A little bit of the same style as yesterday to Questa Notte by Ludovco Einaudi. Ludovico Einaudi is probably in the top ten of the words and phrases I have typed this year, but I do enjoy dancing to his music. And I believe that Luna is on a mission next year to learn another of his compositions so hopefully we will be working on something together. Happy New Year everyone, I hope you have fun things planned for tonight; see you in 2014 :)
Fourth rehearsal today and the last one before the holidays.
I am very proud of how well Laura worked and improved today.
It was a shame not to have any of the others but it's so close to Christmas; so we had a good polishing session and learned the new section.
I'm planning to get the layout and positioning worked out (roughly) over the break so that, hopefully, I can have everything set at the first rehearsal in 2014.
Marking the Winter Solstice and welcoming the longer days by playing epic games of Cards Against Humanity and Pictionary, with an interval of a group game of Cat's Cradle.
Further to yesterdays run through of the whole piece so far here is a better clip of the new section. And by better I mean the jumps are higher, the timing it more accurate and there is an extra few moves added on to the end which form the transition into the next section.
Before and after the last ballet class of term yesterday I spent some time working out the next section of choreography for my piece.
Some of you with a keen eye will see that I have used this phrase of movement before.
I really like the flow of this section and was delighted to find that it not only fit to this piece of music but that it also captured the rise and fall and flow I was hoping for.
Here is the whole piece so far with the new bit added on, you just have to imagine six people instead of just me. Well actually you'll only imagine for another 29 days!
After my rehearsal on Sunday I also had one for Kathy's, our lovely dance teacher, piece for the show in January. I was blissfully unaware that this ballet piece was en pointe. Not really a problem but I wasn't mentally prepared. It's a lovely piece, with some of my cast, using scarfs. There's a section in it where I have a little solo which I have the strangest feeling that Kathy would like me to put something together for, it's only about 15 seconds. So here is a little play with pointe shoes and scarf. I think I may need to put these on everyday til the show to ensure I'm ready.
Music = Solveig's Song - Peer Gynt-Suite No 2 by Edvard Grieg (this is not the music for the piece but a nice alternative for my purposes)
What a great rehearsal yesterday. Many thanks to Alex, Sophie and Martha for all your hard work. With one rehearsal left before the Christmas break, and at least two more after, I'm very happy with the progress. Yesterday we worked on the beginning and a couple of linking sections and of course taught Martha the majority of the movement material, again thanks to Alex and Sophie for showing her some of this in their own time. My homework for the next week is to get the next section, which is the big chorus, choreographed ready for Sundays rehearsal and then we're nearly there. The ending will still need to be worked but I'm holding off until it is clear where everyone will be so that it is a natural ending. Location and spacing will have to wait until I have either more of the cast to work with at one time or are in the bigger studio, both would be preferable, but we'll see.
Another alternative for the floor section piece. With all of these different versions being performed at the same time I am keen to have some repeating elements across the group.
Music = Smother by Daughter
Blogger having a funny five again so here's the link.
In preparation for Sundays rehearsal over the next few days I will be setting different movement material for the beginning section on the floor. I am hoping that these will be a good starting point for the girls to really get into the flow of this section.
After making my way down these stairs at an undesired pace last week I
thought I should attempt to conquer the little tremors I have in the pit
of my stomach and do so at my own pace. Many thanks to Nat for filming :)
Music = Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása by Sigur Rós
I'm sorry to say that Blogger has been having a strange day today and won't let me upload so here's the link if you so desire, if not enjoy the pics.
I'm trying very hard to to be annoyed with myself about the last week but it's just so disappointing. I managed to fall down the stairs at home on last Monday and I'm rather bruised. Haven't been able to sit down comfortably all week let alone dance. I have been mentally choreographing and planning for my second rehearsal, which was yesterday, so here is what I've been up to.
Music = Smother by Daughter
OK so I've decided on the music and even choreographed over a minute of it with my lovely cast last Sunday. Since then I have been breaking down the music into sections to make a plan of the dance:
I am hoping to ensure that the speed, difficulty and energy of the movement material echo the rise and fall of the song.
Day 178 - Second Rehearsal
I was apprehensive about how this would go as I haven't been dancing all week but all was fine apart from forgetting I was bruised and demonstrating a roll up of the floor, ouch! There are now two sections of movement material choreographed with the aim to split up into smaller groups and work on the direction these will face. Charlie joined us for rehearsal and Sophie was away so I still had four lovely people to work with. Next week Martha will be coming along too so I am leaving teaching Charlie the whole of the first section until then so I can show them together. The beginning and middle parts of the video still have work to be done and the placing is no where near the finished product as there will be six bodies in the space. I am planning on videoing some of next weeks rehearsal with the aim to put this in the video to be projected on the back wall. Still need to check that the projector works and will work in the space. Looking forward to the next stage of this piece :)
I am so very happy with how rehearsal went today. Big thank you to Alex, Sophie, Hollie and Laura (from left to right) for picking it up so quickly. We have a lot to get done in the next 6 weeks! but this is a promising start. I'm looking forward to welcoming Martha and Charlie into the fold next week; when amongst other things we will be looking at rolling and getting up off the floor :)
Fourth rehearsal today and the last one before the holidays. 
What a great rehearsal yesterday. Many thanks to Alex, Sophie and Martha for all your hard work. With one rehearsal left before the Christmas break, and at least two more after, I'm very happy with the progress. Yesterday we worked on the beginning and a couple of linking sections and of course taught Martha the majority of the movement material, again thanks to Alex and Sophie for showing her some of this in their own time. My homework for the next week is to get the next section, which is the big chorus, choreographed ready for Sundays rehearsal and then we're nearly there. The ending will still need to be worked but I'm holding off until it is clear where everyone will be so that it is a natural ending. Location and spacing will have to wait until I have either more of the cast to work with at one time or are in the bigger studio, both would be preferable, but we'll see.
I was apprehensive about how this would go as I haven't been dancing all week but all was fine apart from forgetting I was bruised and demonstrating a roll up of the floor, ouch! There are now two sections of movement material choreographed with the aim to split up into smaller groups and work on the direction these will face. Charlie joined us for rehearsal and Sophie was away so I still had four lovely people to work with. Next week Martha will be coming along too so I am leaving teaching Charlie the whole of the first section until then so I can show them together. The beginning and middle parts of the video still have work to be done and the placing is no where near the finished product as there will be six bodies in the space. I am planning on videoing some of next weeks rehearsal with the aim to put this in the video to be projected on the back wall. Still need to check that the projector works and will work in the space. Looking forward to the next stage of this piece :)
