DIVERSE UNION FOR INCLUSIVE DANCE Erasmus Project

Project Title

DIVERSE UNION FOR INCLUSIVE DANCE

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Partnerships for Creativity

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Disabilities – special needs; Open and distance learning

Project Summary

The mission of inclusive dance is to remove barriers and connect people with and without disabilities through movement. Inclusive dance pursues a social transformation as a response to difficulties, not only of inclusion of young people and people with disabilities (physical, sensory and / or intellectual), but also as a response to emotional, social, communication, and social difficulties. acceptance and even health in the day-to-day life of people (aggravated in some cases in the pandemic situation of greater isolation that we are experiencing).

In addition, at this time of cultural crisis, this project aims to disseminate various inclusive dance techniques and their importance at a European level. Dance has important benefits at a general level and for this reason, we consider it of great importance to promote inclusive dance and the importance of it as beneficial and as a European cultural transmission. Due to the current situation, culture and artistic activities have been quite affected, in addition to the limitations for security reasons, a greater “fear” has been generated due to still social that has been generated. That is why, based on A philosophy of knowledge exchange, innovation and improvement, UDDI hopes to promote the open exchange of knowledge and experiences with workshops led by youth workers and participants in different countries. These in turn will then participate in other workshops in the final meeting. This will be a meeting of people who are dedicated and / or participate in inclusive dance. It is a meeting of participatory dance workshops where young people and people interested in inclusive dance will come to learn from different international “experts.” The intention of this project will be to gather and share new dance ideas and techniques, offer open discussions, discover and cultivate changes in the world of dance and disability and expose inclusive dance as an important trend in artistic and everyday life.

The objective of developing this project at an international level is to promote and make inclusive and accessible dance visible with specific training programs, exchange of methodologies, audio description of dance, research with new technologies in creation processes, social intervention work to through dance and creation of video-dance shorts with participatory video and dance methodologies thanks to the specific knowledge of each of the partners.

The objectives of the project are:
• Involve organizations and staff in the field of youth and non-formal education with the culture and creation sector in order, through the collaboration of entities and European cooperation, to contribute to social inclusion through art and culture.
• Reinforce creativity, quality, innovation and recognition of work in the field of youth to publicize the importance of the artistic sector and creativity as a tool for improvement in various areas for work with young people and adults.
• Encourage citizenship and European collaboration by applying a creative and artistic approach so that we grow and join forces through dance and music as a means of union and global communication without borders.
• Help promote the cultural sector and creativity after the crisis caused by the pandemic.

The direct target group that it addresses is two workers in the field of non-formal education per entity who carry out activities with young people with and without disabilities. On the other, directly and indirectly, we will also work with young people with and without disabilities (approximately 6, at least, per country) in the acquisition of learning tools and resources that promote inclusion, creativity and culture. At least 40 participants and 12 in the training will participate in the activities of the multiplier event.

Regarding the methodology of the project, it will be based on the analysis, practice and dissemination of the activities that will be developed in 15 months, distributed in the following phases: Planning and analysis, practice and design, implementation and dissemination.

In search of greater enrichment, the development of the project and its dissemination will be open. It is a project open to all dancers – professionals and amateurs -, choreographers, and, mainly, teachers with and without disabilities. The final event will be composed of mutual exchange workshops open to new participants (following COVID prevention regulations). In this case, the teachers will also be the students; accepting proposals for workshops of different dance techniques

The results that have been set are the achievement of the objectives to promote and make inclusive and accessible dance visible with specific training programs, exchange of methodologies, and innovative techniques.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 52454 Eur

Project Coordinator

Federación de Asociaciones de Personas con Discapacidad ORETANIA C.REAL & Country: ES

Project Partners

• ASBL Décalage
• Society in Progress
• ODV Inclusion Go ETS