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I'm Vincent of Woko, but you can also call me Vick. I'm a dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Vick Dance Company. I'm so excited to be here. I'm so excited to be working on this project with Suleyman. So both of you are dancers? Ya, we are both dancers. So do you dance together or do you... What happens? Because we are a skik dance company of our TPM. Ya, we have been dancing together in different kind of projects. But now this year is when the project brought us to work completely together. But mostly we have been meeting during auditions and such kind of events. And then we have done several projects before with him and then this is when we decided now we need to go full out and full time together. Alright. Okay. We have been working individually because as you have heard that he is also having his own company which is Sawala Dance Company. And then I have Mind which is Vick Dance Company. So also apart from that we have been working in like separate projects but this time round we decided we are going to work together on this project called Lost State of Mind. What exactly is Lost State of Mind? Ah, Lost State of Mind. So Lost State of Mind is a dance production that tackles mental awareness. So it's a dance production that we are using contemporary dance to make sure we advocate for mental health. Whereby we are tackling depression, stress, anxiety and most importantly suicide. Right. Yes. So what is first of all contemporary dance for those who don't know me? Bale yotunona wasungu no miyamigu No, it's good to ask for the person who is not aware what contemporary dance is. Contemporary dance is very expressive. It has a lot of freedom. It's a fusion of a lot of dance techniques but most importantly it has a background more in the Bale side because you find that most of the technique we're using in contemporary we are borrowing it from Bale. So it's quite graceful. Yes. And very expressive. See who was in what? Ya, iko mo of the content, the feeling. You have to feel, you have to show that emotion. it's simple, I can feel it. I feel it. I feel it. I feel it. I feel it. I feel it. I feel it. Admin Tumiza, call it a rap step. Is it okay? No. Ok hashtag is best if wives. So why mental awareness? I think mental awareness is something that we have been avoiding. It's a very hard discussion insusati, ututikiwa cont最i rama. Kuva kwa Covid-19 dashu, kwa maziini yaama ngezao. Ujumineza nii nga lawnama. Hebrew popo tali giltama 2,2,2 nga. Ujumineza nga na lua. Ujumineza yaama. Usuhti, naka maziini, kua maziini... uta ilikw late na nii. So kwa lah tongue wain maziini. Topa maziini maziini. Wain maziini. Mis لاה, maha maha maha kwa mahii inima yomi upatimama, biha nisha jimi wa jimi wa jimi wa kwa mahii, hizia kwami nija wikUto maha m해주u nija wiki nija wiki nija wiki. Sia mahii wekibu hii hoopiki aga uparumahi za hula mwi watu ku register na upa wikanda. Asim ... .. maha maha kwa mahii wiki nija wiki kwa mahii wiki nija wiki nija wiki yon weave mimi. Bia yon nija. Kwa mahii wiki nija, hia wiki nija yi wiki nija. kwa mahii mimi salu. nigawe and what it did. we're talking with my friend we're making observation, since since Covid 19 came, since lockdown, since the number of winds and spirits that have thrived. Yeah.ys kiki kufaiai isa idea pomba What are we saying? Are we depressed and matizachini na yo? Can we please talk about it? Personally what I've came to observe is that anytime people get into depression or stress they only run to two things The first thing the people run to is drugs Yes The second thing people run into is religion Yes Because drugs get you out of the normal It gets you out of reality sometimes Yes But for religion, the people who get deeply into religion they get there for hope Because religion gives us hope So that's a place where a random person can start taking advantage of someone who's desperate like that and then they can continue Yes So I think the reason why all those winds and spirits and all those stuff are coming are really going up at a high rate is because people are running away from the reality Yes But it's not easy It's not Another thing is that depression is there mental illness is there People are now people are talking about it Yes but nobody is willing to get outside there You know what's really mazemi siku poa I mean she is scared because these people out there you should not trust them People are not coming out Who are they coming out to? Again that's one of the things that we're trying to campaign for We're trying to create a campaign for like a safe space where we can be able to talk to When I come to valentine I need to create that safe space where I can be able to open up and then trust like mazemi siku poa I won't hear my stories going around because of all my problems How can you guarantee that? No true dance You're advocating for that safe space Be that person that somebody can be able to talk to and they can be able to entrust Without us campaigning for that then people will not know that we need to create that safe space among ourselves So that's something that you're fighting for and advocating for as we also go through the project So you're saying if I see your face after this performance or as you continue with this project that means it's okay for me to DM you Ebro by the way Kabra the flani may be and I want to know Ebro by the square graffiti Lafu Is that you open for dialogue? Ya ya And then also just to add on top of that we also partnering with different mental specialists Well that's smart Ya because we get to find that therapy is expensive It's expensive It's expensive Therapy is very expensive and the only people like we can always maybe go for therapy in our days are our friends but we get to find but nowadays getting real friends is also hard a problem because you'll share your story you'll confide in somebody and then later on you'll hear your story somewhere then you'll be like No I'm not doing this again Ya So we have avenues for that if there is anybody outside there who is struggling with mental illness stress depression and really need somebody to talk to need a therapist they can always reach onto us How can we find you before it goes any further What are your platforms? So we have our pages on both Instagram and Facebook which is on Instagram is lost underscore state of mind and then on Facebook is lost state of mind Yes Okay, me I'm interested and then just to for the people who love e-mails is lost mental state at gwell.com Why lost mental state of mind? Lost state of mind Lost state of mind Yes lost state of mind it's just by the wording itself it's like a definition it's a definition but by the time we are like lost state of mind currently we are in a lost state most of the people we are lost in our thoughts we are lost in a lot of things that we do in our daily lives and in our mental so we need to be able to come out and be able to to open up just come away from that cocoon that we are in so that we be free once again because it's like we are lost in our thoughts in our in a lot of things you are lost in a lot of things in our situations Yes, exactly I have one last question before you tell us about the actual project and when it's been don't it's been in such a movie anyway hashtag says the vibes e how to we like to say or I like to say sanasana I like to say self love is important and I think it's a very, very key part of mental health that you accept yourself that you know small things that can take away peace from you competing with others for no apparent reason and scare everybody or how do I or how not to cast steps like one, two, three on what someone can do if they are feeling anxious or they are feeling depressed before they make the move of reaching out like me nezafanya kwa nyumba DIY solution Okay the first thing personally what I always do that I can also recommend is you have to accept that you're human that's the first thing and you have to accept that we all make mistakes and we also have to accept that in this journey of life there is no manual at it everybody is just trying to figure out everything so the moment you reach that moment whereby you feel like things are not working out you just get yourself back and just reflect on this remember you're human you make mistakes and remember nothing is perfect and you are just figuring out things so if it is not working just take your time niku payangu kifkiriya aku ya ono kajama hiya like he was being pressured ya you are not okay pressure li kumiku ja he said monga hashtag testifies umu me sama I like to think sometimes what you put pressure because we feel like we are going through something very unique like something no one knows how to get out of this problem I know imagine there is nothing new under the sun what you going through someone else has gone through they didn't die they survived so you'll be okay I know in the trains