Description
This is not just a workshop. It’s a collective and aesthetic transformation.
For three intense days, you’re invited to immerse yourself in a transformative artistic and political practice that works directly with the body, voice and collective memory to resist, question and dismantle structures of oppression.
Led by Bárbara Santos — a global reference in Theatre of the Oppressed and pioneer of Feminist Aesthetics for Political Poetics — this workshop continues a revolutionary journey that began in the early 2000s with the Aesthetics of the Oppressed experiment. In that process, aesthetics became much more than form — they became a powerful tool to reclaim artistic expression from the symbolic language of the oppressor, opening up new political and performative paths for marginalized communities.
Since then, Bárbara has deepened and expanded this work through the creation of a feminist, anti-racist and decolonial theatrical methodology. Developed in collaboration with the @redmagdalenainternacional feminist network and theater collectives from Latin America, Europe and Africa, her practice focuses on the intersections of gender, race and class, offering concrete tools to analyze and transform social realities from a structural perspective.
Throughout the three days, participants will engage with a repertoire of original exercises, games, and techniques designed to explore oppression and liberation through aesthetic and bodily practices, fostering a horizontal and powerful space for dialogue, reflection and collective creation.
✨ The heart of this experience is a Forum Theatre session — a space for collective, participatory imagination, where the audience steps into the scene to rehearse possible alternatives to the oppressive situations presented on stage. It’s not symbolic. It’s an act of reclaiming agency, voice and collective action.
📅 When
Friday 27th June: 4pm–9pm
Saturday 28th June: 10am–6pm
Sunday 29th June: 11am–4pm
→ Public Forum Theatre Presentation: 5pm–7pm
👥 Who’s it for?
Artists, activists, social workers, cultural workers and anyone interested in aesthetic and theatrical tools for social transformation. No gender restriction.
✊ Why Join?
This is not only a theoretical seminar — it’s a living, collective, embodied experience. A space where bodies, stories and communities meet to rehearse ways of social transformation.
✨ If this resonates with you or someone you know — join us!
📧 qualification@kuringa.org
🗣️ Language: English
‼️Limited spots available ‼️
🎙️ About the Facilitator
Bárbara Santos is a playwright, director, actress, researcher, poet, filmmaker, and feminist, anti-racist, decolonial activist. She is the artistic director of KURINGA (Berlin) and founder of the Ma(g)dalena International Network, with collectives in Latin America, Africa, and Europe. Her artistic-political work has reached over 40 countries and she’s the author of several essential books, including Teatro de las Oprimidas — feminist aesthetics for political poetics, published in Portuguese, Spanish, and English.
As a performer, Bárbara starred in The Invisible Life (Grand Prix, Cannes 2019) and made her directorial debut with Ash Wednesday, a musical film selected for Berlinale and other major festivals.
Her work focuses on political-aesthetic transitions — from the colonized body to the political body, from imposed narratives to emancipated poetics.
