Asociación Teatral ON&OFF

In the year 2000 the youth association ON&OFF was created in Logroño as a non-profit organisation to join together all the ex-students and current students of a local theater school: Dinámica Teatral. The main aim of ON&OFF is to promote cultural and artistic initiatives, and always trying to create an intercultural framework for the participation, understanding and inclusion of all its members, the society of Logroño and the youth in general. According to this the main aims of the organisation are: - To join together those young people interested on the theater and drama using learning groups, experimentation and staging. - To organize cultural and leisure time activities for youth. - To take part on participative events such as meetings, exchanges, contests, etc. at local, national or international level. - To cooperate with local entities and administrations on the implementation of theater spectacles at local, national or international level. - To carry out training courses, workshops and activities for educating children, youth and adults (intergenerational projects). - To create specific working and learning groups for improving staging on any field (lights, sound, atrezzo, etc.). - To promote the participation of children and youth in cooperation with the municipality of Logroño and with the Department for Childhood and Youth of the government of La Rioja (“Área de Infancia y Juventud del Gobierno de La Rioja”) in order to develop theater contests and performances. - To develop participation meetings to allow young people the exchange of good practices, information and personal experiences. - To performance open theater plays for private and/or public entities. - To manage groups of young people who could take part on initiatives coordinated by other partner organisations out of Logroño (meetings, youth exchanges, seminars, etc.). - To organize cultural and free time activities for its members (trips, excursions, visits, camps, etc.). - To cooperate on the public events organized every year by the municipality of Logroño (Ex. Christmas or carnival public parades). Besides these regular objectives and goals, the board of the organization propose every year new activities and challenges related to theater and drama that could be considered interesting for the members of the organization. These new challenges or participation opportunities offer to all the members of ON&OFF new ways of participation and learning, that do not only improve their skills on the theater field, but that also help them to develop their personal competences, self-initiative and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the non-formal and drama methodologies used regularly by the entity, make all its activities accessible and suitable for any kind of users, promoting the participation of young people with fewer opportunities and especially of those with mobility, expression and/or communication difficulties. It currently has 2 part-time people hired, 1 volunteer with 37% intellectual disability, 3 European volunteers waiting to re-integrate into the activities suspended by COVID 19 and 97 partners in the membership book updated on 03-01-2020. Our Assembly structure is based on young people approving, reflecting, proposing and helping to execute the activities of the Association. Our activities have 2 fundamental aspects: 1 local and another international carried out with ERASMUS + funds. Among the most outstanding local activities we mention: intensive weekend courses with teachers from the Dinamica Teatral, theatre school, actors who come to present their work in the Black Room – Café Theatre , and young people who have received training in some area of performing arts knowledge and who offers it to partners and non-partners. Themed weekend and vacation coexistence. Our inclusive parties where people of all ages come to play, dance and get to know each other. In 2019 the most outstanding local projects were: “La Plaza del Pueblo” Emblematic Initiative to com