The weekly activities in the dance classes with youngsters continue in Bucharest!
📌📣The weekly activities in the dance classes with youngsters continue in Bucharest! 📣📌
As part of Activity 3 of the ‘You-Dance’ project, classroom activities with children continue these days. The dance-based interventions continue with the target group in Romania, organised in two classes that meet twice a week each. We are pleased to present you with a small collage, summarising what we have been doing over the last few days with some of our selected local youngsters. 🇷🇴
Stay tuned for further updates! 🤩🧐🎯
Dance “in-class” lessons started also in Romania!
Dance “in-class” lessons started also in Romania!
Dance based interventions lessons have already begun in Romania for project activity 3.
The dance-based intervention lessons for Project Activity 3 are in progress in Romania, involving two groups of 15 young participants from Bucharest. Both groups are meeting twice a week: group 1 has lessons on Tuesday and Wednesday, while Group 2 has lessons on Saturday and Sunday. This two-month program of “in-class” dance activities with the target group will continue for all October and November, offering a range of activities aimed at improving participants’ physical and emotional well-being through the art of dance. 
Two groups from Bucharest, each made up by 15 enthusiastic young participants, are currently in their 4th lesson. Both groups have two lesson days per week, and the lessons will continue until November, for a total of two full months.
Over the course of this period, participants will engage in a variety of activities designed to enhance their physical and emotional well-being through dance. 
We will keep you updated on how it is progressing and are excited to see the impact this initiative will have on the participants. 
We will keep you updated on how it is progressing and are excited to see the impact this initiative will have on the participants. We look forward to observing the progress and positive impact this initiative will bring. Stay tuned for further updates!
YOU-DANCE “in-class” activities start officially in Italy!
You-Dance activities have officially started in Italy!During these activities, dance, as a metalanguage, emotional and corporeal, capable of connecting people, will allow them to get to know each other, to express themselves and their emotions, to use their imagination, to stimulate reflection on themes and events, dialogue and confrontation, through the creation of movements and choreographies.
The specific objectives are the improvement of the individual’s sense of self-efficacy, the acquisition of social and relational skills expressed through the recognition of diversity as a value to be shared and the inclusion of youngsters through dance experience. In addition, BorderlineDanza’s staff started administering the first questionnaires of the #youdance project during the first Activity 3 “face to face” meetings with two different groups/ classes. A total of 30 youngsters, our national target group in Italy (gathered from the counties of Naples and Salerno), answering surveys, reflected on themselves and their emotions by individually filling out their first questionnaire, which represents the starting point of the dance-based intervention that will continue for next meetings!
BorderlineDanza began the dance-based intervention (for project Activity 3) with weekly meetings of 2 hours each led by two dance-educators. In these first meetings, the intervention allowed the participants to make some move exercises focusing in particular on: the functional anatomy of the body, breathing for the mind/body connection, spinal mobility (head/body connection), mobility on the ground, movement in space and time! 
Local youngsters started their “in-class” lessons and, with the help of the dance educators, they were also able to experiment the contact through some body games in pairs, based on movement and dance.
Local youngsters started their “in-class” lessons and, with the help of the dance educators, they were also able to experiment the contact through some body games in pairs, based on movement and dance. “Have fun” was the keyword for these first dance-based interventions meetings, discovering together all the benefits that the dance activities has to offer to all of us!
October YOU-DANCE Project Update: Key Actions and Upcoming Plans
On Friday, October 11, 2024, another monthly online meeting took place for the YOU-DANCE project partners. Representatives and experts from Borderline Danza (Italy), Ipazia Prod (Romania), and Ecem Bale ve Dans Okulu (Turkey) met online to update the status of the project activities, in line with the project’s Action Plan and GANTT. We reviewed the progress and the good evolution of YOU-DANCE’s national activities in each partner country.
We started with a review of project management (A1) and administrative issues, discussing timesheets, contracts, expenses and how to organize and implement it. We also focused on the upcoming reporting for both administrative tasks and communication & dissemination. Next, we summarized the actions completed for A2, including the 90 surveys conducted in each partner country and their translation into English. For Activity 3, each partner presented their progress on in-class dance activities, which are already underway. Teachers and dancers are using the “video tutorials” provided by BorderlineDanza, with clear instructions shared.
You-Dance: planning of A3 “in-class” activities in Türkiye
Under the leadership of ECEM Ballet founder Derya Fındık and their institution director Ceyda Denizci, it was organized a dedicated meeting on Saturday, 12.10.2024, together with ECEM ballet teacher Beril Dost and the assistant teacher Ece Fındık, in order to define all the details for the next “in-class” activities and future training with local youngsters.
The planning of the 2 months activities, useful for the A3 of the project, were meticulously prepared by all the ECEM staff. The A3 #youdance program in Türkiye will start in 1 week and all the ECEM staff is glad and excited to be an active part of this project.
YOU DANCE Project: online meeting held on the 20th of September 2024
On Friday, September 20, 2024, a monthly online meeting for the YOU-DANCE project partners took place via Google Meets. Representatives and experts from Borderline Danza (Italy), Ipazia Prod (Romania), and Ecem Ballet (Turkey) gathered online in the afternoon to provide updates on project activities and to discuss the new tasks to be carried out, in line with the project’s Action Plan.We reviewed the progress of YOU-DANCE’s national activities for each partner.
After a first update on administrative issues and on project management, we focused on a review of the Action plan for A2 and of the status on the surveys completed and its translations.Discussions took place about the A3 video tutorials, and it was defined an organization for the in class activities for the next two months.
We focused on other A4 actions of information and dissemination, and on the update on the editorial calendar for new posts and articles. Let’s stay tuned and follow us on www.youdanceproject.eu and on all our project’s social media pages!
