Junges THEATER Liechtenstein

EARLY EDUCATION

All courses at the nursery for children aged 3 to 6 aim to promote the holistic development of children before they start kindergarten and during their kindergarten years. In a stimulating environment, children develop a love of movement, social skills, language skills, the ability to concentrate, self-awareness, and frustration tolerance. They learn to separate from their caregivers for a certain amount of time and to integrate into a social group of children. The insight that parents gain into the theater education work during the semester plays gives them the opportunity to reflect on what they have learned at home, to sing, tell stories, and share their theater experiences with their children.

THEATER EDUCATION

Theater education encompasses both artistic and educational aspects. People of all ages learn the basics of theater, how to express their thoughts, feelings, and desires, and how to develop their performance and social skills. All the senses are engaged, and the body and voice are trained. The content of theater education is rooted in the everyday, culturally oriented lives of the participants. All participants can show and share their abilities and deficits, discovering unknown and new things in the process. Means of expression and tools such as language, movement, dance, music, facial expressions, rituals, masks, props, costumes, set design, and lighting are formalized and aestheticized. Theater education is thus a broad-based school of aesthetics.

Theatre education work is process-oriented. The journey is the destination. Ideas are tested, evaluated, modified and condensed with a view to achieving a presentable end result. This process requires creative decisions and solutions. The result is a joint project that, although collaborative in nature, is supported by individual achievements.

Theater education is biographical work. Playful and theatrical processes remain in the memory for a lifetime because of their emotional anchoring. They thus leave a mark on the future and are part of a successful search for meaning. Theater education promotes personal development. It promotes self-knowledge and self-confidence in the individual through playful activities, with the aim of experiencing others openly as partners and as members of a community.