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EUROPOLIS 2050 2nd International Theatre Youth

ForumStage your European dream !

24 June – 4 July 2011

Project reportAn initiative of the Bad Hersfelder Festival under the patronage

of the European Theatre Convention

The European Theatre Convention would like to thank the Bad Hersfelder Festival and the ETC partner theatres for their collaboration and the unique opportunity they provided for the young

people.This report aims at giving an overview of what it has been done during the project

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INDEX

I - The project............................................................................................... p.3

II – The team................................................................................................. p.3

III – The participants …………………......................................................... p.3

IV – Project management…….....……........................................................ p.6

V – Bad Hersfeld : The festival / rehearsal venues.................................. p.7

VI – Working schedule............................................................................... p.8

VII – The excursion.................................................................................... p.9

VIII - Summer Academy.............................................................................. p.9

IX – Talk with Hamlet ensemble............................................................... p.9

X - Communication of the project……................................................... p.10

XI - ETC Young Ambassador Award....………..…………....................... p.10

XII - Evaluation questionnaire…………….……….................................... p.10

XIII - Program of the performance / Order of scenes.…........................ p.12

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I- THE PROJECT

The Theatre Youth Forum: an initiative of the Bad Hersfelder Festival under the patronage of the European Theatre Convention (ETC), questions those citizens about their European future, who will be shaping it: Young People between 16 and 20 years. In 2011, the Youth Forum welcomed young people collaborated with the following ETC member theatres to welcome 60 young people from 6 countries:

> Det Norske Teatret, Norway> Miskolc National Theatre, Hungary> Théâtre d’Esch, Luxembourg> Turkish State Theaters, Turkey> The Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv, Israel> Bad Hersfeld Festival, Germany

III - THE PARTICIPANTS

TURKISH DELEGATION – Turkish State Theaters – AnkaraContact person: Sukun ISITAN / statetheaters.gov.tr@gmail.comGroup leader: Tarik Eryılmaz (French and Drama teacher)- İzmir Private Tevfik Fikret High Schooleryilmaztarik@gmail.comYoung people : Bulut Aslı / Önen Naz / Alkin Sıdal / Eliş İlayda / Özer Oğul / Sisik Bengisu / Boran Melis / Kayatekin Mete / Topuz Tolga

II - THE TEAM – Artistic and Logistic

Artistic Director Bad Hersfelder Festival: Holk Freytag Artistic Team: Katja Heiser (Germany), Jori Pitkanen (Finland), Ori Egoz (Israel)Logictic team:Leonora Fronapfel (Project coordinator Bad Hersfelder Festival), Elsa Varenne (project coordinator ETC)Group leaders: Ori Egoz (Israel), Henriette Vold (Norway), Judit Arvai and Agnès Kertèsz, Tarik Eryılmaz (Turkey), Patrick Engel (Luxembourg)

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ISRAELI DELEGATION – The Cameri Theatre of Tel AvivContact person: Ifat Tubi / ifat@cameri.co.ilGroup leader: Ori Egoz / blueori@gmail.comYoung people : MAMAN Ruth / AVITAN Amit / LEVI Miri / HALPERIN Yuval / COHEN Guy / VILOZNY Jonathan / PARTOUK Taliya Hana / Ohayon Shai Yehoshua

HUNGARIAN DELEGATION – National Theatre of MiskolcContact person: Judit ARVAI / judita@mnsz.euGroup leader: Agnès KERTÉSZ (English and Drama teacher) / kerteszgica@index.huYoung people : BARATI Helga Bianka / EPERJESIGergely / MOLNÁR Tímea / SIPOS Dóra / SZENDREI Gábor / SZŰCS Dániel / TÓTH Jakab / ZSIGMOND Vanda

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NORWEGIAN DELEGATION – Det Norske TeatretContact person: Ola BØ / ola.boe@detnorsketeatret.noGroup leader: Henriette VOLD / henriettevold@gmail.comYoung people : ERDAL Aurora / KHAN Junaid / ASKERN Jelani / AUNE UELAND Julie / MEE EUN OLDEIDE Sophia / DAMM-JOHNSEN Thale / BØRRESTUEN KVAVIK Marie / BERTELSEN Camilla

