Dates: August 10th & 11th                 Time: 10h - 15h           Price: Free with registration (details below)

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Would you like to research your relationship with plants and express this in an artistic and communitarian way? The elder tree and the lavender plant are two fo the plants that we will work with in this two-day workshop. 

Takaiúna shares the ‘Emerging Dramaturgies’ method, which she developed to create a script/dramaturgy from personal stories jointly with a community. This 8-hour workshop (divided in 4hrs per day + lunch break) focuses on the inspiration we can get from the (mathematical) similarities between our bodies and plant-fractals. It consists of reflective and practical exercises. Participants will be led on a creative journey to explore the intersections between the human body and fractal patterns in nature. With macro and micro poetic movements, participants discover how fractal patterns can be recorded and expressed in the human body. From the language of movement we continue to form texts and write together. 

This workshop offers space for experiment, discovery and collaboration, promoting an interactive approach to physical and dramaturgical expression. Together we expand research of memory of plants and bodies in dialogue to provide new perspectives. 

About Takaiúna 

Takaiúna is an artist, writer, director and actress from Goiás, Brazil. She is a descendant of enslaved people and comes from a family of traditional ‘benzedeiras’, who work with healing herbs. This gives her a unique view on the relationship with nature and ancestry which she incorporates in her work. 

Takaiúna has been working in the artistic field for almost 25 years. In 2016 she founded the collective Justina of community- and ancestral art. She has been involved in projects throughout various Latin-American countries and also in Palestine, Guinee- Bissau and Italy. See: www.takaiuna.com 

Please note:
- We aim to form a group between 10 to 12 participants
- A small contribution of ~€25 may be asked for a (vegan) lunch for both days but in cases in which this might be too high a barrier to participate, don’t hesitate to let us know and we’ll be happy to provide you with one of the free spots!
- Parts of the workshops may be recorded with the permission and even direction of the participants themselves. The output is both a way to share what we learn together with a broader public as well as an artistic output. A video professional will be involved to ensure the output-quality.
- This workshop is part of project Herbal Nômade 2.0 www.plantenverhalen.nl/herbal-nomade-2 


Register by contacting Annet: plantenverhalen@gmail.com / +31 (0)6 255 08 779 

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