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Art Therapy (Advanced Program) · Spotlight English: Advanced

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Spotlight Advanced. I'm Megan Nolette.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm Patrick Woodwood. Spotlight uses a special English method
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  Speaker 2: of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no
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  Speaker 2: matter where in the world they live.
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  Speaker 1: People clap their hands together as another performance finishes, they
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  Speaker 1: wait for the next act. When all the performers finish,
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  Speaker 1: the judges will give an award for the best act.
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  Speaker 1: There are several creative acts from around the world. It
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  Speaker 1: will not be easy to choose the best. There are
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  Speaker 1: many skilled performers. All the performers have some kind of disability.
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  Speaker 1: For example, one group has hearing problems. This group is
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  Speaker 1: from Uganda. Other performers have other physical or mental problems.
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  Speaker 1: They are competing at a festival for disabled youth.
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  Speaker 2: This is an unusual event because of where it is.
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  Speaker 2: It is Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Here, as
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  Speaker 2: in many nations, disability is still something that many people
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  Speaker 2: do not understand. This creates fear and for disabled people
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  Speaker 2: life is often difficult. Often they do not receive the
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  Speaker 2: same chances as other people. However, festivals like the one
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  Speaker 2: for Disabled Youth are working to change all this.
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  Speaker 1: The teacher of the winning group was hatef Dustar. He
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  Speaker 1: works as an art and music therapist in Tehran. He
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  Speaker 1: uses art and music to help yield the body and
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  Speaker 1: the mind. This is not an easy job in Iran.
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  Speaker 3: He says, therapy is very much tied to your culture.
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  Speaker 3: Cases are completely different here from wealthier countries. Our children
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  Speaker 3: all have more than one disability. They are disabled economically, mentally, culturally,
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  Speaker 3: and physically.
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  Speaker 2: Hatef works in different ways with disabled people. One of
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  Speaker 2: his jobs is teaching young disabled people creative skills. For example,
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  Speaker 2: he teaches some people how to play musical instruments. He
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  Speaker 2: teaches others acting skills. Hatef decided to enter his group
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  Speaker 2: into the Festival Competition for Disabled youth in two thousand
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  Speaker 2: and eight, and his group one their winning act was
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  Speaker 2: a play.
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  Speaker 1: The play was about a group of students who fell
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  Speaker 1: in love with their teacher. In fact, the playwriter said
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  Speaker 1: that she based the play on some of the actors,
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  Speaker 1: many of them have had this experience. The actors worked
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  Speaker 1: hard to learn their character's words. Some of them had
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  Speaker 1: to learn words in ancient Persian. However, the performers enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: acting as their characters. One of the female actors said.
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  Speaker 2: I really like my part.
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  Speaker 4: Everywhere I go.
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  Speaker 3: Even in my family they call me fuck Crosaman. That
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  Speaker 3: is my character's name.
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  Speaker 2: The play had a positive effect on young people. It
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  Speaker 2: gave them a chance to show their skills. It gave
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  Speaker 2: them a chance to perform and to give something to society.
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  Speaker 2: One of the mothers spoke about the effect the play
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  Speaker 2: had on her daughter at home.
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  Speaker 5: My daughter did not believe in herself. She would always
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  Speaker 5: ask what am I good for? She does not ask
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  Speaker 5: this anymore. Now she wakes up happy. She repeats her
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  Speaker 5: line for the play. She is gifted at this work.
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  Speaker 5: A mother's wish is to see her child happy. My
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  Speaker 5: wish has come true.
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  Speaker 1: One of the young actors explained how performing made her
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  Speaker 1: feel my disability is not important when I feel that
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  Speaker 1: I am useful and people should not consider my disability
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  Speaker 1: a problem in society.
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  Speaker 2: However, at the end of the show, not all the
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  Speaker 2: performers were happy. Tears came from a young girl who
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  Speaker 2: did not receive an individual award. It is one of
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  Speaker 2: the risks of this kind of competition.
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  Speaker 1: Doctor Huffy is the organizer of the Festival for Disabled Youth.
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  Speaker 1: He was also one of the judges. He said that
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  Speaker 1: the festival is educating Iranians about disability.
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  Speaker 6: He said, today I met a man who said this
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  Speaker 6: to me. Before I used to think that disabled people
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  Speaker 6: were poor and useless, But now I understand how gifted
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  Speaker 6: they are. Now I see that I was the disabled one.
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  Speaker 6: I did not understand what they could do.
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  Speaker 2: The art therapist Hatef Dustar works in different places across Tehran.
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  Speaker 2: He takes art, supplies and music with him. One place
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  Speaker 2: where he works is Rezai Hospital. This hospital is for
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  Speaker 2: patients with two kinds of severe mental conditions. One is
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  Speaker 2: schizophrenia and the other is severe depression. Here Hatef brings
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  Speaker 2: a new life to the hospital.
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  Speaker 1: Hattef walks in carrying his equipment. He sets up the music.
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  Speaker 1: He gets all the patients to stand together in a circle.
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  Speaker 1: Hatef's ends with them. Music plays. The atmosphere in the
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  Speaker 1: room changes slowly. The patients begin to move to the music.
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  Speaker 1: They wave their arms high above their heads and they
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  Speaker 1: move gently from side to side. Smiles begin to appear.
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  Speaker 1: This is a completely different kind of treatment to the
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  Speaker 1: medicine they swallow each day.
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  Speaker 2: Doctor Afflatuni specializes in sicknesses of the mind. He works
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  Speaker 2: at Razai Hospital. Doctor Aflutuni supports Hateff's work.
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  Speaker 4: He said, medicine does not create a solution for everyone.
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  Speaker 4: For some people, the best thing you can do is
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  Speaker 4: to control their condition, but medicine does not create much
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  Speaker 4: of a change for them. Things like music therapy are
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  Speaker 4: of great help. I believe we have had great results.
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  Speaker 4: The patients recognize a piece of music and move their
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  Speaker 4: arms and legs. This is very good.
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  Speaker 1: Hautef's work is unusual in Iran and it has greatly
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  Speaker 1: improved the lives of many disabled people. This helps the
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  Speaker 1: disabled people themselves, and it helps to influence society. When
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  Speaker 1: disabled people know their own abilities, other people will be
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  Speaker 1: able to recognize them too. This is a powerful way
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  Speaker 1: to change attitudes towards disabilities. Many people form an opinion
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  Speaker 1: about a disabled person by what they cannot do. Some
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  Speaker 1: people say that the very word disabled does this, but
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  Speaker 1: Hautef does not do this. Instead, he concentrates on what
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  Speaker 1: a disabled person can do. His desire is to enable
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  Speaker 1: them to lead fuller, happier lives, and together in a
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  Speaker 1: small but powerful way, they are making way for new
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  Speaker 1: thinking in Iran.
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  Speaker 1: The writer of this episode was part of the Spotlight team.
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  Speaker 1: The producer was Mito Ozaki. The voices you heard were
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  Speaker 1: from the United States and the United Kingdom. All quotes
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  Speaker 1: were adapted for this episode and voiced by Spotlight. This
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  Speaker 1: episode is called Art Therapy.
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