Welcome
InterPlay is an active, creative way to unlock the wisdom of the body. This philosophy and technique is based in the creative arts, giving us access to our stories, movement, songs and silence, in an easy, improvisational way. It is designed to help people build community, create health, and lead their lives with artfulness.
InterPlay is also a global social movement and is used as a basic component of peace-making. It’s currently being used in over 60 cities on 6 continents, by people of all ages, cultures and abilities.
InterPlayers come in all shapes and sizes. It is intergenerational, multicultural and interfaith. InterPlay’s multi-disciplinary creative methods are used in daily life, relationships, performance, therapy, ritual, business, and education.
InterPlay opens paths of connection between people of all sorts—in prison, schools, between cultures and faiths. People are using InterPlay with children, elders, multi-cultural groups, schools, healthcare, community development projects, prisons, peace-building programs, and many other applications.
InterPlay was created by Cynthia Winton-Henry and Phil Porter. They are philosophers, speakers, teachers, and performers. They began developing the InterPlay practice and philosophy in 1989 and have been sharing it around the world ever since. They are co-directors of the non-profit organization Body Wisdom, Inc., based in Oakland, California, which encompasses all InterPlay activities.
InterPlay Programs
Classes are offered around the country, often on a weekly basis, as opportunities to create, connect, witness and be witnessed.
Untensive Retreats are multiple-day opportunities for play, community, relaxation, and reflection.
The InterPlay Group Development Toolkit teaches how to shift from “organization as machine” to “organization as body,” create a web of connections that makes a group effective, decrease stress and increase healthy behaviors.
Art for Social Change empowers the next generation of artist-activists—people 18-25 years old interested in the arts and social change.
InterPlay Life Practice Program is an extended opportunity where participants meet on a regular basis over the course of a few months for play, presentation, discernment, and interaction.
InterPlay Leader Training Program provides skills to effectively lead InterPlay® forms and practices in a variety of settings.
InterPlay Ambassador Trips InterPlayers are travelling to Malawi, India, and Brazil for opportunities to connect with other cultures through the forms of InterPlay.