Monday, 12 April 2010
New stage, New group!
Towards the second stage of the project we were introduced to CIP (Community Integration Partnership). After presenting the project to all the members at CIP and attending their amazing (and full of delicious food) Christmas party we decided to work together in order to create another small River to add to the existing one!
CIP is a registered charity that has worked with women and children from newly arrived communities since 2001. "We provide a range of educational classes plus support to build skills, knowledge and confidence. Our goal is to enable our women to become part of their host community and to succeed economically by progressing into employment."
It has been a delight to be work with this group. Fran, our new choreographer, has been working closely with the ladies at CIP to translate their stories into dance. A great big thank you to Shain and all the staff at CIP for all their help and for always trying to accommodate us the best way possible! Watch this space for a sneak peak in the rehearsals.
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Monday, 8 February 2010
Bingo rehearsals!
After 4 consecutive weeks of Bingo playing and Bingo dancing we came to our last rehearsal and eagerly anticipating our filming day! Must remember to buy Bingo Pens Gaffa tape! Very excited about it! Watch this space!
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Filming in Blue!
After all the rehearsals at the beautifull Onneley house today was the BIG DAY. We met up at the blue-screen studio of Birmingham University at the Millenium point. What followed was 6 hours full of Tap, Tango, Waltz, and Foxtrot. We had a brilliant day and the added surprises of Singing and spinning it only made our filming a whole lot more creative. A big thank you to Lawrence, Hilary, Edna, Kate and Scott!
A retrospective post | Rehearsals back in March!
This blog has only started recently, covering mainly the second stage of the project, but I feel it is essential to write a little something about the very beginning of the project, when we started working on the choreography and how we would translate the story of The River into movement and dance. We had our first rehearsal at DanceXchange. This was the first time that the story of The River unfold through sketchbooks, videos, discussion, storyboards, research, and dance improvisation. Our aim wasn't to find a choreography for each group but mostly a way of exploring how we can use dance to bring all the groups together.
We would like to say a big thank you to Kate, Cat and Amy at DanceXchange for all their help from the very 1st day, when The River project was just an idea (and a very ambitious one)! We are very happy that since then DanceXchange is continuing to support the project. DanceXchange produces and tours many interesting projects. Always check their program!
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Save the last Tap (and Quickstep)
This was what seems to have been our last rehearsal @ Onneley house :(
And what a rehearsal that was! Two sessions full of dance and brainstorming, choreographing and laughing! All this was beautifully interrupted by the most tasty pork with vegetable and onion mushrooms dinner, followed by the sweetest (had to share it with Kate) cherry pie with custard dessert.
A big thank you to the ladies at Onneley house not only for the lovely dinner, the teas, the coffees and the biscuits all these weeks but also for helping us and making our work a lot more enjoyable.
Also congratulation (applause) to all the dancers, your participation has been amazing and your artistic input extremely valuable. Me and Kate would like to thank Colin, Vee, Edna, Hilary, Lawrence, Marcia, and Margaret individually.
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