Moorditj Wirla (Strong Heart) Workshops

Moorditj Wirla (Strong Heart), will challenge & expand students’ ideas & knowledge about First Nations people and culture through stories and truth telling.

Presented by First Nations Workshop Artists & Facilitators. The program is designed for years 8 – 12 Drama students to teach & expand students theatre knowledge & performance skills through primarily a First Nations perspective.

The Workshops

Across 9 x 1-hour sessions, students will explore a range of themes and ideas around the notions of Australian culture through First Nation’s artists.

The workshops are developed to build & encourage pro-social skills, social awareness, empathy, compassion, understanding for others, an appreciation for diversity, respect, self-confidence, communication skills, critical thinking, self-determination, autonomy & working collaboratively. Over the nine sessions, students will engage in the following:

• Team building activities
• Text Analysis
• Rehearsal techniques
• Debrief techniques
• Scene work & dramatic conversations

The Outcomes

The purpose of these workshops is to empower students to share and celebrate cultural identities in a culturally safe space, while exploring how they can build awareness and strength through a sense of identity and cultural empowerment. The conclusion of the workshops sees students share a small text using the skills they have focused on in the workshops.