Across Borders: Theatre for Young Audience
Public Institution "Menų spaustuvė" ·Lithuania
About this project
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: "TimesFull", serif"><span style="color: #000000">Contemporary performing arts invoke creativity, openness and critical thinking. Therefore, this form of art contributes to education of the public, helps to develop tolerance and engage the society in a dialogue. As an educational tool, contemporary performing arts can be used by a variety of social groups, regardless of their status, place of residence or age.<br> <br> Menų spaustuvė together with "Assitej Norge" that unites 117 theatres for children and „Davvi - Senter for scenekunst“, a dance centre in northern Norway are organizing a project called "Across Borders: Theatre for Young Audience". The aim of the project is to promote development of professional contemporary performing arts for youth as well as to improve accessibility in regions and rural areas, increasing the involvement of local professionals who work with young people.<br> <br> The project is for the youth (age 0-18) that lives in regions and rural areas. Moreover, it is aimed at professionals (artists and teachers) who work with young people. During the project, artists from Lithuania and Norway will be creating a brand new performance for young audiences. This production will become a part of an artistic program together with 3 more shows that have already been created by Lithuanian and Norwegian artists.<br> The project will not only present performances - plenty educational activities for young audiences and professionals will be introduced as well, such as creative workshops, Young Critics' program, ingenious laboratories for local artists and pedagogues who work with kids and young people. All of these activities will take place in three different locations of Lithuania</span></span></span><br> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: "TimesFull", serif"><span style="color: #000000">The newly created show will be further shown in Lithuania and Norway. Local communities, artists and art spaces will continue their partnership when the project ends.</span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
ASSITEJ Norge is a national organization for the performing arts, a legal unit of the Assitej International network. ASSITEJ Norge currently unites 117 individual creators and theaters and troupes in Norway that create for children and young people. This organization is one of the best organizations in the country that know theater for children. Together with this project partner, Menų spaustuvė selected 2 Norwegian and 1 Lithuanian contemporary performing arts performances for children and young people - Hein Creations performance UNI (for children aged 10-12), Fiksdal Dans performance LAVA FOREST (for children aged 6-10 ) and the DANSEMA Dance Theater performance for babies "Unseen World". All 3 selected performances were successfully presented in Dusetos, Birštonas and Šiauliai. Troupe members also organized creative workshops for children and professionals working with children and youth during the tour. The choice of ASSITEJ Norge as a partner and its participation in the project contributed to the quality of the project and professional implementation of this project. DAVVI-Centre for Performing Arts has accumulated extensive experience in preparing international projects, prepares a program of residencies for Nordic-Baltic countries and local creators. A new performance for teenagers, BUILDING A TENT, created jointly by this organization and "Menų spaustuvės" was created during 6 international residencies in Lithuania and Norway. The creative group consisted of 4 Norwegian creators (choreographer Silje Solheim Johnsen, composer Bendik Sells, video creator Carl Christian Lein Størmer and scenographer, costume designer Kristine Gjems and 4 Lithuanian performers (2 teenagers and their mothers). The created performance was included in the artistic program of the project and presented in Šiauliai, Birštonas and Dusetos.
Project partners
- Assitej Norge Donor project partner· Norway
- Davvi – Senter for scenekunst Donor project partner· Norway