Welcome Nikki (theatre director), Tosin (choir mistress and songwriter), our trainee artist Jemima, and our volunteer coordinator Shamim on a return to form for our Youth of the World programme.
Two young volunteers Amina and Farida will also help us out on this project by lending their blogging skills, and shaping elements of our production.
Farida
Workshop 1
Today in the acting workshop we got to know each other and had lots of fun! We started off with introducing ourselves and things we like, then we started to bounce ideas off each other.
We made mind maps about culture, food, language and more. We discussed what we loved about Manchester and what we loved about our own cultures. Manchester is indeed a diverse and multicultural place! Towards the end, we played some games that were very fun.
Workshop 2
For the second part of our day, we went to the singing workshop. We started off with discussing our favourite genres of music, artists and songs.
After that, we did some fun vocal and face warm ups which were very interesting. We sang Rihanna's shine bright like a diamond and it sounded amazing thanks to our workshop leader Tosin!
Amina
Today was really fun! In the singing workshop we started of with vocal exercises like vocal sirens. We stood up and did some warm ups similar to what athletes would do. Warm ups we did shaking our arms and feet, which really woke us up.
Then we practiced our singing with a song called ‘Sing To The Rhythm,' and in the acting workshop we did some acting activities like ‘Chocolate Cake’. Slimy chocolate, angry chocolate, tired chocolate cake... you can become any kind of chocolate cake!
We then gathered ideas about what Manchester and culture is to us, and so many ideas came flooding out.
Thanks to Amina and Farida for their fantastic writeup - we can't wait to see what you report on next on our Youth of the World programme.
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