Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Right Words To Say Thank You

Spotlight on "adventure diversity"!

Above: The group turned into a machine movements and sounds. Below: Dr. Ruth Steinke (left) and Patricia Masibay (right) moderated the subsequent discussion.


The idea received much praise and interest

gives participants the theater project "adventure diversity have on
first February 2010 the results listed in the old abattoir. Dr. Ruth Steinke of the Adult Education Schwäbisch Hall, M itveranstalter of Culturcafé International and the project "adventure Diversity welcomed over 50 visitors interested in the theater the opening event of the cross-cultural series.

the stage for the young people
Retail Patricia Masibay calls from the international women's circle, the young participants on the stage and set before her. After a short time, eight players aged between 14 and 20 years on stage, they come from Schwäbisch Hall, from Gaildorf, Poland and Italy. The room lights go out and theatrical lighting begins the performance.
pairs mirror slowly standing up, then they imitate each other silently across the room: jumping to his knees, slowly with hands held high and fast in small steps. Their voices resound: "Welcome" and "This should be the theater?" The imitations are now accompanied with sounds. One scene turns into the next. "Well, I do not too weird," a young lady on the stage begins with strange movements and sounds, by degrees, the other close to make up all on the stage a confused "machine" of sound and movement. The machine is faster, louder and falls apart- in four vertical and four horizontal figures. Music begins, at the same rate to move the figures. Then the couples are dancing again, and they revolve around each other until a performer discovered a newspaper and begins to read it. "It's not a newspaper" countered another, after a pat on the move transform and performer in the newspaper: a baby, a washcloth, a delicious ice cream, a baseball bat. When she was a handball, all scream "Here, here, here". Then it is quiet again. The stage is now no more but a handball court rely on the catwalk to display different characteristics in the spotlight. At the very end of an elevator is hergezaubert. He is stuck, and then begins a hilarious Confrontation of different people with special problems.
showed in 20 minutes, the young people their skills in theater games and improvisation. It entertained and inspired her audience. They harvested laughter and enthusiastic applause.

"What we have seen here, anyway?"
After its entertaining performance will be a moderated discussion between the operators and the theater group. Rainer Moeck, drama teacher and taking notes of the concept for this five-month training, said the youth crew "The show is an insight into the training. We saw in part or even the whole, the various exercises, which have learned the young people and further guidance can also ". Patricia Masibay, intercultural trainer explained how the project ever came about, and Dr. Ruth Stein spoke about the role of the adult education Schwäbisch Hall.
the young drama teacher from the open-air theater, Tina Koball, described their experiences with the group as a motivating: "The group is open-minded, curious and full of energy. A good mixture of fun and concentration made from the work atmosphere. "Then the young people spoke about their experiences. Jannik White (14) years old from Schwäbisch Hall, confirms the great dynamics of the group." Especially for me were the great people in the group and cooperation with them. I had to play the expected pure improvisational theater, but was then surprised when it was much more ". For Martina Boatti, (18) exchange student from Alessandria, Italy, has brought the education the means" to try out a different way of looking at ".
The audience, including experts from the theater world as open-air play-director and director Christoph beer Meier and intercultural drama teacher Rusen Kartaloglu by the Baden State Theatre Karlsruhe spoke high praise of the successful performance and the special concept of "adventure diversity." Both showed their great interest in the future of the project. "What's next?" would not only know the two. occurred between the audience and the actors it a stimulating discussion on the importance and possibilities of a "youth companion". Participants Philip Michel, (16) from Schwäbisch Hall, thought the discussion would go a bit "too far ahead" in fact is the training not yet completed. There is another performance on 8 February, but this time with the actual target group for youth companion: Kids! In elementary school, Langer ditch the "adventure diversity" group is experienced in practice, what does a young companion. The concerns that some have expressed, has answered the 14 year old Mira Scherrer confidently from Tullau: "We are joined and we are not left alone." All members of the project confirmed that the young people who want to do as a youth attendant will be to continue to receive expert assistance. Encouraging words came from the audience to "keep power ! So "
Dr. Ruth Stein concluded," This presentation was more than clear how creative and intense, the young project participants during the workshop in their improvisations with situations and feelings of the diversity , strangeness and otherness have explained.

scenes of the performance
The group improvised movements, gestures and sounds
stuck in the elevator: a witty discussion of different people with special problems.


Photos: Schürg
text: Patricia Masibay



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