{"id":13,"date":"2022-08-01T00:38:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T00:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libspry.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-08-15T17:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:26:15","slug":"community-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.libspry.com\/fr\/projects\/community-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Communautaires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:300px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-nv-site-bg-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 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had been working together for ten years and had created a lively and challenging group of Theatre Forums plays. Initially I worked with them on the Forums they had already created, each one dealing effectively with the issues elders experience. Later we worked with high school students to create forums about the misunderstandings between old and young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-neve-text-color-color has-text-color\">Finally, with a Canada Council community arts grant, I, in conjunction with Chimwemwe Miller (music), Clea Minaker and Jesse Orr (puppets), and Luciana Burcheri (stage management), worked with the group to devise a vaudeville event called We Are Old! We Are Wonderful! The final production which I directed involved scenes, videos, puppets, dance, and songs about the joys and trials of getting old, challenging age stereotypes, and acknowledging its realities, reimagining typical negative narratives of aging and old age though the content of the piece and by the very performance by these passionate seniors. We performed it once to a large and enthusiastic audience of all ages, some of whom were in tears by the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-neve-text-color-color has-text-color\">Although I have not worked with RECCA since I moved to Kingston, the group is still going strong. 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