yante - Youth, Art and Levante

National Network
Austria
Address

Stumpergasse 57/60
1060

Vienna
Austria

Telephone
+4319717946
Fax
+4319717946
E-Mail
vereinyante@yahoo.com
Mobile Phone
+436763193323
Mobile Phone (other)
+436641669200
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2010
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Youth and education
General Information
YANTE – Youth, Art and Levante, legal entity As a legal entity and organiser of the project, the non profit association YANTE – Youth, Art, and Levante, was founded and registered in Vienna, Austria, in June 2010 (ZVR register number: 841396785). The organisation is planning a community dance project for Palestinian youth from disfavoured backgrounds in cooperation with members of the Anna Lindh Foundation, from the various member states s.a PFF - Palestina, Multiculti - Portugal, DCCD - Denmark. The project shall take place between 18/07/2011 - 28/08/2011 where youth benefit from daily workshops. Each child shall benefit from 170 hours of community dance workshops where important values such as commitment, enthusiasm, respect, interest, passion are mediated through a multifaceted experience; a social, physical, emotional, cognitive and intellectual experience.
Mission and Objectives

The goals of YANTE – Youth, Art and Levante, legal entity are:
•To use and promote Art as a possibility to create open meeting places for a vivid cultural exchange and an intercultural dialogue
•To plan and implement intercultural Art projects for young people
•To give access and support the Artistic education of children living in conflict zones and/or economically weak environments.

Main Projects / Activities

100 – 130 children shall work daily for a span of 5 weeks with Royston Maldoom, the initiator and leader of numerous community dance projects around the globe for the past 30 years, and his colleague Tamara Mclorg, alongside the Brazilian boi trainer Helder Vasconselos. The workshops shall result in a dance performance to the Music of “Tryst”[the meeting], by the Scottish composer James Macmillan.
The project shall promote cultural participation for the consolidation of social cohesion by choosing 90% of the children from disfavoured backgrounds, and 10% will be composed of 100 – 130 children shall work daily for 5weeks with Royston Maldoom, the initiator and leader of numerous community dance projects around the globe for the past 30years, and his colleague Tamara Mclorg, alongside the Brazilian boi trainer Helder Vasconselos. The workshops shall result in a dance performance to the Music of “Tryst”[the meeting], by the Scottish composer James Macmillan.
The project shall promote cultural participation for the consolidation of social cohesion by choosing 90% from disfavoured backgrounds, 10% will be composed of privileged children attending private dancing classes. The children shall be into 2groups of 50 – 65 each. During weekdays each group will receive 2Workshops of 6hours each with Maldoom and 2Workshops of 4hours each with Helder, in addition to 2workshops on the weekend with Maldoom of 6hours each where the 2groups come together. However during the last week both groups shall work together on stage for 6hours daily.

Contact (1) Full Name
Nadia Arouri
Head of the organisation
Nadia Arouri
Contact (2) Full Name
Jörg Fend