The innovative role of the University of Turin within the project derives from the experimentation of unconventional languages declined through Social and Community Theater, aiming to share the methodology and replicating it later in small European contexts where it has not yet been applied. The activity involved the organization of performative workshops in the municipality of Chiesanuova, with the involvement of migrant families, local citizens, operators and volunteers, in order to create a heterogeneous and inclusive group (a micro-community) and use Social Theater to encourage cohesion and integration. During the process, the SCT Centre group took care of the narration, the dances and the performative exhibition, together with local operators and evaluators.

On June 19-20-21, an international online meeting was held, organized by the municipalities of Chiesanuova and Quincinetto and the University of Turin – SCT Centre. Three days of video conferencing, webinars and web meetings to promote the democratic commitment and civic participation of European citizens, encourage intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding, address the stigmatization of migrants and minority groups, priorities of the “Town Networks” measure of the Europe for Citizens program. You can find the program here.

UNITO – SCT Centre held the webinar entitled “Community Narratives: Voices, Faces and Presences from Chiesanuova to Europe” on Saturday, June 20th at 3:30 PM, organized by the University of Turin and the Social Community Theatre Centre. Prof. Alessandro Pontremoli, scientific director, and Alessandra Rossi Ghiglione, director of SCT Centre, introduced the methodology of Social and Community Theatre; Antonella Enrietto, actress and director, gave voice to the narratives of the migrant families interviewed; Rita M. Fabris and Emanuele Giannasca, Community Dance experts, presented the work process and a short documentary made by Danilo Monte with the remote collaboration of families from Chiesanuova, communities for unaccompanied foreign minors, parents with children of different origins and young dance enthusiasts, a sort of extended family, united by technology that we hope to meet and dance together live in the coming months.

UNITO, in collaboration with the Filieradarte Association, organized the web meeting “Townlab Community Dance” on Sunday, June 21st at 12:00 PM, presenting the video made outdoors with the primary school of the Municipality of Quincinetto on June 13th, led by Rita Maria Fabris, Emanuele Giannasca and trainee Roberta Massaglia. The meeting created a “greeting dance” with the classes, as a fundamental “in-person” rite of passage at the end of the school year.