Workshops

Art experiences for expression, connection, and care.

Soft Systems Lab workshops offer hands-on creative experiences that engage and enliven, bringing people into movement, imagination, relationship, and the present moment.

Facilitated with care and responsiveness, they provide inclusive spaces for participants to explore creativity while supporting physical, emotional, and social well-being.

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Movement as Play

with Gülşen Özer and affiliated teaching artists

Accessible creative movement sessions designed for adults of all ages and intergenerational groups. These playful workshops lean into the pleasure of moving to music and foster joy, physical expression, and social connection through imaginative movement tasks and guided improvisation.

Duration: 1–2 hours

Suitable for: a range of arts, health, community and education settings.

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A Meeting of Moments

with Gülşen Özer

Somatic and performance-based workshops using techniques drawn from dance, theatre, and performance art. Participants explore improvisation, storytelling, and embodied expression—building creative confidence.

A Meeting of Moments can be tailored for children, teens, or adults to explore a specific theme, focus area, or exhibition.

Duration: 1–2 hours

Suitable for: a range of arts, health, community and education settings.

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Dancing Through Time  (Creative Ageing in Dance for Seniors)

with Gülşen Özer and affiliated teaching artists

Gentle yet stimulating movement workshops for older adults that use music, colour, and props to encourage vitality, memory activation, and expressive movement. Sessions are designed to promote wellbeing, self-confidence, and social connection.

Duration: 1 Hour 

Suitable for: Seniors groups, aged care, retirement villages, Probus clubs, and hospital or recovery settings

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Bridges Between

with Gülşen Özer and guest teaching artists

Cross-artform creative health workshops exploring themes of belonging, identity, and/or recovery. Participants engage in individual and collaborative art making using a mix of visual art processes.

Artforms and materials selected in response to the participants’ needs and focus area for the workshop.

Adaptable for all ages and specific cohort needs.

Duration: 2-3 hours

Suitable for: Health hubs, libraries, community centres, and post-crisis or recovery contexts.

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Singing Myself Home

with Dalys Hill and affiliated teaching artists

This workshop begins with the premise that singing is a human birthright and something that everyone can do, just like speaking. Anyone who can make sound can begin their journey of song and singing. Led by Soft Systems associate music artist Dalys Hill, this playful and welcoming workshop is a great way to explore self-expression, build vocal confidence, and experience all the goodness of the magic that happens when people sing together.

Duration: 1 Hour 

Suitable for: children and adults, including intergenerational groups.

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Make Your Move - Dance Exchange

with Gülşen Özer and guest teaching artists

An all-abilities movement workshop designed for intergenerational connection and exchange. In this workshop, participants are invited to share in pairs movements drawn from their own lives and experiences of dance, discovering dance as a language of curiosity, memory, and generosity.

Adaptable for all ages and specific cohort needs

Duration: 1 hour

Suitable for: Health hubs, libraries, community centres, and post-crisis or recovery contexts.

This workshop has been designed and is delivered in partnership with the Elderhood Project.

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Who we work with:

Universities
Libraries
Local Councils
Seniors Groups
Probus Clubs
Kindergartens
Schools
Business Networks
Not-for-Profit Organisations
Corporate Workplaces

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Parents’ reflections on children’s movement workshop at TarraWarra Museum of Art

“My shy daughter came out of her shell, and I was so proud that she interacted. Gülsen’s questions made them think deeper than they ever have when looking at pieces of art. Her ideas encouraged the children to push outside their comfort zones, be brave, and move in new ways.”

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Pitch Face Choir Band Camp, Dance as Play

“Our singers were blown away by the range of feelings they experienced, by how they felt afterwards, and by your immense talent and skill. What an absolute treat it was. Thank you again for holding us so beautifully in that space - it was really something special for all of us.”

James D’Alton, REVELLING, Cardinia Shire Council

“Being part of a group guided by the extraordinary Gulsen was nothing short of transformative. She is a choreographer whose art reached beyond dance. For someone like me the thought of moving, as I truly feel, especially in the presence of others, would ordinarily be daunting. Yet in Gulsen’s presence, all fear dissolves. She fosters an environment of pure freedom, acceptance, gentile encouragement, where self-expression feels as natural as breathing.”,

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