drama - practical project descriptions for drama workers

Jouni Piekkari (editor)

EU Joint Actions

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONDIRECTORATE-GENERALEDUCATION AND CULTURESOCRATES, LEONARDO AND YOUTH PROGRAMMES

DRAMADRAMA - a- a WAYWAY

to Social Inclusionto Social Inclusion

Practical project descriptions for drama workersPractical project descriptions for drama workers

Drama – a second Drama – a second chance to learnchance to learn

IntroductionIntroduction

•share insights to work with young people •promote social inclusion of youth•create networks and visibility of drama work•develop new innovations of participatory drama•identify locally important themes•initiate small scale pilot drama projects

The glimpses that you see here are from:

• Drama Way mini-projects• Drama Way national workshops and final seminar• from other projects of the Drama Way European team members - previous or current

What is Drama Way?We wanted to:

Reasons Reasons and methodsand methods

Why do we use drama as an alternative tool for learning?

•Play is an essential element of human life•Chance to ”play seriously” through drama• An alternative method to combat learning difficulties•Through its holistic approach drama can sometimes have profound impact for self-esteem•A tool for empowerment and social inclusion• drama is learning together – in a social context•Participatory drama is active creating of meanings

and understanding – not passive learning

in more detail available as a Power Point at in more detail available as a Power Point at www.www.tkktkk.utu..utu.fifi//dramawaydramaway//

Some Genres of applied and interactive Some Genres of applied and interactive dramadrama

Theatre-for-Awareness / Theatre-for-DevelopmentTheatre-for-Awareness / Theatre-for-Development

The minister landing The minister landing with his helicopter with his helicopter in the Middle of in the Middle of starving villagersstarving villagersafter a destructiveafter a destructivesuper cyclonesuper cyclone

Natya ChetanaNatya ChetanaTheatre,Theatre,Bhubaneswar,Bhubaneswar,IndiaIndia

CUCUFATE ’96

Directed by Luis Cruz, Portugal

•Celebratory dramaCelebratory drama•Site-Specific theatreSite-Specific theatre•Drama, myths and ritual formsDrama, myths and ritual forms

Cucufate’ 96

ProjectsProjects

in the four countriesin the four countries

Estonia

Visits at Tallin’s Center for the Children at Risk

Youngsters exchanging drama games with the European Drama Way people

Forum theatre on TV youth program “TheForum theatre on TV youth program “The Fist”Fist”

Estonian youngsters made interactive theatreOn TV about important themes of their society

The young The young Harrasser-in-role,Harrasser-in-role,Interviewed in the studioInterviewed in the studio(left)(left) A young woman A young woman

Harrassed at the bus stopHarrassed at the bus stop(above)(above)

SPARTACUS

social theatre festival

Participants improvise images of school violence(Above)

Problems with the teachers, whose mentality is still from the Soviet times(Right)

Role-playing traditional wedding

at Hiiumaa Island

SpainSpain CataloniaCatalonia

Clowns campaign for clean clothes

Are your clothes contaminated by injustice?Are your clothes contaminated by injustice?

Clean Cloth Clownsat their home base -Interactive performanceat Third World Solidarity organisation SETEM, Barcelona (right)

Spanish-Portuguese Co-operation of clowns in Estonia:Fair trade education by David and Marco(left)

Project coordinator David Martínez, Teatro LaNavevaProject coordinator David Martínez, Teatro LaNaveva

Drama in Prison

Prision ”La Modelo”,Barcelona, Catalonia

Uncovering the conflict. Prisoners exploring decisions through drama

Pa’TothomPa’TothomIndependent Theatre Center

Independent Theatre Center

in Raval, Barcelona

in Raval, Barcelona

School for parentsSchool for parents

Pablito is an immigrant boy in a new country where Pablito is an immigrant boy in a new country where Nobody Plays football – only TRIPILINGI!Nobody Plays football – only TRIPILINGI!

