Dance On Pass On Dream On
Dance On, Pass On, Dream On is a large-scale cooperation project funded for four years by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
In the cooperation project eleven renowned dance institutions in ten European countries address ageism in the dance sector and in society. With Bureau Ritter as lead partner, Dance On and the Dance On Ensemble are at the very heart of this European collaboration.
The project partners of Dance On, Pass On, Dream On are working towards a Europe where older dancers are valued for their experience and charisma, where our common European dance heritage is cherished and serves to inspire younger artists, and where older people are respected and engage in meaningful, creative activities.
The project builds on the pilot phase of Dance On, Pass On, Dream On (2016–2019), which was developed by a core group of 9 organisations as a long-term action plan against age discrimination in dance.
Dance On stands for sustainable, long-lasting careers in dance.
Pass On reveals the important role of older dancers as carriers and guardians of intangible cultural and embodied knowledge
Dream On stands for participatory dance projects and creative ageing initiatives that reveal the wealth of experience and competence of this age group.
At the conclusion of our Dance On, Pass On, Dream On project, we took a look behind the scenes with our international partner organizations on social media.
Why did you dance on? | What did you pass on? | What do you dream on?
We asked the project partners these questions and gained many great insights into the work on site at Mercat de les Flors (Barcelona), Holland Dance Festival (Den Haag), Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia (Ljubljana), Codarts (Rotterdam) and Bureau Ritter (Berlin).
Project partners
Bureau Ritter, Berlin / Sadler’s Wells, London / Holland Dance Festival, The Hague / STUK House for Dance, Image and Sound, Leuven / Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia, Ljubljana / Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona / Station Service for Contemporary Dance, Belgrade / Jus de la Vie | Age on Stage, Stockholm / Codarts, Rotterdam / Kumquat, Paris / Onassis Stegi, Athens
Contact
Project facilitator
Lisa Marie Bowler
l.bowler(at)bureau-ritter.de
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Photo credits: Seppe Baeyens, Ultima Vez ©STUK / Sadler’s Wells, The Walk project ©Company of Elders / Sadler’s Wells, Elixir Extracts 2022 ©Foteini Christofilopoulou / Sadler’s Wells, Elixir Extracts 2022, Programme B ©Foteini Christofilopoulou / Mohamed-Toukabri, The Power of the Fragile ©Christian Tandberg