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December YOU-DANCE project’s online meeting was organized last Friday!

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👨‍🏫In the morning of Friday the 6th of December, a new monthly online regular meeting was held on Google Meets for all the YOU-DANCE project partners. Representatives from Borderline Danza (Italy), Ipazia Production Srl (Romania), and Ecem Bale ve Dans Okulu (Turkey) met online to update the status of the project actions, especially on Activity 2 and Activity 3, the one related to all the 2 months dance-based intervention lessons held in each partner country with the national target group of 30 selected youngsters. We have checked the evolutions of activities according to the project GANTT and we have monitored the progress and benefits created in each partner country by dance activities organized.

📍📝As usual, we stressed our attention also on project management (A1) and administrative issues, discussing the last and updated versions of timesheets, contracts, invoices, project expenses and proofs of spending for each organization involved in implementation. We also focused on communication & dissemination issues and discussed about the next TPM, which will be organized from the 21st to the 23rd of January in Naples and  Salerno, in Italy, hosted by BorderlineDanza.

Please find below some photos of the online meeting session. Stay tuned for next project information! 🎊🤩🧐🎯

A3 – impressions by youngsters in Italy & final survey submission

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In Italy, at the end of A3 “in-class”activities, BorderlineDanza is administering the last questionnaires to the various groups of participants. The activities are coming to an end and the local target group is responding better and better to what all dance educators propose to them. We are increasingly experiencing levels of trust, acceptance and serenity and we are very curious to discover the results that the research will collect from the questionnaires!

In addition, we asked to local youngsters attending our dance classes about their direct experience. Experience, creativity, enthusiasm, collaboration, liberating, growth: these are just some of the words with which the “You Dance” participants responded to the question “Describe the You dance project in one word!”. Borderline Danza’s staff is very glad that the project is having a strong impact to participants, leaving an important mark within them: educators and dancers are seeing them open up more and more at every meeting and through dance, they are telling more and more about their lives!

YOU DANCE project activities were perceived by local youngsters as a great training experience.

In Italy, the “You Dance” project is bringing the first results of the dance-based intervention activities in class!

The young participants are becoming more and more confident in their body and their movement skills and each body activity becomes a pretext to address issues and debates together in which everyone brings their own reflections to the group! A real training experience both for the participants and for all the involved dance educators of Borderline Danza! 🎊🤩🧐🎯

“In-class” dance lessons (Activity 3) continue in Turkiye, giving good results!

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In Türkiye, dance-based interventions activities, organized in #Eregli by ECEM Ballet, for “You-Dance” project Activity 3 are continuing in the best way also with Turkish youngsters. The selected local youngsters continued in these weeks the “in-class” activities, which will probably end at the end of this month at the ECEM Ballet dance studios. All activities are designed to enhance their physical and emotional well-being through dance. The “in-class” activities (which will last 2 months in total) started in the proper way and, after some weeks of dance lessons with ECEM instructors in Eregli, some good results were registered within the local target group, both at physical and spiritual level for youngsters.

You-Dance activities continued in Eregli, in Türkiye, for all November 2024 with ECEM Ballet. 30 young participants are still taking part in the Erasmus+ project and, after several “in-presence” dance-based interventions lessons, we are all seeing the positive results of classroom activities in terms of individual and social awareness. Youngsters discovered also to move rhythmically with group consciousness and to be one. What could be a more creative force than being able to intervene in life with dance? 🎊🤩🧐🎯

November YOU-DANCE online regular meeting was held today!

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Today, Friday 8th November a new monthly online meeting took place for the YOU-DANCE project partners. Representatives and experts from Borderline Danza (Italy), Ipazia Production (Romania), and Ecem Bale ve Dans Okulu (Türkiye) met online to update the status of the project activities and implementation, respecting the project’s Action Plan and GANTT.
We have checked documents, deliverables and we have monitored the progress and the good evolution of national activities in each partner country.
We started with a review of project management (A1) and administrative issues, discussing the last versions of timesheets, contracts, expenses and proofs of spending. We also focused on communication & dissemination issues, focused in this period especially on national A3 activities. While we still wait for the final report on A2 activities, for Activity 3 each partner presented their progress and next calendar on “in-class” dance activities, which are “in progress” and will end in November in each partner country.

