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Giovanotti!

Project title

Giovanotti!

Description of initiative

Tomax Teatro deals with theatrical productions, video production and training. Theater courses in Bologna are divided according to age and individual experiences. For Tomax Teatro, the first objective is to convey the wonder of human exchange through art, by searching for one's roots, beyond social masks, origin, ethnicity and religion.
Tomax Teatro provides a free course of 3 months (12 meetings) for retired people. Through creative writing, the psychological and cognitive aspects of each individual participant are enhanced. Participants learn to “tell” their stories, to transform private life experiences into shared stories. They develop the ability to unravel the skein of confusing memories and to identify the highlights of each story and then translate them first into visual images and then into usable and shareable writing. Through the theater they go on to work on the body, on physicality and on sociality: the creation of the working group is an essential condition for being able to get involved without fear of judgment and to abandon the intimate dimension of writing and arrive at that of the theater.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Community well-being
Quality of social relations
Quality of services for specific groups

Keywords

creative writing, storytelling, well-being, art, retired people

Target group

Older people

Cultural field

Theatre, opera | Writing

Timeframe

2022 - 2022

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

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Organizer(s)

Sindacato Pensionati Italiani Emilia-Romagna
Italy
Public / State | Other

Partner(s)

Fondazione Carisbo
Italy
NGO / Non-profit | Culture