Bite My Skype
The Flying Gorillas
Cooperation Projects
England
2016
Total project grant (euros)
€199,725
Programme
Creative Europe
Sub-programme
Culture
Funding strand
Cooperation Projects
Call number
EACEA 29/2015
Project date
1 Sep 2016 - 31 Aug 2018
Number of partners in project
6
Lead organisation
The Flying Gorillas, UK
Partners
Ozel Bt Muzik Ve Tiyatro Kurs Merkezi Limited Sirketi, Turkey
Kulttuuriosuuskunta Kokemo, Finland
Fundatia Philadelphia Transylvania, Romania
Le Nuvole Societa Cooperativa, Italy
Bite My Skype works with disadvantaged, disenfranchised children in Europe. Professional dancers, musicians and actors from five EU nations share skills in ways of working with children with learning disabilities, children in hospital and Roma children.
Activities include:
- Artist Laboratories exploring HipHop, Tango, Tarantella & other street dance forms
- Performance techniques that do not rely on language
- Working with people who don’t normally have access to arts
- One large scale new work
- New dance theatre with live music, interactive participation with children
- Contemporary tango duets with live music
- Body Percussion performance
- Interactive dance with people with learning disabilities, live music
- Interactive dance with children in hospital, live music by artists
The project will build bridges across language, culture and age, promoting a climate of tolerance, respect, creativity & optimism among future EU generations.





