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Tamalpa Life Art Training

7/30/2015

I am so looking forward to beginning the Tamalpa Life/Art Level 1 Training programme in September. I’ve just completed the three day summer workshop facilitated by Lian Wilson and feel deeply moved and inspired by the wisdom of the Tamalpa process. Developed by dance and arts therapy pioneers, Anna and Daria Halprin, the Tamalpa Life/Art Process is an internationally-recognized expressive arts approach, which combines movement, visual art, and creative writing to access the intelligence of the body and the transformative power of the imagination. Throughout the year long training programme, we will dance, draw, write, and share, as we reflect on our personal histories, who we are now, and the changes that we would like to embody in our lives.

Click on the following links to read more about the Tamalpa Institute and Tamalpa UK.

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Oral History Conference 2015: 'Oral Histories of Science, Technology and Medicine'

7/12/2015

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The 2015 oral history conference ‘Oral Histories of Science, Technology and Medicine at Royal Holloway, University of London, July 11-12, covered a diverse range of topics spanning agency in the lives of British scientists, changing treatments and attitudes in the field of mental health, and storytelling in veterinary oral histories, to name a few.

A particularly fascinating and thought-provoking session that I was honoured to chair was titled ‘Creative Uses of Oral History’. Filmmaker Juliet Brown discussed how she used oral histories in the making of her film Ecocide - Voices from Paradise, which tells the story of the ground zero BP oil spill in 2010 through the testimonies of those who live in the local community. Marta Moreno spoke about her work with the Reminiscence Theatre Archive at the University of Greenwich and the oral history and performance project Can we Afford the Doctor? which was made in the 1980s by Pam Schweitzer about the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS). Maria Everett shared her personal experience as an actor with the Reminiscence Theatre Company at the University of Greenwich and re-using the original oral history material from Can we Afford the Doctor? last year to re-create the performance and its relevance to new audiences today. These three presentations were stunning examples of the potential of oral history projects to have a powerful and meaningful impact, both on those who participate in them, as well as those who witness the finished and crafted works of art that oral histories can inspire.

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London Playback Theatre Summertime Performance

7/5/2015

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Come and join us for our next Playback Performance on July 16th. Click on the flyer below for details. To find out more about London Playback Theatre and who we are, click here.

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