We are so excited about the Dance4Life event tomorrow. It is going to be so much fun. So many amazing DJ’s will be playing, including a new addition: Kiss FM’s Justin Wilkes! Justin plays “house music with a groove”. Think European funky house and electro that is currently tearing up dancefloors worldwide. He regularly plays venues such as the renowned Miss Moneypenny’s, Turnmill’s and Ministry of Sound. Definately seems worth checking out to us! Register for you tickets now!!

We will see you there!

Just a few days to go now…
We hope you are just as excited as we are about the  big event  at The Ministry of Sound. If you haven’t got tickets yet, don’t panic! It’s not too late and its not an event to be missed.
Here are your options if you want to come along to THE event of the year:

If you are a student from the dance4life school tour you can get your tickets free on the dance4life website (register here).

If you didn’t attend the school tour, don’t worry you can still get FREE tickets to the event…. All you have to do is join our Facebook fanpage and add a 12 second video of your crazy dance moves or comment on other peoples.

You can even play the Dance4life Game; the top 5 on the scoreboard win a pair of tickets to the event! (You must still be a fan on the fanpage to qualify).

Remember this is not only going to be SO much fun, dancing to some of the best DJ’s around today at one of the UK’s biggest clubbing institutions, but its also for a great cause. Dance4Life does some fantastic work around the world to help promote awareness of HIV and AIDS. The london event is one of 22 worldwide events all happening at the same time. So come on down and be a part of something BIG and together we can make that CHANGE.

Remember, this event is 16+!!

The weekend approaching means only one thing here; it is getting very close to the event everybody has been talking about. Dance4Life’s global dance together will be happening in 22 locations simultaneously across Africa, North and South America and Europe.  Through the universal language of dance, we can hope to spread the message about HIV and AIDS awareness. Here in the UK, the Dance4Life Event is to be held at the Ministry of Sound. With an incredible line up at one of the world’s greatest clubs there is going to be a lot of fun whilst sending out a very powerful message. Here’s a taster of what to expect:

Alex Gaudino: Italian DJ with upbeat, easy to dance to tunes. His last hit, ‘Destination Calabria’ was a club anthem heard in the main rooms of major clubs across the UK.

Darude: Trance DJ from Finland known worldwide for his progressive/uplifting style.  His track “Sandstorm” was a smash hit reaching No:3 in the UK charts.

D-Clash: D-clash is made up of the top ten finalists from the Nike Dance Clash Event held in August 2007.

Kutski: “Named Energyuk.com’s ‘DJ of the month’ 3 times in 2004. “Undoubtedly the freshest and most exciting up and coming scratch/Mixmaster walking on the Planet right now” (Billy Bunter (Honey Pot Recordings)).

Also featuring The Loose Cannons, Metis, Nasha Experience, plus games, competitions, interviews and lots, lots more.

The good news is it is open to all students from the dance4life school tour FREE (register here). Alternatively, If you didn’t attend the school tour, don’t worry, it’s not too late to get FREE entry to this amazing event. All you have to do is join our Facebook fanpage and add a 12 second video of your crazy dance moves or comment on other peoples. You can even play the Dance4life Game; the top 5 on the scoreboard win a pair of tickets to the event! (You must still be a fan on the fanpage to qualify).

Well the College Tour is now over and we had an excellent time. We had such positive responses from so many students. This is what Taashi had to say about the College Tour;

 

“Just wanted to say that today when the team came to our school it was absolutely BRILLIANT!! It was sooooo AMAZING!!! the atmosphere that you created was fantastic!!!”

 

And Kruti wasn’t disappointed either;

 

“I would like to say that it was a great turn out….many people enjoyed it and even the teachers are being very supportive. Now the students are less confused about Dance4life and many of our friends are being just as supportive and hope to attend the Event.”

 

With these positive comments, we hope it inspires many more of you to get involved with Dance4Life. You can get involved here.

 

Here are a few photos from the College Tour.

 If you have attended the Dance4Life College Tour this year, registration is now open for tickets to the Big Event on 29^th November at the Ministry of Sound.

But don’t worry if you haven’t been on a College Tour, there are other ways to win tickets to the event.

Become a fan on our Facebook fanpage and upload your own 12 second dance video or simply comment on other people’s videos!

Or you can play our brand new Dance4Life game and if you make it to the top 5 on the scoreboard, you could also win a pair of tickets to the event. Remember you must be a fan of the fanpage though and enter your full name on the scoreboard so we can contact you if you’re a winner!

www.dance4life.co.uk

 

DANCE4LIFE STAGES UNIQUE WORLDWIDE

DANCE

AND LIVE EVENT

Featuring

Loose Cannons / Kutski / Neev / Alex Gaudino / Darude / Metis / Nasha Experience

 

On Saturday 29^th November 55,000 young people around the world will dance together via global satellite to raise awareness for the battle against HIV and AIDS, with Dance4Life.

 

In the UK, the Dance4Life Event will be held in London’s legendary Ministry of Sound where young ‘Agents of Change’, who have been on Dance4Life’s UK College Tour, will enjoy an impressive line up of DJs, Nike Dance Athletes, Spoken word artists and bands.

 

The event in London is one of 22 satellite-linked events happening simultaneously across Africa, North and South America and Europe. The global event is a powerful statement to demand the attention of world leaders and their commitment to the UN Millennium Development Goals, as well as highlighting the vital role that young people can play in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

 

Ministry of Sound will be jumping to the sounds of Italo don Alex Gaudino, Finnish Trance sensation Darude, the funk infused Loose Cannons, Radio 1’s newest dance star Kutski, spoken word and hip-hop wonder Metis and Drum and Bassers The Nasha Experience who have all donated their performances to Dance4Life for free. The event will be hosted by Kiss FM’s lunchtime presenter Neev and is open to all students from the Dance 4 Life School Tour, which will visit 30 UK schools and colleges throughout November 2008, free of charge.

