One billion people around the world watched as Birmingham celebrated its diversity and demonstrated people of different race, religion, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation and disability working together to welcome the word to their city. The theme was "Welcome to the human race"
Watch the full 6 minute show in the BBC link above. The show, performed in Victoria Square, Birmingham used a one-shot camera, and involved two thousand dancers performing a mix of ballet, break-dance and modern dance. We saw performers young and old, Black, White and Asian, male and female. There were different married couples - men and women, women and women and two men and also drag queens performing on a fountain. The performance ended with dancers forming in to #BRUM.
What do you see in the picture?
Where was it taken?
What does it say? What is it about?
Explain the story, watch the film on the link
- What different people did you notice in the film?
-Why do you think Birmingham chose to involve so many different people?
- What does "Welcome to the human race" mean? Why do you think Birmingham chose this as a theme?
- What is Birmingham trying to show the world?
- How does Birmingham feel about its diverse people?
- Are there other cities in the UK like Birmingham?
- (If your school is outside Birmingham, ask, could this have worked in our city?)
- What can we learn from all the performers in this film?
- What can we learn from Birmingham?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?
"Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain" by Andrew Moffat
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