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Let's Dance!

2019-2-FR02-KA105-0162952019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: FR|LT|BG|PL|TR · Grant: €24,072
Creativity and cultureYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Objectives

"Let’s Dance!" is a ground-breaking international youth exchange, which will take place in Yutz, France and work on intercultural learning of young people through dancing. This project will bring together 40 young people from France, Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Turkey – all united by one wish to live through a great intercultural experience, using the tool of dance as the main way of exchange. Through dancing, one can perfectly show the emotions and it is a perfect way of self-expression. Dancing is a type of non-verbal communication and is using body language, which is really helpful for quick incorporating into the group, despite the language skills of the participants. This youth exchange is aimed to use the dance as a tool to lead young people through the exciting intercultural experience. During the planned workshops, organized by youth leaders, an experienced choreographer and with the help of young people themselves, the participants will get basic knowledge of existing dance styles, history of dance, similarities and differences in folk dances. Young people will be able to compare the typical dances of their countries, practicing them, as well as various styles, and all that will result in one dance performance that will be shown in a form of a flash mob to the public. Participants will prepare a video with the presentation of this project that will be served as a dissemination tool afterwards. The key aspect that will go as a red line throughout the project will be a "European Move" that young people will think of themselves, and the idea is to spread it and to make go viral through the Internet (similar to the example of the video "Where the hell is Matt?" that used to be highly popular). Young people will spread through this the message of European values and its notion of all different and equal. The project will develop the creativity, the innovation and the expression of young people as well as it will allow to discover and to investigate the similarities and the differences between the cultures and through that will help to contribute to the fight against the prejudices and the stereotypes

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