Tuesday, 28 April, 2009| 1 Comment | Make A Comment | Share on Facebook
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 been going on and what I've been up to!
1. Took classes with Errol White Dance (they are great, learned alot in a week and fixed a few things simply because of one simple image that I need to use)
2. Went to see Balletlorent perform 'Designer Body'. It was gorgeous, Liv Lorent is such an inventor
3. Took class with Simon Birch from BalletLorent. Think I forgot how to dance that day but it was great regardless.
4. Svenja and I performed 'You, Except Broken' again here in Edinburgh as part of a new work platform at the St Bride's Centre, which surprisingly turned out to be one of the most beautiful venues we've shown work in!
5. Went to see Scottish Dance Theatre with new work from Janet Smith and Ina Christel Johannessen. Ina Christel Johannessen's 'A Visitation' was one of the most haunting things I've seen, it was fantastic!
6. Took a workshop with Candoco and worked with ideas and learned material from their current rep by Mr Hofesh Schecter and Nigel Charnock.
7. Took a workshop with Janet Smith. It was really great, somehow she has a great skill at making you move differently.
8. Thought alot about bad work and how we dancers and choreographers slag it off, and came to the conclusion that instead of or as well as slagging it off, we should try to find ways in which people can develop themselves and find sources of support from which they can develop their work to make it better.
9. Spent the past month being ridiculously poor :(
10. Gave running a go and decided I need to buy some good running shoes before I ever do it again. (but I think it's very good for fitness)
11. Prepared myself for the bright lights of London and the prospect of dancing in a leotard dressed as a fox...hmmm.
12. Applied to perform 'You, Except Broken' as part of the Royal Opera House 'Firsts' season. Will hear the result soon, hopefully.
13. Decided to forget about uploading photos of my latest piece 'the Asylum Dances' because is takes to bloody long!
14. Bought a beautiful new bike and ever since have been shouted at in the street almost every day (not all bad things, mostly good actually)
15. Finally did my arts council report and sent it off (only a little late, about a month!)
16. Thought about buying a Darcy Bussel fitness book and then saw sense and put it back on the shelf
17. Did a dance photoshoot with photographer, Maria Falconer and GOT PAID FOR IT!
18. Got a job working with Artist Tomoko Hayashi to perform in a film for Discovery Science Channel and will be GETTING PAID FOR IT!
19. Remebered how nice it is to be PAID in dance.
20. Decided that listing my life is quite fun and will consider it more in the future.
So I'm off to London next week to start work for Grange Park Opera as a Dancer in 'the Cunning Little Vixen'. Before that I'll be stopping off in Chichester to see my good pal, Anna performing with MAP Dance in work by Ben Wright, Shobana Jeyasingh, Liz Agiss and Charles Linehan, can't wait to see what's she's been up to!
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"Thought about buying a Darcy Bussel fitness book and then saw sense and put it back on the shelf"
don't do that again!!! ;o)