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Dance For Love International are events for diversity with the purpose of unifying and connecting diverse people through dancing.

Dance For Love International believes that

- Dance is unifying and for everyone

- Positiv manifestations for diversity are important

- Direct interactions between people is key for open and diverse societies

Background

— The situation in Europe is deeply worrying. Whatever tactics you choose to limit the xenophobic influence in parliament, it is important to highlight the positive examples and the mobilizing popular resistance against racism, says Martin Ådahl president for FORES.

The dance company Arkeolog 8 in Stockholm decided to make an event in September 2010 in central Stockholm, three days before election day in Sweden. The purpose of the event was to encourage people to dance for love and vote for love, encourage voting and diversity as a response to the growing xenophobic forces in Sweden. The event was arranged in short notice as a response for the growing worries that young people wouldn't care to vote and that the xenophobic party Sverige Demokraterna would get in the parliament. The information spread fast on Facebook in dance related social groups and at the event there where around 400 dancing participants and about another 100 watching. The idea was simply to make Sergels torg in central Stockholm into a dance floor, bring a sound system, a DJ that attracted people and played a wide range of music and have a host/MC spreading the message dance for love, vote for love.

Dance For Love International see the need and potential: - The need to inspire people to participate more in the political process in society to increase diversity.

- The potential to use culture generally, and dance specifically, to do this.

Events

2010 16 September - Stockholm, Sweden - Big dance floor at Sergels Torg.

2011 17 September - Stockholm, Sweden - Dance floor at Sergels Torg.

2011 mid September - Gothenborg, Sweden - Dance floor

2011 Autumn - Stockholm, Sweden - Dance parad

2012 12 May - Århus, Denmark - Dance parad & dance floor as a part of the festival Mejlgade For Mangfoldighed