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Dance for it

A full-length documentary about six people who dance for their dreams

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Dance for it

A full-length documentary about six people who dance for their dreams

A full-length documentary about six people who dance for their dreams

A full-length documentary about six people who dance for their dreams

A full-length documentary about six people who dance for their dreams

Anna Vinokur
Anna Vinokur
Anna Vinokur
Anna Vinokur
2 Campaigns |
Moscow, Russian Federation
$1,576 USD $1,576 USD 27 backers
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"Dance for it" story
«Dance for it» is a full-length documentary about the strength of dreaming. We want to tell you the story about six dancers, who believe that if you live your dreams, you can have the whole world. Dancing is their passion, their meaning of life, their way, and they could turn all this into their lifestyle. Very lucky, aren’t they? Every week they fly to a new country to teach kizomba, semba and kuduro on social dance festivals, spend there several days of work-shops, dance with every person during night parties (and there is always a huge line of girls and guys waiting to dance with them), go back home and as a result they have nothing left from this week for their own life. they are changing countries so fast that they don't have time to appreciate it. They are booked for two years ahead. That means that next several years they are going to live like this. They feel really blessed to have the opportunity to live like this – to meet hundreds of awesome people, to be invited to a new country where they might not even have an opportunity to come by their own, to perform on respectful scenes, to feel that huge sincere gratitude from people who take their workshops. Each of them dreams to fill every single day of their life with dancing, to become better than they were yesterday and to help others to do the same.


However, one day these huge dreams happened to become a serious obstacle for making another huge dream come true. Is it possible to accept the fact that the job you love the most, makes you refuse of seeing parents, starting your own family, graduating from the university or developing your own projects? Do they really have to sacrifice one dream to another? How to make this choice? You will see a fascinating story about people who are dancing for their dreams, looking for their way and will find it after all.


About our characters

I met our characters a year ago on a kizomba Festival in Porto. I have been dancing kizomba for half a year already and wanted to improve my dancing skills by learning from the best European instructors.  I still remember, how fascinated I was by inspiration, freedom and inner beauty which were coming out of them while they were dancing during their performance. I really couldn’t stop staring at them! I remember how Paulo and Lanna didn’t stop smiling for a second, sharing joy, energy and pride from sharing their African heritage. Or how Ricardo and Paula, having a very difficult choreography and playing powerful and severe roles, but still were looking at each other with love and gratitude for support in such a responsible moment. I remember how Albir and Carola hugged each other  after they finished their performance – I have never seen something more warm and touching – like all the love of the world was in that hug.

These people are made for dancing and they are giving all of them to it. They have so many stories about pain, happiness, disappointment and hope – and all this is screaming inside of them, getting out in form of dance.



A little bit about Kizomba

Kizomba is a pure love. This is about having strength to overcome the fear of trusting people. This is about being brave and open-hearted, because it is not easy to let an absolute stranger embrace you. This is about giving to your partner all your care and tenderness, and about being concerned about his feelings more than about your own. It lets man to be man and lets woman to be a woman.

Why this project our dream

Anna Vinokur, director: To be honest, when I was leaving for that Festival in Portugal a year ago, I was kind of broken and lost. I didn’t know where I should look for the inspiration which could help me move on. I was watching them dancing and it became a long-awaited turning point. When I see their sparkling eyes while dancing, I catch their feeling of freedom and happiness. It makes me a better person, more kind and caring. It gives me the a belief that there is nothing I cannot do. I want you to feel the same.

Taras Onoprienko, producer: The story of our characters really touched me, I have been dancing for 18 years and can't visit my family too as often as I want. But no matter what is happening in my life, the dance is always with me!

How much money do we need


We want to spend together with our characters four-five months and see together with you important and maybe crucial moments of their lives. We will make our shootings in Lisbon, Porto and Madrid. We want to visit Albir’s family in Panama and to meet people he loves the most, we want to go to Luanda to meet big families of Paulo and Lanna and to see rich and beautiful Angolan culture and traditions. We want to see, how Carola is creating her new life and how Ricardo with Paula are achieving their ambitious dreams about their “Afrolatin Connection” and “Muxima” brands. And we are inviting you to join us on our amazing journey. To make this project happen, from the very beginning till the end, we need 109,000 euros.


Risks and challenges

Anna Vinokur, director: My main challenge is that this is my first full-length documentary as a director. I graduated from film school in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, my diploma documentary film had won the nomination for «The best documentary filmmaker» on a student film festival in Saint-Petersburg. For the last three years I have been working as television producer. I am absolutely sure that this film will be interesting to totally different people – even if you learned the word “Kizomba” just five minutes ago, you will find a kind human story about strong and beautiful people who are trying to find the best recipe for their life. So basically this is a film about each of us. So many people already believe in this project and that is a huge inspiration and motivation for us – we absolutely cannot let you down.

If you can't donate right now, support us by sharing our page, we will appreciate it!

Thank you!

Hugs, "Dance for it" team.



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