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Renowned ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine returns to his hometown in Jaffa, Israel taking his belief that dance can overcome political and cultural differences, applying it to 11 year-old Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. A truly magical and transformative documentary!

Pierre is a deep inspiration and Movement Exchange continues to draw from these virtues to inspire the children and communities we work with, to foster cross-cultural understanding, self-esteem and social awareness, offering a perfect window into their lives.

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In 2004, the Dance Theater of Harlem, crippled by $2.3 million debt, was forced to put its company on hiatus. This April, the dance company reopens.

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While productively today was amazing, emotionally the girls and I were a wreck. In the beginning of class, one of the girls’ that is around 6 years old named Milagros who had grown particularly attached to Brittany, said to her “Tu vas a ser mi madrina” which basically means “You’re going to be my Godmother.” With conflicting emotions of shock, flattery, and heartache, Brittany replied “te amo chica,” and that was that. It was a difficult thing for all of us to hear.

Read more about Syon's experience in Panama here.

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Check out this article Harvard magazine posted about our founder, Anna Pasternak! Can't believe it's already been two years since we got off the ground.

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A few of our pictures from Panama so far - improv class with Luis Alfredo, and teaching the kids at the Malambo Orphanage! Check us out on our website, Facebook, Twitter, or follow our Wordpress for personal accounts from our volunteers there right now!!

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I’m learning a lot, living in the moment, and laughing ‘til it hurts.

So are we, Syon, so are we. Check out her experience on day two here - it sounds like a blast!

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As someone on my first Movement Exchange, I didn’t know any other volunteers who would be on the trip and as with anything, I wasn’t quite sure what I was getting myself into. Yet upon the first meetings and greetings at the airport, I felt welcome. There is something intrinsic to dancers that makes introductions somewhat easier than with other strangers. There is a common vocabulary and universal experiences and basic passion for movement that don’t need to be stated or explained as might be the case with non-dancers.

Nora Anne Marie writes about her second day in Panama! Check out her journal entry here.

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Hey! It's our flash mob!

"On March 15 the U.S. Embassy and the National Institute of Women (INAMU) performed a Flash Mob in celebration of Month of the History of Women in the Westland Mall of CV. The focus of the Flash Mob was to raise awareness of gender equality issues and bring a message of female empowerment Panamanian public and especially youth. In this Flash Mob U.S. group included members of Movement Dance Exchange and students of the Danilo Perez Foundation."

-translated from the Youtube description.

This was so much fun!

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Just a short clip of what we're up to in Panama - these kids were so much fun to work with :) Click here to view our Facebook page!

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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

Martha Graham

We're passionate about dance and service, and we've found a way to combine the two! Check us out here.

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Dancers can go through 5 phases during training: learning – discovering – growing – loving and ultimately *living. Living is the utmost joy that comes with sharing personal virtues of dance, and being an inspiration to those around you.

Nisha reflects on her time in Panama and writes a bit more about what we do here in Movement Exchange. "To touch, to move, to inspire. This is the true gift of dance." Click here to read more!

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Itâs raining right now. Which means Iâm happy.Today we woke up around 7:30am and had breakfast on our beautiful balcony and we were out the door by 8:15. We went to SOS Aldea orphanage in Colon, Pa...

"Dame un paseo del cabillito" means "give me a piggy back ride", and boy did one of our volunteers Syon hear that phrase a lot during her short time at the orphanage in Panama. Read about her first day here!

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Local politics and the pressures of living under Israeli occupation, Ziadeh said, can be stressful. And ballet is a refuge. “To me, having art is like escaping from this, escaping from all the violence,” she said. “I like to see the little kids dancing and expressing the feelings they have and (to express them) ... in a good, positive way.”

All this. Yes. We applaud you, Shyreen Ziadeh.

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Maybe it makes me seem overeager because I'm posting on the first night, but okay,well I am overeager and overexcited. Can I start by saying that I have no idea what time it is right now in America...

There's no such thing as overeager or overexcited! A volunteer reminisces about her first time in Panama while gearing up for her second time around. We're so excited for what happens next!

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