“Move 4 Gaza” will bring the spirit of Gaza to the heart of the festival this summer with a charitable purpose through three cultural proposals with dance – from urban to traditional dance – and conscious crafts as its cornerstones.
This collective action aims to showcase a small part of Gaza’s cultural life and donate 100% of the proceeds to four projects that continue to work in the Strip.
These are the ones promoted by the Palestinian artistic collectives Camps Breakerz, Breaking 48, Foursan Trouppe for Art and Free Gaza Circus Center.
During different days of the festival, from August 16 to 23 in Benicàssim, “Move 4 Gaza” will promote the cultural actions that integrate the project in its extra-musical spaces.
Move4Gaza is an initiative promoted by Erol Urba (Bcn), Let’s Grow (Vlc), Valentina Carlone, Liv Ascolese, Erol Urba and Socks with a Cause with the support of Rototom and the Exodus Foundation in collaboration with Watani, Artivismo and Yalla Roma and aims to show a small part of the cultural life that is still active in Gaza.
THREE ARTISTIC ACTIONS…
GET DOWN 4 GAZA I August 19, 2025 I 5:00 PM
- The project. A breakdance competition in solidarity with Palestine, with previous editions held in the USA, Holland, England, Italy, Finland and France, in which 16 dance couples from different Spanish cities will participate. Get Down 4 Gaza is a project of Camps Breakers, a Palestinian association that uses breakdance as a means to support and accompany children and young people in the occupied territories.
- Area and day. Teen Yard, Tuesday, August 19 at 5:00 p.m.
- Objective. To focus on Gaza through a show that serves to raise funds for organizations working in Palestine.
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DABKE WORKSHOP I August 21, 2025 I 7:00 PM
- The project. Workshop on the traditional Palestinian Dabke dance, taught by dancers Mohamed Ja Abu, Fatmah Rajhess and Myriam Soler, members of the Watani Palestinian folk dance group in Spain.
- Area and day. Pachamama, Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
- Objective. Through Dabke, the aim is to raise awareness about the reality of the Palestinian people and show how dance, music and traditions become forms of peaceful resistance that preserve memory and collective identity in the face of apartheid, occupation and war.
SOLIDARY MARKET 4 GAZA I August 16-23, 2025
- The project. A space with artisan products and workshops to inform at the same time about various projects that work for Palestine. This market will bring the public kufiyas, Socks with a Cause socks, Watermelons4Ibrahim earrings, t-shirts, or posters and illustrations from Flyers for Falestine. Workshops such as “We are Artivismo” and “Yalla Roma” will also be organized.
- Area and day. No Profit Area, every day.
- Objective. Raise awareness and inform the public about projects that work for Palestine.
… TO SUPPORT 4 PALESTINIAN CULTURAL GROUPS
All proceeds from these actions will go to these 4 projects:
CAMPS BREAKERS
Born in 2004 as a community dance team, promoted by the brothers Moh Ghraiz and Ahmed Alghariz, to represent the Palestinian people and draw attention to their constant struggle. Dance, art, teaching and social awareness are mixed in this project, which adds among its milestones having managed to found the first dance school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, after a bombing in 2009 rendered its previous rehearsal room unusable.
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FOURSAN TROUPPE FOR ART
This company works to strengthen the Palestinian cultural identity through art, the folk dance of Dabke (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO), theater and cinema, and promote through its proposals positive social change and social responsibility.
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BREAKING 48
This group uses dance, specifically breakdance, as an instrument of cultural resistance in the Gaza Strip. Founded by two friends, Karim Azzam and Ajjour (Mohammed AlShafie), in addition to teaching breakdance classes for children, it provides assistance in the daily life of their community.
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FREE GAZA CIRCUS CENTER
It offers Palestinian youth a space to explore, connect with their community, as well as express themselves and experience freedom through the circus arts. The center was born with less than 200 students, and has grown to include more than 2,000 students of all ages, from 10 years to adolescence.
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