Sunday 8 August 2010

Feet on the ground



The view from my 29th floor hotel room, the longest swimming pool in the world!.
Back home and finally landing, realising that my feet have not touched the earth since I left the UK, two weeks of concrete... how can this be?
Last few days in Shanghai and Hong Kong were packed full of meetings and gatherings including an unscheduled day at the 'drama therapy in psychiatric services symposium' that turned out to be surprisingly relevant to BESDC with fascinating speakers expressing many shared objectives and outcomes.
The reunion with Symbiotic Dance was lovely, it felt like only a moment since our last visit. Tids and Arnim were missed, hopes and ideas for the future were expressed and dinner was shared.
Then a third meeting with British Council, previous ones being held in Guangzhou and Shanghai to discuss recent impressions and future plans.
I'm grateful for the opportunity to visit China and Hong Kong thanks to Connections through Culture and feel that this is only the beginning...













Sunday 1 August 2010

Aquatic dance

Back to Shanghai and 41.2° so I'm melting...

Led a workshop this afternoon for members of the Grass Stage, a theatre organisation known for its radical and often disapproved-of work with non-professional artists. Lots of stimulating discussion over dinner then a symposium to discuss the work of BESDC; they asked loads of great questions which made the evening fly by.

Too busy to take any photos of the workshop but I do like these fish at the hotel!