18th&24th March - Aabenraa – Drama, Music and Movement

On Wednesday 18th we travelled to Aabenraa to have lessons at that department of UCSyd. They were focused on Drama – with Flemming and on Music with Linda. First of all we played some “icebreaking” games as a “Shark” – Flemming explained us that it is much easier for some pupils to “break the barriers, to get over shyness” while they are having some role. Because if you are “shark”, you think for the shark and much less how you are looking etc…
We also made rhythms with drums and cups, I enjoyed that pretty much.
And we learnt a Danish song – Godmorgen sol :)


We made “monuments” with Flemming then. That group had to make “Zooropa”.
1) stable position and concentration
2) “Zooropa”
Isn´t it great?





And after the lunch break (spent outside in a sunny weather), we learnt to play SAMBA with Linda. I had to leave a bit earlier and go back to Haderslev for physiotherapy…












On Tuesday 24th we started with simple dances as polka and some traditional Danish group dances. I very enjoyed Linda playing accordion, it made me involved in the atmosphere.:)


We sang some more morning songs – as I realized, morning songs are very important for Danish people, maybe because they miss sun…:)

Then we did very interesting activities with Flemming – such as “Embryo” – waking up with the music and exploring things and people around…It was really deep feeling for me…

And then we made performances in 2 groups on music. We had masks and white overalls… I was surprised how much can be expressed without mimics and voice, just through body language… (*60-70% of our communication is via body language, you don´t even have to know about that. Your body reveals much more than you intend…)
The masks also helped us to be more involved, relaxed, focused on playing without being shy…
And group photo in the end :)





Then I stayed the whole afternoon in Aabenraa, exploring the nice old streets, harbour, just enjoying the atmosphere of that sunny day …