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​EXCHANGING BEST PRACTICE IN DANCE FOR YOUTH

Over two years, five different organisations from different countries within Europe will collaborate to share, learn, and explore best practices in working in dance with diverse groups of young people. In a constant exchange, the partners will generate new methodologies, learn innovative techniques and develop fresh approaches which will be shared with dance artists in each partner country and will be reflected and developed further with groups of young people.

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conchances is a partnership between Fokus Tanz, München (DE), Curious Seed, Edinburgh (UK), Les Schini's, Bordeaux (FR), ArtMan/AppArt, Budapest (HU) and De Dansers/contweedancecollective, Utrecht (NL), each organisation bringing distinct expertise and experience in developing dance work with, and for, young people. The aim of the project is to sustainably strengthen the potential of these young people, build confidence and inspire individual and collective creativity. The project aims to promote education, understanding and networking between the partner organisations within the context of an Erasmus+ funded project.

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conchances / Erasmus+ | www.fokustanz.de

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​EXCHANGING BEST PRACTICE IN DANCE FOR YOUTH Over two years, five different organisations from different countries within Europe will collaborate to share, learn, and explore best practices in working in dance with diverse groups of young people.

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https://padlet.com/andreamarton/7s3kny3vbfifwmlj

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- Budapest: connecting the partners to hostels/hotel...
- progarmm for November

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- Particia will inform us soon about the dates in spring

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- checking the vitas on the Weblink from Fokus Tanz
- preparing the video-project

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Summary to Zoom Meeting on 24th of Februar

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Edinburgh

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https://onopordum.hu/portfolio-item/conchances-budapest/

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EXCHANGING BEST PRACTICE IN DANCE FOR YOUTH

Over two years, five different organizations from different countries within Europe will collaborate to share, learn, and explore best practices in working in dance with diverse groups of young people. In a constant exchange, the partners will generate discussion around the principles and the practice of the work, learn innovative techniques from each other, and develop fresh approaches which will be shared with dance artists in each partner country and will be reflected and developed further with groups of young people.

​Conchances is a partnership between , München (DE), Curious Seed, Edinburgh (UK), Les Schini's, Bordeaux (FR), &, Budapest (HU) and De Dansers/contweedancecollective, Utrecht (NL), each organization bringing distinct expertise and experience in developing dance work with, and for, young people. The aim of the project is to sustainably strengthen the potential of these young people, build confidence and inspire individual and collective creativity. The project aims to promote education, understanding and networking between the partner organizations within the context of an Erasmus+ funded project.

PROGRAM OF THE BUDAPEST MEETING
THURSDAY - 18.11.2021 || WORKSHOP DAY Venue: Trafó Stúdió, Budapest, Liliom u. 41.
WORKSHOPS

10:00-11:30 _ shared practice of SVUNG group

11:45-13:15 _ REsharing stories - workshop with Viola KALLÓS; based on experiences of Theater Na de Dam || Személyes történelem project

15:00-16:30 _ Acoustic delusion - workshop based on the principles of the dance piece

16:30-17:00 _ closing circle of the day

CULTURAL PROGRAM

20:00-21:00: Acoustic delusion, dance piece by Andrea MÉSZÖLY, Juli DOBAY, Tamás BARKÓ
Venue: MáSzínház, Budapest, Bakáts tér 3. FRIDAY - 19.11.2021 || WORKSHOP DAY
closed event for participants of CONCHANCES program, provided by Curious Seed (UK)
SATURDAY - 20.11.2021 || CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP
CONFERENCE
Venue for the conference: National Dance Theatre Budapest, Millenáris park
10:00-13:00 _ precentations of projects, methods and experiences

NIBIRU project - Zsófia Tamara VADAS and other artists (H)

DOOL one day fun day! project - Juli DOBAY, ArtMan (H)

Principles of the work in MáSzínház; Apák fiai projekt - Gábor Csaba MÁRTON, MáSzínház (H)

