Day 0 – 15th of January!
This is the arrival day, participants arrived to the accommodation from their long trip!
We had a dinner together and we started to know each other in an informal way.
The first groups to arrive started decorating the room, make posters and prepare materials for the project
Day 1
After breakfast from 8:00 to 9:00 we started with Welcoming and sharing General Idea of the project! Energizer, Name Games (Everybody who, I’m unique), local tour/venue sharing inside Rules + Team Presentation were part of the moring acitivities
Common Agreements and intro to the daily question (who am I and what’s around me?) and the group diary: participants shaped a personal silhouette! The result was amazing as you can see in the pictuire!
We continue to getting to know each other with team activities, name games and intercultural sharing!
Then we knew “What do I want to learn from the others” and “What can I teach the others”
Participants start sharing common words in each languages.
Day 2
We started with silhouette evaluation + Question of the day “What do I have and what do I want?”
Than we had a trip to discover the 5 senses of our bodies
With spicies we draw self-portrait
Then we make a group drawing without using brushes or painting materials – only fingers or parts of the body, called “Bodies without Borders” – Nobody could speak, just listen to the music
After break we made individual drawing listening to music
Then we had debriefing activity, explaining and sharing the experience with the group!
After lunch we experience different situation of body being blind.
A team building activities using drawing tools ended the first day!
After 21:00 we had Spanish & Croatian Night!
Day 3
We started with Silhouette Evaluation + Question of the day “how do I see myself?”
We explored Theatre method to explore body in the space, mirroring etc
then we had a sculpture activities, representing ourselves
With all the artwork we created a common museum, and shared the exprience
We continue with theater and each participant built a character for a drama, then in small group they created a little piece and represented it in front of the other!
It was a way also to reflect, share and explore about some body difficulties, discriminations and exclucion.
After 21:00 Hungarian & Greek Night
Day 4
We started with Silhouette Evaluation + Question of the day “how do I see the others? Where’s the beauty?
Then we continued with mid-term reflection and after that we had free time to explore around!
Day 5
We started with Silhouette Evaluation + Question of the day “how the others see me and what I want to share with them?”
Then as energizer we walked up to a public garder and we had amazing session about body language. We explored the 4 elements applied to body behaviour, then we come back to the venue to continue with eye contact and dance anctivities.
In the afternoon we had body painting activities and team group representation!
Day 6
We started with Silhouette Evaluation + Question of the day “which are my boundaries and how can I cross them?”
We had a session about public speaking, with reflection on different styles and approach for different aims. Participants prepared different speeches and acted them in front of the others, pay attention to body language, tone of voice etc.
Dancing Energizers – Invite volunteers to teach the others typical dances (30-40 min)
Theatre Time:
1. Sum up all the activities regarding the use of the body: dancing, make-up (body painting), painting, statues, public speaking, clothes creation, theatre exercise, etc.
2. Create 4 groups – Choose one of the stories in day 3 or combination of them, and through theatre find out a solution of the presented problem, using all the methods practiced in the project
3. Make sure everybody has clear his/her role – no more than 2 roles (actor, director, choreographer, make-up, clothes, etc.)!
Day 7
We started with Silhouette Evaluation + Question of the day “what do I do to make things better?”
Particpants prepared and performed theater show, mixing all what they learnt in the previous days!
After 21:00 Show Time! (friends will join as public)
Day 8
Question of the day “what’s the next step?”
We had closing activities, with session about Youthpass Certiticate, next step reflection (Erasmus+ program), evaluation of the project, circle reflection and so on… it was a long day to say goodbye to the place, to the city and to the people. But we promised to see each others again!
