Cooperation is a project of two youth circus groups
Both the groups are placed in Hanover and did a program together, three years ago. Now they want to continue the pleasant and instructive experience (with new kids)

The group has participated at various national and International events and has received various awards & appreciations including the following:-

• KHATOONE GHOSSEDAR - The best work, 12th International Festival of Fajr, Iran, 2002
• SORKHAB - Best director, International Festival of Fajr, Iran, 2003
• OTRARNAME - Best director, International Festival of Fajr, Iran, 2005
• Appreciated in the day of theatre because of being best director, 2002
• Appreciated in the day of theatre because of being best director, 2003
• Appreciated in the day of theatre because of being best play writer, 2003
• Appreciated in the day of theatre being the most active theatre group of the year, 2004
• Appreciated from the Minister of Culture, Iran, 2005
• Appreciated in the day of theatre because of being best director, 2007
• Appreciated in the day of theatre because of being best director and co-operating with Germany, 2008

The Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio is a unique acting school in Israel.
The school is located in the most neglected neighborhood in Tel- Aviv. It combines the highest level of professional acting studies with community work with the residence of the neighborhood. (only few such schools exist around the world ). As part of the training of the students as actors the 2nd and 3rd grade are committed to lead drama groups with in the community such as: youth at-risk , immigrant's children in distress, children with special needs and emotional problems, elderly ,etc. Our community work empowers the neighborhood residence and allows them to be exposed to the theater world, and also gives them tools for individual growth and development.

Furthermore, we have subscription project for the residence, who can attend the shows which are produced in our theatre hall. For most of the residence it is the first time they see theatre. By attending our shows (which are played by the third year students of acting) they can get familiar with the best classic and modern theater repertoire.

The show "second life" tells the story of a group of youth at risk which were picked from the streets of our neglected neighborhood and received acting training . The process took two years and they are now representing the state of Israel as artists. Roy Reshef Maliach, the director of the show is a professional actor and director. He graduated the school as an actor in 2005. Erez Maayan, the Costume and stage Designer graduated the school as an actor in 2009. Amit Zamir, the Choreographer graduated the school as an actor in 2005. In august 2008 another group of youth at risk represented Israel in Toyama festival of children and youth in Japan with a great success.

The Orna Porat Theatre for Children and Youth is the most senior repertoire theatre for the young audience. The theatre was founded in 1970 by the actress, Mrs. Orna Porat, winner of the Israel Prize, and Yigal Alon of blessed memory, who at the time was the Minister of Education. The chief aim of this theatre is to impart artistic, humane, national and universal values.

The Orna Porat Theatre is a public non-profit organization. All its income is destined for the fulfillment of its goals and the financing of its activity. The theatre is supported by the Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport and the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa Municipality.

This theatre is live, contemporary and tries to affect the young Israeli generation. It is striving to enrich spiritual world to nurture them as theatre viewers in particular and culture consumers in general.

The TPZ Brixen (Theatre Pedagogical Centre, Brixen) was originated in 1990 as a space for children, youth and adults to help them explore their creative side in spare time. All members can participate in laboratories of theatre, dance or video filming.

How does it work? They are organized according to their age, from small children to young adults. They meet once a week and under the guidance of their teachers they work on tasks assigned. Topic is selected together and then they go through various exercises, improvisations, text analyses, searching metaphors and various ways of expression.

Ever since 1990, the TPZ has participated at many national and international festivals, where the performances were highly appreciated.

The Theaterwerkstatt ORANGE is one of several groups which are working within the TPZ. At the moment it consists of eight youngsters in the age of 13 - 16 years. They are meeting twice a week to improvise and to develop scenes and plays directed by Heidi Troi. Some members of the group are working in the TPZ since 10 years and had begun to play theatre as a leisure time activity when they were in the age of 6 or younger.

Their focus is to arrive at an authentic style of acting to tell a story by powerful images and to use symbols and music to sustain the speech.

The Latvian children dance ensemble "Zelta Sietins" has been in existence for about 50 years and has recently performed all over the world. The ensemble consists of about 300 dancers (3-18 years of age) and is divided into various groups according to skills and age.

