Ballet of Hope: From the Barrio to the Stage

Name: Ballet of Hope: From the Barrio to the Stage
Uploaded: 2024
Duration: 12 min
Description: Ballet is her passion. But in Peru, few can afford dance lessons. Maria del Carmen Silva provides children with free tuition. At Maricarmen’s ballet school, the focus isn’t just on practicing choreography and jumps. It’s the attention and care that makes the children blossom. Many of them come from poor families, are confronted with criminality and largely left to manage their lives alone.

202412 minHD★ 7.7Arts & Culture

Ballet is her passion. But in Peru, few can afford dance lessons. Maria del Carmen Silva provides children with free tuition. At Maricarmen’s ballet school, the focus isn’t just on practicing choreography and jumps. It’s the attention and care that makes the children blossom. Many of them come from poor families, are confronted with criminality and largely left to manage their lives alone.

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