movementexchange-blog

[movementexchange-blog]

We are so proud of Move-Ex instructor Everardo for choreographing dances for his students to perform at the Black Ethnicity Festival at Tierra Prometida public school. Movement Exchange is excited to be involved in the Tierra Prometida community through our year-round dance programming! #movetochange #panama

[movementexchange-blog]

Move-Ex Chapter Thriller

This week's chapter spotlight goes to Indiana University. The IU chapter choreographed and participated in a thrilling performance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" for the 2016 Spirit of Indiana Showcase. Watch the video of Abby and the IU Athletics Staff here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keRv7ylTYUM

[movementexchange-blog]

This week's chapter spotlight goes out to George Mason University. Our GMU chapter got to paint a Move-Ex bench and we are so honored! #movetochange #GMU (at George Mason University)

[movementexchange-blog]

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Movement Exchange (@movementexchange)

Happy Move-Ex Monday! Over the weekend weekend our kids at Aldea SOS Orphanage in Colón learned this hip hop routine from our instructor Richard Miller. Lookin' good chicos! #moveexmonday #movetochange (at Colón, Panama)

[movementexchange-blog]

Yesterday Move-Ex instructors Ameth and Everardo taught classes in Tierra Prometida's public school. Movement Exchange is proud to partner with the school so that dance can be part of the children's education! #movetochange #panama #sustainabledanceeducation (at Panama)

[movementexchange-blog]

Chapter Spotlight: Congratulations to the Loyola Marymount University chapter of Movement Exchange for earning the Outstanding Philanthropic Program award sponsored by the National Dance Education Organization! We are so inspired by these phenomenal young women. #movetochange #lmu #ndeo (at Westchester, Los Angeles)

[movementexchange-blog]

Our monthly theme for May is sustainable dance education. Movement Exchange is committed to making dance education not only accessible, but sustainable. That's why we have five year-round, locally-staffed dance education programs in Panama! Happy #moveexmonday! #movetochange

[movementexchange-blog]

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Movement Exchange (@movementexchange)

We were enraptured by this performance by Adrian, a University of Panama dance student who has participated in Movement Exchange workshops for a while. ¡Buen hecho amigo! @kos_pty #movetochange #kingsofstyle2016 #panama (at Teatro Amador)

[movementexchange-blog]

The girls at Malambo Orphanage excelled during our dance intensive today with our instructors Andrea and Moisés! Andrea teaches them ballet every week. We loved watching them learn ballet and contemporary and can't wait to see how much they improve at our next intensive! #movetochange #panama (at Hogar Malambo)

[movementexchange-blog]

“When Katy Pyle founded Ballez in 2011, she was looking for a comfortable dance space. She felt excluded from traditional ballet narratives and sought to create a dance company that celebrated transgender, queer and lesbian stories and bodies. Meet the dancers and watch them in action in our video.”

Watch the video here

With all the anti-LGBTQIA+ headlines coming across my feed, I NEEDED this!

BRAVO/BRAVA TO KATY PYLE AND BALLEZ! 

[movementexchange-blog]

Throwback to Malala Yousafzai’s speech at the United Nations’ first Youth Assembly in 2013, on her 16th birthday. It was her first public speech since she was shot in the head on her way back from school in Pakistan’s Swat Valley.   

[movementexchange-blog]

What happened before, during and after the #RwandaGenocide? This interactive timeline explains:http://j.mp/QIyvuV

[movementexchange-blog]

[movementexchange-blog]

What happens to a child’s brain during conflict? | UNICEF

More than 86.7 million children under the age of 7 have spent their entire lives in conflict zones, putting their brain development at risk. During the first 7 years of life a child’s brain has the potential to activate 1,000 brain cells every second but the trauma from living in conflict can limit that development. The solution is to invest more to provide children and caregivers with critical supplies and services including learning materials, psychosocial support, and safe, child-friendly spaces that can help restore a sense of childhood in the midst of conflict. 

(via What happens to a child’s brain during conflict? | UNICEF - YouTube)

[movementexchange-blog]

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Movement Exchange (@movementexchange)

Happy International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2016! Here's a clip of kids from one of our Panamanian partner communities performing Típico. What a fantastic day to celebrate our April theme of Community Empowerment! #movetochange #idsdp2016 #peace #dance #equality @unesco @unesco_es @unitednations @usembpan

[movementexchange-blog]

Yesterday we were lucky enough to witness the grand opening ceremony of the Academia de Danza y Arte in Chepo, Panama. Congratulations to our instructors and partners Elisandro, Ameth, Richard, and Everardo on this wonderful endeavor! (at Chepo, Panamá Province)

[movementexchange-blog]

This month, we celebrate how dance serves as a catalyst for community empowerment. How has dance positively affected your community? Repost and share with us @movementexchange. #movetochange