The Sir Ken Robinson Foundation x Creative Families
For People Who Have to Move to Think
There’s something beautiful about a story that makes you feel less alone.
Sir Ken Robinson’s legendary TED Talk “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” has been watched almost 80 million times and remains the #1 TED Talk of all time for nearly two decades. At its heart is the story of Gillian Lynne – a restless little girl who couldn’t sit still in class.
Instead of being punished, one wise doctor said: “She’s not sick. She’s a dancer. Take her to a dance school.”
That moment changed everything. Gillian found herself surrounded by other people who, like her, had to “move to think.”
She became Dame Gillian Lynne – one of the world’s most celebrated choreographers, creating the iconic movement behind Cats and Phantom of the Opera. The first non-Royal woman to have a West End theatre named after her.