Young people from urban dance scenes are confronted with big questions: how can artistic career aspirations be realised, how can their own talents and abilities be further developed? The dancers, choreographers and dance instructors Daniela Rodriguez Romero and Bahar Gökten from nutrospektif bring in their own experiences to accompany the participants within these exciting fields.
Generation Europe is a network of more than 45 youth organizations from 16 countries. As part of this initiative, RRCGN coordinated a partnership with CCC Florence, Italy, and SMouTh Larissa, Greece, from 2018 to 2020, organizing youth exchanges and local group activities focused on the theme of “Arts and Social Responsibility” in the participating countries.
45 young musicians, dancers, graffiti and media artists from London, Rotterdam, Liverpool, Cologne and Bergisch Gladbach live on stage: together they create the stage show “Who am I?
This two-year transnational project, together with 7 partner organisations from Europe, combines artistic methods and language learning.
The project brought together 7 partner organisations from the international ROOTS & ROUTES network over a period of 14 months to create fertile environments for non-formal adult education. Methods were collected to raise awareness and counter prejudices and stereotypes through artistic activities.
Perspectives from young artists from 10 countries came together to discuss their ideas and wishes and to make art out of them. They were accompanied by an artistic core team around the renowned break dancer and choreographer Youngung Sebastian “Jaekwon” Kim.
This project brought together 30 young musicians and dancers from Germany, the Netherlands and France for a creative exchange between big band, marching band and hip-hop.
The project provided a framework that encouraged young artists with different sexual orientations and gender self-definitions to reach out to other young people with strong messages for queer equality, inclusiveness and non-discrimination. Young people were supported in analyzing discriminatory actions and language, and in countering them with artistic means, advocating for queer rights, visibility and recognition.
“Mind Ur Step” brings together eleven professional urban dance artists in an international dance production. The project aims to bring together the urban dance scene and established theatres.
“LevelUp!” was an artistic-pedagogical training week. 18 young artists learned methods and approaches for their own cultural-pedagogical work from well-known coaches like Melbeatz, Mamadee and Niels “Storm” Robitzky.