Volunteer Teach Dance with Projects Abroad in Romania

  Romania

• Other Cities in Romania: 
Brasov

Term: Throughout the year 
Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: All Year Round

Description: Romania Dance Project - teaching dance in schools and dance clubs

If you have a passion for dancing and choreography, the Projects Abroad Dance Project in Romania might be the perfect thing for you. Volunteers can create and coordinate dance groups, lead workshops on different styles of dance while bringing their creativity into the project when working in schools.

Volunteers will have the opportunity to meet and work with experienced dance groups and also collaborate with local dance schools and clubs. This may involve workshops, discussions, collaborative performances, presentations or even assisting with a current production. There is also potential to see performances by these groups and invite them to participate in our performances.

Dance volunteers also have the opportunity to work in day centres as a dancing instructor and the chance to get involved in dance therapy sessions for the disabled.

* Teaching dance with Projects Abroad

Our Dance projects are based in the medieval city of Brasov. Once a month, volunteers will prepare a show which includes a story based on a variety of types of studied dances. This would be planned under the guidance and coordination of our Dance Project Supervisor, Alexandra Ichim. Volunteers have the chance to prepare, direct and perform dancing routines for children in orphanages and day centres. As part of these projects you will also learn traditional Romanian dances, which can be included in the shows.

* Please keep in mind that it is difficult for volunteers to work alone without having dance or choreography experience, so experience in these areas is preferred.

Volunteers on this project work flexible hours due to the varied nature of the work, with some workshops and performances taking place during evenings and weekends. The Dance Project requires energy, creativity and an open mind. It is very flexible and its purpose is to create unique and creative performances and dancing shows for the local community.

Highlights: Romania has a unique Latin culture, in the heart of Eastern Europe. Projects Abroad is based in and around the historic city of Brasov, capital of Transylvania. Brasov is set in the mountains with its ski resort nearby, and it has a strange combination of impressive historical squares and palaces next to communist tower blocks.

Romania is due to join the European Union in 2007 - but remains influenced and scarred by its history. The impact of the revolution in 1989 was huge. The dictator, Nicolae Ceacescu, who was killed in the bloody revolution, is still much talked about and remembered with a variety of emotions. To live in Romania is to discover a developing capitalist society, alongside peasant subsistence.

Our office is in the center of Brasov. There are a wide range of different restaurants and bars on offer within a short walk, or it is easy to get around the city with frequent buses and trolleybuses.

Your Romanian hosts will make sure that you eat heartily and try out their local wines. You may find yourself sitting down to Sunday lunch at 1pm and not getting up until 4.30pm! They will feed you Mamaliga, a corn bread which seems to come with every meal or Ciorba, a spicy soup. There is also sure to be lots of good conversation throughout the meal.

Brasov is a great stepping off place for traveling around Romania or Eastern Europe. You may want to spend your weekends visiting Bran Castle where Dracula lived or skiing at Poiana Brasov. There are painted monasteries in Moldavia. The beaches of Constanta also come well recommended. There are many opportunities for economical travel in and around Romania.

Cost in US$: USD 3,045 and up

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 16 and up

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Romania Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad

Projects Abroad's Mission Statement: As part of the global economy, Projects Abroad helps create local employment wherever we send volunteers. Employing local staff overseas and using their talents and knowledge is important to us. This local knowledge and support enables the organization to channel the skills of the volunteers from more affluent countries to regions around the world where they are needed. Volunteers also learn from their placements and the people they meet, and they gain experience in a chosen field. In the 21st century, we believe this mutual respect is what cultural exchange is all about.

Year Founded: 1992