If Coco Rocha had her way, all underprivileged kids would be prancing like leprechauns. The Canadian model is setting up a charity to let kids, who couldn't afford it otherwise, learn to dance. Close to her own heart is Irish dance - it was her own claim to fame when talent scouts spotted her in a dance competition when she was only 14.
Teen Vogue reported, "Coco has fit seamlessly into the fashion world, strutting catwalks at Marc Jacobs and Anna Sui, shooting campaigns for Lanvin and Balenciaga (twice), and making model pals like Behati Prinsloo. But the eighteen-year-old manages to keep both feet on the ground. She plans on working with a New York City charity to teach her main love, dance, to underprivileged kids, and is the first to admit, "It's still a little exciting to see myself in magazines!"
Celeb Charities
Coco Rocha Wants Kids Dancing Irish
Trend Themes
1. Charity Dance Programs - The trend of creating dance programs aiming to working with different charity purposes opens opportunities for designing a social entrepreneur model.
2. Celebrity Charity Engagement - More celebrities joining the cause to work and engage with charity initiatives aiming to help underprivileged children and engage with social change opens a disruptive opportunity for creating creative programs aligned with different social causes.
3. Irish Dance Programs for Kids - A new trend of designing specific programs focusing on teaching specific dance types, such as Irish dance, to underprivileged kids opens doors to build organizations fostering cultural exchange, diversity, and social inclusion.
Industry Implications
1. Nonprofit - Nonprofit organizations focused on providing underprivileged children access to different activities, including dance classes, could prosper from designing partnerships with celebrities to raise awareness and build fundraising events for charity causes.
2. Entertainment - Entertainment industries would benefit from developing new programs and shows based on Irish dance style, accessible to broader audiences, to raise awareness, education, and foster cultural exchange in society.
3. Education - Educational organizations could expand their dance programs with more diverse dance styles, including Irish dance, aimed to foster cultural exchange, to provide new opportunities to children for integrating to a more diverse mindset.