Movement Exchange

At 25 and working in international development, Movement Exchange founder, Anna Pasternak, dreamed of a dancer’s version of Doctors Without Borders. She asked, “How can dance education reach underserved populations, and how can trained dancers use their skill set to give back to the world?”

Since its conception, Movement Exchange has:

 

• Engaged over 300 dance diplomats in 6900 hours of international service and 2700 hours of domestic service. 

• Expanded the chapter model of Move-Ex to 21 universities in the United States. These chapters do domestic and international service work year-round.

• Created three year-round and locally staffed dance programs at orphanages in Panama, and at two at-risk youth centers in India.

• Organized dance performances at the National Theater of Panama and flash mobs starring hundreds of youth involved in the Move-Ex dance program.

• Nurtured over 1,500 young minds to think creatively and critically, become agents of change, and dream for a better future.