European Journalists April Issue | Page 27

is  common  in  any  other  sport  activities,  which,    if  exasperated,  causes  stress  . The   body   and   the   relationship   with   the   corporality   are   the   leitmotif   of   Stefano   Vicari  “Mental  illness  also  gives  a  language  to  the  body,  as  is  shown  quite  clearly   in   anorexia,   the   body,   however,     exhibits   violent   sufferings   which,   in   the   other   instilling  feelings  of  love  or  guilt,  produces  the  'desired  action”.   The  President  of  Federdanza,  Francesca  Bernabini,      stressed  on  the  importance   that  there  are  more  than  ten  thousand  dance  schools  in  Italy  which    can    mobilize,   through   the   Aidaf   ‘s   campaign   against   anorexia   and   join   together   in   the   next   appointment     in   June,   which   will   be   organized   together   with   fashion   design   companies,   to   establish   an   alliance   aimed   at   emancipating   the     stereotypical   idea   of   skinny   body   in   favour   of     the   idea   of   female   beauty   as   an   expression   of   style   and   a   particular   way  of  being  right  and  unique.   In   line   with   the   objective   dell'Aidaf   /   Federdanza,   are   the   words   of   Martha,   the   protagonist   suffering   from   anorexia,   which   close   the   book   by   Stefano   Vicari:   "One   day   during   an   interview,   the   psychiatrist   told   me   that,   sometimes,   the   healing   is   a   long   and   tortuous,   almost   unpredictable,   which   can  be  marked  by  small  defeats.  But  it  is  the  path  that  we   need  to  make    us    be      ourselves.  "   That’s  the  message  that  every  young  boy    or  girl  should  keep  in  mind!       by Giuseppe Verduci