How Dancing Helped Improve My Mental Wellbeing
Two stories that tell us why Dance Movement Therapy Matters to Gen Z so much Gen Z is coming of age in a world defined by constant connectivity, rapid change, and ongoing uncertainty. While social media, remote work, and digital culture offer new opportunities, they also bring intense social pressure, comparison, and emotional overload. Many…
What Is Dance Movement Therapy and Why It Can Help Improve Gen Z’s Mental Health
Generation Z is growing up in a context of digital transformation and global uncertainty, facing high levels of anxiety and post-pandemic isolation. Traditional mental therapies don’t always meet their needs. Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) offers a body-centered alternative, helping young people process emotions and stress through movement. The European project “BREAKing THE WALLS” combines DMT…
Growth, Awareness, and Connection: The Breaking The Walls Project Continues in Slovakia”
During the Youth Is The Future Camp and Outbreak Europe 2025 in Banská Bystrica, the Breaking The Walls project continued its development with workshops on dance, psychology, and mental training, including a session led by Dr. Isabelle Tay. Over 150 dancers joined a collective reflection on talent, success, and fame.
In L’Aquila, Italy, the First Training Meeting of the International Project
In May 2025, L’Aquila hosted the first international training meeting of the Check The Style event, where young dancers engaged in workshops with experts Willstr8 and Frieda Frost. The event emphasized breaking, mental training, emotional growth, and community building. Participants explored their emotions and motivations through dance, fostering connections among themselves. Live interviews and a…
Launched Breaking the Walls: The New Eu-funded Project That Proposes Breaking as a Tool for Personal Growth
The initiative aims to support Gen Z’s mental health with events in three European countries, proposing a combination of breaking with mental coaching. Brussels, 30.11.2026 – In today’s digital age, young Europeans seem to face growing pressures arising from online comparison and post-pandemic isolation, negatively impacting their emotional well-being and social relationships. In this context…
Building the Crew, Sharing the Vision: Double-Header Friday in Alba
Friday, 21 March 2025, unfolded as a two-part celebration of collaboration at BE-STREET Alba. The afternoon opened with a one-hour breaking workshop led by international mentor Willstr8, who brought together the core Breaking the Walls dancers from BE-STREET and Check the Style and a handful of guest breakers eager to join the creative journey. From…
Inside the Studio: First Intensive with Willstr8
On Thursday night, 20 March, Breaking the Walls shifted from theory to sweat as international mentor Willstr8 led the project’s first closed-door training session. The two-hour workshop brought together five core dancers—chosen to travel to every European residency—and five local alternates who will join only the home-base events in Alba. What happened The core five…
Breaking the Walls Hit the Airwaves on Radio Alba
On Thursday evening, 20 March, Radio Alba devoted a prime 30-minute slot to Breaking the Walls. From 18:00 to 18:30 host Andrea Vico welcomed a quartet of BtW dancers fresh from their Inner Growth Labs, international mentor Willstr8, and two project coordinators. What followed was a rapid-fire mix of beats, stories and big-picture vision that…
Rapping the Rise of Skateboarding: Words on Wheels Workshop
On Wednesday 19 March, BE-STREET Alba turns into a freestyle classroom where language, rhythm and sport history collide. From 18:15 to 19:30 we’ll run a RAP TOUR–style lab that uses lyrics and meter to unlock new knowledge—this time the story behind the Olympic sport of skateboarding. Working over a classic 4/4 beat, participants will break…
Breaking Life on the Big Screen: How Olympic Breakers Train Mind & Soul
As we guide young dancers through Breaking the Walls, we want them to encounter real stories from the front lines of elite breaking. That’s why we’re screening the International Olympic Committee’s new docu-series “B-Boys and B-Girls Take the Spotlight | Breaking Life, Road to Paris 2024.” Across four short films—following three women and one man—it…
Breaking the Walls Kicks Off in Porto: Building Bridges Before Breaking Beats
Delegates from Italy, Slovakia and Portugal met face-to-face for the first time, turning months of online planning into concrete action. Over two intense days they aligned the 2025 activity calendar, approved safeguarding guidelines and mapped out workshops, residencies and outreach that will move fifteen young breakers across Europe.From empowering young breaking dancers to connecting communities…
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