What is street animation?

Sunday started with a session about active participation / citizenship. One one of our aims is to promote active citizenship and show the youngsters that even the smallest step matters. The morning session was full of different activities. The afternoon was dedicated to street animation - what it is, what are its elements, what is its aim and how can it be used for active participation. As usual the concept of street animation is quite broad and was varied amongst the participants Who thought it was music on the street, who thought it was juggling and circus, who thought it was graffiti, who thought it was whatever one can do one the streets. In reality basically everything can be street animation. The end result of animation should be social change – an impact on the community where the animation is implemented!The evening was filled with an activity called "The dark side of Animation". Our trainers team made a show in the park. They created a story about animation performing themselves in the woods and involving the participants into the story. there were story telling, sounds, fire, legends and a lot more. finally crazy Brais, one of the trainers, jumped into the freezing river and vanished....