The MAKE project - Curious Seed (UK)

DTIE - Dance Theater In Education; projects and practice in Hungary - Attila KUN (H)

INKLUSIVE WORKSHOPS
Venue for the afternoon workshops: Grabó 200 - Workshop Foundation in Jurányi House
14:30-16:00 _ inclusive workshop with Artmenők Program (Artman Association) by Andrea MÉSZÖLY, Bernadett JOBBÁGY

16:20-17:50 _ inclusive workshop with Gábor Csaba MÁRTON, MáSzínház

17:50-18:20 _ closing circle of the day

CULTURAL PROGRAM

19:30-21:30 Zuhanás sokkja | The shock of the fall, theatre piece by MáSzínház; dir.: Henrietta KOVÁCS

Venue: MáSzínház, Budapest, Bakáts tér 3.
SUNDAY - 21.11.2021 || COORDINATORS' MEETING
closed event for participants of CONCHANCES program

PRACTICAL INFORMATIONS

The public workshops and conference program are FREE of charge, but requires registration. You can register via this online form >>> HERE

For the theatre program, you can buy tickets >>> HERE
WORKSHOPS and ARTISTS
SVUNG is an ever-changing cluster of dancers, dance pedagogues, and applied theatre experts who conduct artistic research. Members of SVUNG have a belief in bodily sensations and in shifting from one's dominant sense to another. SVUNG designs workshops, pre-performance warm-ups for the audience, participatory events and installations as well. In these events, participants explore the surrounding landscape and soundscape, furthermore the common bodyscape and relationscapes, and they also delve into the idea that the unpleasant is the premise of individual/social change. As a current interest, SVUNG focuses on eco-somatics and thus recently held a performative vigil in an abandoned, forest re-inhabited cemetery of Budapest.

Facebook: facebook.com/svungresearch
email: svungresearch@gmail.com

Viola KALLÓS is a community theater specialist, drama teacher and art teacher. She works in Budapest with applied theater methods (drama pedagogy, forum theater, theater education, playback theater, improvisation theater). She holds theater and art pedagogy sessions for adults and high school youth primarily for community development and self-knowledge purposes. She is the program manager and director of the Theater na de Dam - Personal History Budapest.

http://www.szemelyes-tortenelem.eu
https://www.facebook.com/szemelyes.tortenelem.budapest

Akusztikus csalódás || Acoustic delusion (dance piece and workshop)
""Encounters. I think everyone has some hobby, one or more. Mine is encounters with people. Usually I have many opportunities, especially when I am on my way somewhere. When ever I spend a shorter or longer period with them, what they say may or may not make an impact on me or pass by my ears. Most often they have an effect on me." " (Tamás Barkó, blind performer)
The workshop is held by the creators of the performance, entitled Acoustic delusion. The artists share their experiences from the creating period in an inclusive facilitating way. The topic is the lack of visual sensation. In the 90 minutes workshop we can experience our authentic movement through the acoustic and kinesthetic sensational forms and we can connect with each other in the common space. Creative performers: Tamás BARKÓ, Júlia DOBAY, Andrea MÉSZÖLY
More information: http://artman.hu/acoustic-delusion/

NIBIRU: the project is an interdisciplinary creative process that is based on presumptions and visions and that draws conclusions about the future of mankind and the Earth, starting from the tale about Nibiru, the tenth planet of the solar system, which when crashing into Earth will end the forms of life as we know them now. The performance explores what else could happen on Earth after this. The artists ( Tamara Zsófia Vadas, choreographer, performer and dance pedagogy, Ábris Gryllus, media designer, musician, Márton Emil Tóth, visual artist, Anna Zsigó, dramaturgie and Viktória Varga, dance pedagogy) are working with children aged 10-18 on a project that will be presented by children. The process has been a collective experiment based on the transitions through art genres and cross-generational knowledge transfer.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/322814320

