Indonesia and Muslim Countries

[Mark wentworth]

Jen sounds like you and Herb are doing great work.

I've been working in the Middle East for nearly a year using Dynamic  
Theatre, as well as, like you, other expressive arts.  Obviously this  
part of the world is 95% Muslim, we work mainly with the women, it's  
taken a while to build trust and to open up but now we are hearing the  
most amazing stories both good and bad.  We have been invited to go  
work in Beirut and other troubled parts of the Middle East, which  
strange as it may seem, feels quite an honour to be invited.

In April we will go to work in Kathmandu working with local aid  
organisations and schools, bit further on from the Middle East I know  
but we go where we are invited to work with the local communities.

Good luck with all your work Jen!

Connie,

I'm sure you will love Indonesia, I was in that part of the world  
April this year offering Dynamic Theatre to drama educators for both  
the Singapore and Malaysian Governments, I found everyone to be most  
welcoming and very open to all forms of expressive arts. Most had a  
very good awareness of Psychodrama and Sociodrama although they  
necessarily didn't label it as such. A lot of "sacred drama" is used  
in their ancient traditions, so I found that although we used  
different names for it the "actions" were in essence the same.

Enjoy.

Best wishes and looking forward to meeting some of you, in person, in  
Rome this week.

Mark Wentworth
Founder of Dynamic Theatre
www.dynamictheatre.com

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Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:17:22 -0400
From: jen kristel <jenkristel at hotmail.com>
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Work is already being done in countries that are primarily Muslim.  
Bangladesh is 85% Muslim, and Herb Propper and I have been working  
there dince 2003 using Psychodrama, Living Newspaper, Playback Theater  
Sociodrama and other Expressive arts Therapies. Herb will be there  
this fall for 5 mnths on a Fulbright scholarship and I will be going  
back probably in March. Im hoping that others come too!
Jen


Jen Kristel, M.A.,CPT CET
Expressive Arts Therapist

Reiki Teacher/Master
Playback Theatre Director/teacher

Live Simply, so that others may simply live" Quaker Saying








From: hvpi at hvc.rr.com
To: connie at souldrama.com
Subject: Re: question about indonesia
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:28:17 -0400
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This is truly exciting. opening up new
venues! Congratulations. It will be interesting to hear how this work is
different when done is a country that is mainly Muslin...do let us
know.
Rebecca


On Aug 20, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Connie Miller wrote:









          I am invited to be the keynote speaker
          about Souldrama for the International Association of Pastoral
          Counselors in Indonesia and will present workshops for three
          days about Souldrama and then I will do a three day  
presentation
          fo Souldrama at Satya Wacana Christian University in Salatiga
          Indonesia for the psychology department.  Hopefully this will
          spark some interest in group work, psychodrama and
          Souldrama.   Does anyone know anything about this area of
          the country?  Being a Jersey girl, I could use some hints.
          Warmly, ConnieConnie Miller TEP, LPC. NCC
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