‘Uprooted’ looks into questions around identity and how we can strengthen children and youngsters with a refugee background that live in marginalized and underprivileged circumstances. It took place in 2021 in Amman, Jordan.

‘Uprooted’ looks into questions around identity and how we can strengthen children and youngsters with a refugee background that live in marginalized and underprivileged circumstances. ‘Uprooted’ looks specifically into problems and difficulties that are rooted in being forced to leave your home, your country, your cultural environment. The project aims to support a group of young cultural workers and artists in their work with children and youngsters from marginalized communities. The  project ended with a public event in which interdisciplinary works made by the participants were shown.

The pilot project Uprooted was a collaboration with Studio 8.

Public presentation / Open rehearsals of the materials of two-weeks interdisciplinary workshop, led the visual artist Abdalla Al Omari and dance artist Benno Voorham.

Together they have created a series of scenes around the theme of being uprooted together with the participants combining movement with visual art and visual projection.

A few physical exercises were introduced, followed by demo of experimentation of visual art and movement. 

References:
 - https://lavadans.com/portfolio/uprooted