National Theatre Day 1

It is the start of a new week and the first day at the National Theatre of Ghana. The theatre is pretty huge and I love it's boat-like design. We started of with random acts of the birth of a child, dancing and entry of a king and queen to obtain a feel of the stage and theatre. These random acts did not make sense to me at first but then they helped me to become familiar with the stage and the theatre environment. We also learned a traditional Accra dance called Azonto which was rigorous and fun to do. The dance had similar moves/steps to dances in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). The dance's accompanying drum music however was different from the drum music in T&T. Although the drum music was strange, I quickly understood and danced to its rhythm as the day continued.