Acting Contest

08.07.2019

By tradition the
inside casting is rounded up by the acting contest.

Everyone was
welcome to participate in the first rounds of the competition, but only those
who responded to the challenge of the MCs deserved to stay until the last round.
For the first time in the history of the project old-timers were selected to be
the presenters and task managers of the contest. These were Varvara Rodnova and
Oliver Mara.

“Since I am a
veteran of the Nuckids project, I have participated in the AC many times. This
year I was offered to organize the competition and be its presenter. For me it
is a new and cool experience. But at first it was difficult for me not to participate,
I was a little jealous, but then I realized that looking at new guys was insanely
exciting”, – says Varvara Rodnova, Sosnovy Bor, Russia.

AC seems to be
simple and easy-to-handle. Participants are given tasks to “transform” into animals
or objects, to read well-known children’s rhymes as would a fireman, a Bohemian
stylist, a plumber etc. The main goal of the AC is to find out how much lifelike
and, most importantly, quickly the participants are able to “transform”. Acting
Contest consists of four rounds and determines three winners. However, this
year the podium was taken by six winners: 2 first places, 2 second places and 2
third places.

How exactly did it
go?

They stood in the
circle and then started moving clockwise and portrayed different living
creatures: insects, reptiles, mammals, birds, and even fish. For each portrayal
they were given only one and a half minutes. At the end of the round, the
expert jury made a tough selection for the second, more complex round – presenting
household appliances. Microwaves and blenders, toothbrushes and forceps for
lashes – those are a few objects that all the participants had to “transformed into”.

In the third round
various professions were represented. Each participant had to take turns to
recite a famous Russian poem about a swinging bull acting as a dentist or a
farmer.

“The most
difficult thing in this competition was to “adopt” the profession in such a way
that it would be funny and everyone would understand the joke. As I was first
to perform, I had little time to think, so I decided to improvise. Hope it was
funny,” – Matthew Eidelstein, Nizhny Novgorod.

The fourth and
final round was a parody. The participants had to transform into popstar of the
Russian or world stage and perform their song. Leonid Agutin, Dima Bilan,
Svetlana Loboda, Christina Aguilera and Bollywood stars shone on Nuckids stage
yesterday.

At the end of the
competition, the winners received memorable prizes, while all the participants
received positive emotions! At the end of the AC, the anthem of the project was
played and everyone danced.

Articles about the
process of staging our musical and classes with our teachers, see our next
release. Nuckids in touch!

Sincerely yours,

Dear Editors