Updates for Young People
Young Creative Voices: International Youth Drama Festival
The Young Creative Voices (YCV) is designed to create guidance for young people to consider and express their point of view over a proposed topic and a space to share this valuable exploration.
The goal of Macau “YCV” is to produce three stages of performance and research that will finally be presented in Brazil in 2010 during the IDEA World congress. Macau YCV 2008-2010 will be working on the flowing title: Decolonization, a process of Memory, Transition and Transformation.
Each year, young participants will participate in a two intensive week festival, including sessions in History, Anthropology, Psychology and Theatre by expert academics and art practitioners. In a collaborative mindset, the group will apply the ideas developed in these sessions to create the script, choreography and music for the final performance. All year round, the group organizes meetings and projects making use of internet-based AV, linking local and international participants.
Both artistic and research outcomes will be presented to the public in Macau in June 2010. The group will travel to Brazil and collaborate with other youth groups to create new performance as well as to present their original work at the 2010 IDEA World Congress. The group aims to publish their work through multiple media that will be used as guideline for future projects, educational practices and community actions.
YCV 2009
This year’s festival theme, “TRANSITION” is in direct relationship with the historical situation of Macau, that is the 10th Anniversary of the Handover to the Republic of China. A special Performance Studies’ course is offered at the Macau Inter-University Institute giving the chance to a dozen of students to explore the topic with time for research, discussion and preparation for the festival in the summer
For more information, contact Kami Leslie at KamiLeslie@iium.edu.mo.
YCV is presented by MACWAC Productions and the Macau Inter-University Institute (IIUM), and endorsed by International Drama/theatre in Education Association (IDEA).
YOUNG THEATRE VOICES 2009:
Devising theatre for democracy: Visions of the Future
Spetses Island, Greece / 21-27 July 2009
The Hellenic Drama/Theatre & Education Network (TEN-et-Gr) is organising the Young Theatre Voices 2009 project, entitled ‘Devising theatre for democracy: Visions of the Future’ and including the 3rd International Theatre Summer Camp for Young People.
The project is organised in collaboration with the International Drama/Theatre & Education Association (IDEA), and the 3rd International Theatre Summer Camp for Young People, will take place from the 21st until the 27th of July 2009, on Spetses Isl, in Greece, in parallel with the 8th Theatre Summer Camp for teachers, facilitators, artist etc.
APPLICANTS should be 17 – 22 years old, members of theatre/drama groups, from Greece and abroad. WORKING LANGUAGE will be English.
The aim of this year’s Young Theatre Voices 2009 is for the young people to work with innovative methods in order to explore their perception of contemporary life as well as their dreams for the future. By using theatre/drama and multimedia they will investigate their understanding of their rights and of ways to defend them, when under threat. The young people will be working 6 hours per day on the hospitable premises of Anargyreios School, aiming to produce a short work-in progress piece, which will reflect their own “creative voices”. Part of their work will be presented on the last evening of the Camp.
COST: A contribution of 150 Euros per participant is required. This covers: tuition fees, 6 nights accommodation in the rooms of Anargyreios School, breakfast and lunch at the School’s restaurant. The Greek General Secretariat for Youth and the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network are sponsoring the main costs of the project. The cost for accompanying adults is 300 Euros and includes 6 nights accommodation in the rooms of Anargyreios School, breakfast and lunch at the School’s restaurant.
For further information: 0030- 6976639058 or contact IRO POTAMOUSI at potamousi@theatroedu.gr Application Forms, Samples are also available at the website www.TheatroEdu.gr
IDEA CROSSING II VIDEO:
You may want to check the videos of IDEA Crossing II on YouTube. It was created and posted by Ian Holden from the Unites States.
Here are the two links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trIB6PP0xR4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Tz3kdOjPo&feature=related
Enjoy viewing!