Engage & Create: Practical Tools from the Siniparksi Training Kit
(Bamboo Sticks, Connection & Colour Game)
An interactive workshop exploring connection, creativity, and collaboration
Choreographers: Melita Spahić Bezjak i Maja Drobac
Date: 27 September 2025
Time: 16:00 – 19:00 Workshop
Venue: Free Dance, Atelje suvremenog plesa
Part 1: 27th September: 1-Day Workshop
Interactive Creation Workshops
Welcome and Introduction to the Creative Process
Bamboo Sticks Tool (60 min)
- Group exercise focusing on cooperation, balance, and shared rhythm
- Reflection: What did we learn about connection and teamwork?
Connection & Colour Game (60 min)
- Creative exploration using colour, emotion, and collective design
- Group sharing of outcomes and impressions
Creation Process with Tasks (60 min)
- Developing ideas and materials for the public presentation
Focus of Part 1: Experiencing connection through movement, rhythm, and colour. Co-creation and creative process.
3 Week Interval: Development Phase
- Participants and facilitators continue reflecting, experimenting, and preparing the final public presentation using insights and materials from Part 1
- Collaboration with a musician with shared movement material
Focus: Translating workshop experiences into a collaborative presentation or artistic outcome
Part 2: 11th October: Presentation & Reflection
Welcome & Recap (10 min)
- Brief reflection on Part 1 experiences
- Rehearsal for performance (collaboration with musician)
Public Presentation / Workshop Performance (25 min)
- Participants present the creations developed during Part 1
- Public sharing or short performance
Presentation: Siniparksi Training Kit & Tools (20 min)
- Overview of the Siniparksi Training Kit
- Introduction to Bamboo Sticks & Connection & Colour Game
- Video presentation of the tools
Reflection & Closing Discussion (20 min)
- Collective reflection on connection, creativity, and collaboration
- Closing remarks and acknowledgements
Focus of Part 2: Sharing, contextualizing, and reflecting on the creative process and collaboration.
About the Project
Project Name: SINIPARKSI – Taking Care of Population Through Contemporary Dance
Siniparksi promotes the development and dissemination of participatory artistic collaborations based on the human right to cultural participation, open and accessible to everyone.
Project Partners:
- Ascen-Danse: France (Montdauphin)
- Seneca Intensiv: Germany (Berlin)
- Free Dance: Croatia (Karlovac)
- Quo Vadis: Greece (Athens)
Since November 2023, Free Dance has been part of the international Siniparksi project, which recognises dance as a tool for community development. The project aims to embody human rights through contemporary dance, making it accessible to as many people as possible. It is based on cultural exchange: four dance companies and students from dance schools in France, Greece, Germany, and Croatia share ideas about the potentials, practices, and challenges of cultural diversity in dance projects.
This workshop is the final activity of the project, intended to disseminate the results and methods developed during the project.
The project is co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe programme, with support from the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia and the Office for Associations of the Government of the Republic of Croatia.
