VIA OBERDAN 9/a
48018 FAENZA
Italy
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- Heritage
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
The association aims to carry out socially useful activities of associates in the cultural field. The main purpose is: promotion, enhancement, development and dissemination on the national and international territory of theater techniques, art and culture in general, or activities of theater, music, dance and theater performance, as well as related educational initiatives; of studies and cultural exchanges between theater and other artistic disciplines.
Since its foundation, Teatro Due Mondi runs a stable theatre research focusing in particular on street theatre being its mission is to bring theatre where it is especially needed: suburbs, orphanages, socially disadvantaged areas, streets and squares.
In particular, it aims to promote human growth and the development of a fairer society in respect of rights and according to principles of tolerance through artistic work addressed to different types of audience: young people, adults, but also subjects in social difficulty.
During over 35 years of activity, TDM has brought his own shows and workshops all over Italy and the world, from Northern Europe to South America, from Taiwan to Eastern Europe and Africa.
Its ethical motivations start from the need to build a human society founded on respect for the other.
It aims to create a theatre form, particularly street theatre, that speaks a universal language accessible to all, and that acts as a communication tool of social issues. Recently, its work is even more engaged in the social sphere, using theatre pedagogy for the social inclusion of underrepresented groups (migrants, unemployed people).
The group’s work comprehends both theatre teaching and theatre production (street theatre performances and workshops, social committed theatre, theatre for children and creation of final essays), organization of events (theatre, music and dance), information, dissemination and net-working (conferences and meetings about artistic and social issues). It is operating internationally, touring all over the world with performances and pedagogical activities.
The groups’ activities has two basic strands: the STREET THEATER and its SOCIAL COMMITMENT ACTIVITY mostly related to pedagogical projects. In the street, the TDM has met cultural and social realities far from commercial theater, and has developed a theatrical technique based on the use of the body and on non-verbal communication that facilitates the encounter of a very heterogeneous public: adults, young people, elderly people, children, of different countries, race and social background.
Today the Teatro Due Mondi counts: 50 productions, 25 special projects, 5 European Projects, 3 of which as lead partner, several dozens of workshops and seminars, over 3,000 performances in international festivals, theaters and streets of 33 countries on 4 continents.
THEATRE PEDAGOGY is conceived as an opportunity of exchange and dialogue with the community: various pedagogical projects in Italy and abroad: courses and workshops for YOUNG generations, PARTICIPATED and MULTICULTURAL workshops. The staff of the Association has developed its own capacity to MEDIATE BETWEEN DIFFERENT CULTURES, to develop processes of integration between the participants and RECREATE A SOLIDARITY COMMUNITY.
Recent projects with "non-actors" want to "give voice" to the weakest or marginalized social groups (“OMSA project” with the dismissed unemployed workers and the “Refugee project” with the refugees hosted in the Faenza territory): for those social groups the theater becomes a means of social communication as well as an effective empowerment tool.
The European Projects conducted in recent years develop the theater activity on an international level as a vehicle for "social inclusion", sharing it with other cultural and social realities of the European Union and other countries.
For over 10 years the TDM has been in contact with foreign communities in the Faenza area. After the first workshops with the refugees arriving from Africa, a “permanent theatre workshop” is born to involve the immigrant communities of Faenza, Italians and refugees hosted in the area. It has carried out awareness and promotion projects with conferences, meetings, shows and concerts (Lo Straniero, 2011, realized with the network of associations for the promotion of integration in Faenza), bringing street shows and theatrical actions realized together with foreign citizens in public spaces.
From 2011 he began a theatrical research investigating more closely the issue of female discrimination: starting from the issue of work (workshops and theatre actions with the female workers fired from the OMSA factory), to the issue of equality by producing performances on the theme of gender violence (VEDRAI, VEDRAI) and on the social role of women (conference-show THOSE REBEL GIRLS).
In Faenza, the Association has carried out numerous cultural and theatrical projects through the “Casa del Teatro”, a theatrical culture center that offers a specialized library, a video library, an audiophile and a theater.
Teatro Due Mondi promotes a theatre activity aimed at creating a supporting and inclusive society through the artistic language.
During the last decade it has developed a specific methodology of theatre pedagogy for the social inclusion of minorities (Inclusive Theatre Pedagogy) and a specific community theatre (Participated Street Theatre) that can be shared in the frame of the Anna Lind Foundation Network binging further knowledge and competences as regard of multicultural dialogue and social inclusion best practices.
Morovere, the stable cooperation of Teatro Due Mondi with a wide network of organizations in the cultural, social and multicultural sectors at local, regional and international level can contribute to widen the impact of the Anna Lindh Foundation Italian Network.
Over the years, TDM has developed a wide network of organizations in the cultural, social and multicultural sectors, collaborating at local, regional and international level international level. Here only a short list of the main or most recent partners. See attachments to see a main list of the network of Teatro Due Mondi.
We believe that exchange of good practices and knowledge as well as an increasingly extensive network are key elements for the development of an inclusive and tolerant society and to promote the mutual understanding of communities with different cultures.
Our recent collaborations in the Mediterranean area (Palestine, Tunisia) encourage us to expand our contacts in this area in order to enhance the positive impact of our association's activity, the acquire a better knowledge in of the issues of this area that also reflect on our community.
Being part of the ALF Network will increase our understanding of the social and cultural issues of this area and will help to better respond to civil society issues with our cultural activity.