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October 22, 2007 11:11 am

Gaultier

What do Jean Paul Gaultier, high-stepping jigs, and an auditorium full of kids all have in common? Coco Rocha. On Friday afternoon, fashion’s spunkiest cover girl took to the stage of Mirabal Sisters Campus Community School in New York City’s Washington Heights to show off the Irish step-dancing moves that the style set first caught sight of at Gaultier’s Paris show last season. Conceived by Rocha and co-produced by the Children’s Aid Society, the performance reunited the model with her old troupe, Eire Born, whose members flew in from Vancouver for the show. "I started dancing when I was eight," Rocha explained, "and I’ve been missing it, you know? And missing my friends. So I was looking for a way to bring the group back together, and when I found out about the Children’s Aid Society and the work they’re doing to bring dance to kids, it all sort of came together." According to Emanuel Bueno, a lucky sixth grader invited onstage for a surprise finale with the troupe, Rocha’s initiative paid off. Asked whether he thought he’d be testing out his new step-dance moves any time soon, Bueno nodded vigorously. "Maybe next Recess.…”

See Rocha’s Model Diary video >

—Maya Singer

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