DAnce and THEatre Network of youth workers for social inclusion

Background The project DAN.THE originated from the results obtained with the project "Dance acCEssibility and Inclusion - DAN.CE IN" carried out by the leader Iijshaamanka in 2018 under the measure SPORT - Small Collaborative Partnerships. The challenge of providing social inclusion opportunities for the disabled through inclusive dance practice had fully achieved its goal allowing the participants to experience meaningful experiences breaking down the barriers between disabled and normo-enabled, using the medium of movement and dance and allowing the creative and artistic act to take shape in bodies "perfect in their imperfection". The impact that this path had had had led the proposing associations to reflect on the importance of recognizing such paths and the professionals who conducted these processes. For this reason, the challenge that the partners had wanted to accept with the project DAN.THE was to create a network that would increase the skills of the professional figure of the theater / dance operator focused on social inclusion, providing them with the theoretical and practical bases to work with other methodologies and other target groups of young people. Objectives The DAN.THE project addressed the following specific objectives: O1. Increasing the organizational skills of the proposing associations in terms of the ability to act on ideas and opportunities and to transform them into opportunities for social inclusion, in programming and project management, and in the ability to cooperate transnationally. O2. Increasing the theoretical-practical knowledge, skills and abilities of the youth workers of the partner organizations in training, educational and artistic interventions aimed at social integration through pathways of physical theatre and inclusive and sensitive dance. O3. Increasing the growth and socialization opportunities of the specific target groups such as disabled (physical and mental), adolescents from fragile socio-economic contexts, migrants and disadvantaged young people living in peripheral neighbourhoods of metropolitan areas. O4. Communicating the project activities to local and national stakeholders, and disseminating the good practices identified to other similar organizations outside the partnership. Implementation During the DAN.THE Net project the following activities were carried out, divided by Actions: Action 1: Project Management A1.1 Project Coordination A1.2 Project Meetings A1.3 Financial Reporting A1.4 Technical Reporting A1.5 Monitoring and Evaluation Action 2: Exchange of Good Practices (P1) A2.1 Mobility of Youth Workers C1 - IT A2.2 Mobility of Youth Workers C2 - ES A2.3 Mobility of Youth Workers C3 - FR A2.4 Collection of Good Practices and Training Methodologies Proposed during the Mobility for Youth Workers Action 3 - "Realization of a Common Performance among the Young People of the Partner Organizations" A3.1 Networking Work for the Creation of a Show-Event Concept to be Realized in Italy A3.2 Work in Italy with Young People, Including Physically and Mentally Disabled Young People A3.3 Work in Spain with Young People, Including At-Risk Adolescents A3.4 Work in France with Young People, Including Migrant/Refugee/Asylum Seekers A3.5 Work in England with Young People, Including Physically Disabled and At-Risk Young People A3.6 Implementation of Mobility C4 - IT Action 4 - "Communication and Dissemination of Project Activities and Results" A4.1 Definition of the Project's Strategic Communication Plan with Common, National and Local Goals, Targets and Means A4.2 Creation of Video Pills during the Mobility of Youth Workers A4.3 Production of the Handbook of Good Practices Collected among the Partners A4.4 Creation of the Video of the Performance of the Involved Young People during the Mobility Achievements The DAN.THE project achieved the following Results: R1 Implementation of project activities in line with the quantitative and qualitative programming, with an increase of the project management and financial management skills of the participating organisations. R2 Increase of the skills of the young operators belonging to the participating organisations in the following sectors: inclusive theatre-dance of people with physical and mental disabilities (danceability), workshop work with at-risk adolescents, cultural activities (music, dance, theatre) with young migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, digital communication and promotion activities (web marketing, social media management, storytelling, etc.). R3 Involvement of at least 16 young people with fewer opportunities, from four different European countries, in an opportunity for socialisation and intercultural exchange, also promoting the construction of a public event for sensitising the local public to the themes of social inclusion. R4 Transfer of the good practices of social inclusion of young people exchanged during the project to the stakeholder network..