DAH TeatAr Center for CULTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE Research participates in projects SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION since 2010, as a project leader or implementation partner.
STORYLINE DISCOVERY
2025 – 2027
The project will focus on the needs of young people, aged 12 to 26, in Sweden, Serbia, and Slovenia. We focus on theatrical practices and workshops that engage young people intellectually, aesthetically, and emotionally, while designing theatrical
and multimedia tools. The activities of the three organizations (Theatron Theatre, DAH Teatar, Gledalište Koper Teatro Capodistria) encourage “observers” to take action, bringing life stories to the stage, addressing social challenges such as
migration, exclusion, discrimination, and difficulties in integration. Supported by the ERASMUS+ Program of the European Union.
FADO 2025 – 2027
FADO is an acronym for Finding Assistance, Delivering Outreach: a comprehensive support system for victims of gender-based violence. The main goals of the project are: supporting individuals facing
gender-based discrimination, violence, machismo, and stereotypes; empowering victims and encouraging them to share their experiences through theatrical techniques, raising community awareness, as well as enabling them to become facilitators
for other groups. Supported by the ERASMUS+ Program of the European Union.
UNDER 600, 2025
The project aims to create a platform for the independent theater sector in the Western Balkans. The Association for Cultural-Artistic and Educational Action – Štrih (Skopje, Macedonia), and its partners DAH Teatar and Korifej Teatar (Kolašin,
Montenegro) enable networking and collaboration opportunities and promote independent theater productions to increase visibility and attract new audiences in the Western Balkans. Supported by the British Council and the European Union,
MYndTHEATRE 2024 – 2026
The MYndTheatre project aims to promote the mental health of young people through the Forum Theater methodology in response to threats present in the digital environment. The project focuses on developing key skills in young people that
enable them to better protect their emotional and mental state during online interactions and mitigate any negative impact on their real lives. Supported by the ERASMUS+ Program of the European Union.
TREES 2024-2026
Raising ecological awareness through performing arts, this project supported by the Creative Europe program, is based on transferring the approach of the Dancing Trees project, DAH Teatar [coordinator], to the European level. It will include the creation of new
theatrical performances in six European countries and the organization of three international festivals where all performances will be presented to the audience of the host country.
HOPE 2024-2026
HOPE – History of Peace for Education through Theatre has the main goal of developing the capacities of youth workers and educators in the Balkan region to present history in a creative and exciting
way with a focus on peaceful times that were and can be. This ERASMUS+ project, coordinated by DAH Teatar, includes international training workshops for youth workers and young people at the local level.
STREATER 2023-2025
The project focuses on training cultural workers for live streaming of performances over the Internet. The aim of the project is to empower the professional education sector in partner countries to develop and provide specialization courses
for theater professions in the field of live streaming.
SPECTACOLO 2023-2025
The project aims to develop the skills of specific theater professions (lighting designers, sound designers, streaming experts, video technicians, set and costume designers, makeup artists) to modernize and improve
the offer for professional education in these areas.
HEDA 2022-2024
The HEDA project will transfer a method through theater to teachers and educators that helps students think about social phenomena, or/and social behaviors, to gain awareness of the society they will join and participate in,
work and create as responsible, conscious citizens.
FASHIORATION 2022-2023
A project that aims to create a method that will be useful for young designers to start their own fashion business drawing from the history and tradition of their country with contemporary methods, and especially a modern look, avoiding folklore,
creating clothing and fashion accessories and contemporary pret a porte.
ANTIGONA
2021-2022
DAH Teatar is the coordinator of a project that uses theatrical techniques as a tool to address the problem of gender-based violence against women and girls, which has been particularly increased due to the Covid19 pandemic. The aim of the project is to empower secondary school
teaching staff to organize theater workshops in order to raise awareness regarding gender-based violence live in schools, but also on social networks.
