Hi everybody.... I'm so excited to be dancing this year with 3 very different projects with Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company...
They are weekly and I am going to post every week this year, so you will be able to really build up a picture of our group developments and growth!
Fun eh!
The 3 groups are
The Bridge School Youth Dance Company, LIKE Youth Dance, 12-19 years old
Haughton School 'Wake Up, Shake Up' after school club, LIKE Youth Dance, 5-11 years old
The Contact Group - Adult Inclusive Dance group
We are in our second week and having a blast!
Yesterday at the Bridge we discovered how strong and creative the dancers are. So far their favourite things are making really strong balances and shapes low to the floor. We explored rolling and had a great time setting each other off across the floor. I co-deliver with Misha for this group and I am really enjoying the energy and enthusiasm she brings to the group. She has such a flair for explaining movements and noticing what people are really brilliant at.
Last night in Contact we looked at our breath being the initiator of our movement. It brought a sense of suspension and release into our dancing that we all found beautiful to watch and perform. We explored this in solo, duet and trio forms. I for one felt very lucky to be a witness to the delicious performances.
I will be at Haughton School shortly. Last week I got to watch Rachel Liggitt deliver a session and I found it truly inspiring and thoroughly enjoyable. In that session the group worked on creating performance with either very flowing movements, or very strong movements. Today we will create performances using very stretchy and elastic movements.
Yes, even with the driving, I find it is absolutely the best way to start the week!
