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European Theatre Convention launches “Young Europe 2” on multilingual artistic education

Tuesday, 20-12-2011

[Berlin] For the 2nd time, the [ETC develops with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Commission the 2 year European artistic education project: “Young Europe 2: Multilingual Creation and Education in Theatre” with the aim to establish a European multilingual drama repertoire for young people, focusing on artistic education through theatre and multilingualism in theatre. Based on the successful first project edition, which was attended from 2008-2010 by over 20 000 young people in 8 countries, ”Young Europe 2” will take place until autumn 2013 offering young theatre professionals and adolescents across Europe to work and create across multilingual borders.

8 ETC member theatres in 7 countries (Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands, Norway) commission four new plays written with the support of young people and will produce 7 new performances that will be translated into 8 languages to be staged and circulated in European schools and theatres. “Young Europe 2 “carries the ambition to further enhance the development of a European drama repertoire for young audiences, to exchange best European working practices in theatre, to provide international working opportunities for young artists and to lay the grounds for sustainable relationships between theatres and schools in complementing the artistic education curricula.

A conference and a festival with a Young Europe Talent Campus will be part of the project offering a joint platform for all project participants to exchange and build long lasting relations beyond their national working environment on a European level.

The conference will take place from May 22nd to May 24th 2012 at the Miskolc National Theatre in Hungary and will open a space for debates between experts of artistic education and theatre partners who will have the opportunity to share their experiences.

The 2nd Young Europe festival with the 1st Young Europe Talent Campus will take place in May 2013 in partnership with Theater an der Parkaue, Germany’s only state theatre for children and young people based in Berlin. During one week, all seven performances will be staged. Theatre professionals, educators, stakeholders and interested theatre goers will meet, and share during debates and workshops best practice examples together with the project teams and the participating young people from the different countries.

For more information about the project, please click here. The Young Europe website will be launched in February 2012.