🔑 Key Information
Activity ⭐️ Title
SO.ART - SOCIAL AND PARTICIPATORY ARTS FOR YOUTH COMMUNITY BUILDING
Activity 🔶 Type | 📆 Dates | 📍Location
Training Course
13 October 2026 | Val di Chy, Italy
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❗️What Is This Training About?
SO.ART explores how participatory arts, such as community music, social theatre and dance, can become a transformative toolbox for community building, youth participation and inclusive group processes.
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ℹ️ Description About The Opportunity
Dates
13-19 October 2026 (7-day residential training course)
Arrival / Departure
Participants are expected to arrive on 12 October 2026 and to depart on 20 October 2026, to allow time for international travel to and from the venue.
Venue
Sala della Musica, ex Società Operaia, Alice Superiore, Municipality of Val di Chy (Valchiusella), Piedmont, Italy
Hosting organisation
AUDRA APS (Italy)
Partner countries
Italy, France, Poland, Spain, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Greece, Sweden, Serbia
Participants
24 participants (over 18 years old) + 3 facilitators
Working language
English
Accommodation
Community-run hostel close to the activity venues, in simple shared rooms
Meals
Vegan meals, prepared by a local social project. Nearby shops for personal needs.
Costs
Travel, accommodation, meals and activities are fully covered by the Erasmus+ Programme according to the approved budget. No participation fee is requested.
Application deadline
30th of August, via the application form linked below and here: https://forms.gle/4uJC5Ni4PtPGUQGA6
ABOUT THE PROJECT
SO.ART, Social and Participatory Arts for Youth Community Building, how participatory arts (in particular music, dance and theatre) can become an accessible and transformative toolbox for community building, inclusion and youth participation, with particular attention to contexts where social isolation, polarisation, and marginalisation reduce young people’s opportunities to connect, cooperate and be heard.
The project builds on the experience gained through “Sync In! Cooperative Music for Inclusive Youth Participation” and “SIN(G)ERGY – Supporting Inclusion, Networking and Groupwork through Community Music”, respectively a youth exchange and a training course. Starting from these foundations, the organization has chosen to broaden its exploration of participatory arts beyond community music, integrating participatory dance and social theatre as additional pathways for community building and inclusive group processes.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
The days combine experiential workshops in the three artistic fields with sessions of analysis, peer learning, methodological transfer and facilitation practice led by the participants themselves.
Community Music: circle singing, collaborative vocal improvisation, body/circular music, social choir practices; embodied tools for listening, cooperation, co-creation and belonging.
Social & Community Theatre: physical theatre, improvisation and dramaturgical tools to explore roles, narratives and power dynamics in a non-judgemental, participatory way, with attention to inclusion and facilitation ethics.
Creative Movement / Dance Movement Therapy-oriented practice: body awareness, presence, boundaries, trust and non-verbal communication as a foundation for safe, inclusive group facilitation.
A field-based experimental session with a real youth group at a Youth Community Centre (CAG) in the Municipality of Ivrea, co-designed and delivered by participants together with local educators.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND EUROPEAN NETWORK
The training aims to equip youth workers with methods and sensibilities that can be transferred into their local practice. Participants will be supported in strengthening their capacity to facilitate inclusive group processes through arts-based non-formal education and to build safe and participatory spaces that foster cooperation, mutual recognition and active citizenship.
The project will also nurture a peer network of practitioners who can exchange practices, support each other in implementation, and potentially co-develop future initiatives.
WHO CAN APPLY
We are looking for 24 participants from Italy, France, Poland, Spain, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Greece, Sweden and Serbia who:
are 18 years or older and work, or aim to work, with young people and young adults in community, school or non-formal settings;
are interested in integrating Community Music, Social Theatre and Creative Movement as tools for cohesion, cooperation and relational safety;
are motivated to work on group dynamics in heterogeneous contexts, where linguistic, cultural or relational barriers may emerge;
are available for the entire duration of the activity, from 12 to 20 October 2026 including travel days, and are willing to take an active role in facilitation practice and in the co-design of the final outputs;
commit to disseminating the methodology and outputs within their own organisation after the training.
No previous artistic experience is required. Selection will also aim at a balanced group in terms of experience levels, gender, age and country representation, with priority given to candidates with fewer opportunities for international mobility.
VENUE, ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS
Activities will take place in Val di Chy (Valchiusella), combining indoor and outdoor spaces. The main venue is the Sala della Musica, in the former Società Operaia in Alice Superiore, a rural community space. When appropriate, some sessions will take place outdoors, in natural settings along nearby paths.
Accommodation is planned in a community-run rural hostel close to the activity venues, with participants and facilitators hosted in shared rooms. Meals provided during the project will be prepared by a local social project and will be entirely vegan (plant-based), in line with the association's ethical and sustainability values. Small local shops are available nearby for personal needs and additional purchases.
Because the programme is residential and intensive, participants are required to be present for the entire duration of the activity, arriving on 12 October and departing on 20 October 2026. Requests for partial attendance cannot be accommodated.
FACILITATION TEAM
Giulia Attanasio (AUDRA APS,Terra dei Canti, Italy): Community Music and collaborative singing, didactic coordination.
Viola Zangirolami (Teatro Popolare Europeo, Italy): Social and Community Theatre.
Simona Capuano: (L’Albero delle Danze) Creative Movement and Dance Movement Therapy (DMT).
Training overview
This Training Course is
for 24 participants
from Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden
and recommended for
Youth workers
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
AUDRA APS (Others)
AUDRA APS, founded in 2023, grew out of the founding group's experience in the fields of agroecology, facilitation, global citizenship education, music and the arts. The association is inspired by a systemic vision of life grounded in complexity thinking, regenerative cultures, deep ecology and intersectional feminism. It promotes community building, participation, active global citizenship education, social and climate justice, food sovereignty, and a shift in the narratives around gender and migration.
Its tools include group facilitation, youth work, community music, social theatre, participatory filmmaking, and art and creativity, all aimed at social and community-building purposes.
https://www.audra.it/
Co-organiser(s):
- TEATRO POPOLARE EUROPEO (Others)
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📥 Contact
Contact for questions:
Giulia Attanasio
Website: https://www.audra.it/
E-Mail:
Phone: +393515553372
💶 Costs
Participation fee
No participation fee is requested.
Accommodation and food
Meals and accomodation are fully covered by the project.
Travel reimbursement
Yes, the travel costs will be reimbursed, according to this maximum amounts:
Poland: Green Travel 417, Non Green Travel 309
Spagna: Green Travel 417, Non Green Travel 309
Lituania: Green Travel 417, Non Green Travel 309
Greece: Green Travel 417, Non Green Travel 309
Francia: Green Travel 285, Non Green Travel 211
Czech Republic: Green Travel 417, Non Green Travel 309
Serbia: Green Travel 417, Non Green Travel 309
Sweden: Green Travel 417, Non Green Travel 309
Italy: Green Travel 56
📜 Certificate
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:
https://youthworkshub.org/15122
⚠️ Important Dates
Application deadline (24h UTC): 30 August 2026
Date of selection: 13 September 2026
🔗 Official Link
🗂️ Documents
SO.ART CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS (2).pdf
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