Jack Webb Archive

I Am The obect, The Object Is Me Today thinking a lot about objects again, although I do often so it's not unusual. Playing around with objects and how to use them and how they actually become part of you, literally. They become attached to the body, become... Published Tuesday, 14 June, 2011 at 03:05
the Importance of Objects As a soloist, objects become hugely important. I would give as much value to them as I do to the movement. Why are they important? Objects are important because they are the only things other than yourself and the audience,... Published Sunday, 12 June, 2011 at 04:46
Stations Today's thoughts in no particular order or sense. The work is part choreographed and part improvised. There are 'stations' that act like improvisational structures and rules. They are always the same. In this case the stations are the plastic bag... Published Tuesday, 7 June, 2011 at 04:54
Design New creation= thinking more about shapes, colours and space rather than movements. Colours that emerged today are Lime green, mustard yellow, white, navy and red. Paper on the floor. I am not going to have ablack floor in this performance.... Published Tuesday, 7 June, 2011 at 12:04
Real Dance/Fake Dance Some thoughts on creative process, the past and the future. No structure, no plan, just vomitting on to the screen. Ready, steady, go! Past works have always had strong interest in props and set design, the use of objects and... Published Sunday, 5 June, 2011 at 07:29
Pussyface Dearest Pussyface, quite frankly, no, I don't ever write anything interesting, ESPECIALLY when I'm actually doing something. Funnily enough, dancing involves actually dancing and not sitting in front of my computer. I apologise that I didn't see your comment in... Published Sunday, 5 June, 2011 at 07:17
Double The Fun Below is some press coverage of my recent improvisation in performance series We're Not Here, A Transportation An admission of complicity I regard Tom Pritchard and Jack Webb as friends - not in the Facebook sense, but as people with... Published Tuesday, 19 April, 2011 at 02:23
Entering New Territories I am facing what I am considering to be the most important performance and programming of my work in my career so far. In 3 weeks time I will be performing one of my solos as part of New Territories,... Published Friday, 11 February, 2011 at 03:09
Olympian Manliness on video Published Thursday, 27 January, 2011 at 03:52
Olympian manliness Two days ago I performed one of my solos as part of Resolution! at the Place, London. Check out the review below. The blog title is something that one of the reviewers said. http://www.theplace.org.uk/8108/resolution-review/tue-18-january.html I've felt it for a long... Published Thursday, 20 January, 2011 at 02:59
Paris 02.55am So! I have been a naughty boy haven't I, not blogging for so long! A firm slap across the hands is deserved. It's for good reasons though. The last time I wrote it was just before the Edinburgh Fringe Festival... Published Tuesday, 5 October, 2010 at 01:54
The Calm Before The Storm That's what it is at the moment. Calm. Before the all mighty storm that is Edinburgh Fringe. At the moment, amongst rehearsing and preparing physically for the festival, I have a job handing out flyers for a cafe, and then... Published Monday, 2 August, 2010 at 09:56
It's a grand thing to get leave to live So wow, finally on a Sunday morning I have the energy and the time to write an entry. The past 3 months have been VERY busy indeed, which for me is a wonderful thing and I'm happy about that. I've... Published Sunday, 4 July, 2010 at 10:51
40 years/Something Happening/This is the place I'm back in London working with Jose Vidal Company. It's going very well, love everyone in the company, feels good to be around such great people. We're very busy preparing for performanes at the Place as part of their 40th... Published Friday, 7 May, 2010 at 12:34
Remember. Taking a risk is about more than going to the toilet without locking the door Published Sunday, 25 April, 2010 at 03:24
the Universe......at 06.24am I am constantly surprised by the universe and its powers and I'm learning that I should try to trust it more. It is 06.24am and I'm on the train to London. I haven't slept yet so if this doesn't make... Published Monday, 5 April, 2010 at 06:23
Duo Yesterday I found myself watching these clips of one of my favourite pieces of all time and thought I'd share it with you. The piece is called 'Duo' and it's by William Forsythe. It is particularly special to me because... Published Wednesday, 31 March, 2010 at 12:25
