The Sydney Opera House hosts the world's best performers all year round, but it is also on a mission to inspire the youngest of up-and-coming artists. Tonight, we take a look at the impact its mentorship program is having at one Sydney school.
00:06For these students at Liverpool Boys High School, performing feels natural.
00:12It makes me feel like I belong because I'm surrounded by people who want to dance and play instruments.
00:18When I'm surrounded with people like that, I feel like I'm one of them.
00:21I feel like I belong with them.
00:23But that confidence didn't come right away.
00:26They're part of a Sydney Opera House program which brings local artists into the classroom.
00:32Over several workshops, Jack Wardana has mentored the students, teaching them the traditional Indonesian dance, Arandai.
00:41They're all giving it their all and they're taking time out of their normal schooling to do something really artistic in different fields.
00:48Their confidence and their creativity have definitely developed.
00:51I remember the first session, they were very hesitant to give it a go, but now they're performing seven times today.
00:57Other projects include portraits and short films.
01:01I think that's the idea with the house swap is that idea of what's important about Sydney Opera House and then what's important about your own place.
01:07The ideas of place and identity also take on a literal meaning with students here set to move when the local boys and girls high schools merge in 2028.
01:19Inside it was like recording monuments that and things that like, you know, wouldn't be there when we merged.
01:24And making memories along the way.
01:26And making memories along the way.
01:28Where I go, I'm in an old generation.
01:32There are some new challenges in putting people around here.
01:34This might be a journey to school.
01:37In this sense, I feel like I have one Drawless Racée.
01:40This might not be a customer that if it's starts to move.
01:45I have one and keep up on the work of that.
01:47I know.
01:48So I have one and I have one and I have another Hollywood star where I begin doing,
01:52Our SBA boots are not as big as possible when you're standing right away.
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