Dance On, Pass On, Dream On
Sadler's Wells
England
2016
Photo: Dorothea Tuch
Total project grant (euros)
€1,832,661
Programme
Creative Europe
Sub-programme
Culture
Call number
EACEA 29/2015
Project date
1 Jun 2016 - 31 May 2019
Number of partners in project
9
Lead organisation
Diehl+Ritter Gug (Haftungsbeschrankt), Germany
Partners
Sadler's Wells, UK
Stichting Codarts Hogeschool Voor De Kunsten, Netherlands
Umetnisko Drustvo Nomad Dance Academy, Slovenija
Niederosterreichische Kulturszene Betriebsgesellschaft, Austria
Curtain Call Productions, Sweden
Compagnie Jus De La Vie, Sweden
Stichting Holland Dance, Netherlands
Beogradski Festival Igre, Serbia
DANCE ON, PASS ON, DREAM ON aims at generating a European strategy for a sustainable dance praxis valuing age and embodied knowledge on stage and in society.
Nine dance institutions from eight European countries develop and implement a project to honour the value of embodied memory and to counteract preconceived notions of what it means to be old.
The project`s mission unfolds in three main objectives:
- DANCE ON focuses on the mature, older dancer as expert in embodied knowledge and proposes a model for a sustainable artistic career.
- PASS ON stimulates new educational and artistic methods of passing on the legacy of dance from one generation to the next and to the public.
- DREAM ON changes the perception of age through innovative and intergenerational formats of audience participation of senior citizens.
These objectives are accomplished through activities including:
- The Dance On Ensemble, employing six dancers over 40 for 20 months
- Four new productions with outstanding choreographers
- SIx co-created Mobile Dialogues with young choreographers and mature dancers
- 80 presentations in 12 countries
- Five festivals
- 11 intergenerational projects with senior citizens strengthening the community impact
- 11 events to widely disseminate experience and the legacy of dance
Photo: Dorothea Tuch





