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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 703909" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I had missed this part. I agree with Crayola.</p><p></p><p>Where I used to be there were dance troupes, of DIFFICULT CHILDREN. They were marvelous. I danced with them, the boys and the girls, as partners. I had always wanted to recreate this idea myself, but alas, let my dance go.</p><p></p><p>These kids lived in the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, the slums in the hills that surround the city. You may have heard of them. the violence. Of course, the difficulty, the main one, of these kids was their poverty and the lack of opportunity. But many of them were truly difficult. The dancing changed them. And the mentoring by a kind and stable adult. The companionship and belonging as part of a troupe.</p><p></p><p>Last I heard some of them, now grown, were touring Eastern Europe as Tango instructors, opportunities that would have been unavailable to them had they not had dance.</p><p></p><p>Which is leaving aside the wonderfulness of dance itself, how it feels to move, and to move through life as a dancer.</p><p></p><p>I do not know how you would encourage him to do this, because it has to come from him both the wanting of it and the doing of it, the risking. But you can support him, if he brings it up and asks specifically for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 703909, member: 18958"] I had missed this part. I agree with Crayola. Where I used to be there were dance troupes, of DIFFICULT CHILDREN. They were marvelous. I danced with them, the boys and the girls, as partners. I had always wanted to recreate this idea myself, but alas, let my dance go. These kids lived in the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, the slums in the hills that surround the city. You may have heard of them. the violence. Of course, the difficulty, the main one, of these kids was their poverty and the lack of opportunity. But many of them were truly difficult. The dancing changed them. And the mentoring by a kind and stable adult. The companionship and belonging as part of a troupe. Last I heard some of them, now grown, were touring Eastern Europe as Tango instructors, opportunities that would have been unavailable to them had they not had dance. Which is leaving aside the wonderfulness of dance itself, how it feels to move, and to move through life as a dancer. I do not know how you would encourage him to do this, because it has to come from him both the wanting of it and the doing of it, the risking. But you can support him, if he brings it up and asks specifically for your help. [/QUOTE]
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