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Oct 2018Fourth session: final performance
During the fourth session the two groups were creating stories for the final performances. From flipcharts the stories were transferred on the tables with the puppets being the true protagonists. The two groups focused on shared topics from the third session. Facilitators helped participants using flipchart and giving examples of possible stories to be performed on stage. One group was invited to write a story...
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Oct 2018Third session: creating a story and staging it
In the third session, participants were divided in two groups. The facilitators asked the two groups to create a scenario for the stories imagined in the second sessions, so participants were stimulated to create a set and pick up a common story to be staged. They were invited to practice with puppets and to create a common topics into a plot. It was suggested that...
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Oct 2018Second session: Two chairs and Chairs-Characters
After the first session, facilitators started the second session with the “Two chairs” activity. All participants sat in a semi-circle. Dario Ferrante placed two chairs on the stage. One of them, the comfortable chair was a space of good feelings and positive reflection. The second chair was placed upside down as a representation of everything which is/was disturbing, uncomfortable, problematic and difficult. Dario Ferrante was...
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Oct 2018First session: get to know each other
The first session and every session during which a new participant appeared began with the presentation of the facilitators conducting the workshop sessions, and all participants. The rules concerning meetings were being defined together (among other: workshops duration, freedom of participation, discretion, respect for others, lack of assessment, addressing one another by first names). A tag on a paper tape was created with the names...
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Mar 2018Women from a disadvantaged neighborhood
The second pilot sessions were implemented with a group of disadvantaged women. Venue: “Spazio Donna” piazza Sturzo, 44 Palermo, Italy Date: 19th June-10th July 2018 (4 three-hour sessions) Leader: Dario Ferrante (project manager CSC Danilo Dolci), Emiliano Mungiovino and Grace Sciarrino (social worker at WeWorld) 10 women and 2 tutors participated in the pilot workshop sessions, mostly young women aged 25-30 years old from disadvantaged...
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