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Elana ShyongCreative facilitator & trainer

Mammoths, gargoyle’s and Revolution

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A collage of workshop moments: group photos holding papers, movement exercises, artworks and a view over Barcelona

A mammoth and tree love story 🦣🌳❤️
A gargoyle and fairy friendship 🗿🧚✨
A botanical revolution 🌱💪🏃

What do these stories have in common? They were all created by participants in a drama for language training last month we ran with Euromentor SL.

What Embue love’s most is how drama opens up space for people to share, create, and connect in a way that feels fun, low-pressure, and full of possibility. It has such a beautiful way of making learning feel alive, and of creating the kind of space where real change can happen.

The participants even wrote a recap of the training together, which you can view here: https://www.macchiati.it/progetti/sul-palco-europa/

Speaking, writing, listening, connecting… drama really does make it all easier 👏

#dramaineducation #languagelearning #appliedtheatre #learninganddevelopment #ERASMUSStaffTraining

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