The SCT methodology, with the format of the intensive theater workshop, is used in these training courses with particular attention to three levels of exploration, awareness and learning: a) corporeity, b) the tuned and cooperative relationship, c) the cultural and symbolic dimension implicit in the action. These practices refer to the choral theater training of the twentieth century combined with other mixed somatic and creative techniques. Stimuli to a conscious relationship with one’s body through mixed techniques (breathing, movement, qi gong, yoga) and specific theatrical techniques for the body in space and in action; group theater training practices with theatrical games on couple and group work combined with improvisation and role playing; narratives, creative reuse of objects and professional “costumes”, writing of theatrical texts, staging.

The events, intended for the entire community of the health and education area, are the result of the theater workshops. The theatrical performances featured the students who had participated in the workshops together with professional actors.

QUALITATIVE RESULTS

The projects carried out in recent years have always included the definition of a measurable system for detecting the training effects for the different actions/recipients and an evaluation of the perception of the experience by the participants. To this end, a multidisciplinary group was formed, composed of trainers from the Nursing Degree Program, professors from the Master’s in Social and Community Theater, university professors and researchers from the Departments of Humanistic Studies and Public and Pediatric Health Sciences, committed to the design of suitable tools for the quali-quantitative evaluation of the effects of theatrical interventions: observation grids used during the workshop as self and hetero-evaluation, pre-post focus groups, pre-post simulated tests/role playing, emotional reflective diaries.

In general, the results obtained from the various tools and techniques have led to the recognition of a strong convergence between theater and training in the care relationship. The theater workshop represents for participants a space for critical re-elaboration of their experiences, stimulates awareness of their potential and their limits, and acts as a bridge between personal experience and professional reality. Theater has therefore proven capable of creating the ideal conditions to address complex issues that require strong personal involvement. The group interaction has also allowed students to understand that their point of view is not the only one and to discover that they can be able to see through the eyes of other people, whether they are patients or professionals.