A Positive Performance

Ziadeh, right, and a few of her pupils                                                                            screen shot

She never thought she'd be doing this, but never say never. A young Palestinian woman has opened a ballet school in the occupied West Bank, and despite all the odds, plans to one day hire more teachers and grow the school. “To me, having art is like escaping from this, escaping from all the violence,” Shyreen Ziadeh explains. “I like to see the little kids dancing and expressing the feelings they have ... in a good, positive way” (story, audio, video): http://www.pri.org/stories/arts-entertainment/arts/west-bank%E2%80%99s-only-ballet-school-offers-refuge-for-palestinian-kids-14087.html