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The Welcome Daily – Sunday 19 November

Celebrate the last day of The Welcome and join Deep Flow – a mass-group choreography inspired by tai chi and qigong

The Welcome is a celebration like no other – nine days of music, art and culture to mark the opening of Aviva Studios. With events taking over every inch of the building, how do you choose?

Introducing The Welcome Daily. We’ll tell you what to read, watch, listen and do with input from the curators Factory Assembly.

Prefer a surprise? Just pop by Aviva Studios – there’s always something on.

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READ: THANK YOU

And we're done! Before we sleep, thanks to all the people – from Greater Manchester and beyond – who came down to Aviva Studios to celebrate our new space. It’s been great to see our building filled with so many happy faces, some familiar and others new. A heartfelt thanks also goes out to the many community organisations, artists and the brilliant curators Factory Assembly, who made The Welcome possible.

We’ve truly activated all the nooks and crannies of this incredible building – from music performances in the orchestra pit to 200 larger-than-life portraits in the Undercroft for Inside Out: This Is Manchester. We hope this gives everyone a taste of what’s to come at Aviva Studios.

So Welcome to our new building and bring on the festive season!

Photo by Tomasz Kozak

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WATCH

It's performance day!

Head behind the scenes of mass group spectacle Deep Flow ahead of tonight's performance.

In our latest episode of Building Worlds, Company Chameleon's Kevin Edward Turner explores the importance of community, connection and collective power in Deep Flow.

Watch more episodes of Building Worlds here.

Listen

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Join us in the Social where we’re dancing goodbye to The Welcome.

Enjoy music from midday – starting with Bollywood extravaganza Sharmista’s Dance and closing with chamber-pop outfit Big Society.

Heard someone brilliant over the past few days but can’t remember their name? Check out our playlist of all the artists who performed at The Welcome.
Listen now →
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DO

Deep Flow is a celebration of community, wellbeing and creativity. What better way to end The Welcome?

70 participants have been rehearsing since September. Now they join forces with members of the public for a mass-group performance inspired by tai chi and qigong.

You can learn the moves in a daytime workshop – or simply come along to watch and soak up the calming atmosphere.

Then it's back to the Social to catch the end of The Welcome: Soundtrack.

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