Give and you shall recieve Kindness is a wonderful thing. Recently I decided that I only have the energy to attempt to surround my dancing self with good and positive people, which is pretty rare in the dance world,unfortunately. Ben Wright, with whom I am... Published Sunday, 28 March, 2010 at 03:51
Landscapes So my week of being mentored along with two other by Peter Bonehman is over. What a week! I am very happy with what I made and apparently it is one of the strongest things I've made. Peter was happy... Published Saturday, 6 March, 2010 at 01:34
Thoughts of the day Repetition. The emotions provoked as a result of repetition. Destruction of repetition. Break down of the physical and emotional as a result of repetition. The aftermath of repetition. Stealing and borrowing of images to create a new image. Creation of... Published Wednesday, 3 March, 2010 at 10:07
Photos Maria Falconer, Dance Base's photographer came to document some on the creative lab today, here are some of the results.... Published Wednesday, 3 March, 2010 at 12:26
Minimalism Today was day two of my week-long creative lab being mentored by a master of choreography and dance, Peter Boneham. Day one started off with him asking us three questions. Question one: Are you making dance or new dance? Question... Published Tuesday, 2 March, 2010 at 08:59
New Territories From tomorrow I'll be in the studio for a whole week being metored by Peter Boneham. This is part of a festival of live and experimental art in Glasgow called New Territories. They have winter schools as part of the... Published Sunday, 28 February, 2010 at 03:00
These days Is it just me or is it blinkin' hard to get invited to an audition these days?! Every application I've done recently has been rejected. I however am not afraid to ask why. Feedback is important. Is it because my... Published Wednesday, 24 February, 2010 at 04:23
ReJECTION, REjection, RejecTION However you want to write it, say it or recieve it, the point is that rejection is disappointing in all of its forms. I am quite familiar with it at the moment. Yesterday though, someone told me that "if you're... Published Monday, 15 February, 2010 at 12:48
the Bravest Thing You Can Do is Be Commanding 2010 for me is becoming a year of bravery and taking risk. Being brave physically, mentally, emotionally and artistically. The word 'commanding' is constantly with me as way of encouraging myself to acheive what I want to acheive and to... Published Thursday, 11 February, 2010 at 12:58
What Is Contemporary Dance? It definately isn't what I just watched a clip of and have been reading about all over the place! It is great that shows on tv like 'So You Think You Can Dance' bring dance to the people and make... Published Tuesday, 19 January, 2010 at 01:24
Happy New Whatsit So here we are....in 2010. What waits for us in this year? Alot, I hope. I have some nice things planned but this has to be the most I have stuggled as a Dancer so far, of course we've always... Published Saturday, 9 January, 2010 at 03:54
(o_0) Well hello. It has been a while, hasn't it? These past 2 months have been a bit of a drag. Recovering from an operation, losing money, not being able to dance blah blah etc. It is now, thankfully, coming to... Published Wednesday, 16 September, 2009 at 07:49
Heads up! It's festival time and for me and many others, the most exciting time of the year. there's so much to see, do, people to meet, the streets are full of thousands of people and it's generally buzzing with energy. I've... Published Saturday, 8 August, 2009 at 08:02
The Bravest Thing You Can Do Is Be Still So I am recovering after a serious operation on my stoamach last week. Pfffttt, what a major blow that has been physically and financially. For three days I had terrible pain in my stomach that got to the point where... Published Friday, 24 July, 2009 at 11:31
In time Dear Readers, I have not forgotten about writing this blog. I have actually just had a quite a serious operation on my stomach that came quite out of the blue, so I am taking bit of time to recover. No... Published Tuesday, 21 July, 2009 at 06:31
Integrity Dance, what we do, is a funny old thing isn't it? Which means that alot of funny people come with it and I'm not talking about people who make you laugh alot. I've been thinking alot since reading the 'Old... Published Monday, 22 June, 2009 at 06:54
