Are you 15 – 19 and living within the Greater Manchester area?
Are you interested in dance, music, spoken word and film making?
Do you have some time over August to commit to a brand-new project that focusses on you?
Do you have something to say about young people’s mental health?
Expanding on Dannielle West’s journal ‘The Method of You’, this project will take a group of young people aged 15-19 from across Greater Manchester on a creative journey of self-discovery and skills development.
In a society where mental health issues are wreaking havoc on young people’s attainment and career development, ‘the method of you/us will use the arts and mindfulness to demonstrate that there is a way to reconnect meaningfully with oneself and other people in a creative, experimental and rewarding way.
This project has been developed using art to support young people to challenge embedded unhelpful behaviours, share new tools and techniques to deal with day-to-day life, work and relationships and reconnect with other people.
Over a 3-week period (9 – 27 August 2021) the young people will work with a mental health specialist, choreographer, music producer, spoken word artist and film maker to create 4 short dance films about positive well-being.
The overall aim for this project is to create a safe space for young people who want to develop their confidence and self-assurance whilst learning about self-esteem for the mind and body.
Registration form for The method of you/us
Registration deadline: 3 August, 12pm