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Theater and Education • Rev. Bras. Estud. Presença 5 (2) • Aug 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2237-266052285   copy

Student Outreach at Festival Transamériques (FTA): a cultural mediation experience that stimulates personal transformation

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Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to present the educational spinoffs of the Student Outreach program of the Festival Transamériques (FTA), a festival devoted to the creation of contemporary theatre and dance performance in Québec. A first field investigation was conducted in 2010 with fifty adolescents, followed by another in 2014 to validate its results. The research showed that the event acts as a kind of rite of passage for young people, serving as a source of self-discovery as much as well as generating openness to others at an aesthetic level and on a cultural and socio-political plan.

Keywords:
Cultural Mediation; Adolescents; Contemporary Creative Arts; Rite of Passage; Openness to Self and Others

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