V-Day Annual Report 2016 - ONE BILLION RISING: RISE FOR REVOLUTION 1 | Page 22

ARTISTIC
UPRISINGS
ONE BILLION
RISING
IS ABOUT
THE POWER
OF MERGING
ACTIVISM
WITH ART
the synthesis of expression and political action.
Communities used dance, art and drumming to
express their joy and their outrage and demands.
They created wild, radical dance moves that free and
liberate the body, that can move people into defiance,
joy, courage, empowerment and community.
Activists in London hosted The One Billion Rising
Festival, an eight-day creative campaign raising
awareness for and demanding an end to violence.