Birgit Fritz
Dr. Birgit Fritz is a theatre therapist and pedagogue, Feldenkrais teacher. The roots of her theatre work and the themes of her research work lie in the emancipatory folk theatre of Latin America. She is a lecturer for transformative theatre work at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg (social work), leads autopietic theatre year groups, seminars and workshops on diverse topics at home and abroad. From 2018-2021, she led the open drama therapy group of Group 94, a center for cancer sufferers and their relatives in Vienna. She now lives in Feistritz im Rosental, Carinthia.
Publications: "The Courage to Become", "InExActArt – a handbook on autopoietic theatre work according to Augusto Boal", "Forum Theatre and Democracy in India", "Hamlet and the Baker’s Son" – the Autobiography of Augusto Boal" and the translation "Orixás on the Divan. On the Importance of the Spiritual Forces of Nature in Psychotherapy and Art Therapy" by Tina de Souza.
