Masquerade Ball
Project EduArt is co-founded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union
General information
- Slogan: "Masquerade Ball / Masks and Roles – How German are you?"
- Country / City where the offer was designed: Germany/Berlin
- Location / Space: Socio-cultural centre (containing a stage)
- Length: 20 hours (3 days)
- Type of the used art: Theatre, Storytelling
- Type of the offer: Workshop
- Specification of the target group: Adults (no restriction of nationality!)
- Number of participants: from 8 to 20
- Social competences adressed: Communication, observing competence, empathy, intercultural competence, diversity competence
- Personal competences addressed: Self-reflection, self-confidence, flexibility, creativity
- Methodological skills and competences adressed: Verval expressiveness, partner interviews, storytelling
- Partners: Local adult education centre (Volkshochschule)
- Tags for the offer: Integration, creativity, self-reflection
Description of the offer
- How the mask is used
In this offer, the mask is used as a synonym for the roles we play in our private and professional lives. More specifically, this workshop focuses on roles, behaviours and attitudes related to cultural and national identities.
A group with as diverse a background as possible (age, gender, origin, status, …) develops a play on the theme of cultural and national identity with the support of an actor/singer/storyteller/director. As experts of everyday life, the participants bring their biographical experiences into the production of the play. Personal stories become fictional stories. Fictional stories become theatrical enactments.
- Learning content
- Sociometric work
- Storytelling
- Bodywork
- Work on the voice
- Theatre of things
- Work on the theme
- Learning objectives
Improving personal and social competences
- Digital materials to be used
Participants contribute with individual materials like favourite songs, interesting texts and other material related to the chosen topic
- Scenario
- Other important information
The course needs a lot of flexibility in terms of preparing material, contributing with ideas, setting incentives for the group process, offering possible storylines, offering creative ideas for a good performance.
- Online
After a good and workable group has been formed, some elements can be designed online (even if this is not optimal):
- work on the theme,
- theatre of things,
- discussion on the construction and the dramaturgy of the play,
- evaluation workshop
How to make it?
- Number and type of staff needed
You should have a team of 2-3 facilitators who really like to deal with open processes (at least one with acting experience, at least one with experience as director and playwright)
- Technologies and materials needed
Stage with stage equipment; music instruments
- Evaluation
What were the difficulties to find the participants and what are the motivations of the participants to take part in the project.
- Which preparatory work is required
Attracting participants who are in principle able to participate in all phases of the process! Flexible preparation work between the single moments of the process.
