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The intergenerational theater workshop consists of creating a safe and free space where older adults connect through performing arts with neighborhood children and young people associated with an educational center. It is a project with a three-fold objective: to open the school to the neighborhood, connecting older adults and students who share the same area; to enable older adults to work on their memory and share their experiences with students through recreational and creative activities; and to promote physical exercise and creative expression through the movement of older adults.

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The National Museum of Catalonia will host the start of a week full of events, with the participation of political and institutional representatives, led by the Ministers of Culture and Health of the Government of Catalonia

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After the success of the first edition held in February 2023, the second edition of the symposium again brings together professionals from health, arts and culture to share knowledge, present transformative projects and strengthen the alliance between health and cultural institutions.

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We propose an open dance workshop facilitated by Pere Faura and the Sisme team. The activity invites you to experience movement as a space for play, intuition and connection with other people. Based on the flocking technique, we will work on dancing together as an experience of cooperation, listening and shared creation. The proposal is based on the idea that dance is not only an artistic expression, but also a tool for community health: it promotes body awareness, reduces stress and strengthens social bonds. In a world where individualism predominates, this workshop opens a space to feel part of a collective body where each person contributes to the common movement. The result is a lively choreographic experience that enhances emotional and relational well-being through the pleasure of dancing.

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The libraries of Bellvitge, Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Gironella, in addition to the Cultura Oberta entity, will share experiences of reading aloud carried out in recent years and aimed at groups with various conditions. The online session is part of the Veus Amigues program, promoted jointly by the Barcelona Provincial Council Library Service and the Cultura Oberta entity, with the aim of reading aloud over the phone to people in situations of unwanted loneliness, elderly people with health conditions, children or adolescents with long-term illnesses and other hospitalized people.

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An activity within the framework of the Born to Read Program, a project that aims to promote reading among children ages 0 to 3. It involves professionals from the cultural and health fields. This specific workshop, in a storytelling format, addresses music, touch, and eye contact as key elements for child development, just like nutrition. Songs, mimes, and activities will be used to connect with children and promote well-being at different times of the day.

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Don't miss the Meet&Link, the central meeting point for Healing Arts Barcelona. A space to share experiences, connect, and generate new ideas in the field of Arts in Health. The session will feature a musical performance by Núria Duran, a participant in the Taller de Músics' Cabal Musical social program.

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A project led by the Iluro Foundation and CAP Mataró Centre that provides emotional support to people caring for dependent family members. The project uses a Arts in Health methodology within a unique heritage setting: Casa Coll i Regàs in Mataró.

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The Shape of Dreams is a collaborative project that brings together the Catalan Language and Literature degree program at the University of the Balearic Islands, users and professionals from the Tramuntana Region Mental Health Department (INCA), the Nuestra Voz association of family members and mental health users, and other creators and professionals who have joined the various projects carried out.

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Dance performance/workshop for adults. "Dance helps me feel better and forget the voices in my head, music allows me to connect with others, and the group helps me not feel alone. For a moment, I forget my illness; for a moment, I become human again. For a few hours, I remember that I can do it too, that I am capable of doing something, and that I can remember steps, sequences, and music. For a moment, I am enveloped in Love, Hope, and Trust, and I am no longer that person ostracized by society. I can be myself, forgetting my illness for a moment."

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The conference "Music Therapy in Mental Health: The Case of Ritmes en Companyia" is the initiative of Artes en Salud at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. It will begin with an opening lecture by Simon Procter, Professor of Creativity and Mental Health at St. John's University in York. This will be followed by a presentation of the music therapy project "Ritmes en Companyia" with the organizers, researchers, healthcare professionals, music therapists, and users.

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This participatory workshop uses dance and creative movement as tools to place well-being at the center, with a focus on enhancing the emotional and physical health of ICS professionals, other healthcare workers, and the adult population. Dance is Health! invites participants to set aside gender roles and stereotypes, focusing instead on what each body needs to express, share, and coexist in a more inclusive and respectful way. In dance, there is no judgment, no error — only creativity and the opportunity to reconnect with the body in a sensory, expressive, and playful way, beyond analytical thinking. The workshop will be held in the main hall of the Catalan Health Institute (Barcelona) and led by Sílvia Cepero Domínguez, professional dancer, facilitator, and founder of the contemporary dance company El Desvío. ICS and El Desvío previously collaborated on the pilot arts-in-health project “Dance and Emotional Support in Situations of Gender Violence”, which engaged female ICS professionals in the first half of 2025

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