and say loudly and clearly, "enough is enough." i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. >> byron: good morning everyone and welcome to urban update. i'm byron barnett. on the show, informs on the free screening of an incredible documently that tells the story two teenagers who pursue their dream of becoming ballet dancers as a way to escape the slums of rio de janeiro. also on the program, al school dedicated to helping foreign professionals and their families adapt to their life in boston. but up first, tomorrow, it will iowa caucuses represent the

in on the presidential nomination contest. new hampshire's a week bands. like it or not, the results usually are very important in determining the major parties nominees and who they will be. in recent decades, the two states seched about as much media as all other states combined. to discuss and to give us their pregame analysis we've invited two guests to give us their perspective. joining us this morning are leverett wing, he provide legislative training and networking opportunities with top policy makers and click service job opportunities for massachusetts. also with us richard taylor, business law director for arrest if the sawyer back to school. thanks for coming in. we're

about to start. all the speculation's going to end starting tomorrow. but before we get into that the, what surprised you most about this really unbelievably surprising campaign? i imagine it has something to do with donald trump. what surprised you most so far. >> you're right. it's the staying power of donald trump. when he began the campaign i thought it would be nor more than a side show, but he has this staying power, and he has this magnetism. that his supporters are growing, and his supporters are stead fast, he said he could lock down fifth avenue, shoot somebody and not lose any voters. i actually believe that in terms of his voters. his voters are so strong. i mean, he's saying all these ridiculous things, and he has not lost any support. if

and i think he's inoculated himself to what he's been saying. >> byron: on the other side, too, 20,000 recently in minnesota. >> yes, she seeming to be significantly out pacing the expectation with respect to hillary clinton. so i think on both sides, it's big surprises. >> byron: do these crowds mean anything? >> well, clearly, voter turnout is questionable and suspect for everyone. crowds are one thing, adds are another. but you have to see if there's a field organization and felt that's part of what we're going to determine in iowa and new hampshire. so i think we have to see. i think crowds do mean something for candidates that that are

think 20,000 people come out and then don't show up. >> byron: how's it that he can say almost anything and his supporters don't seem to care? >> i think his supporters are of a different ilk. these supporters are folks -- there was a nbc "wall street journal" poll that shes his supporters are new supporters. he speaks to what that i feeling and he says things that they feel, but up until now that i >> byron: now, what's going on in iowa, the big show is between cruz. these two are really battling it out, and ted cruz, i mean, the

where he makes his stand in iowa. very conservative republican asks liberal democrats so what's your take on the cruz/trump battle? >> i in addition to the top two, the real question is who's going to be number three as you move carolina. >> byron: the establishment candidates. >> that's correct, so the argument is you use trump to knock off cruz and come back and have rubio knock and talk after trump. but number three in iowa and new hampshire is very important. >> what happened to jeb bush? now, he spent, what, 60, $70 million, and he can't get out of single digits. what happened there? >> well, i think that you have predict blue on the republican side, the establishment

but on the democratic side, hilary is also an establishment candidate. bernie, you would expect to be viewed that way but he is not, the equality and all the other things he's talk about about. >> i think that building off that -- i think that some of the differentties that the republicans are having in o'clock, -- d.c., i think the last i saw was 12 percent, i think that is playing a parole in people not supporting the establishment candidate because the establishment candidates represent the problems in d.c. >> >> byron: what is bernie sanders? he's been described as socialist, does america care that he's a socialist? >> i think this has what has gotten the talk about bloomberg possibly entering the race. if bernie gets the nomination somehow i think you'll see

but i think no both cases people seem to think trump can't pivot in a generall, nor can bernie pivot in a general election. remains to be seen. >> byron: now, everyone is saying that hilary could actually lose iowa and new hampshire because she's got the quote, unquote, firewall in in south south carolina. does that theory hold up, orb if bernie goes rolling through the states people take a second look at him. >> i think it goes beyond south carolina. if you look at all the apology, there's super tuesday, then huff mini-tuesday which i think is march 15. those states, there's illinois, there's ohio, there's north carolina and florida. and there's these other states on super tuesday, where she has

so i don't think it's itch can you tell me upon south carolina to stop the momentum of bernie. i think the lay of the land, and as richard was saying, the perceived inability of bernie to pivot. the obama campaign and the sanders campaign, the difference was obama was more send wrist. bernie is a self avowed socialist. so there's a major difference there. so i think the centrist nature of the remaining states will make it that much more difficult for bernie to continue his momentum. >> also, please recall on martin luther king day in 2008, obama was welcomed into the baptist church.

