ACTA framework: Actor Training in a Globalised World Arts, Science and Business engage in education, research and innovation PARTICIPANTS 7 organisations from 5 different EU programme countries: Copenhagen International School of Performing Arts (DK) - a small private enterprise offering a professional 3 year acting programme within Contemporary Method Acting and Cultural Entrepreneurship 2. Othernessproject (DK) - an NGO aiming to establish a multi-layered platform for cross-cultural cooperation and social engagement within the performing arts, also focusing on new media performativity 3. Babeş-Bolyai University, Department of Hungarian Ethnology and Anthropology (RO) - the largest university in RO, with a high focus on intercultural dialogue, diversity and inclusion 4. Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Theatre and Film Faculty (LT) - an internationally recognized HEI, which trains artists for a professional career in music, theatre, dance, and film 5. S.C. Civitas Consulting (RO) - a small private enterprise offering consultancy to business, education, and cultural operators within project management and entrepreneurship 6. University of Łódź, Faculty of Philology, Department of Theatre and Drama (PL) - the leading HEI in PL, represented by experts within neurosciences and cognitive anthropology of dance and theatre studies 7. University of Malta, The Theatre Arts Department (MT) - the foremost HEI of the country, teaching in English as a Lingua Franca, but also highlighting use of mother tongue, small and colonised languages and cultures CONTEXT This Strategic Partnership responds to the urgent need to raise the employability of young performing artists and cultural entrepreneurs, encourage cross-border mobility, collaboration and exchange, and to equip them with the skills to respond proactively to significant social, political, economic and cultural changes in the EU and globally. CONTENT 5 HEIs, 2 private enterprises and 1 NGO from 5 different countries exchange experience-based knowledge, research and innovative practices in the field of actor training in a globalised context, focusing on 3 areas: -Social and Cultural Entrepreneurship that facilitates both students’ careers and active citizenship -the use of English as a Lingua Franca and raising awareness of their mother tongues -psycho-physical training that provides them with a set of cross-cultural competences From these 3 areas of research, education and innovation, 10 new, EU-widely applicable syllabi will be worked out. The syllabi will be published on a MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platform, and an e-book will be offered as an Open Access material along with the syllabi. MAIN OBJECTIVES -developing new, immediately implementable syllabi, focusing on employability, mobility, cross-cultural competences and entrepreneurial skills -enabling students to conceive, develop, and manage their own projects, using drama and performing arts as a tool for social transformation and inclusion -developing new IT, ICT and Digital Learning processes, MOOCs, and digital co-creation platforms in order to facilitate cooperation and knowledge exchange between Arts, Education and Business -empowering and further developing innovative teaching and learning methods as defining tools for the teachers and researchers involved METHODOLOGY Action Research: an iterated and responsive model adopted by all institutions that document and exchange their cross-cultural, cross-sectoral and entrepreneurial teaching methods. Workshops, symposia, research, theory formation and dissemination will be performed cyclically with a practice-based approach, and with continuous feedback, follow-up and quality control. MAIN ACTIVITIES -symposia and workshops: 4 transnational meetings for practical workshopping, research, theory formation, and dissemination -building up an IT platform for communication, collaboration and co-creation between the partners -monthly online meetings for teachers and researchers -development of 10 syllabi -setting up an MOOC platform for the publication, dissemination and online teaching of the new syllabi -original publications: academic and journalistic articles, interviews, blogs, vlogs of all involved teachers, researchers and students RESULTS AND IMPACT -change of mindset in HE for performing artists and cultural operators, teaching through Action Research methodology, and focusing entrepreneurship and active citizenship -raised employability of young performing artists and cultural entrepreneurs -transnational collaboration and mobility; awareness of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary approach in the artistic and cultural sectors LONGER TERM BENEFITS - Foster introduction of new curricula in HEIs - Flexibility and mobility in teaching and learning within artistic and cultural fields, - EU-wide impact on artistic and cultural teaching and learning methods, taking account of recent social and economic situation.
Due to the early termination by the National Agency, a "summary of the completed project" is not possible. See in Section 3 (Description of the Project) for an overview of the progress and the partial achievements.