Interactive Theatre Workshop at Macmillan Hall Great Room Participants will explore issues of multi‐cultural identity and social justice in this interactive, theatre‐based workshop. The workshop is limited to 25 participants. RSVP to monsonp@muohio.edu to reserve your space; admittance on the day …
The Wilks Leadership Institute presents visiting artist Hector Aristizábal Artist, Activist, Torture Survivor “Nightwind” in a harrowing solo performance, Hector Aristizábal reenacts his arrest and torture by the US-supported military in Colombia and explores possible outcomes. Violent rage? Or a channel-ing of the impulse and energy into the peace movement? …
NORTH CAROLINA SAYS NO TO TORTURE! SUNDAY, SEPT. 14, 2-6 PM 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro SPEAKER: Josh McIntyre from NC Stop Torture Now describes how NC is involved in extraordinary rendition. PERFORMANCE: A one-act play NIGHTWIND Hector Aristizabal re-enacts his own arrest and torture in Colombia and explores possible …
AWAKENING THE IMAGINATION Theatre Tools for Transformation A Workshop with Hector Aristizabal September 15, 1 to 5 PM New Garden Friends Meeting 801 New Garden Road at Friendly Avenue Greensboro, N.C. 27410 336-292-5487 This workshop is ideal for teachers, therapists, social workers, political activists, actors, artists and civic leaders. This …
Improvisational Theatre As a pathway towards personal and social transformation. Value exploration and the creation of authentic inter-personal connection. A dynamic experiential workshop with Hector Aristizabal. This workshop will reawaken our imaginative capacities using the tools of the Theater of the Oppressed, developed by Brazilian dramatic activist Augusto Boal. We will also …
Radical Philosophy Association Eighth Biennial Conference San Francisco State University, November 6-9, 2008 Conference Program Schedule Session C: Friday, 8:45—10:30 am F-7 Performance: Nightwind —Hector Aristizábal Performance: Nightwind, a solo dramatic performance by Hector Aristizábal Abstract: In Nightwind, Hector Aristizábal recreates the scenario in which he was tortured in his …
A Conversation with Hector Aristizábal About Torture and Transformation Diane Lefer The Sun Magazine Hector Aristizábal was born in Medellín, Colombia, a city plagued by violence from the drug trade and from the country’s decades-long civil war. His poverty-stricken neighborhood was a prime recruiting ground for what he calls the …
PENDLE HILL Pendle Hill is a Quaker center for spiritual growth, study and service. 338 Plush Mill Road – Wallingford, PA 19086-6023 – P: 610-566-4507 In our culture, imagination has given way to fantasy. Fantasy is passive entertainment, while imagination excites our vision for engaging the world and changing it. …
STOP TORTURE Conference Saturday, September 20th, 9am to 5pm First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh 605 Morewood Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2999 Afternoon Sessions (following lunch together): Using the Theatre of the Oppressed as a framework, Hector Aristizabal will perform Nightwind, a harrowing solo performance in which Hector re-enacts his own arrest …
THE PARR CENTER FOR ETHICS University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Ethics in the Professions Series Symposium: Perspectives on Coercive Interrogation The aim of this symposium is to explore the ethical issues raised by the methods of interrogation practiced by the U.S. government, addressed from perspectives and disciplines ranging …