when rev rend stood next to him it was over. >> byron: now, i guess to wrapping things up here, what are you going to be looking for tomorrow in the iowa caucuses? what things are you going to be looking for? >> i mean you alluded to it earlier. it's trump, it's trump and cruz. who among the remaining can days makes that surprisingly strong showing and then becomes the target for tax return to take that person down. >> the top establishment can daylight. the question is who drops out after iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. and so those bottom tier candidates are desperately fighting for number three. we know who one and two is probably going to be. but number three and number four i would say, that's where it is. because the republican primaries, that i got to narrow the field so they can be a focus.

they did the autopsy after 2012 when mitt romney ran. the republican party, i would argue they don't seem to be growing the party in a way they should to expand the number of voters, more inclusive of african-americans and hispanics. why is that the? >> i think that's the challenge, frankly for both candidates. i believe the minority vote is going to determine the president perhaps more than ever. the 11 confederate states you have 3.2 million black unregistered, 3.3 million hispanics unregistered. >> byron: there sr. is there anything that will dump can say that could possibly get a significant number of hispanic

does that mean that the democrat's probably going to win if republicans don't expand their base? >> yeah, if the republican nominee isn't of donald trump or ted cruz, i think the democrat wins job the caucusing starts torment we'll see what happens. thanks for coming in. when we reassure, teaching foreign professionals and their families how to go about their boston. stay with us, we'll be right

>> byron: although the international school of jansing learned opens its doors two

major impact in the lives of hundreds of foreign professionals and their families adapt to their life mere here no boston. for spouse these option often include going to a child's school. making hang appointment at the doctor's office, or just talking with a pharmacist while these tasks may seem insignificant to us, to a foreigner they are often the cause of much stress. we've invited a panel of experts on the school. they are the school's director, julia solomin, also the school's academiesic director sasha bogdanovskaya. made it through that one. and finally also with us one of the students at the school. kamila sakurai simo es. welcome to urban update. thanks for coming coming in. sorry for butchering your name. but you know, aisle sure it's not the first time. julia, if i can start with you, congratulations, by the way on the success of the school.

>> it's located here in boston. when did you realize there was a need for education for people coming into the country, beyond just english as second language? >> we started by teaching project management overseas, and we saw a lot of interest until america in english culture, and approximately people consider asking us, we don't know the right way to behave. we don't know the way to behave during a business meeting. we don't know how to do a presentation, and we saw that there was much more than just -- to language learning, just speaking. it's understanding the culture, this is understanding the way people behave. it's understanding little things like personal space, conferses near the water cooler, that are important to people and that when they come from another

things are different and they need to address those issues. and for some of them it's hard, they don't know who to and. >> byron: is a sharks as the academic director, the talk to me about how you developed curriculum. what kind of curriculum do you have and how do you put that together? >> so as in any language, any curriculum has to start with the fundamentals, grammar, listening, speaking, reading comprehension, writing. so using tv cambridge university book, we built a curriculum and approach. so we go over how to apply it in every day life.

this, how can you use it outside the classroom. >> now, you're from brazil? >> i'm from brazil. >> how long have you been here and how has the school helped you? >> aye been here for six months and when i came here, i didn't speak english, but now i'm better. >> byron: you're doing very well. >> yes. six months and i -- -- but the class is very -- the class is very helpful, yeah, the teachers -- >> now, what do you -- you're a student. what are you working toward? >> i'm sheer just toasts. right. okay. julia, we were talking about some of the important things that the students learn here. give me an example.

small talk? >> small talk. a lot of people don't understand the small talk. it's not in their question. they don't know how to anxious a question if a neighbor asks, how good morning. we had someone say i don't know what to say. i just want to run back to the house, so it builds up barriers that are not necessary, so by understanding little things, it will person feels confident. he doesn't feel awkward. or she doesn't feel awkward. and the foreigners have not seen as awkward people as well, because little things that make a difference. we talk a lot here about sports, we talk a lot here about weather. when somebody asks you hi, how are you, how was your weekend, it doesn't mean you have to give a three hours update. and a lot of people don't understand that. because it's a general thing.