TDA "Zelta Sietins" gives more than 60 performances per year on national Latvian television shows and it performs on regular basis at national cultural events such as: National Song Festivals, National Dance Festivals, "Europiades" and The 800 Year Memorial Celebration of Riga.

A part of the dance ensemble 'Zelta Sietins' of 22 dancers, (composed of the older age groups), who will been performing in India, have performed internationally for 10-12 years; seven times in USA alone and in Taiwan, Brazil, Japan, China, Russia, South Korea and in almost all the European countries. In all the 45 countries their performances have been outstanding and well received with international acclaim and awards. This is the first time they are performing India.

Punjab theatre started its creative endeavors in early 2003, as a group of activists working for the cause of promoting serious, issue based and meaningful theatre at grass root level in Punjab. This is the reason that the work started with youth and children, who are the future assets of any society. Today Punjab theatre stands as a group which has a large membership of youngsters from diverse social groups. It is very enthusiastic and faithful to theatre and considers it as a medium of change and emancipation.

ALLEGRETTO Romanian National Choir ALLEGRETTO vocal group, set up in 1974, is composed by children aged between 4 and 18 years. ALLEGRETTO group has performed in 59 international tournaments and participated in over 55 contests and festivals, where it won 51 Great Prizes, The Golden Medal, The Great Interpretation Prize, The First Position and many laureate titles. Their spectators include eminent personalities like - Pope John Paul ll, Laura Bush, Presidents of Poland and Italy, Kings of Jordan, Maroc, Belgium and Holland, as well as many others. During their artistic activities, the children of ALLEGRETTO chorus sustained over 1600 shows and concerts, from which more than 1000 have been sustained abroad.

They have performed on the stages like National Opera from Athens, Greece, Tognolo Theatre stage, Venice and Bari, Italy, BBC TV Studios, England, Maroc, Jordan, Russia, Moldavian Republic and Mongol, Warsaw National Opera, at Nancy in France, at Istanbul, Izmir and Antalya in Turkey, Macedon, Odessa Opera, Ukraine. They have also concerted in numerous schools and kindergartens and have organized shows in hospitals and in old age homes. They have performed for funds collection and charity actions. At present, the group has in its repertory over 84 songs, out of which over 70 are recorded, prepared for occasional shows.

Beginning as an ordinary school theatre, studio Siniy Crab (Blue Crab) opened its 14th season in 2009. It is now based at the House of Children's Creative Work. The first blue crabs are now school-leavers and college graduates, nevertheless some continue acting or teaching here. Siniy Crab's work philosophy is engagement of children of different ages. Children aged 4 to 25 study and act in the studio's productions together. This helps to create a family environment (and their parents are also involved in the studio's activities). About 80 children attend the studio.

With an eye to preserving the atmosphere of freedom, joyous creation and mutual understanding the studio leaders created their own theatre holidays to mark especially significant events: the opening of every new season, Holiday of Little Flashlights, New Years Little Pockets, Initiation of Neophytes, summer hikes etc.

The studio instructors try hard to help each child develop his/her individuality. The theme of a new performance is worked out on the basic of psychological needs of the current cast where rehearsing turns into real-life situations for children to share new emotional experience. So all the performances are composed by the entire group, and if they are based on a fairy-tale or any other work of literature, these are re-worked into their own version. Based on the grades (years of study) and age of its students, Siniy Crab has the following structure:- basic group, "musketeers", "snow" group, "aquarium", adult group (instructors in junior groups) and parents group. Children are trained by artistic director as well as teachers of singing and body balance. In the last several years studio theatre was a success at the regional and international festivals.

Wu Yue Dance Studio Arts Troupe is a dynamic dance troupe from Singapore. Its objectives are to promote local cultural art through dance activities, nurture young talents in dance education; and to provide opportunities for participation in performing arts. The troupe comprises 25 members. The instructions of the dance lessons are delivered by the Artistic Director, Mdm Gan Beng Lee and senior dance members who have received their certification from the BDA (Beijing Dance Academy) dance examinations board.

The arts troupe has been very active in dance performances. These include annual public performances for Chinese Cultural Month of Singapore, Chinese New Year River Hong Bao Show and National Day Celebrations.

All together, there have been about 20 performances since the last 4-years including two shows of Dance Image in 2008.

