During my breast cancer treatments, I started dancing in hospital hallways.
Something radical shifted:
I felt alive again and also... literal ecstasy moving through my sick body!!
So of course I followed that sensation and after dancing everywhere in public for 30 days, a question emerged:
Why isn’t everyone dancing?
What expert interviews reveal is that:
This isn’t new. Humans have always gathered, danced, and entered states of shared joy.
But over time, as our cultures became more focused on control of behavior, of bodies, of expression—those spaces were reduced.
Even today, at school, we are trained to suppress, obey, and behave.
And so to survive, we often live in a kind of inner war.
At this stage, I am prepping to film the last part of the documentary which is also becoming a real life movement. I am helping all dance tribes to unites so we can create:
-street dance pop-ups
-outdoor “dance it all” parties
In short, people reconnecting to their bodies, emotions, each other , outdoors and in public.
The plan is to activate Lisbon and to then pass the batton—so others activate their own cities.
Why now?
At a time when systems are collapsing and disconnection is at its peak,
this is a different kind of response...an invitation to come back to life—
and find peace within, with each other and with nature.
What your support makes possible:
-bring my cinematographer on location
-film real-time public activations in Lisbon
-capture key interviews
-and finish the film as the movement unfolds
If this resonates, you’re already part of it.
Thank you for helping bring this to life.
Jo
Organizer
