"When we started V-Day 14 years ago, we had the outrageous idea that
we could end violence against women," said Ensler. "One Billion Rising
is an appreciation, amplification and an escalation. When One Billion
bodies rise and dance on 14 February 2013, we will join in solidarity,
purpose and energy and shake the world into a new consciousness.
Dancing insists we take up space. It has no set direction but we go
there together. It's dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, disruptive. It
breaks the rules. It can happen anywhere at anytime with anyone and
everyone. It's free. No corporation can control it. It joins us and
pushes us to go further. It's contagious and it spreads quickly. It's of
the body. It's transcendent."
On 14 February 2013, V-Day's 15th anniversary, activists, writers,
thinkers, celebrities and women and men across the world will STRIKE,
DANCE, and RISE, coming together to express their outrage, and demand an
end to violence against women and girls.