Move to Be Moved and Move Others

“Move to be Moved and Move Others” is a unique type of training that gives an opportunity for people that work with youth in non-formal settings to explore the power of kinesthetic or bodily learning tools in order to bring innovation to their youth work and be more effective in empowering the young people.

Movement and consciousness of bodily learning usually opens new "channels" and “connections” in learners, generating new feelings, thoughts and helping people to become more open, self-aware, spiritual, creative and to realize their full potential. Through body we project and receive a lot of information that can be useful for learning. Besides, activities that involve moving can attract young people that are not appealed by “traditional” NFL methods.

With this training we are discovering experiences and good practices from contemporary dance field and exploring how to apply it to work with young people. Contemporary dance is not only about art and creative expression, but it is first of all about being holistic (focusing on connection between mind, body, emotions and soul) and helping each person to find their OWN-authentic way of being and full potential and interacting with others through movement and dance.

Objectives

1. Practical part: Experiencing series of exercises with movement and contemporary dance, discovering own body opportunities, becoming more self-aware and developing creative way of expression and developing personal motivation to use kinesthetic learning approach.

2. Analyzing the experience: Becoming more aware about the power of kinesthetic learning for promoting holistic development – learning from own emotions and also discovering it from theoretical point of view.

3. Conceptualizing: Exploring opportunities for including kinesthetic learning and contemporary dance as an approach and/or a tool in youth work and discovering what competencies it could develop in young people.

4. Developing skills on designing and implementing non-formal learning activities for/with youth that would be based on consciously chosen kinesthetic learning elements that develop concrete competences.

5. Sharing experience from the training course and developing ideas on follow-up activities on using kinesthetic learning in youth work in local and international projects.

By involving in this projects, it is crucial that participants realize that we expect their active involvement not only during the training, but also in preparation activities and also follow-up activities.

Profile of participants

To achieve the objectives of the training, it is highly crucial that suitable participants are selected. Please see the criteria for candidates.

Participants applying for this project should be:

Involved in working with young people on the regular basis (youngsters 13+) in some youth center, organization, as youth workers, local activists, educators that provide non-formal learning, etc.

With no/not much experience with contemporary dance/choreography

Interested to explore new tools of youth work, willing to move and dance, develop their competences as youth workers and meet peers from other countries

Ready to actively participate in the whole project (preparation, training course itself with a very busy daily programme and follow-up September-November)

Ready to organize at least 2 special follow-up activities using the experience from this training (individually or together with another person from the same country) within 2 months after the training with their local youth and youth work colleagues

Fluent in communication in English.

The main coordinator of the project is Kultur und Art Initiative e.V.. NGO has been very active in the youth field by trying to bring together young creative people who want to make their contribution in local communitites.

Ieva Grundšteine (Latvia)

Ieva has been working in the youth field since 2001 and last 9 years is an active trainer of non-formal learning in the field of youth – as a local and European project initiator and manager. She has carried already more than 100 international trainings for different target groups (youth workers, teachers and others). Ieva is involved in regular contemporary dance exercises as a learner (hobby-level) since 4 years and has applied kinesthetic learning in her training several times. She is a member of pool of trainers of Latvian NA:

https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/ieva-grundsteine.1858/

Ilze Zirina (Latvia)

Ilze is a member of the Association of Professional Contemporary Dance Choreographers of Latvia. She has received an MA in choreography in 2007. Since 2007 she is a dance teacher in Latvian Culture College and Latvian Academy of Culture. She has an extensive experience in non-formal dance education in Latvia and also on international trainings. She is also a professional dancer, performer and contact-improvisation expert: https://www.dance.lv/eng/ilze-zirina-3/

Accommodation - Place of workshops

We are staying in the Tiyatro Medresesi located 5 minutes from Şirince. All participants will be expected to share the dorm rooms with several people and a bathroom between several rooms. Workshops will be organized in the Tiyatro Medresesi, which is an international research, creation and performance center.

http://www.tiyatromedresesi.org/en