On saturday (May 22th) EVA opens the workshop-day! Artists, academics and other professionals want to investigate destruction and injury with you.

Registration: Choose your workshop favourite and let us known by your registration for EVA2010. You also can choose on location - but the capazities are limited. !!!

 

EVA fights for non-violence

Language against violence

Showing courage and standing up against violence – that is moral courage. Whoever uses force shows weakness, whoever is silent and looks away keeps the circle of violence and fear alive. How easy it is to show moral courage and which steps are necessary to keep from getting into danger oneself will be shown in this workshop named “language against violence”.

Dirk Heinrichs
(Sprache gegen Gewalt e.V., author, Köln)

Participants: more than 1  
Languages: German and English

Domestic violence: women, men and children as actor and victim

Domestic violence can occur to all – women and men, children and parents, healthy and sick. Often social taboos stop or prohibit the open handling of this topic. This workshop wants to illuminate, share own experiences and – through an open discussion – search for solutions against violence at home.

Astrid v. Friesen
(educationalist and therapist of trauma and gestalt, Dresden/Freiberg)

Participants: 25 - 30 
Languages: German

Violent conflicts – features and causes

All over the world, conflicts are tried to be solved using violence. It is hard to understand the causes and reasons for these actions. This workshop is trying to help with that: typical features and courses of violent conflicts are being looked at using historical, political, cultural and economical information. With the example of Africa you can get into precise situations and find out about the various problems involved.

Steffen Horn
(educationalist, Dresden)

Participants:10 - 35
Languages: German

Through war to peace? – When young Israelis meet young Germans…

How German and Israeli youth meet each other and what they feel about it you can experience in this interactive workshop. German-Israeli exchange programmes of the rectory of youth in Saxony will be presented and await new ideas. The priority of national consciousness, identity and religion concerning war and peace will be questioned critically and curiously.

Caroline Richter
(pedagogue of religion, Dresden)

Participants: up to 20 
Languages: German and English

Learning democracy – Neonazism

Every year the people of Dresden commemorate the victims of the bombing of their city in February 1945 – at the same time thousands of Neonazis march through the town. They use the day to propagate their inhuman and antidemocratic points of view. The workshop asks for reasons, contents and goals of these neonazi adolescents and wants to find out about their idea of man and their viewpoint towards Christians. The most important question of all is: What can we do against it?

Susanne Feustel
(scholar of politics, Leipzig)

Participants: 10 - 20 
Languages: German

 

EVA investigates injury and destruction

WortWerkStattSuchen – a writing factory

On Pentecost strange things happen. Strangers talk and get together and to believing. Starting from the story of Pentecost and under professional guidance you will think creatively, may get to believing and most important of all – write. Your results may become part of the Whitsun service on Sunday morning in the Frauenkirche.

Tobias Petzold
(pedagogue of religion, education consultant of the protestant youth of Saxony)

Participants: 10 - 22
Languages: German

 

Living with people with handicaps

The Team of the volunteers reports on their experience in living with people with a mental disability in integrative projects throughout Europe. In the workshop questions about meeting people with and without a handicap will be discussed. Which prejudices exist? How can assistance also be misunderstood and how can it be given accordingly? What means meeting disabled people for me and how can I handle this experience?

Robert Neumann und Team
(Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste, Dresden)

Participants: max. 15 
Languages: German and English

 

Bullying and social exclusion – what can I do?

Bullying and social exclusion is aching pain of the soul. The workshop shows how one can handle bullying and which possibilities there are to help others. After a short theoretical introduction you can experience bullying practically and thereafter discuss and search for your own solutions to escape these circles.

Mario M. Schmidt
(social trainer and school pedagogue, Fürth)

Participants: 10 - 40 
Languages: German

 

EVA encounters

Drum workshop

African rhythms of the Malinké using Djembés and base drums: In this workshop you will get to know the techniques to play various drums. As soon as the collective groove carries the group we will improvise and give way to our creativity. The workshop is for beginners to start playing drums just as well as it is for advanced players to deepen their knowledge. No forehand familiarity is needed. Just come and feel the beat!

Marius Hawlitzky
(Die Trommelwerstatt, Dresden)

Participants: 6 - 20  
Languages: German and English

 

Capoeira

Capoeira is whatever affects the moment: Fighting, art or game. This sport coming from Brazil is very popular and favored throughout the world because of its spectacular movements. Consisting of music, dance, singing and acrobatic elements, Capoeira shapes body and mind. Capoeira is attitude to life. Get to know the culture, music and language of Brazil.

Michael Jähn
(Gingapura Dresden)

Participants: starting from 8 
Languages: German and English

 

Workshop Graffiti

Graffiti is cool art but can also easily destroy anyone’s property. After a short look into the history of Graffiti and a tiny discussion about the legality and illegality of this art we move directly to the cans. You will experience everything live and in action – from searching for first ideas to creating some images until actually designing a small space.

Christian Höhn
(Graffiti artist and rapper, Dresden)

Participants: max. 12  
Languages: in German and English

Registration till May 15th!!!!!!!

 

Impro theater

Impro theatre means to let you get involved with the topic, to play along, to be creative and to have fun together. The actors of this workshop will show some of their talents on stage but above all they will strengthen their own social competences and call up presence, trust, spontaneity and readiness to take a risk.

Andreas Schulze
(Dipl. pedagogue and actor, Erfurt)

Participants: 6 - 12
Languages: German and English

 

To send a signal - together

Finding words – together, generate ideas – together. With acrylic colours and other material we will create a piece of art – together; our symbol for non-violence! Come and send a signal at the Peace Academy EVA2010 in Dresden.

Karolin Lode
(art therapist, Dresden)

Participants: max. 10 
Languages: German 

 

Looking at EVA differently

Seeing EVA from different angles is the goal of this workshop. We will look through the (camera) lenses and find out about EVA´s workshops, the Frauenkirche, the open air area, on and back stage and about the many different places where EVA happens. In the end, we will create and show a colourful presentation of our EVA2010. This workshop is for people who would like to have in- and outside images, who enjoy experiments and are looking for a change, who like to take photos (please bring your own camera) and also have fun writing.

Jan Weichold
(Grafiker, Dresden) 

Participants: max. 16 
Languages: German 

 

Dresden´s heroes – a town rallye about the political changes of 1989

With this workshop you will follow the tracks of the people who in 1989 stood up for a united Germany. A rallye will lead you to the important places of Dresden where people gathered and showed their opinion publicly. While searching for clues you will have lots of fun, feel some eagerness and be creative.

Steffi Unger
(Politischer Jugendring Dresden e.v.)

Participants: 5-15
Languages: German 

 

Dancing Theatre „war - never again“

The place of quietness – the lower church of the Frauenkirche – will be a stage for dancing during this workshop. Talk through your body, your facial expressions and gestures about the history of the chapels and their destruction, faith and hope. Discover the room completely new. Expert dancers invite you to feel the destiny of the Frauenkirche while dancing.

Eila Schwedland & Team
(dancer, Palucca School Dresden)

Participants: up to 20
Languages: German and English

 

EVA's Song 

On Saturday you can enjoy the Singer-Songwriter-Conzert live in the Frauenkirche. The 4 young musicans invite you during this workshop to create an EVA-Song. Change your mind about injury and peace and let your voices ring and present it on stage !!!    

Sarah Brendel, „The title sequence“, Samuel Anthes, Sofia Stark and Lilly Among Thorns

Teilnehmerzahl: max. 20
Sprachen: Deutsch und Englisch

We are sorry, but the workshops "Coming to terms with the past - management game" and "About those rich and poor of water" can not take place.