 

The Dance4Life Tour introduces students to the realities of HIV by means of a fully interactive 2-hour workshop including speakers living with HIV from Zambia, Uganda and USA. All students on the Tour learn the Dance4Life ‘drill’- a simple yet effective dance routine replicated all over the world to unite young people, regardless of background or HIV status.

 

Over 60% of new infections are amongst young people aged 15-24 and Dance4Life offers this most vulnerable group of people the opportunity to speak out against the spread of the virus in a positive, uplifting way.

So the Dance4Life Tour Team are doing their rounds still and the enthusiasm is just electric. So many young people have learnt the Drill and we really feel we’re raising awareness about HIV and AIDS. Laurence is a student at one of the schools we’ve visited and has great things to say about Dance4Life and is even helping us to spread the word of all our good work. Here is what he had to say about the tour;

 

I thought that having the tour at our school was good as it gave us a clearer perspective as to how AIDS/HIV affects the world, and it was good as we could get involved and can now take part in some events. 

The UK Tour Team has officially hit the road!  With a little over one week under our belts, we’ve visited 8 Colleges.  Every workshop is a little bit different, but we’re thankful to have enthusiastic and exciting participants everywhere we go.  However reluctant at first, so many young people now know the official Dance4Life drill, forwards and backwards.  Besides just the dancing and movement part, we really hope that students have learned a little more about HIV and AIDS.  All of our

speakers, young people who have, or have been affected by, HIV have been so brave and courageous to share their personal stories with groups at every school.  We’ve also heard lots of inspiring ideas during the open action forums, the part of the workshop where the students get to

brainstorm and share ideas for possible ways to join in the fight to push back HIV & AIDS.  If we’ve already visited your school, don’t forget to go online at http://www.dance4life.co.uk/ and REGISTER to become an AGENT OF CHANGE.  This is an important way to keep in touch and contact us if you need any support or help with your action plans.  We can provide freebies like tee-shirts, pens, condoms, posters, etc.  Also, registering as an Agent of Change is how you get your ticket for the Big Event on 29 November at the Ministry of Sound!  If the Dance4Life Tour is scheduled to stop by your school soon, make sure to come and check it out!

The Dance4Life College Tour has officially begun!  Schools in 22 countries worldwide are being visited by Dance4Life Tour Teams.  Each workshop teaches young people about HIV/AIDS with interactive information sessions, music and videos, firsthand stories from young people who have been closely affected by HIV virus, and by learning the Dance4Life official dance!  This dance, or drill, will be performed in unison during the Live Connection satellite link-up during each country’s Big Event. 

Don’t miss out if your school or university is participating in the Tour!  Attend the workshop and learn what Dance4Life  is all about.  Don’t worry; it isn’t going to be like your typical class or boring lecture.  The workshop is interactive and there are lots of chances to participate in the information segments and in the dancing and drill.  If you enjoy good music and want to learn more about HIV, make sure to mark your calendar for the workshop!

 

If a Tour Team has already visited your school, register to become an Agent4Change.  It is really easy; just follow this link to sign-up.  We love to hear about your ideas to get involved and can help you out if you need posters, flyers, information, stickers, condoms, etc.  Registering as an Agent4Change entitles you to apply for  a ticket for the big event on the 29^th of November at the Ministry of Sound!

As you may already know, Metis is performing at the Dance4Life Big Event on 29^th November. We’re really excited about him being there as he’s such a nice guy, so we thought we would treat you to a bit more info about the MC that everyone is talking about.  

By day, Metis spends his time in a suit and tie working in the financial world, playing high-stakes corporate poker, but the evenings could not be more different. Changing from suit and tie to jeans in the back of taxi’s on the way to the studio, or the stage, it is 8-Mile, but in the square mile. Metis first became a fixture on the thriving underground literary circuit that is Spoken Word, where authenticity, creativity and ability are celebrated. In late 2006 Metis teamed up with 2-time BAFTA Award Winning Director Alrick Riley (Hustle, Spooks, Cops), producer Louise DeCoteau (Elephant Palm Tree – Sundance Film Festival) and renowned curator David A. Bailey for the premiere of ‘METIS – The Power of the Word’. Created out of a series of Spoken Word film portraits in the making, the sold out event ran for three consecutive nights at the Camden Arts Gallery, and sets the stage for the feature length Power of the Word documentary.

It was only natural that he would begin to branch out from Spoken Word to his true passion: Hip-Hop. This is street music, from Wall Street to Main Street. Both are Metis. This is lyrical Hip-Hop with a totally new perspective, no gangsta, no bling, just funky beats from London producers with Metis’ syrupy California flow lacing the vocals. Born into a working class family in California’s Bay Area, he excelled early in school, and was accepted to numerous Ivy League universities including the world famous Brown University, were he graduated with honours and a double concentration in Philosophy and Economics. All the while, nourishing  himself on underground Hip-Hop beats and rhymes. He moved to London in 2003, after studying for a further year at the LSE – London School of Economics, and fell in love with the city. He has been living and working there ever since.  

Although a relative newcomer to the music industry, Metis has already played some of his biggest bills and worked along side some great talent .In 2008 he played Glastonbury, while in 2006 also teaming up with Paul Heard (one of his producers) and Shovell from the M-People to play alongside Tim Westwood at the Dance4Life ‘Big Event’, a charity for which he now an Ambassador. He will also play the 2008 event.