Youth Exchange “Dance for Europe” was one of the most interesting and at the same time the most intensive projects I have ever participated in, because our main objective was to create a friendly team and intercultural dialogue due to my favorite activity and hobby – dancing. After seven days living together, sharing experiences, cultural features, original ideas, and colorful folk dances 40 extremely different people have become a big family. It took a week on the project for serious Germans to get closer to inflammatory Georgians, “hot” Spaniard to sensible Estonians, good-natured Czechs to enchanting Ukrainians, and even warring Azerbaijanis and Armenians became best friends. The project has become a little life, every day we had an opportunity to visit two countries at once. During intercultural evenings each country was representing a unique colouring, charming folk rhythms, dances and tasty traditional dishes and drinks. This project gave me an unforgettable experience as a choreographer, because our team conducted a workshop with Rock and Roll and Hip hop, then we embodied this choreography in Georgian school. Volunteering at school – is another key aspect of the project, because we were able to share everything that we have learned to bring joy to gloomy walls of poor rural schools. You can`t explain you how much positive emotions we received from young dancers who presented Georgian folk dance as an appreciation! There were a lot of emotions raged during skiing, as youth exchange took place in Georgia Bakuriani which is ski resort. This youth exchange gave me a lot of positive, memorable experience and faithful friends, thank you “Rodyna” for this great opportunity to introduce Ukraine at this wonderful project!
