Ritual Technology
&
Eros in Theatre
Intensive

This training explores how to work with erotic energy in a performative setting as a ritual language — symbolic, intentional, embodied, and creative.

This is not theatre for entertainment, nor for personal processing alone.

Instead, it is a practice in:

• Holding erotic charge with skill and presence
• Translating sensation into symbol
• Creating ritual containers that are safe, clear, and coherent
• Honoring boundaries as the architecture of freedom
• Using ritual language and technology to create meaningful transformative experiences
• Allowing the body to speak in gestures rather than narratives
• Witnessing without consuming
• Being seen without only performing

This work lives in the realm where the erotic becomes artistic, where theatre becomes sacred, and where presence becomes a form of devotion.

Here, erotic refers to the subtle currents of aliveness. The spark, the longing, the pulse of vitality beneath the skin.

It includes desire, but is not reduced to it. It includes sensuality, but is not dependent on touch.

Erotic energy is treated as a form of intelligence — something that can be shaped, felt, offered, and honored without collapsing into personal stories or unheld impulses.

Sacred Theatre is ritual made visible. It is:

• Symbolic rather than literal
• Intentional rather than performative
• Witnessed rather than consumed
• Held within boundaries rather than improvised freely

It allows participants to step into roles, forms, and archetypes that expand their capacity to hold erotic charge — without acting it out or shutting it down.

• Ritual as a technology of containment
• Embodied consent and nonverbal attunement
• Energetic boundaries and pacing
• Writing ritual "scores" and theatrical structures
• Working with gaze, breath, posture, and symbolic movement
• Holding and witnessing erotic intensity without collapse
• De-rolling and integration practices
• Ethical considerations for facilitators and artists

This course prioritizes clarity, intentionality, and creativity.

Erotic energy is often either suppressed and privatized — or exploited and sensationalized.

This work offers a third path: skillful relationship.

Erotic Sacred Theatre is about learning how to:

• Hold desire without collapse
• Be seen without being consumed
• Create meaning without appropriation

This training is suitable for:

• Practitioners, facilitators, space-holders
• Ritualists, embodiment guides, artists, educators
• Those who have completed ISTA Level 1 — or have equivalent experience in boundary work, consent-based containers, ritual facilitation, or somatic disciplines

You do NOT need performance experience.

You DO need the ability to stay in choice, honor boundaries, and navigate your own edges responsibly.

• Participation in exercises is always optional
• Witnessing is a valid form of practice
• No physical touch is ever required
• Roles and boundaries are clearly defined
• Rituals have explicit openings and closings
• Integration time is built into each day
• Confidentiality is held with utmost respect

The emphasis is on choice, clarity, and coherence.

• 6 nights / 7 days
• Teaching sessions, embodied practice, ritual labs
• Sacred Theatre evenings
• Guided creative erotic temples
• Rest, integration, and optional nature time
• Detailed curriculum shared with accepted participants

This container will be held by SSSTaR's co-directors:

Dawn Cherie & Mystophur

but will also feature the wisdom and techniques of unique guest presenters including eO & Marije Nie

Dawn Cherie

Co-Director, SSSTaR Collective & ISTA Lead Facilitator

Dawn Cherie is a performer, dancer, singer, and ISTA Lead Facilitator whose life's work centers on enlivening love — at its greatest power — through movement, ritual, and theater. She is a dedicated teacher of sacred love, weaving together somatic intelligence, devotional arts, and transformational facilitation into experiences that awaken the body as a living temple.

Based in New York State, Dawn co-founded Kabalove in Israel and brings a rare fusion of lineages to her work. Her background as a professional actress and model in New York City is the seed of a broader creative life: she founded the performance troupe Mad Woman of the Woods and created Body Temple, a holistic nightclub extravaganza that turned the dancefloor into a sacred space. She holds a BA in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic.

Christopher Fuelling (Mystopher)

Co-Director, SSSTaR Collective & Artistic Director, Teatro Korazon

Christopher Fuelling — known as Mystopher — is an immersive theater director, tenor, and researcher who has spent his life studying and creating rituals: from liturgical constructions inside European churches to outrageous operas from Bali to Burning Man. His work lives at the threshold where sacred form meets wild spontaneity, where theater becomes ceremony.

Based in Kansas City, MO, he serves as Artistic Director of Teatro Korazon and Theatrical Director of the Kedesha Temple. He previously co-founded the Art Monastery in Italy and The Alchemy in Los Angeles. Christopher holds a BA in Anthropology from Princeton and an MFA in Opera Directing from CalArts.

With other guest facilitators to be announced.

Because of the nature of this work, participation is by application. This helps ensure:

• Shared values
• Appropriate readiness
• A coherent group field

An enchanting & lovingly restored 550-year-old olive mill offering comfort, class, and coziness. High-quality, mainly organic & locally sourced ingredients prepared by a team of gourmet chefs — three meals a day with vegetarian cuisine.

• Saltwater pool
• Huge temple space
• Wood-fired sauna

www.eden-molino.com

• Closest airports: Málaga & Granada
• Recommended arrival: 3pm on August 11th
• Retreat begins: August 11th at 5pm CET
• Retreat ends: August 16th after closing circle — departure at 12:30pm
• Optional integration days available — you are welcome to stay

Exact location and arrival details provided upon registration.

Includes 7 days, 6 nights shared accommodation (single rooms subject to availability) + 3 meals a day, tea & fruit available all day.

€500 non-refundable deposit required to secure your space. Full payment required one month before the workshop.
Assistant applications available for a limited number of positions — full application required.
Not included: flights and transport. Shared taxis from the airport can be arranged.

Romantic and soulful — sun-washed stones, echoing guitar strings, and that slow Andalusian rhythm where history feels alive. Visit the Alhambra, treat yourself to a traditional Hammam, and catch a Flamenco show.

Bright, breezy, and cool — sun, sea, and city life tangled together. Beach mornings, museum afternoons, rooftop drinks at golden hour. Highly recommended: the Van Gogh Museum.

Stay close to Orgiva and the Alpujarran mountains or the Sierra Nevada National Park. Hiking, waterfalls, and charming white villages. Visit Pampaneira for sunset dinner, and don't miss the quirky witch town with its legendary dragon fountain.