The co-creative programme involved a series of weekly workshops aimed at introducing students to the Sensory Labyrinth Theatre method.
During the workshops the students were trained in the techniques of this method and, step by step, built their own immersive and sensory performance, which took place in the high school.
The workshops had a rich potential for non-formal education for the youth beneficiaries, becoming an excellent opportunity to develop their expressive skills, to develop their self-confidence. Being a method with an art-therapeutic impact, they were able to build tools for emotional regulation and gain a better knowledge of the self.
These workshops were practical and active, through which students accessed a chance to develop holistically, equating the formal education they received in school with the evolution of their emotional and mental capacities. A safe space was also developed throughout the programme where young people were invited to express themselves in an authentic way, resulting in a small community where social hierarchies disappeared and students learned what it means to be a supportive and inclusive group.
The workshops were led by Sebastian Dobrescu, sensory theatre director, together with Alexandru Romescu and other members of the Sensory Theatre team.