Status: Ongoing
Mascarade
Description
Mascarade is an European project - co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union - blending art, research, and social action. It brings together young people, artists, educators, and professionals from across Europe to explore the transformative power of the mask — a tool for expression, freedom, and connection. About Mascarade Mascarade is a 27-month European project - co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union - blending art, research, and social action. It brings together young people, artists, educators, and professionals from across Europe to explore the transformative power of the mask — a tool for expression, freedom, and connection.When we wear a mask, we become something else. We give space to what we hide, what we dream, what we do not yet know. The mask becomes a playground. A shield. A mirror. A tool for liberation, expression, and resistance.In a Europe marked by identity debates, Mascarade uses theatre, masked performance, and digital creation to explore identity, otherness, inclusion, and democratic participation.
Aim
Mascarade explores masks and theatre as tools for social inclusion, participation, non-formal education, and intercultural dialogue. Through participatory research, experimental workshops, an innovative methodology, and audiovisual creations, Mascarade empowers young people to explore their European and individual identities, experience otherness, and enhance their confidence.
Project Type
DEI&B Projects
Start Date
01/03/2025
End Date
31/05/2027
Partners
ALTER EGO (X) (France), SUTTA SCUPA (Italy), TETRAS MENAS (Lithuania)
Results
A participatory research on European identities and the power of performing arts to support social inclusion; An artistic research lab in Lithuania and local workshops with young people in each partner country; A series of podcasts, a playful and pedagogical game-book, and a multilingual web platform to share it all widely.
This project is supported by the European Union.