Embodied Rituals: A 3-Day Movement Workshop by Can Bora

“Rituals are to time what a home is to space: they render time habitable.” —  Byung-Chul Han In this movement-based workshop, participants will explore the transformative power of rituals as a gateway to self-connection and collective embodied experience. The process begins individually: each participant identifies a personal need rooted in lived experience and creates a movement-based ritual in response to it. As the workshop unfolds, the focus shifts toward interconnected bodies—investigating what it means to move, feel, and act as a community. Using somatic techniques and perception-expanding exercises, participants will rediscover the body as a site of both personal and collective transformation. Together, we will interrogate how individual needs intersect with broader social realities, and how embodied rituals can generate clarity, care, and resistance. The three-day journey offers practical tools for performance experimentation and body-based exploration. While participation in the full program is encouraged for depth and continuity, single-day attendance is also possible. Who is it for? Body-based practitioners, performance artists, somatic explorers, ritual researchers, and anyone engaged in personal transformation. Maximum capacity:  8 participants Program Overview Day 1 – The Somatic Body & Personal Needs Grounding through sensation-based practice Identifying personal needs and their social context Exploring liminality  as tools for perception Reflecting on the cultural role of rituals Day 2 – Between Bodies: Repetition & Presence Investigating repetition and liminality. Performance prompts for solo and group exploration Day 3 – Ritual in Action Solo performance experimentation Creating and witnessing collective embodied rituals About Can Bora Can Bora is a queer somatic visual and performance artist based in Amsterdam. His work centers on rituals, embodiment, and the intersection of personal and political experience. He is the creator of  Henna Night Reimagined , a participatory ritual-performance first premiered at Podium Mozaïek in Amsterdam. He has led embodied ritual workshops at international gatherings such as  Redemore – (Re)Union V Biennial Performative Arts Meeting . Can is also the founder of  HEALIVE. , a platform blending somatic practice, creativity, and transformation. For any question please mail to: canbora8@gmail.com Websites: can-bora.com / healive.co