Right now, I am sitting in the living room of the flat in Balikesir, planning the theater project activities with the other volunteers...icebreakers, energizers, warm-ups, team-building, etc. Really fun collaborating and brainstorming together! So relaxed and easy...I am in Heaven!
The project is called "Patchwork Theater" and was conceptualized by 3 volunteer women (my flatmates). It is funded by the Youth In Action 1.1 project and is a 10 day youth exchange program. It is also the reason that I am in Balikesir!
The project's purpose is to bring together 30 college-age students from 6 European nations (Turkey, Poland, Latvia, Romania, Italy and Germany) to create a series of original short plays which focus on stereotypes and cultural differences. The culmination of this process will result in 2 final performances which will be presented to a total of 600 Turkish middle-school students from both private and public schools. It will also be filmed and televised on local T.V...the pressure's on!
I have been invited to bring my experience and knowledge in theater, dance and all related topics and help direct and develop this project. My goal is to help manifest the beautiful and creative vision of the founders of this project: Ana, Kata and Tati, to it's greatest potential.
Yesterday was the first staff meeting to plan the program with the University. Today, we met with the Turkish participants to help plan their performance piece and tonight we will meet the group from Poland. Tomorrow, most of the other participants arrive and the whole project will kick off. Gulp! Wish me luck!
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