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Director's Statement
I personally met Maria Fux in February 2010. My wife has been her student for about five years and she approached her after losing her mother. The dance was the main resource with which she managed to overcome that grief, when she was still very young. At that time, Maria Fux, not even knowing her, became an important person in my life and I have seen first-hand how the dance can change not only the body but also the intimacy of individuals.
For this reason, I want my film to tell about Maria Fux and the changes her dance brings to people's lives: no great revolutions that change society, but intimate awareness that changes individuals.
Although her personal story has very interesting episodes, I have decided not to make a biographic film, but to concentrate on more interesting aspects of her work today, which I myself have been able to experience in the studio. Through this, I could enrich my personal relationship with her, gain her trust and expand my access to her personal world. Evidence of that is the fact that I will be the first film-maker allowed to film her workshops.
I chose to follow some secondary characters to tell how dancing with Maria is changing their lifes. Their stories are the pieces of a single mosaic from which emerges the image of people who, despite the difficulties imposed by life, have managed to find a way to overcome their limitations and grow as human beings. It is a hard road and whoever takes it, needs a guide.
Following this road, we will find out that Maria Fux and her world are impregnated with art and poetry and how important it is to find a teacher in some crucial moments of life.