My Dance, Your Dance So we are into June already. Time is passing very quickly. We're the fourth week into the opera and it's going well, I am actually enjoying it. Ok, so part of the enjoyment of it is having time off and... Published Thursday, 4 June, 2009 at 08:23
Note To Self.... Be more confident Be more confident Be more confident Be more confident Be more confident Be more confident Be more confident :)... Published Friday, 15 May, 2009 at 04:49
Dancing at the Opera Dear Readers, the time has come, I'm in London. I've been here since Sunday last week and since Monday have been working on the Opera. This is my first experience of working on an Opera and it is turning out... Published Friday, 15 May, 2009 at 03:47
Copy Cat Copy Cat, Sitting On The Door Mat Well hello. It's been a while, as usual. Everytime I write in this blog it feels like so much time has passed, so many things can happen in such short times. I'm going to copy the Blanc and list what's... Published Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 at 05:04
Closed Doors Ok. I need to rant. It may not be interesting to read and probably no one is interested but I really couldn't care less. I am bored. Very bored. And I'm so poor at the moment it's ridiculous. I am... Published Thursday, 2 April, 2009 at 04:41
Simple things Today I took class with Errol White Dance. They're currently in residence at Dance Base and today was their free open class as part of their residency. It was a really simple and very technical class but it was incredible... Published Tuesday, 17 March, 2009 at 03:35
Busy busy busy Hello there. It's been a while since I last did this. It's been such a busy few weeks. The past two weeks were spent being in residence at Dance Base with my company, LittleWhiteHouse. It was a fantastic 2 weeks... Published Tuesday, 3 March, 2009 at 03:22
"it's just not riveting enough" So I'm back in Edinburgh after our trip to London. I'm glad to be back and I have a few days off before I start work next week with LittleWhiteHouse for our residency at Dance Base. So how was Resolution!?... Published Friday, 13 February, 2009 at 03:11
On The Train I'm writing this entry now whilst on the train to London courtesy of the free wifi from good old National Express! Yay! Svenja is sleeping beside me but I don't how she could possibly sleep on the train because I... Published Saturday, 7 February, 2009 at 04:43
Don't say maybe, say YES! I'm performing on Monday! You can buy tickets here: [ just click the link ] don't say maybe, they're boring. Say YES! :)... Published Friday, 6 February, 2009 at 03:47
Rescue Re(me)dy Ok, so I was in the mood for blogging and didn't wan to wait until next week, so here we go! Today we had a short rehearsal. It was fine although we are beginning to experience some difficulties. For me,... Published Thursday, 5 February, 2009 at 01:58
Something called Resolution! this way comes It's been a little while since I had a good chance to write something so I'm doing it now while I'm cosy on the couch in a duvet! The past two weeks were very busy. The first week, I was... Published Monday, 2 February, 2009 at 10:56
Until next time I'm pretty busy at the moment but I will write about what I've been up to very soon! Until then please enjoy the recent photos I've uploaded. These ones are of rehearsal for 'YOU, EXCEPT BROKEN'. They were taken by... Published Monday, 26 January, 2009 at 06:36
Get your tickets! http://www.theplaceprize.com/15325/robin-howard-dance-theatre/improvvisamente-jack-webb--svenja-hamel-ash-mukherjee.html... Published Thursday, 22 January, 2009 at 08:17
The week so far... Published Tuesday, 20 January, 2009 at 06:38
Superficiality vs The Truth Hello! Hope everyone has had a good week. My week has been good. I've taken class everyday and it's great to be returning to the body again. On Wednesday, I took class with X Factor Dance Company. At the moment,... Published Friday, 16 January, 2009 at 02:40
8000 Calories A Day Hello. Today was the beginning of a new week and I'm so glad to be getting stuck in! I took class this morning at Dance Base with Claire Benson, a Limon influenced and high energy class. It was so nice... Published Monday, 12 January, 2009 at 10:12
Straight to the point Wow, first day back into class, training and dancing and I'm tired! Feels good though, I've remembered that I have legs as I can feel every muscle thanks to Mr Cunningham. This morning I took the two hour Cunningham class... Published Sunday, 11 January, 2009 at 12:27
