Dance is one of the purest forms of expression. It's just you and the music; nothing else matters. Dance is often viewed as discipline, something that is studied, whether it is jazz, tap, ballet, contemporary, Bollywood, latin dance, ballroom dance or African dance. It tends to be understood as something that is learned in a classroom, but really it is something that is innate to everyone. Dance is that rhythm inside of you that manifests itself in different ways when you hear music…

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Dance 4 Peace is a global nonprofit that prevents violence and bullying and transforms conflict in schools and communities through dance and creative movement. Our curriculum promotes empathy, mediation skills, anger management, and conflict transformation to instill social and emotional competencies for peace. Through school and community center partnerships, Dance 4 Peace connects communities in the United States in Baltimore, Newark, New York City and Washington DC and…

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This winter marks the end of my second term as a PeaceMover in Washington, DC. I love to watch as students reach their own “breakthrough moments” in Dance 4 Peace. Seeing them renews my energy. It’s thrilling to see my students grasp ideas such as diversity, empathy, or self-control and express it in their own way.  

 

Dance 4 Peace is a global nonprofit that teaches peace-building through dance and creative movement. As a master’s student in Conflict Resolution and a…

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On Easter 2009 we had a wonderful Bharata Natya performance with Lalitha Devi and the participants of an… Continue