INNER DANCE
Youth exchange: Body, Self Awareness and European Identity
Trailer Youth Exchange INNER DANCE, July 2017, Caravaca de la Cruz
WHAT?
The participants have enjoyed different approaches for body work, dance and theatre and at the end of the youth exchange they will create a performance together that will be performed in the town of Caravaca, Murcia and Aguilas in three public events.
WHAT FOR?
The aim of this youth exchange was:
To promote dance, body expression and self awareness as a way to develop our understanding about what is to be european.
Our specific objectives were:
- To create a safe space for exchange, mutual learning, and intercultural interaction among young people through artistic approaches and non formal education activities.
- To raise awareness of young people about the healthy benefits of conscious movement, and choreographic theatre.
- To develop young people's knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding the current key events in Europe that shaped our European identity.
- To foster young people creativity and spontaneity so that they find new ways for self expression.
- To explore and learn how to create dance or choreographic theatre plays to raise awareness among young people about European Union and European Identity.
NOTE: In this activity alcohol was not allowed, except in the free day.
FOR WHOM?
Target Group
Young people aged between 18 and 25 years old with high interest in body expression, theatre and personal development.
The partners of this project were from Armenia, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Slovenia and Ireland.
Approaches
Conscious Movement
The Conscious Movement Method suits all ages and physical states, each person learns to listen to their body and progresses to the extent of its possibilities, unhurried and with respect. It is intended that everyone can feel autonomous in their care, since the goal is to learn to feel and hear what the internal perception is telling us.
It is desirable that when learning this technique, Professor, indicate corrections required by each body, and that experience has a clinical eye that detects which places the organic flow of the body is sealed and so, step by step, will help students to get all the muscles involved in this decompensation go placing in the right place and with a tone, strength and proper function.
They will awaken all the dormant or weak areas, especially the deep muscles, which in traditional gymnastics is not taken into account. So you can go eliminating countless aches and muscle stiffness. It works for and not against the body: Do not force it or overtaxed. In this, this method is clearly different from other types of body work.
It is necessary to work from empathy and listening, this coupled with tools such as creativity and play, leads us to tailor communication to the situation is as subtle and effective time.
This method has been developed after the research and practice of various body work techniques plus years of teaching experience dedicated to adults and children, with whom I made a journey from body consciousness to creativity and expression.
Choreographic Theatre
Choreographic Theatre was developed by Enrique Pardo - it is the label that best reflects the complexity of his work - related to, but distinct, from contemporary currents like dance theatre, physical and corporal theatre, image theatre, non-narrative theatre, performance art, etc.
Enrique's proposals offer one of today's most demanding synthesis in the inclusion not only of movement, dance, music, voice and singing, but especially of spoken TEXT - which has been excluded by too many contemporary performers whose work has become excluvely visual and musical pageants.
Choreographic Theatre brings together text, voice and physical theatre. While based on exacting group-composition disciplines, it promotes personal expressivity - especially vocal. Previous dance experience is not essential, but one must be prepared to move, make moves and be moved.
Where
WHEN?
The youth exchange took place from the 24th of July to 2nd of August 2017.