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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.46,0:00:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am 10 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.63,0:00:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the audition day\Nto enter the Scala Dance School of Milan.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.75,0:00:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am walking up the steps\Nof a huge stairway
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.42,0:00:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which takes me to the exam room.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.45,0:00:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am scared!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.42,0:00:19.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am really scared,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.00,0:00:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as I am walking up,\NI see a crowd of beautiful children.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.33,0:00:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the students\Nof the Scala walking down,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.29,0:00:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are all beautiful,\Nthin, and perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.38,0:00:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am neither perfect\Nnor particularly thin,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.40,0:00:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am starting to feel different.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.46,0:00:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the top of the stairs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.00,0:00:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stand two ladies\Nwith a rather frozen smile,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.96,0:00:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same smile one needs to carry while\Ndancing, having unbearable calf cramps.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.03,0:00:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's ballet!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.88,0:00:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They tell me, "Here, come in."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.92,0:00:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a huge room with huge mirrors.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.96,0:01:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realize that we are\Nsome 20 little girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.46,0:01:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all rather terrified\Nby this austere place.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.21,0:01:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The piano starts to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.50,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember it was "Nocturne" by Chopin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was beautiful!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.58,0:01:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ladies tell us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.83,0:01:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now you can dance\Nyour own way, barefoot."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.71,0:01:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luckily enough I think,\Nbecause at that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.96,0:01:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't remember anything\Nfrom my two years of dance classes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.84,0:01:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I start dancing,\NI launch myself into dance,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.66,0:01:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,propelled by the music.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.29,0:01:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I am dancing,\NI remember the comforting words
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.42,0:01:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my professor,\Nmy maestro, Maestro Morucci
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.75,0:01:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he used to say, "Listen,\Nthere are two important things:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.17,0:01:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technique and passion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.96,0:01:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, they will come together as one."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.21,0:01:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You have passion, it is your treasure."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.58,0:02:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, with a hand-clap,\Nthe music stops.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.71,0:02:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we have to go through the inspection\Nwith these two ladies
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.82,0:02:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still holding the same smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.59,0:02:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, one of them starts\Nto examine my feet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.46,0:02:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my legs, especially my feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.46,0:02:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She stares at them,\Nand then she calls someone;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.12,0:02:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her friend or colleague tells her\Nsomething that I don't understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.29,0:02:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She also asks me\Nto turn around in front of her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.25,0:02:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that moment, the same impression\Nof being different,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.63,0:02:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one I felt in the staircase
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.21,0:02:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was there, watching\Nthe students, comes back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.71,0:02:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I must be someone very odd.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.38,0:02:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about my feet,\Nthey are really odd.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.17,0:02:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secretly, I look at\Nmy friends' feet which seem,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.25,0:02:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course, the most elegant in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.88,0:02:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately,\Nthe inspection comes to its end.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.96,0:03:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we have to go to another room,\Nthis one is a classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.79,0:03:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Scala Primary School\Npupils classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.54,0:03:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is a classroom\Nwith old wooden benches,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.79,0:03:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a blackboard, a real classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.75,0:03:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sit on the benches!" they command us,\N"Now we are going to call the roll!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.25,0:03:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as the names are called,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.63,0:03:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are shown\Neither the right side or the left side.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.04,0:03:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then one of the ladies,\Nstill holding the same smile of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.25,0:03:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tells us, "Now, we have made our decision:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.54,0:03:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here on the right side, are the pupils\Nwe selected to enter the Scala,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.17,0:03:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the left, the ones\Nthat we, unfortunately, cannot take on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.25,0:03:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may leave."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.71,0:03:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am on the left.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.46,0:03:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, I realize why my feet have\Nbeen under such a thorough examination,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.25,0:04:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the confirmation of the fact\Nthat I am someone really odd comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.12,0:04:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of a sudden, tears start\Nrunning down my cheeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.50,0:04:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember, more than tears,\Nthose were desperate sobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.38,0:04:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite the tears,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.38,0:04:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still manage to get down\Nthe stairs and get to the place
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.38,0:04:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother has been waiting\Nfor me on the first floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.00,0:04:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I tell her in a tired voice,\N"Mommy, I was turned down."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.04,0:04:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, in a snap,\Nmy life, my beautiful world
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.46,0:04:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a little girl destined to be\Na dancer falls apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.75,0:04:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From good pupil, I turn into someone\Nbad, a monster with ugly feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.75,0:04:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still picture myself in the bus\Nwhich was taking me home.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.29,0:04:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sobbing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.21,0:04:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.67,0:04:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these years when I had to wear\Nsandals in summer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.79,0:04:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ashamed of my feet,\Nbut I didn't know why.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.67,0:05:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one ever told me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.83,0:05:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, again, during at least\N10 years after this episode,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.04,0:05:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my heart was breaking\Nevery time someone,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.96,0:05:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking it would please me,\Ntook me to a dance performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.09,0:05:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whenever I saw one on TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.92,0:05:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pain kept coming back, every time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.96,0:05:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if I had forgotten\Nthe meaning of the word "happiness",
