Earthdance Ibiza

Give peace a dance, an EARTHDANCE

Get ready for the 26th of September when up to a million people will dance to one tune, at one time, at over 80 venues in 35 countries to express a simple, unified, harmonious desire for peace. And they will raise some money for good causes along the way.

EARTHDANCE IBIZA takes the form of a mini one-day festival at the stunning new venue Bazaar, close to Sta Gertrudis. There'll be live music, DJs, multiple giant screens, body movement and international dance workshops / performances, sound healing and other therapies, food, stalls, activities and entertainment for kids, fire dancers, and even a movie premier as the film about DJs and Ibiza “And the beat goes on” receives an exclusive screening.

Then across the world's time zones DJs will sync their turntables to play the specially-produced EARTHDANCE song, “A prayer for peace.” It will be morning in the Australian rainforest, midnight in London, and sunrise over the Himalayas. In Ibiza the tune will drop at 1am. Giant screens will display scenes from other venues in a global webcam link-up sharing peace across the dancefloors of the world.

As the Dalai Lama told EARTHDANCE founder Chris Deckker: “I think global events are a really hopeful sign. When something happens on one side of the planet, it naturally affects the other side. After all, we all share the same blue planet.”

Artist and musician Deckker started EARTHDANCE in 1997 as part of the global electronic music scene. Lenny Ibizarre organised Ibiza's first event. It has grown globally to include a diverse cross-section of musical genres including world music, jazz, conscious hip-hop, folk and reggae.

EARTHDANCE has shown how the potent combination of music, dance and technology can be harnessed for positive and humanitarian aims. For one night all around the globe, people join together to dance as one global community, united with a common vision for peace.

Produced by a collective of promoters and organizations, each individual EARTHDANCE event is guided by EARTHDANCE International, but organised and funded locally. EARTHDANCE IBIZA is promoted by Follow your Heart Productions which aims to both raise awareness about important issues affecting society and to raise money for local / international charities and causes.

“In Ibiza we are combining dance, the healing arts and ecology in a one-day gathering. By channelling our energies through a harmonious event, together with other EARTHDANCE communities we are confident we can manifest an amazing transformative display of creative energy for promoting peace… Especially with all the talent here in Ibiza!” says local EARTHDANCE IBIZA organiser Jonny Lee (follow your heart productions).

Now he says the need is for volunteers to come forward. “We are looking for all sorts of people to help with PR and setting the show up as well as musicians, healers, performance artists, VJs, graphic artists, speakers, camera operators, writers, technicians, sponsors and fundraisers. It'll be great fun and you'll be helping some good causes.”

This years EARTHDANCE focus is “Bless the children” part of the money raised will go to Childs Rights (www.fundaciondanzaindia.com part of childsrights.es) a Spanish-based charity which raises money to give India's street children vocational training to become dancers & teachers of Indian dance for a self sufficient future . The rest of the cash will be donated to APNEEF, Ibiza and Formentera’s association for children with special needs and Greenheart resonancia Ibiza’s kids environmental education program.

There's no set ticket price for EARTHDANCE IBIZA 2009 at Bazaar Sta Gertrudis on 26th September. People are just asked to contribute what they can donate as an entrance fee at the door (and this venue has one of the best-value bar tariffs on the island.) Additional fund raising elements will include a seated gourmet dinner fusing international flavours and themes, an auction and a % of the bar take being donated by Bazaar as well as profits from therapies and stands.

For more information email info@earthdance.es, find us on Facebook at: follow your heart productions / EARTHDANCE IBIZA or check out the global website: www.earthdance.org , www.earthdance.es