Lifelong Dancing

The project

Lifelong Dancing is a collaborative Erasmus Plus project between five countries that seeks to introduce innovative techniques in the field of Adult Education through dance activities and body expression. All the partners that are part of the project have experience working with vulnerable groups and we believe that the use of non-formal education, specifically with activities related to dance therapy and body expression, can improve the skills of educators for work in the field of social inclusion.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This website reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

The objectives of the projects are the following:

Transnational and intersectoral cooperationto develop and implement innovative methods to work with adults through dance activities and body expression.

Create innovative practices in the field of Adult Education through the development of a dance and movement therapy work kit.
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Increase the portability of innovative and non-formal methodologies by developing a web platform of multicultural resources for educators.
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Organizational development of five institutions with different cultural experiences and strengthening of the strategic association between them.

About us

The project consortium is made up of five entities from Europe:

SPAIN – Fundacion ASPAYM Castilla y León

It is the coordinating entity of the project, with more than 25 years of experience in working with people with disabilities and the social inclusion of this group.

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ITALY – CEIPES

It fosters and supports the sustainable development of local communities and the empowerment of people through education, human rights and international cooperation.

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FRANCE – ESSEVESSE

Dance company that works on art, dance and social inclusion. Its approach is based on freeing the individual from the physical, cultural or social limitations that prevent him from expressing his full potential.

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ROMANÍA – GAMMA

It is an NGO that promotes and develops activities in the field of psychology, psychotherapy and mental health. In addition, it is dedicated to the training of specialists in various branches of modern psychology.

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BULGARIA – EUNIPARTNERS

Entity that works with people from geographically distant or rural areas, and people with learning difficulties who face difficulties to participate in courses, professional orientation workshops and other initiatives.

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Intellectual outputs

Handbook for adult educators

This manual is developed with the aim of assisting adult education specialists in dance and movement therapy to develop their skills. It includes a theoretical part, with the history and theory of dance therapy, and a practice, with the design of the workshops that were developed with the target group.

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Testing of dance therapy workshops

Test of the dance therapy methodology developed in the manual through workshops designed and adapted according to the participants to whom they are directed and the target groups of each entity. This is a phase of the project in which the exercises are tested and adapted to ensure the greatest possible success of the intervention and the improvement of the expected results.

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Training Kit for Educators

Collection of concrete study plans for dance and movement activities and sessions with adults. It includes all the guidelines, templates, procedures, good practices, and examples for developing inclusive strategies for introducing dance and movement therapy in non-formal, formal, and informal education.

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Web platform

Electronic learning platform to explain with visual information how to use the methodology developed and in which the results and the benefit they produce are shown. All the contents of the project to increase knowledge about dance and movement therapy will be available to all people interested in the subject.

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