Sing your story

Theres a story in everything each song piece of music or movement Anything that has a beginning a middle and end tension and release will tell a beautiful storyrdquo believes New Delhibased music educator Subhadra Kamath from the arts collective Aagaaz TheatreWorking with an organisation that also teaches kids from the Capitalrsquos Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti and aims to create safe inclusive learning spaces nurturing critical thought and dialogue Kamath shares that weaving stories collectively is an exercise in selfexpression and strengthens ldquothe spirit of communityrdquo And along with performing artiste Urvi Vora she aims to bring these worlds of storytelling music and movement together for young minds aged between nine and 13 through the workshop Stories in SongUrvi VoraStarting this weekend the Zoom workshop will be spread over six sessions Kamath explains that the idea was to combine music and movement to create interesting narratives for the Zoom stage ldquoSince music is a big part of our fields and essentially wersquore looking at telling stories through both we thought it would be wonderful to work with young peoplerdquo Kamath tells usSubhadra KamathDuring the workshop participants will play with different principles of composition explore rhythm and tempo and learn to create short narratives for the screen ldquoStudents will learn to write and compose songs to tell stories use movement and theatre to embody and express them and finally scale these to the stage that is the Zoom screenrdquo Kamath elaborates adding that this will be done through games and exercises ldquoFor example rhythm and tempo in music can be explored beautifully with body percussion and movement and the same translates into metre for songwritingrdquo she illustratesConsidering the fact that children have been cooped up at home for nearly a year the workshop can also be a channel to express themselves Kamath suggests ldquoStories are a meaningful way to share our experiences and externalise our feelings in a productive way Children have so much to share especially after these past few months we look forward to understanding their ideas of the world our current state as well as our hopes for the futurerdquo she notes adding ldquoAll the while singing dancing and expressing ourselves in a safe spacerdquoOn February 13 14 20 21 27 and 28 430 pmLog on to aagaaztheatretrust on Instagram to registerCost Rs 3000