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Nightwalks With Teens: Taking On Stereotypes By Being Silly
Credit: Shamil Ahmed
Sometimes it’s easy to forget what it’s like being young and reckless. If that happens, you may end up being scared of the very kind of person you used to be. Worry not, these bright teens came up with an epic performance to get you out of your old shell and have fun reliving your youth.
Credit: Nicolas Awad
Nightwalks With Teens is a unique performance where young people took adults on a tour of a lifetime. Through the young people of Knowle West Media Centre and the awesome people of Canada’s Mamalian Diving Reflex, the performance broke stereotypes, cut tension and got everyone acting silly and having fun together, regardless of age.
We went into Nightwalks to find out why an event such as itself is so great and why it’s needed today, here’s what we heard:
Nightwalks was part of the In Between Time Festival 2015. There was a huge variety of different exhibits and performances during the festival. With Nightwalks being one of the most unique performances of the festival, it was performed on three separate occasions with around three hundred plus adults attending.
Here’s a look into all the amazing antics at Nightwalks:
So what do you think? Did this bring back that nostalgic youth-like spark? Or did this make you less nervous about talking to older people? Let us know at @rifemag (on Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr) or at Rife Magazine (on Facebook)
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About the author
Shamil Ahmed
If you see a guy walking through the city centre walking around and talking to a camera passionately, with a big beard and a smile on his face, that is most likely Shamil. He's a YouTube vlogger, a young-ish dude that aims to spread the message of peace, love & smiles (hold the cheese) through his experiences and weirdness. He's also a part-time superhero (don't tell his mum). He says: "If you see me, come hug me & lets go out for coffee! :)" He was part of the Creative Talent Lab in Bristol in February 2014 and was in Rife magazine's second team of in-house of Young Journalists.
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