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EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROJECTS ². Educational initiative to support the education process 1. Educational initiative to support the education process A project funded by the Education Directorate of Varna Municipality. Objective: Let's help children and young people to get involved in the arts of word and theatre, to offer them an emotionally experienced lesson. Partnership in the spirit of European educational practices. February 2007 Workshop entitled We Read Pushkin dedicated to the 170th anniversary of the great poet's death, jointly with First Foreign Language High School and St. Kliment Okhridski High School, Varna. Workshops: Illustration supervised by Diyana Doncheva, teacher at St. Kliment Okhridski High School; Lyrics supervised by Valentina Popova, teacher at First Foreign Language High School; Pushkin At the Stage supervised by Boyan Stoyanov, actor at the theatre; The Descendants' Court supervised by Rositsa Bardarska, playwright at the theatre. Presentation of the work at the Museum of Puppets.     Reports by some participants: The extra lesson in Literature was extremely useful. Before, I was not aware enough of A.S.Pushkin's life and work. Reincarnating into one of his characters, I could touch the works that are typical to Romanticism. Some facts of poet's biography became clear to me, I became aware of his absurd death. I was in the actors' group. We played an extract of the stage version of the short novel Queen of Spades. The experience was funny and pleasant. We exchanged our roles, we laughed, while working, we watched the other workshops. We made a closer acquaintance with Pushkin's lyrics. I should take part in similar events more frequently. In addition to the wonderful memories I have, I learned things that are in no event useless. Angelina Apostolova, 10th class. I have never read Pushkin's poetry. The verses we recited were selected by ourselves and could therefore touch our hearts. I learned much about Pushkin from a biographic point of view - on his life, love, etc., I made acquaintance with his work. Thereafter, the preparation for the program was a very funny and interesting experience. I think that events of this kind are a very funny idea and a learning method at the same time because they combine the useful and the pleasant. Mariya Lecheva, 10th class The most precious to me was the inspiration I felt while we worked on Pushkin's work. It brought me huge satisfaction. Learning must become a pleasant activity. The fact that children go to school unwillingly is an evidence that there is something wrong in the system of our schools. The joint activities, projects and even entertainments lead to improving students' communication capacity. So, they get willing to work and satisfied from what they have learned. People must learn to combine work with pleasure. Ivan Manov, 10th class I touched Pushkin's person - yes, certainly, I felt his pain caused by Russian high society and his aversion for the low human passions and actions. I mostly appreciated the work in a team. Although we frequently work by groups at school, this was quite different. And also something I was pleased to do. I wish there were more projects like this. Every new topic must be presented this way, not only in Literature but in the other subjects too. More creativity at school. Kaloyan Iliev, 10th class March 2007 Meeting-discussion with students of Constantine Preslavski National High School of Humanitarian Sciences and Arts after the performance Folklore Fantasies. June 2007 Creative Workshop Time for Fairy Tales dedicated to Wilhelm Hauff and Grimm Brothers, representatives of German Romanticism. The Fairy Tale Life Workshop - studying authors' biographies to look for parallels with the fairy tale elements. Supervised by Valentina Popova. Stage Workshop - tracing the path from the literary work to staging; selecting and staging with the students short extracts from the Puppet Theatre performances: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Brave Tailor (Grimm Brothers), The Longnose Dwarf and Frog the King (W. Hauff), learning acting and puppeteers' skills. Supervised by Yolanta Raykova and Boyan Stoyanov. Music Workshop - preparing appropriate songs. Supervised by Darina Popstefanova. Interlocutors Workshop - interviewing actors with respect to directing and acting interpretation; organizing inquiries for children and adults on how the fairy tales are conceived and understood. Supervised by Valentina Popova. A Style Exercise Workshop - attempts to tell a well-known tale in various styles; giving meaning to the unity between author's idea, the content and the style. Supervised by Rositsa Bardarska. The Fairy Tale - How To Use Workshop - the fairy tales in the light of psychoanalysis; childhood, youth, mature age - all of them are A FAIRY TALE TIME. Supervised by Darina Popstefanova. Presenting the work at the open-air summer stage of the theatre. 2. Outdoor painting, illustration competitions, exhibitions Objective: To give meaning of the spaces at the Puppet Theatre as a territory for young talents' expression. June 2006 Children Painting at the Museum of Puppets Outdoor painting of St. Kliment Okhridski Comprehensive School supervised by Diyana Doncheva. February 2007 A Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish by A. S. Pushkin as viewed by children An exhibition - comics of illustration by children from St. Kliment Okhridski Comprehensive School inspired by the Golden Fish performance. Supervised by Diyana Doncheva. May 2007 Exhibition of children drawings and objects made of natural materials on ecological topics. In partnership with Ecopark and Zvezdichka 13th kindergarten. June 2007 Svetlozara Doksimova and Friends Exhibition organized by the Friends in Europe Club. 3. Children holidays 1 April 2007 Celebration of the International Day of Humour and Jokes and of the International Day of Children's Books (2 April) Exhibition - collection clown puppets by Gergana Petrova. Awarding those that gave best answers to the quiz show on favorite characters from children's tales and performances. Stand of Varna's publishers presenting their newest books for children. ²². Initiative to give better meaning of children's leisure time 1. Open Door Days at the theatre with children from various kindergartens and schools 2. Summer projects June - July 2007 Theatre Puppet Workshop A project funded by the Youth' Activities and Sports Directorate of Varna Municipality. Scheduled groups of children are made acquainted with the history and the types of theatre puppets at the Museum of Puppets to the theatre; with their construction and functions; under the supervision of professional actors from the theatre, the children learn to make simple theatre puppets for home or school theatre; they make their first steps in puppetry. ²²². Cultural activity and partnership with other cultural institutions 2006 Exhibition of the artist Maria Tsoeva. Participation in the Polish Culture Days with a specially staged performance after the Polish folklore tale Janek and Hanka. 2007 Participation in the Francophony Week Participation in the Francophony Week. Participation in the Reading People's Marathon that is traditionally organized by Pencho Slaveykov Regional Library on 23 April - the International Book Day. Participation in the Word Image Project of Varna Municipality and the city of Moscow with the dedicated performance Mozart and Salieri (June). ²V. Puppet Therapy Partnership with social organization and houses for disabled children.