Understanding Conflict through Movement

DO YOU FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING IS AN ARGUMENT LATELY?

WONDERING HOW TO REDUCE TENSIONS BETWEEN COLLEAGUES OR FAMILY?

Conflict is a daily practice.
If we are going to live together, we need to learn to be together.
Lets start with dancing together.

The PUSH & PULL Workshop format uses non-verbal exercises embodying a deeper understanding of conflict and negotiation. The workshop is aimed at humanising the „other“. The goal is to relook at how we approach conflict? How can we create common ground? How can we see conflict as an opportunity? And how can we use our body and movement to better understand, in a creative way, the complexities involved in conflicts? 

The workshop is catered to anyone struggling with daily conflicts. It is open to all people, with and without experience with dance, ages 16 – 100. The workshops are especially effective for groups, collectives, work teams and colleagues, families, partners and individuals.

PUSH & PULL is part of an ongoing artistic research on polarisation developed at INTER-ACTIONS Heidelberg.
Against the backdrop of ongoing wars, the atmosphere in our society has shifted where tensions and insecurities in our interactions are practically a norm. Increasing polarisation is very noticeable. The way we speak and deal with one another is alarming. How do we deal with polarisation? How can we use our toolkit of movement and creativity to promote interactions where tensions and ambiguities are perhaps first revealed, but also endured? How can we transform conflict into opportunity?

Testimonials of participants:

"...the workshop had a profoundly constructive impact on my life. It transformed my approach to the word "conflict." Previously, I associated conflict with negative connotations. After the workshop, I gained access to multiple tools that allowed me to shift my perspective and see ... opportunities for clarity, growth, and understanding for one's boundaries and needs. The workshop ... reminded me of the vastness of the theme of conflict and the importance of normalising its presence in our daily lives. It emphasised the need to familiarise ourselves and, through ongoing practice, learn to engage in conflict resolution at our own pace." 
Stella Covi 24.07.24

"The strongest parts of the workshop were to be able to embody conflict situations through movement (not calling it dance), play with dynamics that allow you to be on other’s perspective and, most important, to analyse and deconstruct the process of resolving a conflict.  The journey this workshop offers, allows to approach conflicts as a house that needs to be strongly build from bottom to top" 
Paco Ladrón de Guevara 08.07.24