Be Part of Active Society

"<< Background >>The BPAS project is based on a partnership between 3 organizations from Romania, Serbia and Greece. The 3 organizations have experience in conducting dance courses and organizing training camps, internships, festivals and national and international dance competitions.Although they have particular methods of teaching some dance styles, the three partners need to deepen new dance styles adapted to work with adults. The project will facilitate the exchange of experiences in this field.All organizations face a continuous need for new members to participate regularly in the dance classes and the physical training program.- The Phoenix Dance Club is facing a problem in approaching dance lessons with retired people. In the organization there are expert teachers in Ballroom Dances but the club's coaches need expertise in teaching Caribbean dances.- Hellenic star has teachers that are expert teachers in Latin Dances but they need the expertise in teaching Ballroom Dancing for the club's coaches. Beeing a new organization in the Erasmus family they need to understand the values promoted within this program.- Just Dance have experts in Carribean Dances but they need for the club's trainers expertise in teaching Latin Dances.<< Objectives >>Within the project, we have established three concrete objectives, harmonized with the priorities selected in the application:1. We propose that until the end of the project, we will increase the community of adults over 40 years of age who will actively participate in the dance and physical training lessons within the three partner organizations in the project with 75new members. By achieving this goal, people who tend to become sedentary will have a good state of health and physical condition.2. The second objective is that the target group of the project to improve their international interaction through digital textaudio- video communication skills during the 12 months of the project. Thus, the international group of people who like to dance will be formed, who will interact through digital means and will learn to video record and analyze their evolution over time.3. The third objective is to increase the level of international cooperation of the three organizations that carry out dance activities with adults over 40 years old, prone to sedentarism and social isolation, so that, through an exchange of good practices, it leads to the conception of 6 methods of teaching dance for them.<< Implementation >>During the 12 months of the ""Be part of active society"" project we implemented following activities:In Be Part of Active Society project we are planning the following activities:- One Kick Off meeting in Romania.- 3 training sessions in Romania, Greece and Serbia.- 3 implementation training session in Romania, Greece and Serbia.- One International Training Camp in Greece.- Three online meeting on digital skils, one in each country.- One Disemination & Impact meeting in Serbia.- 3 Disemination conferences in Romania, Greece and Serbia.<< Results >>The three partners involved in the project developed and recorded the teaching methodology for 6 dance styles for seniors as good practice procedure. The dances that were adapted for seniors were Vieneze Waltz, Cha-cha, Bachata, Brasoveanca, Sasa Kolo and Xasapiko.ROMANIA: The target group learned to dance Vieneze Waltz and Tango, in accordance with the objectives of the project. The popular dances that was studied was Brasoveanca and Hora.SERBIA: The group learned to dance Bachata, salsa and the serbian folk dance Sasa KoloGREECE: The target group learned to dance Cha Cha Cha and Rumba in accordance with the project objectives. The popular dance practiced was Xasapiko."