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Dancers on Tour
The ROKPA Dance Tour in May 2012 achieved
its goal: Ten former homeless children from
Kathmandu captured the hearts of their
audience and sponsors. As emissaries for
ROKPA and accompanied by famous performers
like Andreas Vollenweider, Marc Sway,
Sina, Seven and Steff La Cheffe, they danced
their life stories.
The goal was not quantified but clear: ROKPA should
be introduced to a new and broad audience. Lea Wyler
knew from experience: “Without a very special event it is
almost impossible to have an article placed in the daily
newspapers.“ Through the Dance Tour the images of the
daily struggle in the streets of Kathmandu and also of the
beauty of Nepalese culture will leave a lasting impression.
Because ROKPA’s work covers both: humanitarian aid
and cultural support.
Emissaries
Who would be better equipped to be ROKPA’s emissaries
than ten young artists from the ROKPA Children’s Home
in Kathmandu? Directed by Lea Wyler, who also wrote
the piece, they worked many months to fine-tune the show
„From homeless child to stage star“. The work confronted
them with their own trauma which gave the play such
an authentic air. The audience was impressed by the
children‘s evident ability to face their past.
„On stage I search for food and only find cigarettes
and glue which I sniff until I get sick. That was part of
my life“, explains Reema , one of the young artists,
in a personal interview after the show.
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