Brotherflow workshop series #2 - Social roles & the body
This Laboratory for New Masculinities is a 4-part somatic workshop series exploring how masculinity can transform when we soften, feel, and listen.
Kunstinstituut Melly & Brotherflow is proud to present a free workshop series in October & November for men and male-identifying individuals. This Laboratory for New Masculinities is a 4-part somatic workshop series exploring how masculinity can transform when we soften, feel, and listen. Each session is led by a different practitioner with a distinct lens on embodiment, playfulness and connection with masculine energy.
The program:
About this session #2:
This workshop arises from the need to question masculinity beyond traditional models. Rather than offering therapy, this space functions as a playground or laboratory, that offers support and community where participants can explore, question, and play with different expressions of masculinity. Through movement and dialogue, we aim to generate shared reflections that allow expansion, freedom and empowerment.
Block 1: Social Roles in Motion
Participants will identify how they expressed both the “shadow” and “light” of different masculine archetypes, and how social expectations shape these experiences.
About Brotherflow:
Brotherflow is a laboratory for new masculinities. It is a place of co-creation where dance, ritual, somatics, and emotional truth come together to unlearn, heal, and experiment.
Brotherflow as a collective is a brotherhood and healing movement responding to the crisis of masculinity. While society increasingly recognizes the harm of toxic and patriarchal masculinities, there are still very few spaces where men and those socialized as men can explore new, healthy expressions of masculine energy in a holistic and embodied way. This is our calling as artists, facilitators, and people with lived experience. We use art to create the spaces we wish we had: spaces of softness, honesty, and transformation.
We are not here to define the perfect man. We invite multiplicity. We explore masculinities that flow, shift, and evolve, that honor feminine energy, and that are rooted in care instead of control.
Our collective is grounded in three core values: strength in softness, playful explorations and loving accountability. We play to unlock joy and loosen shame. We hold each other accountable with compassion, not punishment. We create space to express grief, anger, and frustration, while offering softness for sadness, loneliness, and disconnection. We are a wolf pack of loyalty and care, protecting the wounded until they are ready to rise again. Then we keep exploring, with curiosity and wonder.
The facilitator:
Pedro Lechuga-Farías
Pedro a shiatsu therapist with a background in social psychology supporting people in navigating emotional challenges. His practice combines therapeutic touch, body awareness, and creative exploration to help individuals reconnect with themselves. He is especially interested in how vulnerability, relational dynamics, and cultural narratives shape our well-being.
All dates
| Datum | Tijd | Locatie | Ticketlink |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 16 Nov | 14:00 - 17:00 | Kunstinstituut Melly |
Sunday 16 November
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