The buzzword that adds drama to this National Theatre of Scotland project is parkour – that running, jumping, freestyle way of skimming over obstacles that originated in army training exercises.
The buzzword that adds drama to this National Theatre of Scotland project is parkour – that running, jumping, freestyle way of skimming over obstacles that originated in army training exercises.
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Mary Brennan
It's clearly a cool way of covering distances: even those of us with feet firmly on the ground can understand why anyone would want to soar free like a bird or a superhero.
As the hundreds of teenage boys who took part in the workshops discovered, however, parkour is as much a mental discipline as a physical feat. Moreover, there are all kinds of leaps that can only happen inside your head, usually when you're standing still. And yes, we're talking about growing up. The pitfalls, challenges and disappointments that have to be taken in one's stride, and the internalised bruises acquired on the way from boyhood to manhood.
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