Pieces of a Dream: The Story of Dance for All

pieces of a dream

Plot

Dance for All's mission is to provide children in historically disadvantaged communities with the opportunity for enjoyment, empowerment and the promotion of self-esteem through the medium of dance, as well as training professional dancers and developing a unique, indigenous dance company. Philip Boyd, a principal dancer with CAPAB Ballet, started Dance for All in 1991, with the support of his illustrious wife, Prima Ballerina Assoluta Phyllis Spira. Since then, thousands of children in the townships of Cape Town and surrounding rural areas have benefitted from its outreach programmes. This is the story of Dance of All; and of the children whose lives have been enriched by it. Among them are Hope Nongqongqo, a founder student who became Outreach Manager and Mbulelo Ndabeni, pictured here, who won a scholarship to train in London and went on to dance professionally with the prestiguous Rambert Dance Company. Their stories of success are among those featured in Pieces of a Dream.