Manifesto/zu

Ukubuyisa Ubuntu Ngamandla Omdanso

Ezweni elinokucindezeleka, isizungu, kanye nokungaxhumani — lapho ubuchwepheshe buvame ukuhlukanisa khona futhi isiko lithengiswa — siyavuka.

Asivuki ngokuzibamba, kodwa ngesigqi.

Hhayi ngomsindo, kodwa ngokuba khona.

Hhayi ngezinhlelo eziqinile, kodwa ngokunyakaza okukhululekile.

Sikholelwa ukuthi umdanso uyilungelo lokuzalwa, hhayi umbukiso.

Ukuthi wonke umzimba — yonke imilo, yonke iminyaka, wonke amakhono — uyisitsha sokuhlakanipha.

Leyo nhlangano ayiyona into yokuzijabulisa; iyaphilisa, iwukufunda, iwukukhumbula ukuthi singobani.

I-DanceResource.org iyisenzo sobunye esikhulu.

Ipulatifomu engenzi nzuzo, evulekile eyakhiwe ngabadansi, abaphuphi, ososayensi, kanye nabalandisi bezindaba — hhayi ukubusa, kodwa 'ukuxhumana.

Ukuqoqa ulwazi oluhlakazekile ngomdanso oqondayo endaweni eyodwa ephilayo nephefumulayo.

Ukugubha isigqi samasiko onke, ukuhlakanipha kwazo zonke izizukulwane, indaba yawo wonke umzimba.

We are building:

• A Wikipedia-style knowledge base — to preserve the dances that heal, liberate, and transform.
• Global forums — to cultivate peer support, shared stories, and cross-cultural connection.
• An events platform — to discover, share, and celebrate gatherings where movement brings us together.
• Open science tools — to prove what dancers already know: that movement heals, connects, and reveals.
• A mobile/web app — to guide anyone, anywhere, into mindful movement, with no gatekeepers.

This is not a brand.

It’s not a trend.

It is a movement of movements.

We are creating a world where:

• Schools use dance to teach emotional intelligence.
• Therapists recommend guided movement as medicine.
• Elders pass on their ancestral rhythms.
• Teenagers dance through heartbreak instead of silence.
• Communities shake off trauma and reconnect, together.

And no one is left behind.

Our code is open.

Our knowledge is shared.

Our hearts are beating — with yours.

This is your invitation to reclaim your body,

remember your joy,

and rejoin humanity —

one step, one breath, one beat at a time.

Join us. Move with us. Help us change the world —

by simply remembering how to dance.

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This manifesto is supported by a clear set of ethical and practical commitments. Read the full Core Values of DanceResource.