{"id":137,"date":"2014-04-01T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentvoices.bli.lsa.umich.edu\/?p=137"},"modified":"2020-07-23T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:36:15","slug":"michigan-performance-outreach-workshop-ann-arbor-mi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/studentvoices\/2014\/04\/01\/michigan-performance-outreach-workshop-ann-arbor-mi\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Performance Outreach Workshop &#8211; Ann Arbor, MI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Michigan Performance Outreach Workshop (MPOW) is a student organization at the University of Michigan dedicated to sharing the positive powers of the performing arts to inspire youth in Detroit. Through arts-\u00ad\u2010based collaboration, MPOW provides a mutually beneficial environment: University students can exercise creative leadership skills in an educational outreach setting; while Detroit Public School students explore possibilities in higher education by building relationships to the University and its students at large. MPOW hopes to foster creative expression, build self-\u00ad\u2010esteem, and strengthen the community.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Workshop Event<\/strong><br \/>\nEach semester, MPOW creates a one-\u00ad\u2010day program that exposes Detroit Pubic School students to a diverse array of performing arts. The event includes performances by University of Michigan students, a healthy lunch, and hands-\u00ad\u2010on workshops in collaboration with university students. The event is cost-\u00ad\u2010free for participating Detroit Public Schools.<\/p>\n<p>This fall semester, MPOW presented its <strong>sixth bi-\u00adannual workshop event<\/strong> on Friday, April 4th, 2014. Participating schools included Mark Twain Elementary in Southwest, Noble Elementary-\u00ad\u2010Middle School, Rutherford Winans Academy, and A.L. Holmes Elementary on the East side. For this event, MPOW hosted\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>160 Detroit Public Schools students<\/li>\n<li>50 Group Leaders<\/li>\n<li>30 Workshop Leaders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MPOW always strives to include students all across campus. This year, volunteers hailed from the <em><strong>School of Music, Theatre &amp; Dance, Engineering, LSA, Ross School of Business, and the Penny Stamps School of Art &amp; Design<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/>\nEven some non-\u00ad\u2010university volunteers joined the fun!<\/p>\n<p>As always, Detroit Public Schools students were greeted by a wide variety of musical and theatrical performances. In an effort to showcase an array of performing arts, MPOW presented <strong>12 diverse acts<\/strong> by students from across campus. Performances included FunKtion, Disney character impressions, Rhythm Tap, Amazin\u2019 Blue, electronic hip-\u00ad\u2010hop music, the Vencedores, and a silly piano performance by our beloved clowns.<\/p>\n<p>After watching an energizing performance, the students participated in <strong>3 distinct workshops<\/strong>. This semester, our workshops included <em>dance, improvisation, a cappella, vocal percussion, original theatre, electronic beat-\u00ad\u2010making, Brazilian drumming<\/em>, and <em>film<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This semester, MPOW included a 10-\u00ad\u2010 minute reflection period at the end of the day. During this reflection, Group Leaders led the elementary students<br \/>\nthrough a series of questions designed to make the students think deeper about their experience. When asked if they would change anything about the event, many students replied, <strong>\u201cI would make it longer.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Expanding Programming and Sustainability<\/strong><br \/>\nMPOW was once a group of students planning a single-\u00ad\u2010day event. Now, we are a full-\u00ad\u2010fledged student organization! While MPOW still host its bi-\u00ad\u2010annual event in Ann Arbor, we now manage ACTING OUT!, an outreach theatre troupe that performs in Detroit Public Schools. In addition, MPOW runs a weekly theatre workshop with students at Detroit School of the Arts. By engaging Detroit students in the\u00a0performing arts on a regular basis, they have the opportunity to further develop their own creative purpose. Now in its third year, the MPOW event is a staple in many SMTD students\u2019 college experience. We hope they catch the \u201coutreach bug\u201d and join our weekly programming in the future.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to help support MPOW or learn more about our programs, please e-\u00ad\u2010mail contactmpow@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission The Michigan Performance Outreach Workshop (MPOW) is a student organization at the University of Michigan dedicated to sharing the positive powers of the performing arts to inspire youth in Detroit. 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