The troupe has also participated in dance competitions such as the event organized by North East CDC in 2007 where the dancers have been awarded 2nd Runner-up in an open category. There have been numerous achievements since its establishment.

CCOTBBAT is the professional group that has put vigorous efforts not only on artistic performance, but also on educational performance for children, teenagers and family.

The Visha School of Dance was inaugurated in the year 1984 and since then it has staged widely acclaimed cultural dance shows such as; Anjana Rekha, Thriveni, Nruthyahara, Nupura, Navanjana and Swetha.

600 students have taken part in the opening ceremony of the 10th South Asian Games held in Sri Lanka in August 2006. The Visha School of Dance has participated in International Folk Dance Festivals in India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Denmark, Switzerland, Hungary and Singapore. The students have taken part in the State Ballet Festivals in 1998 and 2001.

The main dancer of the Ballet "GRAHANAYA", Sarani Dissanayake had won the Best Actress Award in 2001. The graduation ceremony for Mrs. Vishas' students who have achieved high proficiency and exceptional standards in dancing and drumming was held in the years 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 and in 2009, which is a great achievement and pride for the Visha School of Dance.

AllSteps was founded in 2001. It was started with seven dancers who were trained by two young choreographers Thomas and Nicolas. Thomas and Nicolas have been dancing since the age of eleven and had their own troupe called Trance-iT and TNT.

At the initial phase of AllSteps, Thomas and Nicolas choreographed only a few dances for the school show, but soon they were recognized by various producers and performed in about twenty different towns between Geneva and Neuchatel. The dance company progressed rapidly and grew to thirteen dancers; all aged from 16 - 24.

All Steps had worked over their own dance comedy. The premiere of this comedy, titled 'Contrary Attraction', was done in December, 2008.

In Patumtani Province, Thailand, surrounded by paddy fields, a group of dramatists live together in a community in order to make an eco-better world through drama under 6 philosophies:

• To get together in harmony, disperse in harmony, practice in harmony and fulfil duties for the order in harmony
• To practice it over and over again until it sustains, for better listening, thinking, speaking, reading, writing, acting and directing
• To live self-sufficiently and to be able to give back to nature and to others
• To penetrate on process more than product for true wisdom
• There is no untold story, but the unskilled storyteller
• You are what you eat, you are what you read, you are what you teach

Morning theater network group is a sustainable dramatist networks of secondary school and high school students in Thailand, who have consistently experienced through theatre workshops from Moradokmai .They have built their own drama club in their schools, under Moradokmai's care. Now, in 2009, there are about 60 schools network around the country, organizing drama activities regularly.

Cengiz Ã-zek has been performing traditional Turkish shadow theatre since 1977, when he was 13 years old. The first production was "Büyülü Agaç - Magic Tree", a play which is based on the shamanistic sources of Karagöz and compiles elements from selected few authentic and old performances still known. His last creation, a black theatre project "Benim Küçük Yildizim - My Little Star", reached the audience and gets great success in Istanbul. Having a vast repertoire of classical Karagöz plays, Cengiz Ã-zek Shadow Theatre produced its first modernization of Karagöz with "Çöp Canavari - Garbage Monster" in 1998. Same year he organized the first Istanbul International Puppet Festival.

It was the first attempt in its context to bring performing artists and companies from all over the world. The festival will be organized for the 13th time, next year, spending 7 months and including plays, exhibitions, symposiums and workshops of puppet and shadow theatre. Cengiz Ã-zek Shadow Theatre has been invited to various countries, since its inception, and performed more than 1000 shows as well as workshops and exhibitions.

Rhodes Park School Theatre Club comprises children and young people between the ages of 9 and 17. It has been in existence for over a decade now. Since then, it has recorded a number of achievements both at local and international level. In conjunction with Parents and Teachers Association (PTA), the club is participating at the International Children's Festival of Performing Arts (ICFPA) since 2006. It has also participated in a six country project called 'Theatrum Pro-Omnibus' hosted by Takatuka club of Slovenia.

Rhodes Park School Theatre Club is also a member of ASSITEJ Zambia, a Zambian centre of ASSITEJ International, an organization that promotes theatre for children and young people.