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.88,0:05:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if I had lost the right to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.88,0:05:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, time heals all wounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.71,0:05:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, I set myself free\Nfrom this failure circle,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.88,0:05:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized there were\N1,000 ways to dance life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.79,0:05:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, I realized something else:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.42,0:05:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that episode, this child wound\Nhad not broken one,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.54,0:05:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even two essential things to me:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.38,0:05:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ability to dream\Nand the love of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.69,0:05:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one I felt when I was dancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.72,0:06:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as a young adult, and even now,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.50,0:06:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started taking lessons, and I still\Ncontinue to take dance lessons,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.79,0:06:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ballet, tango, tarantella...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.17,0:06:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not telling you\Nall this to relate my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.25,0:06:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing extraordinary,\Nit is normal, it is common.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.71,0:06:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happened to me, it can happen to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.46,0:06:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe it will happen to your children.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.58,0:06:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, there is absolutely nothing\Nnormal about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.17,0:06:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode is the expression\Nof an ordinary cruelty
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.25,0:06:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our world,\Nwith our educational system ahead,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.54,0:06:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keeps inflicting on children,\Nkilling their ability to dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.89,0:06:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot contribute to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.67,0:06:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to contribute to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.79,0:06:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I started to be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.67,0:07:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to decide for myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.74,0:07:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.79,0:07:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first made post-graduate studies,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.33,0:07:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wrote a thesis\Ncalled "Educating to Joy".
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.79,0:07:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does "Educating to Joy" mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.29,0:07:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first discovered that joy\Nis my passion today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.33,0:07:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you wouldn't believe it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.12,0:07:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I discovered that the word "joy",\Nits etymology in Sanskrit is "Yuj".
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.50,0:07:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means the link,\Nit is a connection, a relation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.12,0:07:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's beautiful!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.92,0:07:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what does being linked mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.29,0:07:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is being linked? I\Nthink it is very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.96,0:07:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw it in children,\Nyou experienced it too, I remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.54,0:07:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My body memory told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.08,0:08:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was what I was experiencing while\NI was dancing and I watched the children,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.42,0:08:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while they are drawing, playing,\Ndoing things they particularly like,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.25,0:08:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they forget the world around them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.75,0:08:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are so absorbed that you\Ncan call them for two hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.79,0:08:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can't hear you\Nand they are learning without any fatigue.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.00,0:08:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's great.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.58,0:08:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This relation takes me back
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.54,0:08:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what I experienced\Nwhen I was dancing without fatigue.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.21,0:08:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was to be in direct contact
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.42,0:08:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the world, the sky, and the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.58,0:08:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with animals, flowers, people, with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.50,0:08:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it have to do with education?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.50,0:08:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.63,0:08:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because imagine,\Nif we based education on that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.71,0:08:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we started from something\Nthat permaculture has already discovered;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.00,0:09:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,permaculture, you know,\Nis an ecological science.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.88,0:09:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Permaculture says,\N"Cultivate where it is already fertile."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.29,0:09:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine what it would\Nmean to start being able to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.63,0:09:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our own richness and our treasure?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.21,0:09:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revolutionizing education.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.29,0:09:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This would completely change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.17,0:09:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would also mean learning\Nwithout any fatigue.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.04,0:09:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past, teachers,\Neducators, philosophers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.33,0:09:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had already understood this:\NMontessori, Steiner, Freinet.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.04,0:09:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had understood,\Nbut they were not much listened to.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.67,0:09:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news is, today,\Nmore and more educators,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.46,0:09:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teachers, professors, parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.67,0:09:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only have taken over\Nthese predecessors
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.42,0:09:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but are inventing\Nnew educational practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.67,0:10:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I assure you that I see\Nmany, many of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.75,0:10:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are people who invent new methods
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.63,0:10:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are all based on the freedom\Nand respect of the child's rhythm
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.44,0:10:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ability, their ability to dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.33,0:10:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My own joy is to connect,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.00,0:10:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in contact with this relation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.29,0:10:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why, with a group of people\Nwho still know how to dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.50,0:10:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I founded an alliance,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.42,0:10:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an alliance for the renewal of education\Nwhich is called the Spring of Education.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.67,0:10:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everything is already there,\Nall we need to do is connect.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.67,0:10:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is educating to joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.21,0:10:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, it is remembering\NMaria Montessori's words when she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.54,0:10:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Joy of learning is\Nas essential as intelligence,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.67,0:10:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as breathing is to runners and dancers!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.86,0:11:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)