CHANCE
TO
DANCE
Project details
Title
CHANCE TO DANCE
The project owner
Lauri Schep and Anne Rooze
Location
- Jakarta
- Indonesia
Goal summary
The goal of Chance to Dance is for children to gain confidence and self-discipline. Through this unique experience they can discover themselves and their ability to make a difference by achieving a goal as ‘simple’ as contributing to a performance. By giving them and the whole community a Chance to Dance. We will provide dance classes to a group of sixty orphans in Jakarta, Indonesia, five days a week for two months. These lessons will culminate into a final spectacular dance performance by the children who have been professionally guided, giving them and the whole community a Chance to Dance. These kids become stars for a moment! To keep this project going long term, we will involve a local dancer or schoolteacher from the beginning, so there is someone who is able to continue teaching dance classes on a regular (weekly) basis. In addition, we will leave behind all the costumes and props that we used for the performance.
Project summary
Dancing sparks creativity and has the power to boost morale. These children have been taken off the streets by Kampus Diakonia Modern (KDM) Jakarta. This foundation supports children in dire need. We teach the sixty children who live there at the moment and provide them with a whole new experience to help them (re)discover their importance, confidence and creativity.
How
We will begin with an introduction to European dance, teaching the basics of classical ballet and modern dance with playful exercises. After a few weeks, we will start creating the choreography, together with the children, for their final performance. These choreographies are made through improvisational exercises and by bringing in aspects of the local dance culture. We will divide the group of sixty children into smaller groups and provide them with daily classes for two months. The performance will be based on the story of the classical ballet ‘The Nutcracker’. This fairy tale captures everybody’s imagination. With dvd’s, books and music we explain the story to the children. To make this all happen, the community plays a vital role in the entire project. We involve as many people as possible. Teachers, parents and local craftsmen who can help us with costumes, lights and sound, building the stage, catering and much more. This way the Chance to Dance project will not only give the children a great experience, the project also engages the entire local community.
Beneficiaries
- 60
- Direct beneficiaries: 60 children from 4 to 16 years old. Indirect beneficiaries: parents, teachers, local craftsmen, local citizens as spectators.
- Mixed
Why (Project owners drive)
Lauri is one of the founders of the foundation, and was traveling in Indonesia last summer. She believes it is an amazing country and feels very connected to the rich culture. She figured it would be the right country for the next Chance to Dance project, after implementing a Chance to Dance project in India.. To find the right school for this project she has used her personal network and has been linked to the KDM Foundation in Jakarta. Anne was passionate about Chance to Dance from the moment she met Lauri. She was willing to give all her time to help Lauri with preparing and organizing the upcoming project in Indonesia. She is a professional dancer as well and would love to share her passion for dancing with children who have lesser opportunities.
Relation between the project partner (excecution) and the project owner (fundraising)
We are both professional dancers and met in the working field. Besides our love for dance we share a great social engagement In addition to being art performers we want to give children in backward positions the opportunity to discover joy in their lives.
Project organization
- Chance to Dance Foundation
- www.chance-to-dance.nl
- Chance to Dance is a nonprofit organization with the main goal to let children worldwide dance through life by giving them dance classes and a professional performance never to forget.
Budget
€1,680
Phases
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Costumes
- PHASE 1: Costume expenses per child Fabrics € 4,00 Tailor € 3,00 T-shirts € 2,50 Craft supplies€ 1,50 Trousers € 2,25 Accessories € 1,75 Total costume expenses € 15,00 We estimate that we need around 15 euro per child for all of their costumes: 15 euro x 60 children equals 900 euro for our total costume costs. Just like our last project we will turn to the local people and markets to dress the performance. We are planning to discuss the costume designs with tailors in Jakarta and involve them in our project. On top of that we will need accessories and other crucial props like the nutcracker doll.
- €900
- 900 EURO
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Performance day
- PHASE 2: Theatre expenses Building stage € 265,00 Soundsystem € 20,00 Wires € 12,00 Generator € 3,00 Total stage expenses € 300,00 Location € 200,00 Catering € 200,00 Total € 700,00 Note: Camera Warehouse XL will sponsor our video cameras to document the performance.
- €700
- 700 EURO