They Dance For Rain is a dance-making project that works with arts-for-social-change organizations in Nairobi, Kenya. We bring Tap shoes and the art form of Tap Dance to people with an interest and need for this unique kind of artistic self-expression. We bring hoops to dance with and teach others the skills of making long-lasting dance hoops. We bring cameras and visibility to an otherwise unrepresented population of slum and ghetto dancers and dwellers through photography and film.
In this area of the world, Tap Dance is still quite young and the eagerness to learn it is immense. Through this continuing global exchange of artistic dialogue They Dance For Rain inspires a new generation of Tap Dancers. These dancers will innovate the form through use of their own culturally distinctive ideas and styles.
They Dance For Rain is created and directed by action-based dance artist Stefanie Weber/Creatures of Habitat in collaboration with fine art photographer Monika Pizzichemi.
