Small Size, Performing Arts for Early Years

Small size, performing arts for early years (SSPAfEY) has turned its attention to children aged 0-6 years, a real “current non-audience”, especially thinking of children under 36 months. The project was conceived and implemented after three other projects aimed at creating a network dedicated to performing arts and early childhood: Small size (2005-2006), Small size, big citizens (2009-2014), Small size, the net (2006-2009).

The partnership that carried it out is a solid and balanced one, made of theatres, institutions and artists who have been building a continuous, deep artistic relationship with early childhood, willing to bring their specific know-how to the research. A partnership spread throughout Europe: 17 partners from 15 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom) with different cultural and social identities, different educational models for early childhood, different ways of supporting artistic production. European cooperation has given the partners, all of whom are widely recognised by national, regional and local institutions in their countries, a valuable opportunity to share know-how that can be transferred in daily artistic work, and to improve institutional acknowledgement, with the consequent increase in resources and opportunities. At the same time, the strength of a project like SSPAfEY, that intertwined artistic research aimed at a specific segment of the European population with concrete cooperation methods, originates in the solidity of territorial institutional relations, which allow the partners to want and be able to invest in research and development.

Small size projects, focused first on the creation, then on the rooting and finally on the enlargement of a Network for performing arts for early childhood in Europe and in the world, allowed the Network to reach 72 members in 30 countries, and to continue to grow self-reliantly.

SSPAfEY culminated in the final event held in Galway (Ireland) 1-4 February 2018. More than 130 among artists, technicians and professionals belonging to all partner organisations were able to share the 15 productions created by the partners within the co-production process Wide Eyes, as well as workshops, conversations and other moments of reflection with the audience of Galway and with many other delegates, and had as well the opportunity to live directly a valuable encounter.

In addition, from October 2014 to September 2018, 48 new theatre and dance productions were set up during the project, as well as 45 festivals of performing arts for early childhood (or 0-6 sections in theatre festivals for children and young people), 9 showcases and 11 Mentoring projects with theatres and artists outside the partnership.
Every year, in the last weekend of January, partners and Network members planned Small size days (“The arts are not a matter of age but of curiosity”): an event taking place at the same time in many places around the world. An event that grew year by year, and that in January 2018 presented 160 activities in 20 countries over the three days. This event, born within the project, will be carried on by the Network from 2019.

The project was also accompanied and enriched by many common activities such as the 6 Common Meetings and 4 Artistic Directors Meetings, dissemination and documentation activities.

Finally, we believe that it should be highlighted how the project, has encouraged a wide mobility of artists, with almost 800 journeys accounted for. (Vir: EK)

LGL – Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana

(Partner) Ljubljana

Vsi projekti slovenskega producenta

Tuji producenti pri podprtem projektu

La Baracca società cooperativa sociale ONLUS (leader)

Italija (EU)
Asociación Educativa (partner)

Španija (EU)
Baboro Galway International Children’s Festival Limited (partner)

Irska (EU)
Centrum Sztuki Dziecka W Poznaniu (partner)

Poljska (EU)
Commune De Limoges (partner)

Francija (EU)
Helios 6 live art produktion ev (partner)

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Kolibri Gyermek (partner)

Madžarska (EU)
Kuukulkurit Ry (partner)

Finska (EU)
O’navio Theatre (partner)

Francija (EU)
Polka Childrens Theatre Limited (partner)

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Toihaus Theater (partner)

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