December 2012

20 Dec

Posted at 03:02h in Applied Theatre, Culture, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapy, Theatre, Youth Development

December 19, 2012 “A lot rides on our capacity to be who we’re not.” So remarked Christine LaCerva, director of The Social Therapy Group and the East Side Institute’s clinical training. Christine was one of six who I assembled to address the topic, “The Therapeutic Power of Performance,” at a plenary session...

16 Dec

Posted at 16:53h in Creativity, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Theatre, Vygotsky, Youth Development

December 16, 2012 I was in Serbia last week. I crammed a lot into four days and it was well worth it. I’ve been going to Serbia once a year for more than a decade and each time I experience the joy of people supporting other people to develop and, at...