DOOL: the school program of ArtMan Association, with inclusive co-leadership; developed in partnership of 5 European NGOs, within an Erasmus program.Strengthening and developing artistic mixed-ability strategies for schools in Austria and Europe.
Dance Out Of Line!
See more: https://dool.spletodrom.si/
Presenter of the project: Juli DOBAY, artist teacher of the Hungarian DOOL team

MAKEworkshops are based on a model that has been developed from Christine's research project of the same name which focused on the question: how do young people respond creatively when they are given the opportunity to make choices as the choreographer/maker with professional dancers as their 'raw material' to work with? The aims of Curious Seed's MAKE are to explore switching round the more 'traditional and expected roles of the expert adults and the inexperienced young people in a workshop situation; and to collaborate creatively and equally with young people, engaging them directly with our creative practices.
Activities for kids by Curious Seed: https://www.curious-seed.com/curious

Artmenők workshop: http://artman.hu/hamarosan-kezdunk-artmenok/
Artmenők is the performing art program by ArtMan Association, for teenagers and young adults with any kinds of abilities. The association runs two mixed-ability groups under this program on the weekly base, with the aim to facilitate performance skills and co-creation with the participants.

Group sessions by MáSzínház (AppArt Association): https://mas-zinhaz.hu/csoportfoglalkozasok

photos by Domenica Ewald; Work & Meet, München, 2021

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The project is supported by the European Union Erasmus+ / Youth in Action program, with the aim of exchange good practices in Europe.

COVID policy and rules

Public events can only be attended with a vaccination card or a negative PCR-test not older than 72 hours.

According to the latest rules, in the community spaces of Workshop Foundation (corridors, dressing rooms, toilets) it is obligatory to wear a mask covering your nose and mouth, in every other indoor public space we recommend you to do so.

We clean the venues with maximum care, and provide hand sanitizer and hand washing facilities in each place.

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CONCHANCES _ Budapest Meeting - Onopordum performance

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EXCHANGING BEST PRACTICE IN DANCE FOR YOUTH Over two years, five different organizations from different countries within Europe will collaborate to share, learn, and explore best practices in working in dance with diverse groups of young people.

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PROGRAM Budapest _ timetable for conchances teams

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PROGRAM Budapest _ timetable for conchances teams

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notes from Laura from coordinatormeeting 19th of Nov.

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notes from Laura from coordinatormeeting 19th of Nov.

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Summary to Zoom Meeting on 24th of Februar

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socially and culturally disadvantaged

adolescents, refugees and non-refugees, second- and third-generation migrants, physically or

emotionally disabled people, or people living in segregated parts in the cities of the project partners.

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- weekly
- hours/days WS
- intens
- in presence
- digital
- hybrid
- public space
- studio

creation of the movement material for film and live performances, generating material for the photo-,video- and text exhibition, participation in online classes and workshops, participating in online presentation, live presentation of the projects’ outcomes

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- WS (process)
- presentation (intern, open public)
live/stream
- Video
- photo
- Text
- Audio-Dance/Walk

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how to reach young diverse kids with different backrounds
ways of invitation and announcement...different analogue and digital channels/socialmedia...

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(Targets from our application)

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build capacity and to improve the quality of youth work

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build capacity and to improve the quality of youth work

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"technic" what does this mean in different contexts

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"technic" what does this mean in different contexts

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young people can benefit from these new methods and learn more about the european project

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young people can benefit from these new methods and learn more about the european project

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awareness for body, group, space,...
impro/games

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technic /what means technic in which context....

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technic /what means technic in which context....

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diffrent settings

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Frames of cooperation in context with the artistic process

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Frames of cooperation in context with the artistic process

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co-creation
hirachy
democratic methods
each one teach one
stop teaching
networking across institutions
teamworking with collegues

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tools of "shaping"

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- Games for skills and games without an articulated purpose
- What makes the difference between game and task? Technique of attention, technique of communication?
- scores
- childrengames/ rules translated to dance
- ....