Decisions, change and development Tomorrow is Saturday, which means a 2 hour Cunningham class in the morning! YEAH! I'm actually really excited to go because I haven't done class for a few weeks and so the thought of moving is VERY exciting! Actually I... Published Friday, 9 January, 2009 at 08:14
Berlin and update Happy New Year! Hope you all had a good one. Tonight I write this from Berlin, I fly back tomorrow and I really can't wait to get back and get going with things, I'm tired of being on holiday now.... Published Friday, 9 January, 2009 at 01:39
2009 this way comes Today I'm working in the antique/second hand shop that I work in every week to make some money, today is an extra days because it's Christmas, and seeing as no one really comes in and I have a lot of... Published Tuesday, 23 December, 2008 at 02:48
I am a Dancer, apparently. After writing my last blog I began to feel a really intense desire to be a Dancer. Of course I always want to be a Dancer, but then at times I forget that I do, then get reminded that I... Published Wednesday, 17 December, 2008 at 12:14
Aftermath Last night was performance night for myself and Svenja. How did it go? Very well, I think. We performed the piece twice because there were so many people and we couldn't fit everyone at once. The first performance was fine,... Published Tuesday, 16 December, 2008 at 01:00
Another Hic at the Bowery Hello everyone. In about 12 days myself and Svenja Hamel will be performing at an arts and performance venue in Edinburgh called the Bowery, at Roxy Art House in Edinburgh. It also includes Dance photography by Ana Zatanow, Kaisha Gryszczuk,... Published Wednesday, 3 December, 2008 at 01:15
Communication breakdown As you may be aware, this Sunday, I was supposed to performing/research ideas for new work in a durational event in the Total Kunst Gallery in Edinburgh. I'm afraid to say that is now cancelled because of a mix up... Published Friday, 28 November, 2008 at 04:53
Life I am young, and so far in life I've experienced things that I would rather have not, but on the bright side, those things are equipping me with the tools that I need to get through life. Our lifes are... Published Wednesday, 26 November, 2008 at 01:18
Dance Territory Today, I would like to write about something that I experienced recently. It was bizarre because I hadn't noticed it for a while and had forgotten about it, but whilst taking a Cunningham class, I experienced some sort of territorial... Published Thursday, 20 November, 2008 at 03:40
Walk before you run Yesterday was the first rehearsal for 'YOU, EXCEPT BROKEN'. Svenja and I were supposed to rehearse the evening before but in the end we decided not to because Svenja was exhausted and the piece is quite tough on our bodies,... Published Wednesday, 12 November, 2008 at 01:38
YOU EXCEPT BROKEN begins Hello to you! Today I'm writing from the kitchen window of the place where I'm staying at the moment. I'm at the kitchen window because there is no internet in the house, but there is however, internet from somewhere outside... Published Monday, 10 November, 2008 at 01:20
If You don't ask, You don't get It's true, if You don't ask, You don't get. At the moment, I'm organising some space and time for the reasearch of this new solo I'm making. It will be a period of 'Research in Performance'. One day this month... Published Sunday, 2 November, 2008 at 04:51
I and YOU Looking back at what I have previously written, I noticed that I seem to say "I" a lot, and I don't think it's a good thing. Thinking about it, it's quite hard to find another word to refer to myself... Published Saturday, 1 November, 2008 at 09:30
A first for everything Good afternoon. Today I write from my Friday afternoon work place which actually has nothing to do with dance at all. It's an antique shop and I work here some Friday afternoons for some extra pennies. It's freezing and my... Published Friday, 31 October, 2008 at 03:49
....and the truth shall set you free. I would like to talk about truth. Truth, for me, is an incredibly important thing wether it be in my personal life or in my dance life. I feel it is essential and I believe that the truth really can... Published Wednesday, 29 October, 2008 at 03:42
Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride! Hello! My name is Jack, I'm a Dancer and Choreographer working in the UK and Europe and I'm curently based in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. I look like this: And make dances that sometimes look like the photograph above.... Published Wednesday, 29 October, 2008 at 01:14