Oraskuja 1 B 9
33820 Tampere
Finland
- International/Cultural relations
Our mission is to promote and maintain new dance cultures’ visibility and new dances as a hobby, as well as to bring together participants from the same area into mutual projects and activities. We try to develop a new dance culture by combining different cultural traditions with art dance forms. In order to achieve its mission our association: - organizes dance, cultural and educational events; - does different initiatives with the local authorities; - cooperates with other partners from the same area of activity; - practices research, information and publication activities. In order to support its activities, our organization: - applies for operating grants, collects small participation fees (2euros for members, 5 euros for non-members) from some of its events, accepts donations; - arranges flea markets, lotteries, fundraising and recreational events; - provides the needed fixed and movable property required in order to perform its activities.
Maailmantanssi ry organizes weekly dance courses for different dances. So far, we’ve had arranged dance lessons in variety of European dances (Hungarian, Bulgarian, Italian, Romanian, English, Finnish, French), also in Indian traditional dances, Turkish, Russian, Afghani dances, Brazilian Forro dance, Israeli dances and others. We perform at the annual dance show in April in honor of the International Day of the Dance and also during the Floral week in August, organized both in Tampere. During the summer months (June, July and August) all our events are free of charge for everybody. We arrange open dance lessons and perform at park concerts organized by the cultural office of the city of Tampere. In the autumn on 2011 Maailmantanssi ry has won a grant of 1000 euros from the European Union for organizing 2 major cultural projects in Tampere.
Our organization can contribute to the cultural exchange and its improvement not only on a local level within Tampere, but also whole Finland. We want to work for a better understanding, accepting and respecting of the differentness between nations and their dance traditions. And we think that the best ways to do so is by dancing together and having fun. We are looking forward finding new partner organizations that are sharing our goals.
We are looking for different possibilities for cooperation with other organization from the same area of activities within and outside Finland. We are also interested in various possibilities for financing our projects, since our own financial possibilities are quite limited due to the small size of our organization.