Acting workshops

Hello after long break! :) How did you spend your holidays, guys? Hope, that you had amazing time with your friends :)

My holidays started excellent! I signed up for acting classes in Polish Theatre in Poznań. It was amazing! The courses were leaded by actors, so the participants could have learnt a lot.

 Every year during the holidays you can take part in the workshops which lasts almost 2 weeks. It's a good opportunity to develop many skill like acting, singing, reciting or pronunciation. What's more, you can learn how to take care about your voice, not to get tired easily, or you get to know many simple tricks about behaving on scene when something unsuspecting happens.

There are classes like classic drama, contemporary drama, poetry reciting, novels reciting, singing, dance, body language and correct pronunciation classes. Actually, each day is full of activities, there's no time to get bored ! :)

At the end of the course, participants prepare a show which put on the stage the last day, so their families and friends can watch what they had learn. It's one of days you'll never forget ;)

Also, you can visit the theatre, all the interesting places, hidden rooms or learn about some funny or even mysterious secrets from backstage.

The atmosphere was amazing! Really! You could have felt the ghosts sometimes ^^ Late actors and workers observe everything, they even give some signs when something important is about to happen. They help a lot !

All in all, it's great fun for theatre amateurs, especially for those who want to go to Theatre Academy in the future. I invite you all to take part next year's course ^^

"Tous les mêmes"

Coach, a special angel sent by God, has a secret mission to fulfill on the Earth: helping people find their happiness. This time, thanks to the divine announcement in the press, there are three men: dominated by their wives: Jean-Claude Serpillière - bored with his businesswoman-wife, Olivier Ficheman - a rich and kind of mean hero who has existential problems and narcissus Georges Glaçon who treats women like toys. Will Coach help them? Or will he let them lose their lives? Well, what about God? ...

Theatre time! Actually, FRENCH theatre! :) 12th and 13th June we've put out a display titled "Tous les mêmes" which shows the life of three men who don't know how to find their happiness.

We were preparing this play around one and a half month. Our professor of French was the director and the actress as well. The students took part as actors and some of them were responsible for the lights and the music. There were a lot to do, but at least we had fun.

Glaçon and the lovers <3

When it comes to me, I played really small part in the show: I acted one of Glaçon's lovers. It was a great challenge, I learnt a lot, especially how to dance in bollywood style ^^

If you haven't seen the spectacle, there will be opportunity to watch this as a movie, because our last display was recorded :)

We displayed four times, each time was amazing, extraordinary and of course different. The audience was wonderful! They applauded enormously, even some guests gave us some flowers! :)

All in all, I'm so happy that could have been part of this play, especially that could have create theatre in french. Can't wait next challenge like this one! :)

Aerofest and glider picnic

Last weekend Poznań was a venue of big event: the aerofestival. There were many acrobatic teams from all over the world which had come here to show some special skills.

Turkish Stars, Baltic Bees, Pioneer Team, De Havilland Vampire Display Team, Patrouille Reva, Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team, Aero Gera Display Team and Firebirds Team were the attraction during the festival. They all showed breath-taking displays. The audience was just standing with opened mouth and staring at the sky. Everything was wonderful! Even the weather was great: sunny, and a little bit windy, so people could have got tanned ;)

For example, there is similar event in my hometown every year. Actually, it's more connected with gliders, but anyway, there's plenty to see there as well.

It's called glider picnic. Entrance is totally free for everyone. Here, you can also admire amazing shows of planes. What's more, you can have a flight in a glider, balloon or plane if you want to, or even win a ticket to do it! There are many contests and attractions, so you can spend a good time with your family.

If you have some free time last weekend of June, I do recommend you to visit Leszno and take part in the picnic. Don't hesitate! :)

The second international festival of francophone theater for students

During the first week of June, there was The second international festival of francophone theater for students. The Polish Theatre was the venue. There were many groups who came from Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Albania, Slovenia etc. They all had had to choose one of ten pieces and prepare short spectacles (about 30-40 min).

During the festival, there were plenty of workshops ans lectures connected with francophone theatre. Moreover, there was a possibility to meet ans talk with directors, authors of pieces and actors of course.

The integrating with other participants was the principle of the event. Also, the language was one of the reasons which gathered people. 

Each evening, there were two spectacles put on scene. I did enjoy the festival. Not only could I improve French, also I had really nice time with other participants. Can't wait the next one! :)

हिंदी दिवस - Hindi Day

Sarhi

Last Saturday, there was an event called The Tibetan-Hindi Day organized by Asian Institut from Adam Mickiewicz University. It was really wonderful event, I've never thought that in Poznań live so many Hindus. Actually, it was a great opportunity to learn something new and interesting about Hindi culture, its history and life style.