LUXEMBOURG DELEGATION – Théâtre d'EschContact person: Charles MULLERGroup leader: Patrick ENGEL / Lycée de Garçons d'Esch / patrick.engel@education.luYoung people : FRANCO Maïté / LUZI Carole / MAJERUS Line / MATHIEU Marie / SCHEUER Laura

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GERMAN DELEGATIONTeacher from Bad Hersfeld and video documentation: Ulla MORGNERYoung people from Bad Hersfeld: KLEIN Tiffany / BARTZ Carolin / NOEDING Hanna / MUELLER Hannah-Luisa / KIMPEL LisaTrainees from Kali & Salz: KRZIWON Philipp / RYCHLIK Marco / GEBL Jennifer / CASELITZ Lukas

Role of the Bad Hersfeld Festpiele

Organization and financing of the Theatre Youth Forum (accomodation, transfers, meals) – Preparation of the working schedule – Summer academy program

Role of the European Theatre Convention

Project coordination between the project partners, the Youth Forum participants and the artistic team – Collection of information and documents – Preparation of project booklet with relevant program and practical information – Organization of a conference call - Project coordination onsite – Set up of the Facebook page – Allocation of ETC subsidies to partner theatres (EUR100 per participants for maximum 9 people per group).

Role of partner theatres

Selection of participants and group leaders - Communication with participants - Partly payments of travel costs – Main contact person for the group of young people onsite – Preparation of a theatrical presentation for the opening

IV- PROJECT MANAGEMENTRetro-planning

October 2010: Presentation of the 1st edition of the Youth Forum to the ETC delegates, 1st contact with new participating theatres

December 2010: Confirmation of the participating theatres

February 2011: 1st introduction emails to the participating theatres – Choice of group leaders by the participating theatres

March 2011: Preparation of the working schedule, summer academy

End of March 2011: Preparation of the booklet and the administrative documents (Code of conduct, food questionnaire, financial support agreement). Emailing to the participants: schedule, booklet, financial support agreement.

Mid-April, end of April: Reception documents and information from the group leaders. Invitation to the conference call. 1st message from the artistic leaders to the participants

Beginning of May: Conference call between all group leaders, management and ETC member contacts.

June: Final preparation – Information about the transfers

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V- BAD HERSFELD – The Festival / Rehearsal venues

The StifstruineMain stage of the Bad Hersfelder Festival

The young people attended 4 performances during their stay

-Sunset Boulevard – Musical by Andrew lloyd Webbers-Hamlet – Directed by Jean-Claude Berutti -The name of the rose – Directed by Holk Freytag-The Jungle Book – Musical by Wolfgang Schmidtke and Gerold Theobalt

The Schilde-Halle

A former industrial bulding where the final performance took place on Sunday 3rd July 2011 at 11:30150 people attentded the performance. The young participants were awarded ETC young ambassadors.

The Buch-Café

2 rehearsal rooms

When the conversation turns to open-air theatre in Germany, the Bad Hersfelder Festival is certainly among the first to come to mind. Its high artistic standard and unique festival venue in the ruin of a 12th-century church – Europe’s largest Romanesque church ruin – make for an unparalleled theatre experience. The specific theatrical character of the venue is even more impressive than that of Salzburg's famous Felsenreitschule or the Papal Palace in Avignon. No wonder it attracts an international ensemble and highly acclaimed actors and actresses from theatre, film and television, who have been bringing major works of world literature to life here every year since 1951. The festival is set to become more international under its new director Holk Freytag. The international exchange program EUROPOLIS 2050 will be shown in a reconstructed factory building with state-of-the-art technical equipment alongside the popular performances in the historic setting of the church ruin. See the official website of the Bad Hersfelder Festival www.bad-hersfelder-festspiele.de

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VI- Working schedule

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VII- The excursionAs part of the 2nd International Theatre Youth Forum, an excursion has been organized by the Bad Hersfelder Festival to the former American observation post OP Alpha, known today as Point Alpha, which was NATO`s most important sentinel during the Cold War. Today, Point Alpha is a memorial. The entire unique complex bears witness to the power struggle played out between two political systems, and at the same time offers the chance to absorb history in an authentic setting.

