Expressive Collective Performance

Trainer: Onur Kahvecioğlu

Date: June 21, 2025

Purpose of Education:

The aim is for participants to experience community art by developing a collective and creative form of expression using a common material; and to be involved in improvisation, observation, imitation and creation processes in a safe, free and participatory environment.

Content of Training:

• Dating Circle
• Musical activity for breathing exercises and warming up
• Each participant was given a newspaper and placed in a circle.
• Placing a pile of newspapers in the middle
• Participants freely switch between observer, mover, or imitator roles throughout the activity.
• Participants create a collective performance with sound, movement and interaction according to their role descriptions.
• The rules are determined by the group (no touching, no talking, etc.)
• The performance ends naturally within the group dynamics.
• A short reflection and evaluation chat after the event

Gains:

• Experience creative expression and co-production within the community
• Development of observation and awareness skills
• Participants experience the freedom to participate, relax and contribute according to their own rhythm.
• Developing empathy, listening, adaptation and improvisation skills
• Experiencing the concept of “community art” and exploring the inclusive, democratic nature of art
• Understanding the relationship between participation and lack of control and supporting awareness of creating safe spaces