30/11/2025
We don’t even know how to start describing the experience we had this month! Yellow vs. Blue had the opportunity to join the training course ‘Rehearsal for Life - Theatre of the Oppressed’ - Forum and Image Theatre methods for youth workers, trainers and facilitators. The TC was organised by Creative Connections in Balestrand, Norway from 3 to 12 of November, 2025 - facilitated by the amazing educational team (Andreea-Loredana Tudorache, Elena Stevkovska and Tuba Ardic). Last year we joined another project on assertive communication with CC and it was life-transformative experience, so we came back this year knowing that this TC would be another enriching and transformative learning experience, and indeed it was! 🙌🏼
The whole training was so practical, so full of movement and real stories. We were learning technique and we were all fully involved (this was a very special group!) using our bodies, our experiences, our emotions, our voices. We learned different methods and various activities to use in our work and future programs on how these methods can actually support young people who face different forms of oppression in their lives, and how powerful it can be when people come together to create solutions, images, scenes and hope.
Also meeting so many inspiring participants from different countries. Everyone shared their stories of oppressions so openly. Everyone contributed in their own way. We were a group that was learning with each other, not just next to each other.☀️
And outside the workshops, we also had a lot of fun and such a warm welcome from the organizers. We visited their apple farm, we learned about the local community, we got inspired every single day by new ideas and different perspectives. And Balestrand is one of the perfect environments to learn, reflect, breathe, and to take time for ourselves.
The project was financially supported by the Erasmus+ Program through the Norwegian National Agency and implemented by .connection.ciderhuset Norway.🇳🇴
Special thanks for providing Yellow vs. Blue this great experience to participate and grow! 💛
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