„You can all do it. You must just want!“
Maldoom is convinced of it, although he has just entered the rehearsal room and sees the children for the first time; he knows it, because that´s how it has been in each of the round 300 projects he has realized around the globe in the past 30 years.
For many of the youngsters, his introductory remark is like a blow in the face; one more, but this time, a blow of a new kind: Could it be that somebody believes in me?
And sure enough, when expression and communication meet, self confidence is only a matter of time, who knows, may be just the time of the project?
Didn´t Maldoom assert in one of his projects that
„you can change your life in a dance class?"
Indeed, chances are that sustained effort followed by several successful performances will have a lasting impact on a number of kids.
Mind you, we should not expect a spectacular change right after curtain-fall. It won´t be as palpable, as solid and concrete as the house newly erected by your nextdoor neighbour; but an experience of such intensity is bound to leave its mark on each child.
After all, the house next door wasn´t built in one day either; what such a project gives to the youngsters is a pile of solid bricks for the most fascinating construction:
the shaping of an individual with character, open to new experiences and strong enough to resist to the current or better still, to swim against it.
No comments:
Post a Comment