Symposium ‘Working Transgenerationally in the Performing Arts’
During the symposium, in various formats, such as a moderated exchange, practical workshop sessions and interesting topic inputs from the field, the question will be discussed: How can transgenerational dialogues emerge in and at creative venues and resonate in a forward-looking way?
The symposium is aimed at artists, students, employees of institutions for children or senior citizens, cultural education mediators and anyone who wants to explore this question.
Duration: 10:00 – 18:00
Language: German
Childcare will be available during the symposium if required.
The symposium will be translated into german sign language
You can sign up for the symposium till 06. Juni via: fuchs@hellerau.org.
The symposium is part of the ‘Art and Encounters’ event series organised by the Alliance of International Production Houses.
*During the performances of the WATCH OUT! festival in HELLERAU, photos and videos will be taken. If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed, you can pick up a lanyard at the entrance indicating your wish not to be photographed.
10:00 – 11:00: Arrival & welcome
11:30 – 13:00: Thematic inputs
- Room Young: Franziska Ruoss (explore dance: Network Dance for Young Audiences), Charly Harazim, Helene Lindicke, Tanita Gola (Kulturgeflüster: Youth Editorial Office HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts), Michael McCrae & Romy Weyrauch (theatrale subversion)
- Room In Between: Christiane Lehmann (BÜRGER:BÜHNE), Nazanin Zandi (freelance artist), Helena Fernandino (Kulturbaude und Landkunst e.V./Heymannbaude.)
- Room Old: Kieron Jina & Antje Schupp (freelance artists), Manuela Scharf (Commissioner for People with Disabilities and Senior Citizens of the City of Dresden) & Ramona Nietzold (SKD), Almut Koch & Marie Schneider (cultural geragogues)
13:00 – 14:30: Lunch
14:30 – 15:30: Workshops
15:30 – 16:30: Break
16:30 – 17:30: Moderated, open exchange
18:00: Performance visit go plastic company „Fight for your fairytale“
Room ‘young’
explore dance is a nationwide production and touring network that aims to make dance more accessible for young audiences. The network, currently consisting of four partners – Fokus Tanz München, K3 – Zentrum für Choreographie | Tanzplan Hamburg auf Kampnagel, fabrik Potsdam and HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste – enables children and young people from different places and social backgrounds to experience contemporary dance and participate in the artistic process. Through the production, mediation and performance of dance pieces, the network aims to establish and expand the field for young audiences nationwide at a high artistic level. Franziska Ruoss, artistic project manager of explore dance at HELLERAU, will present the network.
“Kulturgeflüster Dresden” is a young editorial team that deals with the cultural scene in Dresden. It is run by young, culture-loving people who want to bring this field closer to others and create access to it. In the form of a podcast and various blog entries, they mainly report on theater and dance performances. In their input, they will present their working methods, their types of content and their view of the cultural scene from a young perspective.
“This is not a safari!”
Theater makers Romy Weyrauch and Michael McCrae talk about the challenges and opportunities of working artistically with young people in socially deprived areas. They talk about their own role and about power relations in such constellations, about the sustainability of socio-cultural projects and the networking that is necessary for this and about the experience of self-efficacy through artistic practice. Romy Weyrauch and Michael McCrae have been working together as artistic directors of the collective theatrale subversion since 2016 and have realized numerous projects with non-professional performers.
Room ‘in between’
In Nazanin Zandi’s projects, she uses comics as a medium to convey the experiences, memories and experiences of a wide variety of people. Image and text merge to create a visual archive of collective (e.g. upheavals in East Germany in 1989) and personal narratives (e.g. bullying). The comic serves not only as a means of artistic expression, but also as a tool for dialog: Empathy and listening skills are trained by learning about other biographies and cultures.
Since 2009, the Bürger:Bühne at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden has been bringing people from Dresden and the surrounding area onto the stage. It gives them the opportunity to express themselves artistically through their own stories and experiences. It brings together people who maybe would never habe met in everyday life and sees itself as a cosmopolitan, diverse meeting place for generations, social groups, and cultures.
Dancer and choreographer Helena Fernandino talks about her experiences with contemporary dance in rural areas. For two years, she has been leading the project ‘Tanz!für alle’ (Dance! for everyone) at the Heymannbaude in Kleinhennersdorf in Saxon Switzerland. Here, people between the ages of 3 and 85 dance in age-separated groups. She reflects on intergenerational work as an artistic challenge and, at the same time, as a great potential – and often as a viable path, especially in an environment where social life is strongly influenced by different generations. Using the example of her dance theatre production ‘WARTEN’ (WAITING), she shows how this work releases creative impulses and sustainably strengthens artistic development within the community.
Room ‘elderly’
Director, performer, and author Antje Schupp and multidisciplinary artist Kieron Jina share insights into their latest project, “Life of Joy.” It is a cross-generational project in which Kieron’s grandmother Joyce (80 years old) and Antje’s aunt Ingrid (92 years old), who grew up on different continents but share similar life stories, symbolically “meet.” Despite geographical distance and different experiences, they are connected by a shared zest for life. The project uses documentary elements to bring together female perspectives, narratives, and reflections.
What effect can art have on people with dementia and their relatives? Ramona Nietzold (SKD) shares findings from the study “Erinnerungs_reich. Museums as medicine for people with dementia” (UKD & SKD). A guideline provides an insight into the implementation of dementia-sensitive educational programs in museums. The input is framed by an overview of structures and networks that facilitate access to art and culture for older people in Dresden by Manuela Scharf (commissioner, Dresden).
Cultural geragogy means: cultural education and social participation in old age, for people from 65 to very old, with and without impairments, with and without artistic experience. Almut Koch and Marie Schneider, both certified cultural geragogues, present the subject area in theory and practice and take you on a journey of discovery…
