Empowering Dance - Developing Soft Skills is a European project cofounded by Erasmus+ in the strand of good practice exchange. This good practice exchange includes an action research on five case studies assembled by five partner organisations from Italy, Germany, France, Croatia and The Netherlands. The research revolves around the question if and how the practice of contemporary dance within our own organizations and practices helps people of all ages to acquire and develop soft skills.
According to The World Economic Forum - Future of Jobs report (2016), soft skills are personal attributes that can affect relationships, communication and interaction with others. Complex problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, intercultural skills and teamwork are regarded as the most important skills required in our contemporary society and in the workplace of the future.
Knowledge that is specific to dance is often implied or “silent” knowledge, operating in the background and rarely named (in detail) for its unique impact and potential in diverse settings. Empowering Dance - Developing Soft Skills has identified, collected and articulated the implicit skills developed through dance practice by focusing on five examples of contemporary dance practices involving a community of non-professionals.
These five best practice case studies do not provide an analysis of the whole dance sector, but focus on contemporary dance practices led by artists who are specifically interested in building relations and are experienced with working with non-professionals. The practices vary in being an ongoing activity (weekly classes), a project based activity (for a certain amount of time) and an artistic led activity that has an outcome at the end (performance). All dance practices are mainly task and/or improvisation based.
The staff of the five European dance houses, a research expert from Bassano del Grappa, seven dance practitioners with their diverse practices, including focus groups of participants from their local communities, are involved in the project.
In all five case studies, evidence is found that these specific contemporary dance practices indeed support the participants to develop personal and interpersonal skills and that continuous contemporary dance practice helps people deal with change, build resilience, gain confidence and develop healthy interpersonal relationships.
We understand how to deal with differences, is one of many quotes you will find in the Findings section and refers to inclusion. I feel more confident, now that I see everybody taking risks, I want to do it as well, refers to risk taking and risk management, and When we dance together, the power of the group appears refers to cooperation and team work.
These are a small number of quotes from participants of the case studies. You are warmly invited to dive into the journey, the analysis and findings of the project as they open up ways to broaden contemporary dance practices and find ways to transfer knowledge onto other sectors.
This project involves five partners from across Europe:
Centro per la Scena Contemporanea, Bassano Del Grappa;
La Briqueterie - CDC du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine;
K3 – Zentrum für Choreopraphie | Tanzplan, Hamburg;
Dansateliers, Rotterdam;
Hrvatski institut za pokret i ples, Zagreb
and will run 2018 – 2020
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Empowering Dance - The Soft Skills Teaching and Learning Approach
Knowledge that is specific to dance is often implied or “silent” knowledge, operating in the background and rarely named in detail for its unique impact and potential in diverse settings. Empowering Dance – The Soft Skills Teaching and Learning Approach builds on the experiences of earlier projects (Communicating Dance and Empowering Dance – Developing Soft Skills). The new project continues to delve deeper into identifying, collecting, analyzing and articulating the implicit skills developed through dance practice by focusing on examples of select contemporary dance practices involving a community of non-professionals. The project began in December 2020 and will continue over a period of 2 and a half years until May 2023.
The findings of this project will be published in a digital handbook to assist dance practitioners to identify and communicate the soft skills they use and generate in their respective practices with non-professional dance communities. The research investigates how soft skills can be developed and transferred, as well as positively impact the confidence of those engaging with dance practice. The publication of the digital handbook is scheduled for Autumn 2022. Multiplier events will then be held in all partner cities through spring 2023.
This project involves seven partners from across Europe:
CSC - Centro per la Scena Contemporanea (Bassano del Grappa, Italy)
Dansateliers (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
HIPP - Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance (Zagreb, Croatia)
K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg / Kampnagel (Germany)
La Briqueterie CDCN (Val-de-Marne, France)
University of Roehampton (London, UK)
University of Zagreb, Academy of Fine Arts (Croatia)
and will run 2020 – 2023.
The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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Beyond Front@ Bridging Periphery (2023-2026) međunarodni je projekt sufinanciran kroz EU program: Creative Europe Culture Programme. Cilj je projekta da osnaži suvremenu plesnu scenu unutar srednjoeuropske regije kroz povezivanje i potporu umjetnicima i organizacijama u području suvremenog plesnog izraza: plesni djelatnici, umjetnici, menadžeri, festivali te institucije i organizacije. Tri su glavna područja kojima se projekt bavi: razvoj suradničkih strategija, jačanje organizacijskih kapaciteta te razvoj održivih kulturnih produkcija u regiji. Projektni prioriteti us: edukacija, pojačana sinergija te povećana vidljivost regionalnih aktera.
