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"Start Dancing, Stop AIDS"


Dance4Life is a growing, worldwide project to fight back HIV and AIDS by dancing. Dance4Life actively involves young people by dancing for life.

Dance4Life was founded in the Netherlands in 2004, and is the official youth campaign of the World AIDS Campaign and endorsed by the former Secretary General of the United Nations:
"Dance4Life is a wonderful example of how the talent and strength of young people can energise our struggle"
Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations (2004)

2006 saw the UK involved in the international Dance4Life project for the first time. since then our School Tour has roamed the UK, delivering a high energy, high impact, interactive multi-media performance session. Averaging two schools a day the team have reached 9,000 young people so far!

The Tour Team was made up of young people from developing countries, dance facilitators and young campaigners from the UK.

If you are interested then become a friend and also check out dancelife.c

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Dance4Life 2007!!
Dance4Life 2007 is about to get started! :)

That's right, we are on the move! We are just starting to get in touch with schools we visited last year and some new schools for this year too - we want to reach between 30 and 45 schools in 2007 so are looking for an additional 23 schools!! If you think your school, or you know of another one that might be interested then tell us! Email us at [mailto:dance4life@spw.org] or leave us a comment on here.

If you have anything you want to say about Dance4Life and what we are doing let us know as this is the time for us to be able to make things happen. Who do you think we should ask to be our ambassadors? What do you think it is most important that we talk about? anything! just let us know - get in touch so we know that you are all still out there and willing to be Agents of Change! :D
0 Comments 527 days ago
The Spoken Word Piece that was perfomed at the BIG event

Metis is the critically acclaimed spoken word poet, who is bridging the gap between poetry and hip hop. With success in both Europe and the USA, Metis's first album will be released in summer 2007. He wrote this powerful and moving poem especially to perform at the Dance4Life UK Event in London. For the performance for Dance4Life he was accompanied on percussion by Shovell best known as a member of the chart topping group M People. All the young people at the Event stopped and listened and roared and stamped their feet at the end. Its very powerful and says so much about what Dance4Life is doing.

We live on a Black and White globe – with an ever-widening divide
Developed World prospering / Developing World left behind
And every 6 seconds that pass on the clock-hands of time

There's another new victim, another AIDS sufferer dying.

And speakin of counting fellas – bein a man ain't about how many girls you can get into bed,
There's bigger highs than needles – there's even bigger highs than sex
Just ask your parents how they felt when their newborn baby passed a positive health-test
Or families on the other end of the spectrum like mine, who had to cope with results that were less then

With each of your help, this disease can be quieted
But the world's watchin silently like mimes with a severe case of laryngitis

We got corrupt politicians with morals so un-indelible,
That the moment they speak, the truth fades away like echoes (echoes….echoes…)
Political puppet masters, modern day Gepettos
Pluck moral election strings for votes, get elected and then let-go
Meanwhile HIV positive Africans are collapsin like pill-poppers ravin to techno

Africa under attack.
Most Africans can't afford to exit
These politicians SHOULD BE PUT ON TRIAL for the way they're spending our taxable investments on over-priced long range weapons
When biologicals enemies have already penetrated our inner defenses
It don't take 10 A-levels or a certificate from Mensa
To know there's something wrong when 88% of AIDS sufferers can't even afford the necessary medicine!

But Sickness is Big Business, and drug companies know this.
So they've got scientists working round the clock to find cures cause if they own this
They'll be able to save Millions!
Of pounds.
In the bank.
From their bonuses.

So we can't count on corporations, but what about all that money we pay in tax?
They tell us we got no money for infected Africans but can spend billions 'liberating Iraq'!?

The issue is deeper than underworld ostrich politicians with their heads in the sand
Deep like Company Director's fat wallets and HIV patients' empty hands.

Deep like eyes closed in the West while everyday African nations
Add thousands of names to the growing list of incurable patients
I've got an incurable impatience
For this ignorance feigned,
But it's –

Not too late for a PARADIGM SHIFT
It's not a number game – and these victims aren't just statistics
We need more than Red Ribbons
We need more than Sound Systems
We need everyone from politicians to teenagers to listen

We need people on a mission determined to make a difference
So tonight when you're dancing don't forget the bigger picture
Is to break free from shackles of a disease so sinister
That it steals parents from children, and turns newborns into prisoners
We need more than clichés and heresays from Prime Ministers!
More than charity boxes at work from these corporate lip servicers!
We need to shake foundations til they can't help but listen to us!!

We're all hear tonight to celebrate life - so lets dance,
But when you wake up tomorrow - start footprintin plans

Cause statistically speaking, someone you know in this life will get this disease.
Now that's DEEP if it's the person lookin at you in the mirror when you're brushin your teeth,..
BUT IT COULD BE.
Equally deep if it's that FINE girl you met at
0 Comments 607 days ago
Train late after the Event? Then perform the Drill on the platform!

The students from Fearnhill school who were at the BIG event in the UK travelled to and from the event by train. After the event there were some delays on their line and they ended up having to wait for 50 minutes on a very crowded Finsbury Park Station. The students then took it upon themselves to entertain the waiting passengers for 30 minutes by demonstrating the Dance4Life Drill and informing the general public about the campaign and their involvement in it. Everyone else waiting for the train ended up clapping and cheering and shouting "Life" at the appropriate moment!

If you have any similar stories of Dance4Life craziness then write them down and email us at dance4life@spw.org and we will make you famous by posting your story on this website and the really good ones will get sent to the Netherlands to be put on the official Dance4Life website!
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27 weeks ago
Leigh Coleman
omg i luv da song dance4life by tiesto it rock lol
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33 weeks ago
Richie Barthram
oi oi this thing is big i swear u come 2 our skool nd it was sick !!! i rate dat gal who told her life story man she must b bre strong inside. big up east london !!! i'll c u nxt year in dat big rave !!! hope u come bk lv chloe frm langdon park skool xx x x x x x
42 weeks ago
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This is a great project
And was soo gud at my skool!
43 weeks ago
Carys
HIV And Aids We Can Be It Take Respose Abitly

Take Response Abiblty To Life x

So Good At Our School x
43 weeks ago
Yvonne
keep up the good work!!
49 weeks ago
Bethan Rose .
Just to say you guys are inspirational, and all the hard work you're doing is amazing. The UK event was such a fantastic night and an amazing thing to be a part of. Hope to be there in 2012!
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