Phase 2: Field Work

• Teaching, Researching & Co-Creating
• Devising the Community Street Performance

Item	Details
Instructor	students (Trainers)
Total Sessions	40 to 60
Format	Practice
Learning Focus	Community engagement, session design, group building, reading group dynamics, on-the-ground adaptation

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Once students complete all their courses and have officially stretched every muscle of their brain, body, and imagination, they move into the second major chapter of the journey: Field Work. This is where training stops being theoretical and becomes real. Over these sessions, students work directly with young people in various communities, applying the artistic, therapeutic, and participatory tools they’ve gathered throughout the year. Municipalities become essential partners in this phase. They help students reach local youth, open doors, make auditions and introductory sessions possible, and support the creation of consistent groups. This partnership ensures students can understand the neighborhood, meet motivated young people, and build stable working groups for the full project. Throughout the field work, students learn to design and lead sessions that respond to the stories, needs, humor, worries, and vibrant energy of the youth they meet. They practice active listening, co-creation, responsibility, and ethical engagement. Through theatre, movement, puppetry, clowning, storytelling, and participatory arts, student-artists create safe, expressive spaces where youth participants discover their own voices. Those youth participants discover a space where serious conversations can happen lightly, creatively, and with a sense of agency. They leave with new tools that make speaking up less intimidating and a lot more fun.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course,

Students will:

 – Prepare for the final co-created street performance by gathering themes, material, and group energy
– Build trust, safety, and creative freedom within community groups
– Facilitate sessions that respond to real stories and youth-generated themes
– Apply artistic tools in real environments with flexibility and sensitivity
– Lead small groups independently and structure community-based learning
– Understand how to co-create with youth and encourage authentic self-expression

Youth participants will: 

– Discover creative tools that help them express their thoughts, concerns, and rights with confidence

– Learn to turn personal stories into performance, dialogue, and collective reflection

– Build teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills through theatre and play

– Explore non-violent ways of addressing conflict within their communities

Devising the Community Street Performance

Item	Details
Instructor	students (Directors & Ensemble Leaders)
Total Sessions	15 to 20
Format	Practice
Learning Focus	Devising with community members, ensemble work, street performance techniques, and adapting scenes to public space.

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Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course,

Students will:
– Transform fieldwork material into a collective street performance
– Create artistic scenes with youth participants
– Understand spatial composition and adaptation in streets

Youth participants will 

– Gain the courage to speak up—in public, in private, and in the moments that matter
– Experience the joy of creating something meaningful with their peers
– Present the final work across different neighborhoods
– Celebrate their voices through a public, shared artistic moment