Call for Forum Theatre Team
Dear YFU Volunteer,
We are happy to invite you tothe upcoming Young Europeans’ Seminar (YES) 2015! We are offering you the opportunity to become a participant of the amazing YES 2015 as a member of the Forum Theatre Team.
As a member of the Forum Theatre Team, your role will be to help design the activity and to act in the play which willhave to be connected to the topic of the YES 2015.
In this document you will find:
- Relevant information about the YES 2015
- Task description of the Forum Theatre Team
- Requirements for a Forum Theatre Team member
- Contact information
- Application form for the Forum Theatre Team
YES 2015
The Young Europeans’ Seminar (YES) 2015, taking place from 29 June to 3 July, is the year-end seminar for all the YFU exchange students who are from Europe and who spent their exchange year in another European country. This summer about 500 students and more than 100 volunteers will take part in the seminar.
The YES aims at promoting discussions of current European issues among the students by using their intercultural experiences. The participants are enabled and encouraged to understand themselves as young Europeans with responsibilities and opportunities in a changing interdependent world. Each year, the YES has a specific topic, which forms the basis of all the activities at the YES.
The topic for the YES 2015 is “Human Rights in a Digitalized World”. During the YES 2015, YFU volunteers will invite students to think about how our daily behavior online impacts others and affects the exercise and promotion of human rights globally. Every action that we take online leaves a digital footprint and it is our responsibility to shape the path ahead. Young people who are well informed, empowered and capable of questioning will then be able to rewrite reality, share values and change the online and offline world.
For more information, please consult the attached Description Letter.
Task description of the Forum Theatre Team
The Forum Theatre Team develops and puts in place a Forum Theatre performancefor about 100 students aged 15 to 18. Each Forum Theatre workshop should be two-hours’-longin total (the play obviously being much shorter than that) and needs to be facilitated three times to different groups of students. The Forum Theatre workshop should relate to the overall YES theme.
YES 2015 team can support you in the selection of the topic and the development of the Forum Theatre workshop. To help you prepare this workshop and get relevant feedback, an e-platform will be made available for you before the YES.
The Forum Theatre Team will be composed of 6 people: 5 actors and 1 joker (a wild-card figure who could mediate between characters and audiences, comment critically on the narrative and, at certain points, intervene directly in the action).
All members of the Team will work together to: reflect upon the YES topic, develop a relevant play, prepare it carefully according to Forum Theatre rehearsal techniques, and put it in place during the YES.
Take into consideration that the students get to choose the workshops they wish to participate in. However, if they fail to sign up on time, they will be assigned to workshops randomly or according to language skills.
Materials you may need for this workshop will be arranged by the YES 2015 team (if you require something unusual or more expensive, please check with the WSL Coordinator Ieva Kotryna Silickaite about the possibilities in advance).
Aim and objectives of the Forum Theatre Workshop at YES 2015:
The aim of the Forum Theatre workshop is to create a learning space for the students about topics related to Human Rights in a Digitalized World, by showing how they could change a given situation to enable a different outcome.Forum Theatreallows participants to reflect uponand try out courses of action which could be applicable to their everyday lives. Some of the objectives of the Forum Theatre workshop at YES 2015 are:
- Raise awarenes of how our daily behavior online leaves a digital footprint, which impacts others and affects the exercise and promotion of human rights globally;
- Help students identify and recognise different strategies of manipulation and misinformation, as well as tools and approaches designed to make positive changes on the way digital media deal with human rights;
- Inform and empower students to take actions and to adopt a responsible aptitude on the way they create, publish, distribute and consume media contents.
Requirements for a Forum Theatre Team member
The Forum Theatre workshop has an important part in covering different aspects of the YES topic, while giving the students space for self-reflection and action. As such, your role as a WSL will be very important at the YES. As a member of the Forum Theatre Team you should:
- be able to perform in English and/or German;
- be at least 21 years old
- have a sound understanding of Forum Theatre’s methodology, structure and objectives;
- have previous experience in developing and putting up a Forum Theatre play;
- have received a specific training on Forum Theatre (preferred);
- be able to develop the concept of a Forum Theatre workshop that is relevant to the topic of the YES 2015 by the end of March 2015;
- be committed to deliverthe Forum Theatre workshop three times;
- have regular internet access and time to develop the concept of the Forum Theatre workshop in the e-platform before the YES;
- be available to come to the YES venue two days before the arrival of the students, in order to finalise the preparation of the Forum Theatre workshop.
*Members of the European Trainers’ Network (ETN) are strongly encouraged to apply. Experience as a trainer will be considered as a preferential criterion.
If you don’t meet some of these requirements, but still feel that you would be a good member of the Forum Theatre Team, please don’t hesitate to fill out the application form nevertheless!
Contact information
If you have any questions about the topic, development of the workshop or any other comments related to this Call, please do not hesitate to contact me.
The selection of Forum Theatre Team members will be made considering experiences, expertise, diversity of YFU organisations, and genders. You will get an answer and further information by e-mail in the beginning of March 2015.
Good luck!
With warm greetings,
Ieva Kotryna Silickaite
WSL Coordinator
Skype: ieva_kotryna
We are looking forwards to receiving your application!
On behalf of the International Organizing Team,
Valentina Razvan Ieva
YES Project Coordinator Content Team Coordinator Logistics‘ Team Leader
Application form for Forum Theatre Team member
Please fill in the form below and forward it to your national YFU organization by 21 February 2015[1]!
First Name:Last Name:
Are you…
□ Male □ Female□ Other ()
Your YFU Organisation:
Date of birth:
Nationality / Native language:
Exchange year (if applicable):
Host country:
Occupation:
E-mail:
Telephone number (mobile):
Postal address:
Language abilities (be as specific as possible):
I speak / I understand
English
German
Any other languages
I have a valid life guard / first aid (please check) certificate:
Yes valid until: No
If you have further medication education, please specify:
What is your relevant experience in Forum Theatre?
What is your relevant experience in leading a training/workshop/etc.?
What is your motivation for participating at the YES 2015 as a Forum Theatre member?
Which role would you prefer, within the Forum Theatre Team?
□Joker
□Actor
What is your field of study/expertise?
How do you feel that Forum Theatre fit into the overall flow of the topic and aim of the YES 2015?
Additional comments:
Thank you!
Please remember to send this form to your national YFU organization by 21 February 2015[2]!
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[1]Unless your National YFU Organization specifies a different deadline, so please double-check this with them!
[2]Unless your National YFU Organization specifies a different deadline, so please double-check this with them!