Discipline, focus, concentration, respect, goal-setting, perseverance…these are the tools needed to succeed in school, a job or any endeavor in life. This is what we teach—through dance. Joining hands with Rising Star Outreach of India, Promethean Spark International has established much needed outreach programs in the Tamil Nadu District of Southern India. We have been able to institute year-round programs teaching life skills to hundreds students at the Rising Star School who are from leprosy colonies. Besides working with the young people, we are thrilled to be able to reach out to their parents and grandparents and other denizens of the colonies in the surrounding areas. Traveling with Rising Star’s mobile medical unit our PSI life coaches visit colonies weekly, providing therapeutic movement that also brings them great joy. You should see the thrill and light in their faces as they progress and express themselves in ways they never dreamed possible.

In 2010, we created the first-ever dance company, the LifeDance Troupe, comprised of youth from leprosy colonies.. The 20 members of the LifeDance Troupe are taking their motto, “Heal the World ~ Leaders for Life,” seriously. On World Leprosy Day 2011, history was made when these courageous teens performed live, at the Chennai Marriott, with David Archuleta (American Idol), Stacey Tookey (So You Think You Can Dance) and Shaun Parry (Broadway) in front of VIPs, paparazzi, and news and media cameras. Never before in the history of the world has this happened. Since then the LifeDance Troupe has performed for over 18,000 people, lifting the stigma of leprosy from the minds of the masses.. They are truly modern-day pioneers, who are being the change they want to see in the world.