Opal Awards is both the name of the organization as well as the yearly-tagged event. As an event, the organization aims at recognizing and honoring personalities and organizations that have contributed to the development of the Nigerian youths in the area of arts, culture and education. Every year, the organization provides platform for the display of latent talents in children and young people in areas such as poetic recitation, art, dance, drama etc. They have also been organizing yearly artistic and educational events amongst schools in Nigeria since 2001.The winners of the events usually get to represent the nation at international meets.

The organization is directed by a board of highly noble people who are professionals in their own fields:lawyer, doctor,musician, teacher etc whose main interest is in the development of the youths for they hold a common belief that, the children of today are the leaders of tomorrow and must be encouraged to achieve their maximum potential.

Nrityanchal is a music and dance company which was established on 19th August, 2000, with a goal to train and promote dance artists and to provide them a platform. The broader vision of the institute is to develop professionalism among local dance artists by proving that dance can be a financially feasible career option for those who are interested. Nrityanchal organizes dance programs all over Bangladesh as well as abroad. It operates a dance training academy which offers five-year certificate course on dance and arranges training for enthusiastic and under-privileged children. Regular shows of Nrityanchal are shown on various TV channels in Bangladesh and also on foreign TV channels.

It publishes books and periodicals on dance. It also performs classical dances like Kathak, Bharat Natyam, Manipur and Odissi.

Kritika Education Health Foundation, a non-profit trust, established in 2003, groups three institutions under its management; Euro College, Euro Kids International School and Institute of Fine Arts.

The Institute of Fine Arts is a school of Visual and Performing Arts and trains students in music, dance and art & drawing. An initiative of Rajlakshmi Golcha, the Institute of Fine Arts opened a Dance & Music school in Biratnagar, Nepal, in 2003. On its establishment, the school became first of its kind in the region and with its proposed affiliation from Trinity College, London and The Australian University it is growing year by year.

The Institute of Fine Arts has integrated many other departments to provide a strong curriculum in almost all areas of Performing Arts. It is now structured to bring varied forms of arts; Performing, Visual, Media, Language, Yoga, Communication and Health & Fitness, under one roof. They offer an exciting range of opportunities to students of all age groups.

It is affiliated with the Swargram University of Bhutkhande, Lucknow, Kindermusik USA, Institute of Modern Dance, Chennai (member of Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dance), Divya Yog Mandir, Sumukha Art Gallery, Bangalore, Art Institute online, USA

The year 2006 witnessed the foundation moments of MANDWA, a cluster of young and mature stage performers who have a history of on and back stage expertise.
In the field of theatre, these anticipators are facing the inherited challenges, yet they have stood up with a new approach towards the system. Instead of forcing a sudden revolution in performing arts, MANDWA believes in allowing change to happen gradually with a logical comprehension of a rostrum.

Since its birth, the youthful MANDWA has staged more than 14 in house performances both in urban and rural areas.
MANDWA has also performed in India at Rai Film Foundation and Delhi Film Institute in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

BANYANA BAFANA is an art group, formed 8 years ago in the city of Bulawayo. It was created with the aim to encourage youth from the streets to make a living for themselves, through arts.
BANYANA BAFANA has toured different countries namely Botswana, Zambia, South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique, presenting dance and theatre productions.
The group is managed by its founder members Daniel Lunga and Sanelisiwe Ncube

Youth Theatre FloppiFRaasi is a part of the basic art education program of the Community College, Joensuu Area. Young students study drama and theatre through this basic art education program. Amid vocational education, there is a special Finnish system of art education; Basic Art Education. It is a system apart from the compulsory education. It is based on special legislation and public financing. Basic art education is voluntary and target oriented, which has been aimed at children and young people, primarily, but it serves adults too.
The Community College of Joensuu Area was established in 2006 when the six neighboring community colleges were merged. It began with the aim to offer adequate education to adults who've obtained little training.

By law, the objectives of art education are based on national curriculum and applied to local circumstances. The education in theatrical expression is target based to ensure its progress over years.
Here teaching begins with art education, underlining the values of art. The contents and teaching methods are arranged in a manner to suit student's age and development phase.
It offers more than just classroom studies to make the dreams of its students, come true.