Yoga therapy and dance - LCP Dance Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Yoga therapy and dance – LCP Dance Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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This week’s blog highlights Joanna Puchala’s work not just as a Minded Institute certified yoga therapist for mental health but as Artistic Director for LCP Dance Theatre. They will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year (click the link for details).

“It’s a powerful dance theatre performance touching on the sensitive subject of victims of human trafficking,” says Joanna. “It’s based on a true story of trafficked victim Beata Korabiowska, author of ‘Ultimate Betrayal’ and painting artist.

“It shows the duality of identity of a victim and a trafficker, how both can live such an internal conflict between bad and good, how they can be forgiven by others and themselves. It’s not about the traumatic experience of a victim and even a trafficker, it’s also about a positive aspect of experience and liberation.

“Beata Korabiowska is an example of a woman who has been trafficked but eventually she has created her family and developed as an artist. She writes, paints and she is a happy mother of three children.

“The dance performance in conjunction with her book brings up the theme of human trafficking but also shows that victims and traffickers are human beings. They deal with their mental issues in order to survive. They both might have absorbed traumatic experience in the past or just happened in the wrong place at the wrong time.

“The show is about detaching from the judgement and the justice, it is about showing victims and traffickers as they are and how the social and political aspect can influence one’s life and actions. It’s about compassion, lost and found love towards themselves and others.”

This is not LCP’s first Fringe Festival performance but will be their first time in Edinburgh. “We were very successful over the last two years at The Tara Yoga Centre, Old Street’s Fringe Festival. In 2011 with ‘Lust Lost Last’ and in 2012 with ‘Rights(?)’ which was sponsored by the BBC Performing Arts Fund.

“LCP Dance Theatre is a non profit organisation which brings awareness of violated human rights through performing arts. The inspiration to put on dance productions come from the inequality of human rights around the world, especially of human trafficking.

“The concept of setting such a mission for LCP comes from my trip to Cambodia, South East Asia. I visited orphanages seeing children who had been sold to the brothels and lost their own identity. Such a traumatic experience created very serious mental health issues such as PTSD.

“This is a link with The Minded Institute which provides doctors, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, neurologists and others with teaching training and offers Yoga Therapy for the Mind 8 Week Courses for people suffering from mental issues such as depression and anxiety.

“Survivors of human trafficking are one of the main targets in the psychotherapy, neuroscience, mindfulness and yoga aspect of well being. As LCP also collaborates with other organisations whose activities are affected by human trafficking, our aim is to introduce the movement therapy inspired by The Minded Institute to survivors of human trafficking and get them involved in choreography and performing arts such as LCP Dance Theatre.

“‘AM I’ is inspired by Beata’s story. She was sold by her own mother from Poland to England and wrote her story in the book ‘Ultimate Betrayal’. We want the audience to become aware of what can happen if someone is not careful and takes on an offer of getting a job without any proof and testimony.

“Be cautious of meeting a new people and building the trust upon some fake and untruthful factors. Keep eyes and ears open, be intuitive and careful in certain circumstances. Do not despair about not having any money and any place to go. Just follow your instinct and intuition. Do not be scared of finding your real talent and value it in terms of your professional and personal life.

“LCP is a charity company supported by volunteers work and other organisations such as Lewisham and Southwark College (LESOCO) which provides us with rehearsing space. We offer students and dancers the opportunity to train with a professional dance company. People with traumatic experiences can find a safe place where they can be guided through the movement therapy by certified instructor of the Minded Institute and Dance Movement Therapy.

“We are running a fund raising campaign to support our current project with premier in Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 to help us towards the expenses. Please click here and support us if you can. There are some rewards we would like to give you in exchange of your help.

“If you would like to get involved in our activity please get in touch. There are few vacancies available for volunteers. For more information please visit www.lcpdancetheatre.com or contact info@lcpdancetheatre.com.”

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