By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively, a never-ending process. – Johan Galtung — I interviewed Sulaiman Khatib and Chen Alon, co-founders of “Combatants For Peace”, nominated twice for the Nobel Peace prize in 2017 and in 2018. Both times, the nominations were …
Uri entrevistó a Arawana Hayashi para el espacio de Podcast de ImaginAction. La entrevista fue en inglés pero debajo la encontrarás en español. Si quieres escucharla puedes hacerlo aquí. El trabajo pionero de Arawana como coreógrafa, intérprete y educadora se basa en gran medida en la improvisación colaborativa. Es la …
“To be healthy means to be happy, remembering that happiness is not the absence of pain; it’s the presence of love” – Maria Luisa Pasquarella In this new episode of ImaginAction podcast, I interview Maria Luisa Pasquarella, for her friends “Meri“. We talk about: – her extraordinary encounter with Herns Duplan and …
“The classical issue to reconnect mind and body seems to be the great call of this time” – Doriana Crema In the new ImaginAction podcast, I interview Doriana Crema talking about: – her path integrating dance and counselling – the elements that can create a trustful, supportive, caring and creative …
Since 2010, ImaginAction (imaginaction.org) creative director Hector Aristizábal and co-facilitator Alessia Cartoni have opened up their international social theatre workshops to apprentices from around the world. The interns are able to participate in diverse community projects, experience methodologies including Theatre of the Oppressed, Playback Theatre, Theatre of Witness, council circle, and ritual. They also share living space, reflection on …
The East Side Institute invites you to a special Making a Conceptual Revolution conversation on FRIDAY, MARCH 17 when Institute director Lois Holzman’s guest will be Hector Aristizábal, a pioneering artist, activist and psychologist who founded ImaginAction to help people tap the transformative power of theatre in programs throughout the …
Fear of Peace John Washington October 19, 2016 Colombians have been living through war for more than fifty years. In a conflict primarily between the state and a leftist insurgency, the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), other various antagonists (paramilitary forces, competing leftist guerrilla groups, and narco-armies) have complicated …
How an L.A. actor is using theater to foster peace in his native Colombia by A Martínez and Dorian Merina | Take Two an hour ago Hector Aristizábal, grew up in Colombia and was detained and tortured by paramilitary groups during his time as a student near Medellín. Now based …
We at ImaginAction wish you all the best for the year 2016 as we share with you a look back on 2015. This last year that brought deep transformation and evolution in our work including internal changes as well as consolidation of new directions internationally. We started 2015 with two …
An Interview by Robert Klement with Hector Aristizabal held at the end of a 5-day workshop on Theatre of the Oppressed in Milan, Italy. http://www.labarbabietolarossa.it/le-chiacchere/hector-aristizabal/ Image by Angelo Miramonti