csiadm April 26, 2021
The context of DigitACT is the pandemic which has highly affected performing arts. Young actors and technicians who are about to enter the respective job market or have just entered it, are facing huge difficulties in adapting to these new circumstances for which they were probably not sufficiently trained in their drama schools and faculties. In many countries, lots of plays were streamed through the web in very low quality, thus, degrading the image of the artistic product and the artists themselves. On the other hand, young actors, who are now trying to build their professional profile, meaning their web presence (professional platforms, digital portfolios, digital networking spaces, digital CVs, audition videos, self-presentation during online interviews/auditions) will have to upgrade their digital skills as a manner of boosting their personal digital marketing skills, thus, enhancing their career development. DigitACT project addresses the above-mentioned needs helping young actors and young technicians to be better included in the performing arts job market which is under a dramatic transformation.
• To equip young professionals in the field of performing arts, namely actors and technicians, with specialised digital skills in order to permit them to adjust their work methodologies and outcomes to the pandemic conditions and to upgrade their professional digital presence as a means of more efficient cyber networking
• To encourage the mobility (meaning the capacity of being virtually present wherever it is needed) of young professionals in the cultural sector and remove obstacles to their mobility, especially the ones imposed by the pandemic
• To boost job retention, job creation, career development and life-long learning for young professionals in the performing arts
• To spread the message of the urgent need for adapting to the new conditions among the culture and art sector and encourage stakeholders to take relevant initiatives in the partner countries.
• To support culture as an engine for sustainable social and economic development
• To foster the cultural capability of all Europeans by making available a wide range of cultural activities and providing opportunities to participate actively
MITOS (Cyprus)
CSI (Cyprus)
Mala Voadora (Portugal)
REON (Greece)
Teatro Pubblico Pugliese (Italy)
Artscape (Lithuania)
This publication (communication) reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. [Project number: 2020-1-CY02-KA227-YOU-002025 ]
