THE NON-PROFIT : VISION
"As if we were trying to understand each other's heart"
Raya, Mesang District, Cambodge
The words of this 17-year-old hold my dream for Dancing Across Borders: to bring Conscious Dance
to people from all countries, cultures, ages, social backgrounds and,
thanks to the universal quality of movement, allow them to cross inner
and outer borders in order to truly meet themselves and each other. Together, we will journey through dance and dance our journeys.
In a world where the only constant is change, and whose future depends
on our capacity to evolve together in greater awareness, our intention
is to help adults, teenagers and children follow and guide the movement
of their body, heart and mind, so they can fully enter life and thrive
in harmony with their environment.
Dancing Across Borders also offers the possibility of discovering the
universality that connects us all and the richness of our diversity,
through our journeys with other dancers in Europe but also through participation
in the activities of the non-profit in Asia.
Your donations
allow for the circulation of the resources of dance and
expression through art to underprivileged children and teenagers,
offering them moments of peace, joy and freedom in a burdened life, as
well as greater inner strength to face the challenges of their future. I see
these children explore, change; I see their joy, the moments of letting go, the moments of peace. They
offer me an invaluable gift: I see that even when the body is weak,
when the tummy is hungry, when life is tough, when wounds are plenty,
the soul is ready to shine the moment a door opens. The essential being is there, intact, and nourishing it
is as important as nourishing the body.
To transform this adventure into a long-term project, I needed a structure, I needed funds, I needed help. The structure
is a French non-profit organisation and the name came to me from the other side of the Channel one morning: Dancing
Across Borders.
I haven't yet found the way to fit into the right boxes for government
funding. So I turned to those people I know can understand and support
this project: to you who dance, move, sing, paint, and know how
precious this experience is, how transformative it can be.
It has been wonderful to feel energy from France, Germany, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, the United States flow
all the way to this lost province of Cambodia, and come back enriched with images, dances, joy, words and drawings.
Your donations are what enables this work to happen.
This year it brought the space of dance and expression through art to
teenage girls and women in the Tamul areas of Sri Lanka, as well as the
creation of a workshop to help the adults of both communities to
communicate and experience each other through movement. There are a million ways you can contribute. Feel free to contact us
at dancingacrossborders@gmail.com
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