Recently, 32 dancers from 14 countries performed a dance together from their own homes. It was called “Swans for Relief” and was a fundraiser for dancers all over the world who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. Two dancers, Misty Copeland and Joseph Phillips came up with the initiative. They partnered with the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), with seed funding provided by K Period Media, to launch the program.
Their goal was to raise $500,000.
As Copeland said,
“We’ve needed this reset, to kind of step back and reassess how we do things, especially for an art form that doesn’t really rely on media as much. It’s about time that we learn how to exist in this virtual world for the ballet community. So I do think there’s some positives in there and maybe just figuring out, you know, new ways of bringing theater to people so that it reaches more people.”
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