Social Circus workshop

aidaong
Apr 25, 2014
3 min read

Hello to you all!

AIDA Cluj invites you to a special animation workshop: Social Circus! The event will take place in 9̶-̶1̶1̶ ̶M̶a̶y̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶B̶a̶s̶t̶i̶o̶n̶u̶l̶ ̶C̶r̶o̶i̶t̶o̶r̶i̶l̶o̶r̶, Cluj-Napoca.

*** We are sorry to inform you that for objective reasons we have to postpone our workshop. We will soon let you know the future date and venue. Until then, registration is still open. We look forward to meeting you! ***

Social Circus is the way to use circus art, theater, dance and music to help people in difficulty in their daily life. The purpose is not to transform them into artists, but to use circus as a tool to establish a contact with them, to help them gain confidence, to develop their body and their mind.

The goals of the workshop are:

To promote the concept of social circus in Romania, as it is a recent idea, not well known yet;
To discover why this is an interesting and a useful approach to work with people with fewer opportunities and different abilities;
To experience and learn different methods and exercises that the participants can use in their work in an efficient way.
To share games, exercises, opinion and experiences on the subject.
And, of course, to learn the art of juggling!

The opportunity is opened for all those people interested in Social Circus and social animation, no matter what is their profession: animators, trainers, facilitators, teachers, educators, youth workers, social workers, therapists, students, people interested in expressing themselves through animation.

Workshop structure:

4 working sessions/day, meaning 18 training hours in 3 days.
the workshop ends with a participation certificate

Training schedule:

10:00 – 11:30 – First session

11:30 – 11:45 – Coffee/tea & snack break ( provided by the organisers)

11:45 – 13:15 – Second session

13:15 – 14:15 – Lunch break

14:15 – 15:45 – Third session

15:45 – 16:00 – Coffee/tea & snack break ( provided by the organisers)

16:00 – 17:30 – Forth session

Working language: English.

The facilitators:

Jérémy Marechal is from France, living and volunteering in Romania for 6 months now. He is a circus and theater artist since as long as he remembers, and he is in a continuous specializing in Social Circus. This is a rather new concept in which he truly believes, and he is dedicated to promote it around the world. He participated to numerous projects abroad: two theater festivals in Slovenia, two other in Thailand, where he had the luck to work with kids of an isolated artistic community, and to spend two months sharing their daily life. He worked in France with members of the circus school of Battambang, who are helping through circus art disadvantaged children of Cambodia. He participated in two projects in Berlin, with Cabuwazi Circus & Zirkus Zack, which allowed him to perform in Karneval der Kulturen, East Germany and Poland. He is here in Romania working through social circus and theater with street kids in Bucarest for one year. He made several formations in theater and circus, notably with Cirque du Soleil.

Sonia Donca-Bercuci is living in Cluj-Napoca but she studied and worked in animation in Romania and abroad. She discovered social animation in 2000 and in 2004 she gained 2 diplomas in the field. In 2008 she started working in different projects and non-profit organizations in social and cultural animation. In 2010 she participated in a BAFA1 training course at ODCVL France where she is an intern. In 2013 she received her PhD in education. Now she works in education and social animation as a member of AIDA and as a free lancer. Sonia conducted a significant amount of training courses, seminars, workshops and projects in education in general and animation in particular.

For registration:

Price: 150 ron/person.

Includes: administrative costs, coffee breaks and snaks, juggling instruments and course materials.

Not included: accommodation costs or meal for participants!

Please note that places are limited and selection is based on the principle of first come - first served!

1) Send an email to the address nadia.alsagban@initiativedurabile.ro with your name, age, profession (or studies) until May 2, 2014!

2) Receive confirmation and proforma invoice within 24 hours

3) Pay the fee AIDA's bank account. Receive invoice on the first day of the course

4) Enjoy the workshop!

For direct bank transfer you will need:

Complete name: Asociaţia pentru Iniţiative Durabile - Alternative

CIF: 25657937