New year new start . . . . . Can't change the past after all.

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2010! If you listen to certain people and some theories on life and our planet then we shouldn't still be here. Wasn't we supposed to become the abyss in 06.06.06?? None the less were still here and the world is still spinning :)

As i have missed a rather large chunk of time since my last post i think it's time to look back over December and inform everyone of what's been going on up north.

December 16th and 17th 2009, The Scottish School of Contemporary Dance hosted their annual christmas production at The Space. Guest choreographers Sarah Blanc and Matthew Robinson were brought in to choreograph two new and excited works on SSCD's Degree students. Each piece in it's own right was full of new and excited ideas, one concentrated on the technical ability of the body, and how movement, light and emotion can work as one, and the other a complete contrast. For a moment in time the audience was aloud to go back in time to the 1970's and express their punk history at club 'Masque.' Miss Blanc definitely pushed the boundaries of contemporary dance and challenged each member of the Degree's, taking them out of their comfort zones and straight into what can only be described as Sarah's mind!

Peter Royston and Laura Scott choreographed a sensational piece on the HND students which included myself. They took a simple idea and turned it into something truly beautiful.

With all this said and done its time for a fresh start. New year means new term and there's no better time to put the past in the past and just look straight into the future. After all what good will come of dwelling into the past? I can't do anything about the 'What could of beens' but i can do something about the 'What will be!

In the near future I will have the pleasure of working with some truly talented dancers and have the opportunity to create my own work and hopefully debut it at Ffin Dance's annual Easter intensive show case this coming April. Also another opportunity to create my own work will come my way but this time from SSCD as part of new works. So from the outset 2010 looks to be an exciting and interesting year. :)

Andrew

  • An interesting point Andrew about the past, always good to look forward but also to learn from the past.

    I was fortunate to see the final showcase at the SCCD in December, and would agree that the piece choreographed by Royston and Scott was beautiful. There are all too many pieces that I see that are unstructured and uncrafted, this was an exception. Simple ideas were well crafted and developed and very well performed. Congratulations to all.

    We very much look forward to premiering your new work at our Easter platform, and again working with dance graduates from SSCD.

    Best wishes for a good term.

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