Dancing4Kids - Dancing4Kids © "Promoting Intercultural Understanding Through Dance and Art"

A Note to New Visitors and Members:

Welcome to Dancing4Kids!
If you are a dancer, musician, entertainer, artist, photographer, humanitarian, media professional, business professional or anyone wishing to volunteer, collaborate, sponsor and/or work with us please sign on to our website. Membership is free and you can create your own unique page to promote your work, business, show your talents and skills and become an active member of a growing network which strives to support children in need around the world. Individuals and groups who have worked or are currently working with us are featured on our main page and are occasionally promoted/introduced to new opportunities through our network. We thank our friends for their continued support and welcome our new members into the exciting world of Dancing4Kids!

Our message for 2012!!

Information about Dancing4Kids

Dancing4Kids Overview:
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D4K P O D C A S T
Listen to our unique Dancing4Kids PODCAST!!!!!!! We thank Stuart-O for putting this together and for his outstanding work! We also thank the incredible Human Beat Box AFRA, for giving us our own "Dancing4Kids" unique beat sound and for being such a wonderful friend!!!!

Who we are & how we have evolved:

Dancing 4 Kids (D4K) organisation, has its roots in a project that started by a world renowned ballet dancer, Lynne Charles in 2007. Having enjoyed an illustrious career as an international ballerina, and while in Japan Lynne Charles decided to offer her talents to promote cultural and artistic exchange for charitable purposes. This was done through the Dancing 4 Aids Orphans (D4AO) ballet performance created and staged by Lynne in 2007 in Yokohama -Japan, a year before leaving Tokyo to pursue new career opportunities in the US.

Since 2008, Dancing4Kids has been running under the direction of Ms Chrissi Theodorakakos who through a very inspiring trip to South Africa together with photographer Red Baklava witnessed the enormous passion and dedication of Mr Patrick Chamusso, the founder of the Two Sisters AIDS centre for orphans. (View images here).

Dancing4Kids soon became a great friend and supporter as well as the main contact of the Two Sisters in Japan. We have dedicated much of our resources to support AIDS orphans through stage events, artistic projects and collaborations with top artists, dancers and musicians. We also support orphanages and children homes in Japan through our collaboration with Living Dreams Japan

Proceeds from our events are significantly helping children in need around the world, successfully enriching their lives. We hope to become their "dream makers" by making each and everyone of you a "dream maker" for them too.. Our activities also promote cultural exchange, education, sustainability and awareness. We gather interest and engage business and social communities into helping those children directly and in their own chosen ways. By joining our projects or supporting us though donations you will be making a great difference to the lives of many.

Your very own fundraiser!
Do you wish to have your own small or large fundraiser to support a cause? We are happy to give you a few consultancy tips or even collaborate with you. Just send an message to: d4kevents@gmail.com

How you can help!!
We are always looking for: sponsors, volunteers, artists and media professionals. Our projects are created to support children in need through the charities we work with. If you are interested in collaborating with us please contact us now.

Partners & Friends
We are members and support the activities of the South Africa Chamber of Commerce Japan (SACCJ).To become a member please click below:

Our activities are made to support the children from Two Sisters Organisation in South Africa. Since the beginning of 2009 we are the official representatives of the Two Sisters in Japan. We have also started numerous projects for the benefit of orphans and abused children in Japan through our collaborations with NPO Living Dreams Japan.

Photos

Japan

by Alex Stratis Added July 18, 2011 at 12:11pm
Two Sisters visit - South Africa Aug2010

by Dancing4Kids Added October 10, 2010 at 1:17pm
37 Frames photography - shoot of Chrissi

by Chrissi Theodorakakos Added February 22, 2010 at 3:37pm 1 Comment

Costa Rica

by Syuujirou Oomori Added December 1, 2009 at 9:18am
The Kakraba family

by Kakraba Tenso Added August 22, 2009 at 10:07am
Rising Sun

by Red Baklava Added April 10, 2008 at 9:24am

Dancing 4 AIDS Orphans photos br Chris Rayne

by Lynne Charles Added March 26, 2008 at 1:51am 1 Comment
My dancing photos

by Lynne Charles Added March 26, 2008 at 1:50am 1 Comment
My family and friends

by Lynne Charles Added March 26, 2008 at 1:49am 1 Comment

Teaching in Japan

by Lynne Charles Added March 26, 2008 at 1:47am
Two Sisters Children

by Red Baklava Added March 21, 2008 at 8:07am
Patrick Chamusso and The Two Sisters

by Dancing4Kids Added March 19, 2008 at 9:45am

D4OA

by Dancing4Kids Added March 19, 2008 at 9:31am

TEDxTokyo

Rock Challenge Japan
Cirque Du Soleil Global Citizenship
The Tyler Foundation

Blog Posts

An inside look at Dancing4Kids - By Chrissi Theodorakakos

“Why we are still here” - An inside look at Dancing4Kids

by: Chrissi Theodorakakos (D4K Director & Network Creator)

This is not a comeback.. it is a continuation... and a way of living..!

It's been over 3 years since the beginning of what has become a major part

of my life, what I still call “Dancing4Kids” (D4K).

Every year since I've started this has brought an entirely different set…

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Posted by Dancing4Kids on February 2, 2011 at 12:00pm

The story of our day with Patrick Chamusso and the children of Two Sisters

Photo by: Red Baklava

Here is the day that marked the beginning of the work we started just a year ago.. Written by Red Baklava who also photographed some very special images that have been exhibited in the USA and Japan with great success.…

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Posted by Dancing4Kids on February 27, 2009 at 11:30am

D4K Publication on Veronica Viljoen's on-line Magazine

Benetton Gives to Africa:

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Posted by Dancing4Kids on March 30, 2008 at 3:30pm

Meeting the legendary George Bizos – Koroni/Greece, August 2008

Posted by Dancing4Kids on September 9, 2008 at 11:30am

D4K & Amnesty International's- "Artists for Amnesty" Event in Los Angeles

On April 8th, Dancing 4 Kids partnered with Amnesty International's - "Artists for Amnesty" in Los Angeles, Ca. at an event to raise awareness of the work of Patrick Chamusso & The Two Sisters Orphanage in South Africa. The event was held to focus on the role Two Sisters plays in the lives of the children of White River, as well as the community.

Lucia Noyce (of Artists for Amnesty) organized the event that provided a wealth… Continue

Posted by Red Baklava on April 20, 2008 at 10:06pm — 1 Comment

About Patrick Chamusso and the Two Sisters

We support the Two Sisters and Patrick Chamusso, the founder and one of the people we cannot forget since my colleague (Tremell) and I (Chrissi) met him in February 2008 in White River-South Africa. He calls himself "an ordinary man" but after meeting him and his 140 children it seems that from an ordinary person come the greatest of things.. strength, compassion, love, unselfishness, caring.. just to name a few. The same goes to all those wonderful people that volunteer their services to help the children of the Two Sisters, and the same goes to all those how simply care. We thank Patrick and the Two Sisters board for letting us visit the orphanage and for making this a lifechanging experience to us.

Please visit the Two Sisters website on:
www.twosisters.org.za to learn more about Patrick, the Two Sisters and ways to help them if you can and want.

Below is a video clip from Catch a Fire.