Project

Region	National coverage
Title of the Programme	Culture
Title of the Project	Be Part!
Project Website	https://www.bpart.cz
Number of the Project	KU-CA2-021
Project Promoter	BPART
Project Partner from Donor State	Dansverkstæðið (Iceland)
Czech Partner	MEETING BRNO, z.s. Sdružení pro bezbariérovou kulturu Nedomysleno, z.s.
Status	Estimated project duration: 04/2022–10/2023
More Information	Target group: Roma population, other minorities, general public
Total Eligible Costs	192 656  EUR
Grant	173 390 EUR (90 %)

Project description:

Be Part! is an artistic community project that uses the artistic process as a tool to support the development of civil society, a sense of belonging and the visibility of marginalized groups. Professional performers from the Czech Republic and Iceland will get to know the concept and choreographic material of the given group's performance in the form of a joint creative seminar led by a selected foreign ensemble (Foco alAire – MX / Zerogrammi – IT / Michele Steinwald & 44 Art Productive – CA/USA).

The international team will then apply these principles of creation and performance to selected communities in Brno (2022), Reykjavík (2022) and Prague (2023). Each phase of community work will be led by the 1-2 artistic directors of the visiting troupe, 5 artists of the visiting troupe and 5 Czech and 5 Icelandic artists complete each community work. The implementation in individual locations will always be based on a different performance and will culminate in its introduction. The project will also involve 1-2 local bands, which will accompany the performance with live music.

Brno: Be Part of LOStheULTRAMAR (Foco alAire – MX)
Reykjavík: Be Part of Elegia delle cose perdute (Zerogrammi – IT)
Praha: Be Part of River’s Course (Michele Steinwald & 44 Art Productive – USA/CA)

Cooperation with each community will culminate in a performance to be shown as part of an event hosted by each of the partner institutions: Meeting Brno Festival (Brno), Reykjavík Culture Night (Reykjavík) and Mezi ploty Festival (Prague). Different target groups will be involved in the project at each location. In Brno, the project will engage with the Roma minority from deprived areas, in Reykjavík with the refugee community and in Prague with people suffering from mental health disorders. The entire project will conclude with an international conference moderated by a sociologist or anthropologist and the screening of a documentary that will capture the progress of the work and its outputs.