:: EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH :: The educational Outreach Department of Kìklos Teatro works in three directions in relation to the curriculum of elementary, middle school, and high school-aged students: - the production of educational theatre shows for schools - workshops specifically devised for students - educational seminars specifically devised for students, teachers & educators The aim of Kìklos Educational Outreach is to promote throughout the region, especially in schools, artistic and training experiences that are specifically based on our pedagogy of corporeal creativity. Our theater education experience and practice places the body and the gesture at the centre of the creative process. The body is the seat of sensitivity and therefore the main instrument of artistic creation and social communication. By means of the body we enter into a communal examination of the imitation-representation-invention of reality,thereby creating a setting for learning that incorporates the best ways to engage the emotive, intuitive and affective dimension of each individual. The theatrical experience is therefore not only an artistic and poetic initiation for participants but a journey of personal development. It provides children and adults with instruments through which they can better understand themselves, their bodies and emotions and the limitless possibility of expression through the language of gestures. As a result, this work stimulates self confidence, trust within group work and a greater capacity for communication and expression that consequently establishes a more engaging and satisfying scholastic environment. Our working approach envisages training as a practical experience. Throughout the coursework, participants are encouraged to explore their bodies and voices in an environment that cultivates enjoyment in education while stimulating the discovery and expression of the poetic world that we all carry within. THEATRE SHOWS FOR SCHOOLS HASTA LA VISTA COLONNE D'ERCOLE with Alay Arzelus-Makazaga (Spain) & Matteo Destro (Italy) A breathtaking and educational voyage across the history of the great explorers. From the Phoenicians to Marco Polo, from Columbus to the first man on the Moon, an exploration of the spirit that instigates man in wanting to know the unknown… But is it all truly for knowledge? Duration: 55 minutes + after school discussion Italian language production for middle school students ONE MAN HAMLET with Sean Kaplan (USA) A show performed by one actor introducing the characters and situations from the classic play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Devised specifically for high school agest students that are studying Hamlet as part of their literature course work. Duration: 1 hour + after show discussion English language production for high school students SCHOOL WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS AND/OR TEACHERS The following listing of workshops introduces in different formats and approaches the exploration, knowledge and development of the individual potential through what we consider one of the main tools of theatrical artistic creation: the body. Each individual workshop schedule will be determined in accordance with the company. THE PERMANENT CLOWN WORKSHOP This seminar was designed for a group of teachers, social workers & educators in the Treviso region as an introduction into the poetry and comedic style of the stage clown. THE EXPRESSIVE MASK with Matteo Destro (Italy) The mask is a fixed face that creates its own space and the actor that wears it puts himself at its service to bring it to life. Investing the entire body into the expressive play, the actor transforms what is static into something dynamic, that which is an object into a subject. Devised for primary, middle and high school aged students IN LOVE WITH SHAKESPEARE with Malachi Bogdanov (GB) An extraordinarily amusing journey through the life and works of the great English poet and playwright. A breathtaking trip into his personal history, through his plays and his well-known works. And.. all that you never knew about the Bard! Workshop available in English and Italian. Devised for high school aged students. THE PLAY OF THE EMOTIONS, SENTIMENTS AND PASSIONS with Alay Arzelus-Makazaga (Spain) Each emotion, sentiment and passion create a different space around the person experiencing it. In theatrical play, the emotions come to life by taking shape in space through the body and its movement. Devised for high school aged students GARCIA LORCA AND HIS WOMEN with Alay Arzelus-Makazaga (Spain) Yerma, Blood Wedding, The House of Bernarda Alba… texts representing a society and culture Garcia Lorca described like no one else before him. This workshop introduces a theatrical approach to the characters and the great works of the well-known Spanish playwright and poet, in search of the essence and ambiguity so typical of Lorca's creations. Workshop available in Spanish and Italian Devised for high school aged students THE ART OF MIME with Matteo Destro (Italy) Mime is intended as play toward the awareness of the world around us, in imitation of it and its movement thorugh the physical-gestural representation. With this in mind the body enters an empty space and creates a world in which storytelling begins. Devised for middle and high school aged students A SHAKESPEARE FANTASY with Malachi Bogdanov (GB) An intense journey amomng masks, bouffons, animals and clowns, with particularly physical approach to meeting the fantastic world of Shakespeare and his characters. Workshop available in English and Italian. Devised for high school aged students. SCHOOL WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS TRAGEDY AND ITS TEXTS with Matteo Destro (Italy) The practical understanding of the language of gesture leads participants in the discovery of rhythm, space and ritual that are the basis for the dramaturgy of these great works. Devised for middle and high school aged students OTHER WORKS RED NOSES IN HOSPITALS A training project for medical staff, with the aim of introducing clown in the medical practice. The project is organized in collaboration with the association Un Genie dans la Cafeterie, the Hospital Institute Helyomarin de la Cote d'Azur, and is funded by le Blé de l'Esperance. AN INTERCULTURAL PROJECT ON STORYTELLING Seminars devised for dysfunctional teenagers from North Africa and Eastern Europe introducting collaborative theater work. At the end of the seminar the young teens presented stories individually and in groups. SHAKESPEARE SEMINAR A seminar on Shakespeare for High School students. At the end of the seminar, the students presented a short play based on what they had learned. AN INTERCULTURAL PROJECT ON THE CLOWN This seminar was specifically designed for individuals from different countries (Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Kosovo) to be introduced to the comedic style of the stage clown in order to work together in collaborative theater work.