Trenutna pozicija suvremenog plesa unutar srednjoeuropskog prostora ukazuje na potrebu za povećanom potporom. Uslijed slabe vidljivosti i prepoznatljivost sektora, publika za suvremeni ples je ograničena te je i utjecaj marginalan u odnosu na potencijal koji ova umjetnosti nosi. Stoga je važno da se ustraje u razvijanju i jačanju alatki i resursa koji će podupirati nastojanja onih koji su aktivni u razvijanju suvremene plesne umjetnosti. Da bi se osigurala održivost struke i umjetničke discipline, umjetnici moraju moći ostvariti mogućnost da šire područje djelovanja, ne samo konceptualni i formalno, već preko granica i kroz integraciju sa širim tržištem.
Nastavaljajući se na rezultate i prakse ranijeg projekta, novo izdanje Beyond Front@ fokusira se na mijenjanje periferne situiranosti plesnog sektora srednjo-europskog prostora kroz širenje partnerstva. Trogodišnji projekt ostvaruje suradnju organizacija iz 6 zemalja: Švedska, Poljska, Rumunjska, Hrvatska, Slovenija, Mađarska. Svi su partneri posvećeni razvijanju svojih lokalnih i nacionalnih plesnih produkcija te iznalaženju rješenja kako bi svladali postojeće barijere a kroz uzajamnu suradnju.
Projektni period: 2023 - 2026
Partneri u projektu:
Central Europe Dance Theatre (HU)
Hrvatski institut za pokret i ples (HR)
Stowarzyszenie Krakowski Teatr Tanca (PL)
Asociatia Culturala si de Tineret Moira (RO)
Bunker, zavod za organizacijo in izvedbo kulturnih prireditev (SI)
Vitlycke – Centre For Performing Arts Ekonomisk Förening (SE)
Projekt je sufinanciran sredstvima EU kroz program Kreativna Europa, Ureda za udruge Vlade Republike Hrvatske, Ministarstva kulture i medija, Grada Zagreba i Zaklade Kultura nova.
Stajališta izražena u ovom projektu isključiva su odgovornost Hrvatskog instituta za pokret i ples i ne odražavaju nužno stajalište Ureda za udruge Vlade Republike Hrvatske.
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Moving Balkans Platforma suvremenog plesa je nova suradnička platforma sa ciljem da poveže plesne organizacije koje djeluju na Balkanu. Cilj je ove platform da se uzdigne pozicija suvremenog ples unutar regije te time pojača integracija unutar šireg europskog konteksta. Kroz regionalnu suradničku mrežu, festivale, prezentacije, povećane mobilnosti umjetnika i produkcija, radionice, koprodukcije i povećanje kapaciteta , projekt nastoji potaknuti profesionalne plesne aktera da osnaže percepciju dinamične suvremene plesne scene na Balkanu.
Projektni period: 2024. - 2027.
Partneri u projektu:
Art Link Foundation (BG)
SKCNS (RS)
Kino Šiška (SI)
Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia (SI)
EN-KNAP Productions (SI)
Croatian Cultural Center Rijeka (HR)
Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance (HR)
Interart Culture Center (MK)
The National Center for Dance Bucharest (RO)
DAN.C.CE UNITIVA (GR)
Albania Dance Meeting (AL)
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Prostor Zagrebačkog plesnog centra (ZPC) u Ilici 10 sedam je godina bio mjesto susreta i djelovanja brojnih umjetnika, kreativaca, radnika u plesu, plesnih udruga, nezavisnih kolektiva i pojedinaca.
Hrvatski institut za pokret i ples je od otvorenja ZPC-a 2009., sve do listopada 2016. godine (kada je prostor vraćen Gradu Zagrebu), provodio i planirao programe i aktivnosti djelomično financirane od samog Gradskog ureda za obrazovanje, kulturu i sport, te uz projekte potpomognute iz fondova EU i samofinanciranje.
U tih sedam godina izvedeno je ukupno: 587 predstava, realizirano 65 rezidencija, potpomognuto 245 umjetnika i ostvareno 10 EU projekata.
2015. HIPP temeljem vođenja ZPC-a i postignutih rezultata postaje članom European Dance House Network / EDN.