Events
Discover DanceCARE’s public dissemination activities and project meetings, reflecting both the project’s outreach across Europe and the ongoing collaboration among partners.
External Dissemination Events
Conferences, festivals and public events where DanceCARE was presented to professional, educational and care-related audiences across Europe.
DanceCARE at the 5th EADMT Conference
DanceCARE was presented at the 5th EADMT Conference in Vilnius through both a presentation and an experiential workshop focused on supporting long-term caregivers through Dance Movement Therapy and conscious movement practices.
The session highlighted the importance of accessible embodied practices that can be integrated into daily caregiving routines to support communication, emotional regulation, empathy, and wellbeing.
The workshop introduced movement-based tools currently used in DanceCARE pilot sites and brought together professionals working with older adults across Europe. Participants explored creativity, self-awareness, and embodied connection through practical activities, while feedback emphasised the growing need for programmes that support caregiver wellbeing and help reduce burnout.
The event also contributed to the wider dissemination of DanceCARE methodologies and the exchange of good practices within the European Dance Movement Therapy community.
DanceCARE at Dutch Dance Days Festival
DanceCARE was presented at Dutch Dance Days Festival in the Netherlands by Marloes van Houten (Research, Education & Team Manager on behalf of EADMT) as part of the project’s dissemination and outreach activities.
The presentation introduced DanceCARE as an Erasmus+ KA220 project addressing global ageing trends, the growing demand for care, and the need to support informal caregivers.
Key elements of the project’s development process were shared, including the literature review, expert consultations, focus groups, and participatory methodology used to shape the training curriculum.
The presentation also highlighted the project’s blended learning approach, combining in-person activities, online resources, educational videos, and self-help group formats.
Through its participation in Dutch Dance Days, DanceCARE reached audiences from the fields of dance movement therapy, education, and care, helping to strengthen awareness and dissemination of embodied approaches to caregiver support across European networks.
DanceCARE at the APID National Congress 2026
DanceCARE was presented at the APID National Congress, organized by the Italian Professional Association of Dance Movement Therapy (APID), in Bologna, Italy.
The event brought together approximately 85 Dance Movement Therapy practitioners and experts from across Italy and provided an opportunity to present the objectives, methodology and educational outcomes of the DanceCARE project.
The presentation stimulated discussion on innovative body-mind approaches to support long-term caregivers of older adults and contributed to the dissemination of DanceCARE within the Italian Dance Movement Therapy community.
Photos from the event
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APID National Congress
DanceCARE at the XIX Conference of Gerontological Psychologists
DanceCARE was presented during the XIX Conference of Gerontological Psychologists hosted by the University of Macerata, Italy.
The presentation focused on how Dance Movement Therapy and Wise Motion interventions can improve the psychological well-being of informal caregivers of older adults, presenting results from the international piloting of the DanceCARE programme.
The work was also published in the conference proceedings.
Publication
Galassi F., Santini S., Pasquini S., Re M., Polloni A. (2026).
Come interventi basati sulla Danza Movimento Terapia e il Movimento Consapevole possono influire sul benessere dei caregiver informali di persone anziane: risultati dalla sperimentazione internazionale del programma DanceCARE.
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XIX Convegno SIPI
DanceCARE at the Founding Symposium: Trauma-informed Futures
DanceCARE participated in the international symposium Founding Symposium: Trauma-informed Futures – A Global Movement in Creative Care through an online poster presentation.
The poster highlighted the DanceCARE intervention and its preliminary findings, focusing on the contribution of Dance Movement Therapy and Wise Motion in reducing emotional strain and cumulative stress among long-term caregivers of older adults.
Poster Presentation
Galassi F., Santini S., Rodríguez-Jiménez R.M., Shami-van Houten M., Poikonen H. (2026).
Dance Movement Therapy and Wise Motion to relieve long-term caregivers of older people from emotional strain and cumulative stress: the case of DanceCARE project.
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Founding Symposium: Trauma-informed Futures
Project Meetings
Internal consortium meetings supporting project coordination, implementation planning and partner collaboration.
Kick off Meeting
- Align Stakeholders
- Establish Common Goals
- Outline Roles and Responsibilities
- Set Expectations
- Identify Risks and Assumptions
- Build Team Cohesion
TM2 – Valencia (26–28 March 2025)
The second Team Meeting in Valencia, held between 26 and 28 March 2025, focused on defining the study design and launching the pilot activities.
The meeting also hosted the DanceCARE trainers’ training, aligning methodology, tools and timelines across partners.
