TURKEY
We were so excited about the mobility in Turkey so we made lots of preparations and organised everything but an unexpected situation occurred. Coronavirus… Our friends from Italy, Poland and Romania did not have permission for travel so one week before the mobility, we shared their part with the Spain and played our friends’ roles too. However, we had such a short time, it was a great success.
We had an welcome ceremony and after that we played games with our drama teacher. We made drama and music rehearsals.
At the historical part of Istanbul, we played "The first flying Man Hezarfen" and played Telli Telli, Uzun İnce bir Yoldayım and Üsküdara Giderken. We visited Galata Tower, Topkapı Palace, Dolmabahçe, Cistern Basilica, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar, Istiklal Street and had the Bosphorus tour.
We watched Mehteran Band (Ottoman military band) and gave a small concert at the Şerefiye Cistern. We did lots of dissemination, approximately 1000 people watched us.
The premier was a great success. The theater was for 500 people and full. Audiences applaud loudly and congratulated us.
SPAIN
Although we are confined at home in all partner countries and it seems that it was ages away, we had our fourth mobility at the beginning of March.
The magical city of Istanbul hosted this incredible mobility and we could finally put "The First Flying Man" on stage.
It was with great success that we carried out the mobility. Noone was will and we all enjoyed the experience. Visiting Istanbul is amazing, but being on a boat enjoying the view of the Galata Tower and Istanbul skyline while watching our students act out and play 16th century music is a unique experience we will never forget.
Climbing to the top of the Galata Tower, visiting the Sultans' palace and eating "simits" on the streets of Istanbul are some of the highlights but the trip was full of the most memorable moments.
The play couldn't have been a greater success, all actors and musicians were impeccable. The costumes were incredible and the music was brilliant.
Turkish parents cooperated organizing brunches, lunches and afternoon snacks for us, helping with the logistics, the involvement of many Turkish teachers, and the loving Turkish families and kids.
We are very grateful to Ozge and the Turkish team. We will never forget this!
Watch this trailer of "The First Flying Man"
Finally, Coronavirus confinement made us adapt our lessons to an online format. We have started working online and "show must go on"!
ROMANIA
In March we had to participate at the mobility in Istanbul, but unfortunately, due to the crisis caused by Coronavirus we couldn't attend the meeting.
But we stayed connected with the other partners by video meetings.
Also, at the beginning of March we organized "The day of open doors", an event attended by parents and students from all over the city, during which we presented the activities carried out until now in our project.
