Manifesto/is

Að endurheimta mannkynið með krafti dansins

Í heimi sem er þungur af streitu, einmanaleika og tengslaleysi — þar sem tækni sundrar oft og menning er gerð að vöru — rísum við upp.

Við rísum ekki með mótspyrnu, heldur með takti.

Ekki með hávaða, heldur með nærveru.

Ekki með stífum kerfum, heldur með frjálsri hreyfingu.

Við teljum að dans sé meðfæddur réttur, ekki sýning.

Að hver líkami — hver lögun, hver aldur, hver hæfni — sé ílát visku.

Sú hreyfing er ekki skemmtun; hún er lækning, hún er nám, hún er að muna hver við erum.

DanceResource.org er róttæk einingarathöfn.

Opinn hugbúnaðarvettvangur án hagnaðarmarkmiða, smíðaður af dönsurum, draumórum, vísindamönnum og sögumönnum — ekki til að drottna, heldur til að „tengjast“.

To gather the scattered knowledge of conscious dance into one living, breathing ecosystem.

To celebrate the rhythm of every culture, the wisdom of every lineage, the story of every body.

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.