About
New Perspectives
for the Carees Transition
A dancer’s artistic career is intense, highly specialised and usually shorter than that of a ‘traditional’ profession. For this reason, the transition to new professional opportunities creates a crucial challenge, requiring appropriate tools, transferable skills and a stronger supportive ecosystem.
The Creative Europe-funded project NewSteps was created to support dancers by researching and piloting an innovative dual-career pathway, as well as other capacity-building opportunities, that bridge the worlds of dance, cultural management, and new employment opportunities in the cultural and creative sectors.
Through research, training, international mobility, networking, and awareness-raising activities, the project aims to strengthen participants’ skills and contribute to greater awareness of the issue of dancers’ career transitions and changes at the European level.
What we do
What the project develops
Transnational research on the needs and opportunities related to dancers’ career transitions
An online capacity-building course focused on cultural management and entrepreneurship skills
An international intensive course to gain knowledge and skills in the field directly from professionals
Networking and dissemination activities targeting stakeholders, institutions, and policymakers
A final declaration to promote the recognition and integration dual career and other capacity building opportunities in the dance sector
For Whom
NewSteps is primarily aimed at:
Dancer professionals, dance artists and former dancers
Dance and cultural sector organizations
Educators, trainers, and cultural management professionals
Stakeholders, institutions, and policymakers interested in supporting more sustainable career paths in the arts sector
Co-Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.