Working Programme
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The Grundtvig Talking Foreign workshop programme has been very dense and intensive. Therefore, there was also room for a lot of activities to make the participants feel at ease. The workshop organisers were fully participating in all activities of the workshop.
All participants were hosted in a hotel with seminar rooms where most of the workshop will take place. Additionally, visits to institutions and places where the integration of different cultures have been successfully realised and to a dance performance where themes of the workshop are reflected in an artistic way were undertaken. All meals were planned by the workshop organiser for the group either in the seminar house or other restaurants according to the programme.
Each day started with an introductory session with information about the programme, answering questions, dealing with problems, etc. This was followed by a warm up, including exercises for activation and relaxation led by participants.
Each day ended with a discussion and evaluation of the experiences made during the day.
All working sessions were videoed and short interviews were made with the participants, and a video-documentation has been produced by a professional film maker.
Arrival Day: 17 April 2010
Arrival of the participants. Getting to know each other at dinner at the seminar house.
Day 1 & 2: 18 & 19 April 2010 / Focus: Listening. 1st Round of the Talking Foreign Game
These 2 days were dedicated to the first round of the "Foreign Talking Game" in which the participants present his / her topic. In the afternoon we made a sightseeing tour by tram around the old city centre and a visit to the Naschmarkt, a very popular multicultural market.
Day 3: 20 April 2010 / Focus: Voice. Free Time and "Heuriger"
In the morning the singer and voice teacher Lena Rothstein gave a "Voice"-Seminar. The rest of the morning was and the afternoon was free and could be used individually for the preparation of the second round of the "Foreign Talking Game". In the evening most of the group met at a Heuriger at the outskirts of Vienna, in the Vienna Woods.
Day 4: 21 April 2010 / Focus: Body Language. 2nd Round of the Talking Foreign Game and Dance Performance
After a morning with special exercises for developing body expression led by dancer and teacher Fabiana Pastorini, the participants were free to continue with their preparation of the second round of the "Foreign Talking Game". In the afternoon the second round of the "Foreign Talking Game" started. In the evening the group attended the dance performance "Le Concours" at the Vienna Volksoper.
Day 5: 22 April 2010 / 2nd Round of the Talking Foreign Game and Feedback
Second round of the "Foreign Talking Game" with feedback to the presentations.
Departure Day: 23 April 2010
After breakfast we had a last meeting to discuss and evaluate the workshop. Each participant filled in a questionnaire requested for the final report of the Grundtvig workshop. The participants left Vienna in the afternoon or evening to return to their homes.
Within the programme modifications were possible by consent of the participants. However, all participants were happy with the arrangements and no changes were necessary.