Sharing emotions during You-Dance class A3 activities held in Italy!

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You-Dance activities continue in Italy with the project coordinator “BorderlineDanza”. Numerous participants are taking part in the Erasmus project, more than 50 are those who compose the target group in Italy. We are working with different groups and with each one of them we are experiencing the beauty of this inclusive project: in fact, during the “in-class” activities the participants always find a space to talk with others about themselves and their emotions, always creating a deep and generative atmosphere!
Borderline Danza, for the proper implementation of the You-Dance’s project activities, has started to administer the “intermediate questionnaires” to the participants of the “in-class” sessions organized as Activity 3. The questionnaires represent a way for the young participants to reflect on their daily life and their well-being, but at the same time they are useful for the You-Dance researchers to verify and be aware of the impact that this Erasmus project has on the young people who take part in it.
You-Dance, through the activities that Borderline Danza is carrying out in Italy, is meeting so many young people who join and participate to the project. The common element that the dance educators have noticed is selected youngsters’ SMILE: each “in-class” meeting (as part of project activity nr 3) is characterized by a healthy, fun and light exchange between all participants. The “You-Dance” project, through the proposed activities, always finds a way to entertain both the participants and the dance educators who are following them, creating a positive climate for the well-being of all!

“In-class” dance lessons (Activity 3) started also in Türkiye!

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✨ “In-class” dance lessons (Activity 3) started also in Türkiye!💃

Dance-based interventions activities, organized by ECEM Ballet, started also in #Eregli for “You-Dance” project Activity nr.3.
The first A3 meeting with the selected local youngsters was held on Friday, October 25th at 18:00. More than 30 young people has participated and were engaged in a variety of activities designed to enhance their physical and emotional well-being through dance. 🎶

ECEM Ballet was very glad to host in their headquarter local young people between the ages of 16 and 20, who said – after the experience of the first dance lesson – that they really enjoyed, they were satisfied to be part of this initiative and told they are just looking forward to come back to the next class dance lesson at ECEM Ballet’s dance school. Activities 3 will continue also in Eregli (in the county of Zonguldak), thanks to the professional organization of ECEM Ballet School.

Please find attached a short video of this first A3 dance lesson. Stay tuned for more! 🎊🧐 🎯

 

The weekly activities in the dance classes with youngsters continue in Bucharest!

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📌📣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! 🤩🧐🎯

Other promotional activities and meetings with target group in Türkiye

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During the week 20-28.07.2024, in Türkiye, ECEM Ballet worked on some local promotional activities with youngsters with the age of 16 – 20 years old. In #Eregli, ECEM staff worked for hours, meeting youngsters in their social environments, and conveyed information about the “Activity 2” survey and on the project in general (delivering project’s brochures and leaflets in Turkish)
In addition, ECEM Ballet’s staff continued to work on the A2 survey since 1-2-3 August, when they have continued a series of meetings with young people aged 16-20 years old. ECEM continued with pleasure on their promotional actions with the excitement they get from youngsters. In addition, on September 18.09.2024, ECEM met youngsters in schools and invited them to participate in the A2 survey as target group of the project, encouraging them to have an active role in the project implementation.

The 2nd “You-Dance” TPM has been organized in Turkey!

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On the 26th and 27th August 2024, the 2nd TPM Meeting for the “You-Dance” Erasmus Project took place in Karadeniz Ereğli, in Turkey. This 2 days TPM important meeting was hosted by ECEM Ballet School.

