Dance for All is a renowned dance school in Cape Town, which gives first-class and free dance lessons in ballet, contemporary and African dance to children from the townships. In this way they are enabled to start a professional dance career and are shown a new perspective on life. But also for those who do not immediately become a ballet star at “Dance for All”, the project is a unique opportunity to develop their personality and find forms of expression for what moves them.

The dance students are taught by, among others, recognised and successful dancers. Philip Boyd and his wife Phyllis Spira founded the project in 1991. Starting with 34 children, the non-profit organisation has established itself in such a way that today it enables 1500 children to receive instruction. Besides dancing, the social aspect also plays an important role. Through regular lessons, the children are taught values such as discipline, personal responsibility and punctuality and the day is well structured. The teacher becomes an important person of trust and reference and at the same time serves as a role model. In him the children can find someone who believes in them, supports them, motivates them and gives them the self-confidence to steer their lives in a different direction by their own efforts.