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    © Fabian Calis

    Theatre is an exercise in empathy

    Putting yourself in someone else's position is not a side issue here, but a basic skill.

    Radically empathetic thinking makes you look beyond your first thought. That creates a natural counter-movement to the polarisation in our society. It is from this conviction that we shape our educational activities and school programmes at ITA.

    At ITA, children, young people and adults learn to think like an artist: curious, open to different perspectives and able to bring people together. Guided by inspiring drama teachers, they explore society and their own role within it. In doing so we help to build a generation that dares to shape its future with its own insights and creativity.

    © Fabian Calis
    © Fabian Calis

    That vision translates into practice

    Through our school programmes we welcome some 10,000 young people every year, most of them from Amsterdam schools.

    They attend special school performances during the day, come to regular performances with their class or take part in workshops. In addition, more than 20,000 students attend our performances every year. They take advantage of the special student rate. Not only is it a great pleasure to meet so many young people, we are quite literally building the future. And a lasting bond with theatre.

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    Meet ITA's Education & Interaction team

    Sara Del Barrio Benito, Gijs Faassen, Diederik Imfeld, Amber auf der Springe & Timothy de Gilde.

    In addition, we have a team of more than fifty qualified and experienced arts teachers who work at ITA on a freelance basis.

    © Fabian Calis

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