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Various Ozana team practicing choreography for the performance 2. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Miljenko Kulic, Psychomotor impairment sufferer:\"I have always felt music, I breathe with...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eTown hall, Zagreb, Croatia, 11 December 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various Ozana team practicing choreography for the performance \u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Miljenko Kulic, Psychomotor impairment sufferer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have always felt music, I breathe with music. And since I started practicing Irish dance my whole body has been moving. And I also hang out with my friends.\" \u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Maja Kersanc, Ozana team member:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I teach others to dance, my parents and friends. I developed this love for dancing and I have become completely serene. And there is also hanging out with friends.\" \u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of participants practicing choreography for the performance \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Branka Brcic-Crnkovic, Social worker and dance trainer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"There is a feeling of security and self-respect there. It took them a long time to learn the choreography, but once they learnt , they were very proud and started feeling secure. There is also a social moment there. They hang around, they are focused on each other and they help each other, so everybody is good at what we are doing together.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eNGO Ozana, Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia, 16 December 2009\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various participants at art workshop \u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid shot participants at embroidery workshop \u003cbr/\u003e8. Close up Miljenko working with wool \u003cbr/\u003e9. Set up shot Vjera Lukavecki \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Vjera Lukavecki, Head of the NGO Ozana:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The workshops provides participants with an opportunity to adopt and practice skills, which they can later use in situations and environments where they meet with \"healthy\" people. For example, in elementary schools where they (the participants) may demonstrate and teach what they learnt  here. That is an extremely important component of all the projects that we implement here.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eZagreb, Croatia, 4 December 2009\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot Miljenko and his mother in the kitchen\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid shot Miljenko is having conversation with his mother \u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up mother Slavenka Kulic\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide shot Miljenko and his mother in the kitchen\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Slavenka Kulic, Mother of Miljenko:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, I was surprised to find out that Miljenko could draw. I didn''t believe that he could sew. I couldn''t believe that at all. I burst into tears when she showed me his work. I said: You must be kidding me, it is impossible that he can do that. He really learnt .\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eIrish Maiden dance school, Zagreb, Croatia, 8 December 2009\u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid shot Paul O''Grady instructing course participants \u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide shot course participants dancing \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul O''Grady, Dance teacher:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It''s particularly effective, this type of dancing, for young kids or people with special needs because there is a certain format to it and it''s consistent. They enjoy the music, it''s lively. There are just simple instructions: in, out, to the side, circle, square, those type of things. And, they seem to build up their confidence and their knowledge of themselves. And also their physical abilities.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eTown Hall, Zagreb, Croatia, 13 December 2009\u003cbr/\u003e19. Pan team of dancers in the lobby, before their performance \u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid shot performance\u003cbr/\u003e21. Pan performance\u003cbr/\u003e22. Pan audience joining the dancers from Ozana \u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide shot end of performance and applause\u003cbr/\u003eThe successful stage show ''Riverdance'' brought Irish dancing to a global audience. \u003cbr/\u003eThe quick steps and turns captivate people across the world. \u003cbr/\u003eNow a more traditional version of Irish dancing is helping mentally challenged people in Croatia learn new skills and gain confidence. \u003cbr/\u003eThe beat is Celtic, but the dancers Croatian. \u003cbr/\u003eA group of people with mental disabilities is learning traditional Irish step dancing. \u003cbr/\u003eThis style of Irish dancing is group based and follows various steps and formations, which requires focus and concentration. \u003cbr/\u003eThe class is organised by the Croatian nongovernmental organisation Ozana, which helps rehabilitate people with mental disabilities.\u003cbr/\u003eMiljenko was born with psychomotor impairment. \u003cbr/\u003eAfter being treated in several hospitals in the former Yugoslavia, and with help of his parents'' support, he completed elementary school and two grades of high school. \u003cbr/\u003eEven though he was diagnosed with psychomotor impairment, a harelip, hip dysplasia and some other conditions, Miljenko has been issued an employment booklet, and has not been given the status of a disabled person. \u003cbr/\u003eFor the past five years, from Monday to Friday, he has become a regular at the Ozana dance workshops, including the Irish one which began a year ago. \u003cbr/\u003eMilijenko enjoys the music and social aspects of the class. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I have always felt music, I breathe with music. And since I started practicing Irish dance my whole body has been moving. And I also hang out with my friends,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eEverybody experiences a joy of company through the dance in his or her own way. \u003cbr/\u003eParticipant Maja Kersanc says the dance calms her down. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I teach others to dance, my parents and friends. I developed this love for dancing and I have become completely serene. And there is also hanging out with friends.\" \u003cbr/\u003eSome of the parents have joined dance workshops and regularly practice with their children. \u003cbr/\u003eEach participant has developed his or her own way of performing. \u003cbr/\u003eThe complex dance steps have helped many participants to improve their co-ordination, none of the regulars has problems with moving in the correct direction whether to the left and right any more. \u003cbr/\u003eWhile dancing they move in all directions: forward, back, left and right. \u003cbr/\u003eThey even do two movements at the same time - while some of them go forward and back, the others move in a semi-circle. \u003cbr/\u003eSocial worker and dance trainer Branka Brcic-Crnkovic says dancing provides the participants with a feeling of security.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There is a feeling of security and self-respect there. It took them a long time to learn the choreography, but once they learnt , they were very proud and started feeling secure. There is also a social moment there. They hang around, they are focused on each other and they help each other, so everybody is good at what we are doing together,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003eIrish dance is only one of many workshops Ozana organises, others include art workshops, embroidery, clay modelling, music and dance workshops and swimming.\u003cbr/\u003eOzana employs the Waldorf teaching methods established by the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner. \u003cbr/\u003eNine different specialists work on the team to try to improve the quality of life for mentally challenged persons and their families. \u003cbr/\u003eThe organisation has 40 beneficiaries from aged five and upwards, with no upper age limit. \u003cbr/\u003eAt the workshops participants an opportunity to acquire skills, which they will be able to use in everyday situations, says Vjera Lukavecki, Head of Ozana. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The workshops provides participants with an opportunity to adopt and practice skills, which they can later use in situations and environments where they meet with \"healthy\" people. For example, in elementary schools where they (the participants) may demonstrate and teach what they learnt here. That is an extremely important component of all the projects that we implement here,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003eThrough these workshops, Miljenko''s mother found out that her son has some talents that she had not been aware of. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, I was surprised to find out that Miljenko could draw. I didn''t believe that he could sew. I couldn''t believe that at all. I burst into tears when she showed me his work. I said: You must be kidding me, it is impossible that he can do that. He really learnt,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Ozana Irish dance class was launched by two volunteers, Paula and Branka.\u003cbr/\u003ePaul, an architect from Dublin, settled in Zagreb several years ago and founded Irish Maiden, the first Irish dance school in Croatia. \u003cbr/\u003eIn addition to the dance school in Zagreb, he runs the nongovernmental organisation Hrabrost (Courage), which aims to creatively fulfil the free time of children and young people with special needs.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says that this type of dance is particularly effective for young children and people with special needs because of its constant rhythm and simple commands. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It''s particularly effective, this type of dancing, for young kids or people with special needs because there is a certain format to it and it''s consistent. They enjoy the music, it''s lively. There are just simple instructions: in, out, to the side, circle, square, those type of things. 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