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Championing Children
How do children growing up in the slums of a war-torn nation find value in the arts? In Cartagena, Colombia, one answer is a modern dance school – El Colegio del Cuerpo (College of the Body). Alvaro Restrepo founded the academy 10 years ago. Since then, it has trained more than 800 students. Seventeen are now professional dancers with a university degree.

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El Colegio del Cuerpo (in Spanish)