3rd Day

"The third day of the project started with a clowning workshop where we were taught different principles of performing on a stage and acting as a clown. At first clowning might seem like fooling around in a random manner but in reality there are rules according to which a person can transform into a semi-professional clown. We went through exercises and games based on repetitive movements and sequences in order to find the synergy among the group of people who would play clowns in the performance at the end of the project. For me the most important exercise was the easiest one: we had to stand in a circle, say out loud our name and slowly look each person deep in the eyes. This gave me lots of self confidence - looking someone in the eye for a long period of time was much more difficult for me earlier but after the workshop it´s not a problem at all. 
Having had practise for a live performance there was the follow up for the workshops that took place on Tuesday and concentrated on different stereotypes commonly spread in the participants´ home countries: we interviewed random people on the streets of Tallinn to find out their veiws on immigration, rights of minorities and common social problems in Estonia. This was followed by a discussion to further develop the participants´understanding on the named issues. 
After having lunch in a nearby Italian restaurant called Cotta we continued in 2 groups: one group debated on whether disabled people are full members of the society or not using the British parliament debating model and the other practised choir singing. 
Later on the singers also had the debate and the first group had a workshop on contemporary dance. Since I don´t have a good voice to sing with I took part in the dance practise. I haven´t done any dancing before but the workshop was very interesting. Our trainer made us realise the dance potential we all carried. In the end of the workshop we had to perform an improvised dance sequence with a partner. At first I thought I wouldn´ t be able to properly dance in front of all the people in the workshop but once the beat started we all got so lost in music we were totally unaware of time and space. It was a really liberating activity. 
We ate dinner in a vegan restaurant called The Inspiration Cafe and once again it got proven that vegan foood can be as tasty as food containing meat. 
We finished the day with an Estonian movie called Kertu. I think it was a great activity that brought the group closer together."

Martin from Estonia