compare to a school that just teaches esl. >> for us it's all in the personalized approach, so when the student comes in, we sit down with them, we talk about goals, where they would like to be, how soon they want to be there. and then we build a personalized study plan. so while they're in class with their peers, temporary interests are being tied into the class. >> now, can. what's something that you learned at the school, not just the language but that you learned about living here in the united states that is helpful. >> when you're in america it's easy to learn english. we are in the contest with people. it's very nice. >> byron: and did you learn something else about, i guess, about small talk or just how you

i'm not talk about about language, just how you interact with people, like how close you stands. tell me something that you learned if you can think of something. >> yes, the teacher always talk about the culture, about the -- >> byron: okay, i can understand. you're still learning here, and i guess to wrap things up here, finally, how would you describe the ideal student for your school? because i know you focus on professionals. >> we focus on professionals but we help everybody who wants to learn. we want a student who is motivated, who understands that we're not here to do miracles, that we can't implant chips in their head and they will wake up speaking english and understanding the culture, there is hard work on both sides. and they want to want it as much as we want them to speak english

>> oh, well the international school of advanced learning in -- how many students do you have. >> in school we have 20 students and we have businesses. >> all right. well, thank you all for coming in. and good luck and congratulationses on doing so well on getting the school up and congratulationses to you on doing so well on your english after six months. coming up the star of a movie that tells the story of two teenagers who pursue their dreams of becoming professional ballet dancers as as a way to escape the violent slums of

>> byron: only when i dance is a

the story of two teenagers who pursue their dreams of becoming professional ballet dancers as a way to escape the violent slums of rio de janeiro. defying the idea that ballet is an arm form steeped in the history of the the wealthy white elite. this story is about two children who are both determined to beat the odds and use dancing as their escape from their tough day-to-day lives, the producers spent more than three years trying to find the candidates to be filmed and this morning we are thrilled to have one of the stars of film in the studio yore, as we welcome irlan silva, who was promote this month so soloist of the boston ballet. and he's here to tell us about the screening of the film coming up this friday.

>> thanks for having me. start start from the beginning. where you you from and explain to the viewers what a philanthropy la is. >> so it's a very hard life. because it's a very poor place and also very violent. it's very dangerous, to there was a time of a long day of working, dancing, i couldn't go back home because they were shooting and there was like fighting over there. so my mom had the call me to tell me they had the sleep at a friend's house, and that was like not good at all for like growing up with that. but i already had determination to do it t. >> byron: tell me how you discovered you first discovered boll lay. >> that was through any cousin, one day he came and asked me to go with him to a drawing class

there with him and every day, we hear like a tap dance class next room, and one day we stopped by. and the teacher invited us to try. and we say why not. and after a couple months she invited us to do a jazz dance, and we did it. after a year, she got us a scholarship to this professional dance school in rio, and at the first, i was like, should i go or not? and then i told my mom, and she was like, why not. let's do it. if you want it, under do it. and i started doing tap dance over there and one day the director came to me and she was like your very talented. i think you should do classical ballet. and where i grew up there was no

>> i want to talk about your documentary, but first we'll show a little trailer of the move and talk about it on the other side. let's roll it. >> byron: interesting there. only when i dance, that was you we were looking at. what was it like, the experience filming that? >> at first it was very strange because having a camera behind you all the time, and i was -- it took me a while to get used

but when i saw the documentary for the first time, i cried three times. i was like, so emotional. but it was a great experience. >> byron: now, again, a free screen thing friday at the strand theater. and i know you're expecting a big crowd. you auditioned and were asked to join two companies, why did you choose the boston ballet. >> because it's very diverse, they do jazz, classical ballet, >> byron: i understand you're been promoted to soloist, i guess this is your second promotion this year. >> yeah, it feels say amazing, because having your hard work recognized by your company, it's

i still want -- i have a dream, like to be a principal dancer with the boston ballet. >> i was going to say, when is your hope for the future. where do you see yourself in the future. >> yeah, that's my next goal, to be a principal dancer with the boston ballet. and also i want to bring my family to live here with me. >> byron: what's it like living away from your if family? i understand you don't get to see them that often. >> no, just once a year. type of call them almost every day. i'm the only child, so my mom is always, like, calling me and need to know how i am, and it's hard to live out of your country without your family. but when you have something, you have a dream, you do everything to be possible. >> and how did you get discovered? how did that whole documentary come about? >> it's a because when i was

to new york city to do acompetition, and i was the representative of brazil and i got first place. and when i weapon back to brazil, they was like all over me, and there was that was a great thing. >> that's extremely impressive. once again you're featured in the documentary only when i dance. it's about your journey to become a professional dancer. and there's going to be a free screening of the documentary at the strand theater in dorchester. and there's a website if anybody -- >> yes, boston ballet.org. >> bostonboll ballet.org. and congratulations on running on a great career. irlan silva, thanks for coming in.

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