Co-creating online
A guide to using the Co-Creation Stage
In 2020, a consortium of arts institutions, universities and tech companies banded together under the Horizons 2020 initiative to form TRACTION – a project aiming to promote co-creation with communities at risk of exclusion. As part of the co-creation process, the Co-Creation Stage was created to connect communities and individuals in real-time, allowing multiple co-located stages and participants to perform together.
Interview with Irene Calvis, Social Access Co-Ordinator for the Gran Theatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
Irene implemented the use of the Co-Creation Space during the co-creation of a community opera La gata perduda. Irene explains what the Co-Creation Space is and how it was utilised during the project.
An interview with Bruno Homem from SAMP, a music school in Leiria, Portugal.
Bruno utlisied the Co-Creation Stage during the creation of their new opera O tempo (Somos Nós). This opera was co-created with prisoners and their families.
Further reading
A participative, co-created opera and strengthen Liceu bonds with the Raval
Opera in Prison – Traction | Show “the time (we are us)”
TRACTION Opera co-creation for a social transformation
A community opera, created with people at risk of social exclusion
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