This academic year, the Arts and Culture team have six brand new interns, and we’re also welcoming back two of last year’s team. We’ve asked them all to introduce – or reintroduce – themselves in a blog post.  

Hi, I’m Millie. I am a first-year student at CCCU and it’s my pleasure to be one of the Arts and Culture interns this year. I am studying BA Dance Education, so I am surrounded by a thriving world of opportunity and creative spectacles. I have always explored the arts, as it provides a way of deeply connecting to other people and allows for the development of innovation which elevates the mind from the mainstream.  

Dance is the medium of expression I’ve been drawn to most. The body is an instrument that can be manipulated and disciplined to achieve mesmerising displays of expression and portrayals. Dance should not be underestimated as an art form, as its transformative state allows one to transcend the mundane movement of everyday life, in which you are able to find new meaning in life which one may have not realised. 

Art is human expression through unorthodox means, which documents the ever-expanding insights we’ve gained throughout history, which broadens our understanding of the world we share.  

There is an abundance of art in Canterbury; it is a city of flourishing talent and creative explorations which should be celebrated. I am very grateful to be a part of a team which supports such great human achievements we see in Canterbury.