अगता - Agata

There were many shows like Bollywood dance, Tibetan gongs and interview with foreigners living in Poznań as well as workshops: yoga, belly dance, Hindi classes. All in all, everyone could have found something for themselves.

Also, we could have tried traditional meals from Taiwan and Hindi cuisine. There were a store with sarhi, a place with henna tattoo, a place for children where they could have drawn a pictures using special Hindi powder.

It was really amazing day, many things happend. We had such fun! Can't wait for other events like this one! :)

Colorful shadows of Wrocław

One week ago I went to Wrocław to visit my friends Ewa and Dominika.

This time, it was quite warm outside, so we decided to see-sight the city. Friday evening, we went out to old market square and just chilled in a pub.

The next day, we got to the Japanese Garden near Hala Stulecia. It was formidable: plenty of colorful flowers and trees, a pond with ducks and fish... Really good place to relax, especially when the weather is gorgeous! :) What's more, there were many Japanese ornaments and monuments in the park.

Later, we went to see the famous Wroclavian fountain in front of Hala Stulecia. Also, we got back there during the evening, because of the night show: music, many colourful lights
and superb play of water. It was splendid! If you'll be to Wrocław, the fountain is one of must-seen places there.

Moreover, that Saturday, there was the museum night, so we went to The National Museum. Not only did we see many  paintings, we could also appreciate the modern art.

Sunday was rather calm: shopping in a mall then making a pizza italiana! Each prepared her own pizza and also one shared. They were so delightful, the taste was incredible! ^^

After meal, we arrived to Sky Tower, one of the highest buildings in Poland. The view was wonderful! The landscape was eye-catching! We could have seen all Wroclavian panorama, what's more, even Ślęża the mountain and the Karpatian foothills. Sky Tower was our last destination, after that I came back to Poznań.

During that weekend we had so great time, we visited many amazing places and right now have beautiful memories. Miss you, girls! :)

No way? Norway!

Breath-taking views, beautiful fjords, crazy people, tasty food, amazing adventures... This is Norway! With one of my best-friends, Marcel, we went to Balestrand, Norway for 10 days to take part in Erasmus+ program: Create your Project: From Theory to Practice. Also, there were participants from Turkey, Slovakia and Italy.

Bergen

Our journey was great! We took a train to Gdańsk, then a plane to Bergen. This city was really beautiful: many houses surrounded by fjords and sea, totally different than polish cities. We spent couple of hours there on see-sighting. There was one thing which surprised me a lot: Poles. They were everywhere! Anyway, from Bergen we went to Balestrand by a ferry! What a journey was it! 4 hours on sea, fascinating fjords were around us...

On way to Balestrand

In Balestrand, the life looks different, more calm, peaceful. It's a lovely town where approximately 1300 inhabitants live. We arrived at evening and the program started next evening, so we had all day to discover the beauty of this place. We took the bikes and made a little trip. That was amazing: every single view was splendid! Fjords covered by snow, sea, fresh air, little houses with gardens and trampolines everywhere ^^ Actually there were no people on streets. Balestrand is a good place to rest and relax, perfect for chilling :)

Each day was planned carefully: breakfast, first session, lunch, then second session, some coffee breaks during the day and at the end dinner and evening activities.

Fjords in Balestrand

Moreover, there were plenty of social events: we've been to Kvikne Hotel, the youth club, we were hiking the mountains (fjords), there were a barbecue and also many entertainments like international evening.

Generally, the program was really full of various stuff. We could have improved other ways of learning like energizers, drama, workshops or plays: trust building, coordination, leadership, name recognition. What's more, the project gave us opportunity to learn about many forms of activities integrating people from different backgrounds and to express ideas through theatre, music, dance.

The most important things for me was a possibility to discover new places, improve language skills, meet crazy people, have enormous fun and spend really amazing time with Marcel. To my mind, the time we spent with other participants were the most precious: there were a lot of laughs and funny situations all the time, we were jumping on trampoline everyday, we learn how to speak English in Italian way and of course we could have improved Italian a lot! Va bene! ;)

Our favourite one - trampoline!

Those 10 days gave us lot of experience but what's more, they gave us friends all over the world and many wonderful memories. I'm so happy that could have gone to Norway with Marcello :)