MOVING MEMORIES
2020 – 2022
This project is a response to history and its devastations in the 20th century. The MOMEM/Moving Memories project brings together museum experts, trainers, teachers, cultural workers, and scientists from six countries. Their contributions focus on times
of profound changes in society (transformations) and how they are discussed today.
STARDUST
2020 – 2022
The aim of the “Stardust” project is to build business capacities in the performing arts sector by proposing the development of a customized, multi-faceted entrepreneurship curriculum that will have specific modules tailored to the needs
of different groups of performers: musicians, dancers, and actors.
FARCE (Farsa)
2020-2022
In the project, we strive to find new ways not only to help people understand the climate crisis, but also what we as citizens can do in changing behavior and contribute to the overall solution for a healthier planet. Without diminishing the seriousness
of the issues, we address them in a new thoughtful, humorous, and educational context, in a satirical way.
FATE
2020 – 2022
ACADEMY OF THE FUTURE ON TOUR THROUGH EUROPE – FATE, aims to create a link between new migrants, refugees, and EU citizens through artistic training, inclusion, and increased employment opportunities in the artistic sectors. The goal is to increase interest in the employability of talented / professional creative migrants and refugees.
EQUALITY AMBASSADORS
2020 – 2023
Equality Ambassadors is a project that promotes democracy, equality, and human rights through creativity and new digital technologies. It brings together five partner organizations from: Ireland, Croatia, Serbia, Greece, and Spain that
work with young people, mostly marginalized.
ART AND HUMAN RIGHTS 2019 – 2022
Art for Human Rights is a three-year transnational partnership project that uses the creative processes of theater, film, and new digital technologies to promote learning and raise awareness of human rights and gender equality
across Europe.
Mauerspringer 2018 – 2020
The “Wall Jumpers” project originates from the idea of a “wall” that is considered a division in a social, political, but also individual sense. The goal is to overcome walls through art, promote dialogue through creative and artistic experience, choosing
the street as a place of conflict, encounter, and artistic expression.
Rights4Kids 2018 – 2020
The aim of the “Rights for Children” project is to raise awareness about the rights of children/young people; to bring young people from vulnerable groups closer to the theater by enabling them to participate in the development of theater performances, not only as an audience,
but also as participants.
Beyond the chapter 2017 – 2020
The main goal of the project “Beyond the Chapter: Approaching Diversity” is to contribute to the EU accession processes and the reform of society in Serbia through the application of EU norms and standards that promote cultural diversity as well as participatory democracy.
Women in an equal Europe 2016 – 2017
Using a creative process and a feminist framework to research and reflect on the experiences of women living in the European Union and the power of EU policies to promote gender equality, human rights, and inclusion. This transnational project
includes four European partners from Ireland, Spain, Croatia, and Serbia and uses the creative processes of theater and film as well as online resources to promote a greater understanding of women’s rights and positive changes that have occurred in
the field of gender equality as a result of belonging to the European Union.
In/Visible City
Starting from the fact that our cities, in their distant past, and especially today, are multi-ethnic cities, with a large number of inhabitants of different origins and cultures and that this awareness has faded due to the onslaught of crises and wars that have
created multiethnic tensions, and not understanding, we created a project that started in 2005 and deals with the promotion of different ethnic cultures that coexist today.
FOCUS – For Culture in Serbia 2013 – 2015
Dah Teatar and Group 484, found themselves tasked with working in Kruševac, Vranje, Novi Pazar, and Užice, together with professionals, activists, associates, colleagues, and friends from the independent cultural and artistic scene, from cultural institutions
and from schools, to work on “conquering public space” for the needs of culture and art.
EMPOWERED 2012 – 2013
A project to empower young women to monitor government policies in the field of gender equality. The aim of the project is to create a regional partnership of civil society organizations that will contribute to the implementation of laws on gender equality,
policies and action plans in Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Networking Memories 2011 – 2012
The purpose of the project is to create a new and sustainable network between 8 civil society organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Kosovo, and Serbia (Dah Teatar) which aims to involve citizens in the conception and realization of joint
activities.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