A forum theatre A forum theatre Performance for Performance for the children andthe children andtheir parentstheir parentsIn a school with In a school with high percentage high percentage of immigrant familiesof immigrant families

Directed byDirected byJordi ForcadasJordi Forcadas

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Other projects by Pa’Tothom:Other projects by Pa’Tothom:

•Sessions of interactive theatreSessions of interactive theatre•Invisible theatre with the immigrant youthInvisible theatre with the immigrant youth•Theatre project with Theatre project with the immigrant children of Ravalthe immigrant children of Raval

Portugal

BAAL 17BAAL 17

Interactive classInteractive classLearning about drama literatureLearning about drama literature

Youth & job – Equality of rightsYouth & job – Equality of rights

A forum theatre performance byA forum theatre performance byYoung unempolyed of rural PortugalYoung unempolyed of rural Portugalin Serpain Serpa

Directed by Marco Ferreira,Directed by Marco Ferreira,BAAL 17 theatre groupBAAL 17 theatre group

Sonho de AmandaSonho de Amanda - Amanda´s Dream - Amanda´s Dream

A young lady A young lady from Alentejo from Alentejo

volunteersvolunteersto help organising to help organising

A village festivalA village festivalIn her home village, In her home village,

but the mayor but the mayor puts downputs down

her ideas and her ideas and refuses to give refuses to give

funding for the funding for the project.project.

A forum theatre demo performance realised by BAAL 17 theatreA forum theatre demo performance realised by BAAL 17 theatregroup in Drama Way workshop in Serpa, Portugalgroup in Drama Way workshop in Serpa, Portugal

FinlandFinland

Vapaa pudotus – Free fallVapaa pudotus – Free fallparticipatory drama for drug prevention

Photo as a step to dramaPhoto as a step to drama

How to use imaginary photographs How to use imaginary photographs as a starting point to drama stories?as a starting point to drama stories?

Photos as therapyPhotos as therapy

From the From the photos photos

to drama –to drama –

Moods Moods from the from the

Barcelona Barcelona workshopworkshop

Art, educators and the communities Art, educators and the communities -A participatory approach A participatory approach in more detail available as a Power Point at in more detail available as a Power Point at www.www.tkktkk.utu..utu.fifi//dramawaydramaway//

A seasonal mask carneval started up a participatory planning project in a housing area A seasonal mask carneval started up a participatory planning project in a housing area in Nokia, Finlandin Nokia, Finland

SAMPOCAKSAMPOCAK

Finnish folk myths&Balinese Trance rhythms

Sampocak thrills the participants of International seminar of Drama Way in Turku

KULLERVO KULLERVO Social Exclusion of youth in the mythology Social Exclusion of youth in the mythology

A wandering dramaA wandering dramaprocess in the process in the VuohensaariVuohensaariIsland in Salo, Island in Salo, FinlandFinland

New York, New York.New York, New York. Parents making choices about their careers and childrenParents making choices about their careers and children

An advertisement of an imaginary town ”Meadows” made by An advertisement of an imaginary town ”Meadows” made by the workshop participants in Drama Way in Salo, Finlandthe workshop participants in Drama Way in Salo, Finland

A process A process drama drama pretextpretext

ALEKSIALEKSI How do I know someone is using drugs?How do I know someone is using drugs?

Aleksi´s class mates Aleksi´s class mates get a permission to organiseget a permission to organise

the most amazing school party the most amazing school party of all times.of all times.

However, However, Aleksi causes unexpectedAleksi causes unexpected

trouble to his class mates. trouble to his class mates. How do they handle the situation? How do they handle the situation?

Should they ask for help? Should they ask for help? From whom?From whom?

Role-on-the-Wall from Role-on-the-Wall from A process drama pretextA process drama pretext

The EndThe End

Photos by:

Paulo Chaves, Tarja Ervasti , Marco Ferreira,Ulla Halkola, Leena Jokinen, Titi Lillqvist, Jouni Piekkari,, and Drama Way team

The book &more resources

available for free at:

www.tkk.utu.fi/dramaway