MSN.com: Sia Teams Up with Everytown for Gun Safety, National Dance Institute
MSN.com re-sharing the video of ENOUGH!
MSN.com re-sharing the video of ENOUGH!
"Sia teams up with Everytown for Gun Safety, National Dance Institute. This video first appeared on nowthisnews.com."
"Featuring more than 130 dancers between the ages of 7 and 17 from the National Dance Institute, it's an emotional yet elevating music video for Sia's "Enough!" — which was written after students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School attended a ballet performance to honor a fallen peer who had been a dancer."
"Gun safety groups Everytown for Gun Safety and Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America released a video entitled “Enough!” Monday that features kids and teens from the National Dance Institute trying to cope with the fear and frequency of mass school shootings."
"To do their part, members of the fashion industry stepped up to help outfit the cast: Levi's donated 250 pieces of denim, and Everlane, State Bags, Banana Republic, Gap, Cynthia Rowley, and Rachel Antonoff, all made donations of their own."
“In a world of such normalized trauma, we wanted to provide a powerful opportunity for these young dancers to express themselves beyond the ability of their words, and contribute to a public discourse that is painfully relevant to their generation. "
"Hurwitz believes that dance is an ideal vehicle to further progress on gun violence as it provides a way to experience the emotional impact it has on children, while avoiding heated language. “For children around the country, gun violence has become an all too real concern,” he says."
"Everytown for Gun Safety and Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown, in partnership with the National Dance Institute, have released this new video called “Enough!” featuring 130 children, ranging in age from seven to 17 dancing to "I'm Still Here" by Sia, courtesy of Monkey Puzzle Music/Atlantic Records."
"For this passion project, we’re joining forces with the National Dance Institute. The project will feature nearly 100 students from their public arts education programming, and who range in ages from 6-16. The choreography will be overseen by James Alesop, best known for her work with Beyonce."
"Kids will be dancing for kids at this year’s annual production, a joy-filled dance celebration of the cultures, creatures, and cities that thrive “at the river’s edge.” NDI’s Celebration Team will samba in the Amazon, strut along the Hudson, pay homage to the Ganges, and set sail on the Mississippi in this vibrant performance inspired by the power of rivers."