VIII – The Summer Academy Europolis 2050 is the European program of the Bad Hersfelder Festival consisting of the 2nd International Theatre Youth Forum and the summer academy is a series of public panel discussions and debates that is organized for the 2nd time as part of the Bad Hersfelder Festival. Reknown scientists and academics debate on many different aspects the future of Europe. How does the coming generation reach the goal of a united Europe despite all the differences? How does the young generation deal with the cultural heritage? What are the expectations of the young people, what is expected from the older generation? Which role Europe plays on the international stage? How do we reach a common European identity? These are some of the aspects that has been discussed during the summer academy. The Summer Academy is presided by Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Jörn Rüsen. Invited guest speaker: Prof. Egon Bahr.

IX – Talk with the ensemble from Hamlet

Two discussions were more specifically targeted to the young participants of the Youth Forum: > What is our hope? Tuesday 28th June 2011> Power of commemoration Thursday 30th June 2011

Following the performance of Hamlet, the young people met with some of the actors who performed in the adaptation of Hamlet by Jean-Claude Berutti, as part of the festival program.

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X – Communication of the project> Bad Hersfelder Festival: Realization of a flyer Online page about the project Europolis 2050: http://www.europolis2050.de/ Press coverage : http://etc-cte.org/base.php?code=538Press conference on Friday 24th June 2011. The participants prepared a 10minutes presentation for the opening of the 2nd International Theatre Youth Forum in presence of the mayor of Bad Hersfeld and guest speakers from the Summer Academy. > ETCSet up a Facebook page open to the participants 2 months before the project starts. ETC website: http://etc-cte.org/base.php?code=202Press release: http://etc-cte.org/base.php?code=538Photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/116578744452533726130/Europolis2050TheatreYouthForum2ndEditionBadHersfeld?authuser=0&feat=directlink> Film documentary by Ulla Morgner. Soon available on ETC website and Vimeo

XI – ETC Young Ambassador AwardAt the end of the 2nd International Theatre Youth Forum, all participants have been awardedfor their sucessful participationas ETC Young Ambassador and received a certificate signed by the ETC President, Jean-Claude Berutti and the Bad Hersfelder Festival director, Holk Freytag in presence of Heidi Wiley, ETC General Delegate.

XII – Evaluation questionnaireA questionnaire has been realized in order to have some feedbacks from the young people about their experience in Bad Hersfeld.

1. What are the key words of your experience? Give 5

Friendship = 15 timesLove=10 timesFun=10 timesTheatre = 7 timesFamily= 6 timesRespect=8 timesExperience=5 timesFreedom / Education / learning / hard work / english =3 timesYouth / Laughter / Value=2 timesUseful / Holiday / Study / Countries / Languages / Live / Growing / Fantastic / Amazing / Exciting / Perfect /concentration / Unforgettable / Rules / open: once

2. What did you most benefit from?

Theatre Very good Good OK Not so good Bad70% 30%Meet other cultures80% 20% Be in a foreign country54% 30% 15% Work with professionnals81% 12% 6%Excursions21% 48% 18% 3%

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3. Did your perception of the other cultures changed after this week?50% 42% 6% 3%

4. Did your perception of Europe and international relations changed after this week?36% 15% 21% 12% 6%

5. Have you been encouraged to learn a new language? If so, which one?YES = 87% // NO = 3%German = 39% / Hungarian= 27% / Hebrew = 9% / Turkish = 9% / English = 9% / French = 9% / Luxembourguish=9% / Swedish = 3%

6. Will you continue theatre when returning home?YES 100%

7. Comments

It was really nice to see so many young people working together.

This is one of my best trips ever. I have got many new friends and I got inspired to continue with theater. I will, never forget this.

It’s been extremely learning. And also understanding and get to know people from other cultures have really made my look upon Europe change.

Very educational in many ways.

It was very different and good. This experience will change my life.

To realize a performance in such a short notice and to work hard for it was really exciting and usefull for my theater.

Got to know amazing people, enjoyed from the best plays. I love every part of it.

This was one the best 10 days of my life.

I’am not an actor and acting makes a lot of fun.

I have never done such theater work before, everything was nice. Everything was perfect. It would be perfect if ETC gives a chance to participate more than 1 year.

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XIII – Order of scenes

CONTACTS

European Theatre ConventionSchumannstraße 1310117 Berlin0049 (0) 30 28441 460

Heidi Wiley – General Delegatehwiley@etc-cte.orgElsa Varenne – Project Assistantevarenne@etc-cte.org