This photo shows Borana women of Sheik (just outside of Isiolo, Kenya) dancing as part of their celebration after laying pipe for a clean water project for their settlement.
In a village Cameoon, fifteen girls come together once a week for youth development activities. This photo captures me teaching the girls how to dance “The Electric Slide.” The group’s name, “Bikkoy Robe Beesembe,” means “Girls of...
After six months of dance class, my dance class and I had the opportunity to dance in front of a huge audience - including the then-First Lady Sandra Torres de Colóm and Minister of Health - at the launch of the social welfare program Mi Familia...
Dance; Traditional dress; Host families; Swearing-in ceremonies
This photos was taken shortly after the Peace Corps swearing-in ceremony in Bulgaria on June 10, 2011. After the ceremony volunteers new and old and their host families and friends went out to the Plaza for music and dancing. As a brand new Peace...
This picture is of me, Art Raphael, dancing with a Filipina and co-teacher at a fiesta celebration. I'm wearing the traditional Barong Tagalog. Many times during the year, I was asked to participate in holiday celebrations, fiestas and school...
A student at the Maya Devi School for Girls in Bharatpur, Nepal, where a taught, performs a traditional Nepali dance during a day of student performances at the school.
At a primary school in Guyana, I would often tell the students in my phonics class that "lots of times we read and sometimes we dance." This was a day when we chose to dance in front of the school during an assembly in 2011.
While visiting my colleagues in Rajshahi we spent some time at this High School (grades 6 - 10) and here is a picture of one of the girls performing a traditional dance in the school courtyard.
This is a photo of some Masai women dancing during their village's celebration. My wife and I are are placed in Kibaya, Tanzania where we have a large Masai population. We have a good deal of Masai friends as well, so we get to attend some of...
Dancing and sunny Sunday summer afternoons by the river are common pastimes in Moldova. In this photo, two of my host relatives are enjoying dancing to traditional music outside... because dancing is what brings them happiness.