Dance for Peace benefit August 5,2007. With Amy & Marcus from South Africa!
Our Dance for Peace Tshirts are online!!!
http://www.1souldesigns.com/danceforpeace
These shirts are a donated to Dance for Peace from 1 Soul Designs a Brooklyn based design company down for the cause.
HONG 10 FROM KOREA, BENNY FROM SOUTH AFRICA & BGIRL BOUNCE NYC....JUDGING FREESTYLE SESSION SOUTH AFRICA 2007!!!!!!
FREESTYLE SESSION BBOY CREW BATTLE
HOUSE CLASS IN GRASSY PARK 2007
In 2006 two young women went to Lima, Peru and Cape Town, South Africa to teach urban dance workshops. What they didn’t expect to see was the overwhelming passion their students had for urban dance culture and the various dance styles associated with it. Students in these countries have the passion for dance but, lack the resources to pursue their dreams of a career in dance.
Kumari Singh (Dance for Peace: South Africa March 2007) and Ephrat Asherie (Dance for Peace: Peru December 2007) were deeply blessed by the undefeated attitudes of the dancers despite callous social, political or economic hardships they suffered. Kumari and Ephrat were inspired to start Dance for Peace.
Dance for Peace: One Step at a Time, is a cultural exchange program that uses urban dance to elevate underprivileged aspiring dancers across the globe. Our organization sends teams of dance teachers and performers to students living in countries recovering from civil conflict.
These teachers facilitate workshops in various urban dance styles to children and young adults who don’t have the resources to pursue their dreams. Working together and learning about dance, the students improve their self-esteem, learn to solve problems and share in each others creativity regardless of their differences.
The students learn to work as a team in order to create a performance to be presented to the public at the end of the festival. Upon the conclusion of the festival, 6-8 of the programs most promising students will be given the Career Advancement Scholarship Training award.
(SEE BLOGS FOR MORE INFORMATION)
RUNNING AROUND CAPE TOWN,SA 2007
Both Kumari and Ephrat are very passionate about raising the awareness of the uplifting effects of urban dance for the youth in our community and across the globe.
Dance for Peace serves as an important cross-section of the arts community, giving recognition to a rich and exciting dance forms that are a part of an international artistic movement.