Pietro Olla

Article F.3B – Why a clothespin placed higher “improves” the balancer (by Pietro Olla – Teacher, Educator, Trainer and Educational Clown) 🎩 From the phenomenon to the scientific question We left the laboratory at the most beautiful point:the learning walk. People took sides, formulated their hypotheses,tested with their own hands what unstable equilibrium feels like,and …

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Article F.3A – The Balance that Wavers  The Stick, the Finger, and the Silent Dance of the Body (by Pietro Olla – Teacher, Educator, Trainer and Didactic Clown) Scene of the Workshop A raised finger. Above it, a long wooden stick. The bodies of the participants—adults, children, teachers—hold their breath as they try to keep …

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Article F.2 – The Raft and the Balance The body in search of its center (by Pietro Olla – Teacher, Educator, Trainer and Didactic Clown) 🧭 Opening scene A long, imaginary, rectangular raft made of blue adhesive tape crosses the gym floor.Students step onto it one by one, then in groups, then they move, gather, …

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F1. The Ball That Rises and Falls Discovering Gravity Through Juggling by Pietro Olla – Teacher, Educator, Trainer & Educational Clown Workshop Scene A red ball flies up into the air.Time seems to stand still. A little girl watches it rise, then follows it with her eyes as it falls.Even her body follows the movement, …

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