During the meeting, the Romanian, Italian and Turkish partners (Ipazia Production Srl, Borderline Danza and ECEM Ballet School) aligned their actions and plans, and provided updates on their actions implemented and on their respective contributions to the project. The project’s activities discussed were the Project Management (A1), the Research and Development Training tools (A2), the Dance-based intervention, Data collection and Material production (A3) and the Dissemination & Campaign dedicated to youngsters from risk areas, to migrants and to refugees (A4).

About the phase of the Project Management (A1), contracts, timesheets and invoices for expenditures from each national partner budget were analyzed in details, a regular check has been carried out and the quality assurance plan was regularly updated. It was important to check how each partner is properly spending their budget, according to their implemented tasks until now. Regarding the financial and administrative aspects, procedures and documents were verified in their implementation so that everything is in order and in line with the project GANTT.

On the Research and Development Training Tools phase (A2), nationals’ surveys collection and final updates for the final report were reviewed. Methods and deadlines for producing tutorials and collecting testimonials and interviews were established. The further translation of the 90 surveys produced in each partner country from the national into English language was planned (so that Borderline Danza can prepare a dedicated report), and the current composition of the national target groups was analyzed by each partner organization according to their national situation. The appropriate timing for starting “in-person” activities was discussed, along with the potential involvement of other Non-Governmental Organizations, institutions, or migrant Civil Society Organization players active at the local level in each partner country.

For the Dance-based interventions, data collection and material production (A3) phase, the focus was on the structure of the dance-based lessons in each partner country, including timing, length, teacher profile, and the type of locations where the courses can be organized. A new version of the A3 “Vademecum” will be sent to all partners and some video tutorials will be prepared and sent to all for better understanding how to structure each lesson and the exercises to be proposed to youngsters in each class.

For the last phase, the Dissemination & Campaign dedicated to youngsters from risk areas and to Refugees (A4), the actions included the social media promotion, updating the international project’s website with new articles (required to all partners) and branding the project for local community and stakeholders. New posts and articles were planned in project’s editorial calendar, and the status of the social media pages and the international project website was reviewed.

For the general organization of the project and next month’s planning, it should be pointed out that:

  • the project’s general GANTT was updated considering the actual situation of the implementation of the actions in each country. The “shared open excel file”, available on the common Google Drive, was modified;
  • the Project Management plan and Editorial calendar were update for all the partners;
  • all the marketing material produced and disseminated for the YOU DANCE project was verified. This English material has been translated also in Italian, Romanian, Turkish, Arabic and Ukrainian language;
  • the communications actions carried out in each partner country until now were reviewed, with a focus on need of proofs (screenshots, photos) for the next reporting phase.

Project’s information and communication campaign in Romania by Ipazia Production

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Over the last days, Ipazia Production’s team (based in Bucharest, in Romania) kicked off a wide promotion campaign to reach the young public, focusing on Romanian targets group to share at local level the idea, the objectives and next actions of the “You Dance” project and get the word out. For three days, Ipazia’s staff visited various neighbourhoods of the capital Bucharest, bringing official project’s flyers and brochures, engaging with Romanian young people, migrants and young refugees.
Ipazia has opened a “You Dance” Desk in front of the General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI Bucharest), where local staff had the opportunity to talk to people from numerous origins and nationalities about the main project’s initiatives. Romanian staff also had the chance to meet people in front of local libraries, parks and malls in the capital. As information and promotional campaign, Ipazia had the aim and the target to reach the greatest variety of young people (locals or strangers).
The overall response to the “You-Dance” project was very positive and it got all of us excited about its potentials. As local staff and organizers, as Ipazia we were proud to highlight how, as a tool for social inclusion, this dance project is a unique opportunity to try something new, meet people, be empathic, feel accepted and embraced – and most of all, while dancing and learning new moves!
Ipazia looks forward to reaching more young people and getting “You-Dance” project started also with dance-based interventions in person, in class with youngsters (Activity 3). For this reason, in Romania, Ipazia Production will continue to communicate project results and new initiatives to a large group of people, inviting them to complete the A2 surveys and to join our next class dance sessions (A3), which will start in half September – beginning of October 2024.