Influences of drama activities on communication abilities and level of personal wellbeing

The performative AV method is the form of drama activities mainly sourced from acting process. In present research five individuals/experts, coming from different areas are included. The aim of the research was to explore their communication abilities through drama activities. In addition to the aim mentioned above we wanted to improve knowledge of communication skills to contribute actively to the well-being in the working environment. The qualitative descriptive method was used to check the usefulness and impacts of the performative AV method as one of the drama activities of Arts Therapies. In the period of seven months there were 28 workshops of two hours carried out once a week. The action plan was prepared on the basis of theoretical material, previous experiences and findings at work with people. It was simultaneously adapted to the process and needs of the workshop participants. The participants in presented drama activities first worked on the acting exercises and techniques, and after with role playing. They put their real life situations into the space of drama action. By this the different communication patterns were presented to participants, including at least the thinking and emotion patterns and simultaneously their attitude about themselves. The participants directly tested and used the experiences obtained in the drama area in their real, working environment and they could return with the feedback into the space of drama action. The analysis data were collected by a group interview at the beginning and mainly by a structural individual interview, carried out with all the participants at the end of the drama process. The findings of the research confirmed the usefulness of the process, where the participants attached the greatest importance to the awareness patterns. It was also found out that AV method improved communication abilities among experts