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where are the sources for ideas and frames

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where are the sources for ideas and frames

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brainstorming from Budapest...to think about!

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brainstorming from Budapest...to think about!

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Do you have some tips to implicate children who are not in focus? The magic of making. Bringing a group together for the first time…in a real space. What can happen? How do we communicate? How to empower insecurities of young people? Why are you doing this? to be free Who is in charge? How do we share, collaborate, listen, be together? > It is easier or more comfortable role to lead or to be led? What does leading/following mean in a process of making? How you frame a material of process to be shared anyhow? What if the young are not motivated? Does collective making feel more safe? > Or is it difficult to hear everyone’s voices (equally)? Would you rather discover something new than to please? are you trying to please? Whom do you want to please? New ways, new dreams. What I want, what I need? I want to be with people, close to people. What is your authentic pose, rhythm now? Can you make things you don’t like? > YES Do you need to speak the language to understand? Are you the child or do you imagine a child? For whom? What do you do with shame? Your ego? Power dynamic. How do we recognize them? How do we challenge them?

What to society had from you? How do you discover without words? What is a smooth sift? What to emphasize more when working with children instead of adults? What changed? How is the high-schooler changed into the adult? The relation between listening, deciding, creating? Glad for ease in change and shifting plans. It feels like a practice. How to make choices in artistic process? - from the idea to the “form” What do you need to do ANYTHING Stop leading! How to find ways of co-creation and participation? The role of music in terms of generating “material” How it’s possible to accept different perspective in one proposition?

Impulse stimulation Other options to draw a dance > singing a dance, > feeling a dance, > talking a dance The chance to switch the role of teaching practice practice p What is it that continues on? In what can I see my personality? Joy of communication of deciding together forms dynamics quality? Imagination opens while changing modalities of expression! The importance of being seen!!! Learn to let go What do you need from today? Enjoy the process and not think about the end Found the new energies to be free combining speech/anything with movement ease of creation in cocreation pleasure everyone in the same importance without definition of roles. Same balance all together Do you play with “no”?

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‘Try to descend to the feet from the head. Have an honest conversation with them’ (led by Holly) > shift to the elbows.

Partners – one director, one material: what body part is working > telling what to do e.g. ‘happy head, ticklish knees’ Then the instructions can overlap. Switching the roles over.

One caller/seer/director on top of a chair speaking (to a microphone): emotions and body parts + pause, rewind, fast forward > for group choreography. ‘Aggressive pelvis, but calm feet. Stop.’ Director can also show the moves if they are unclear. ‘Everybody in white T-shirt needs to dance on the ground. Excited belly buttons.’

How do you as a mover interpret it?

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question about:
- my role as a "teacher"/selfreflectation
- my attitude to the indiviual personalities and possibilities
- my personal way of generating material and ideas
- the different possibilities of my group
- my values
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- co-teaching
- coaching
- workshops/trainings/exchanging with collegues
- regularly/ sometimes/obligatory
- how is it funded
...each one teach one... systems of collaboration and co-working

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how to use language in dance-projects WS Munich:Gitta Barthel/Hamburg

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how to use language in dance-projects WS Munich:Gitta Barthel/Hamburg

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difference between
- invitation
- instruction directly
- abstract structuring
- metaphorically...

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the political dimension of dance-projects

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the political dimension of dance-projects

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how do we raise awareness through dance for political and socially relevant issues

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special thoughts about working in mixed-abled contexts and with refugees

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special thoughts about working in mixed-abled contexts and with refugees

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special needs.. rules... knowledge...

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expected as a result according to our application

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expected as a result according to our application

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1. the methods and strategies will be summarized in a catalogue.
2. the focus is on international practical learning, on sharing different experiences and expertises at eye-level between the participants
3. there are no standard participatory methods that can be directly translated into the work with a heterogeneous group
of young people in contemporary dance.
to bring together the

discussed and advanced practical methods and strategies,