Egyptian revolution. In past dramatherapy workshops, Mohamed has also used music and song for the healing and empowerment of people adversely impacted by political violence and other forms of trauma

LANGUAGE
Workshops will be delivered in English and Arabic with translation

VENUE
Studio Emad Eddin, 18 Emad Eddin Street, Cairo, Egypt

COST 
475 LE per workshop or 850 LE for both workshops. 
Limited scholarship reductions are available. To apply for a fee reduction, please email workshops@orientproductions.org
with details regarding your request

WHAT TO BRING
The workshop will involve extensive movement practice. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing. We also encourage you to bring a percussion instrument

ORGANIZERS
Studio Emad Eddin Foundation and Orient Productions

ATTENDANCE POLICY
For the benefit of group process, full attendance is required. We therefore ask you to apply only if you can commit to attending the entirety of each and every session of the selected workshop. We also ask you to arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start of each session. Doors close at the start time and latecomers will not be admitted. If a participant misses more than one session, they may be asked to discontinue the workshop 

APPLICATION PROCESS 
The application deadline is 1st April 2015. Application review will begin immediately following this deadline. Applicants will be notified via e-mail by April 15th about the status of their application. Places are limited to 16 participants. Once the program is full, remaining applicants will be placed on a waiting list

To request an application form, please contact Studio Emad Eddin’s Workshop Coordinator, Dina Said at: workshops@orientproductions.org . Please put the course title in the subject line of your email

Cancellation policy
• 48 hours before the beginning of the workshop – full refund excluding 50 LE registration fees)
• 24 hours before the beginning of the workshop – 50% refund 
• At the start of the workshop – no refund