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Studio rehearsal
Beautiful sunny day for filming at Lily’s House for the projection for ‘Every Three Days.’ Lily’s story is told simultaneously with Katy, Silvana and Linda’s story, which is danced live in front of the projection.
Here we are working on a trio to a track by Novixe called ‘Stranded’ and exploring the idea of being trapped in a situation – unable to find a way out and unable to offer help.
Here we are playing with mayhem for the opening section of ‘Every Three Days’
Exploring the theme of being metaphorically tied to a situation
I like the contrast in flow and speed between these 2 duets. I can see these ideas making the final edit.
Silvana and I have been working on a duet. Here is a fragment which appears towards the end, in which we are endeavouring to convey our mutually supportive relationship. In the narrative we are sisters. Other parts of our duet show how we tease each other and are competitive.
We have been having some fun with a quickstep tune. Here’s a short clip.
Here are Katy and Silvana – it’s all about the relationship!
Starting R&D for my new work – no title yet – exploring a few themes at the moment – female family relationships, the power or destructive nature of silence
Final two rehearsals before our performance at the RAD Theare. We are ready!
Evaluation day! Shared and received feedback. The big question is whether to change the order of the sections. If yes will have to change the soundtrack too.
Full day of rehearsal. All sections are finished, finally. Rehearsed with soundtrack for the first time. Now we just have to run it and run it as often as we can when we can get together.
The waltz needs lots of work. There’s more unison in this section. Changed the track to a shorter one, as this section eats a lot of rehearsal time.
Started on the finale music hall sections. I’ve been working on lyrics for a couple of weeks now and two good friends have been writing/recording the music and singing. Such a laugh dancing to these old time music hall melodies
Credits: Nick Godwin musical arrangement, Siobhan Dunne vocals Linda Foster and Siobhan Dunne lyrics.
Start of 3 days of intensive rehearsal and a photo shoot for publicity for our work. 4 sections of 6 completed.
Combined some of the solo work to make duets. Our cha cha trio is also finished. Started work on another trio to some ballroom.waltz music. Spent some time on ballroom technique – rise and fall, footwork. It’s tricky if you haven’t done ballroom before. The basic waltz is very different to the contemporary triplet and the ballet waltz.
Last time we can all meet before Christmas. We look at each other’s solos, and work on getting the characterisation right. I like to work with music that portrays the personality or circumstances or the thoughts and feelings of a character. I will often choose songs with lyrics during this part of the process. I find that this really helps to define the meaning behind the movement. Then I abandon the music and find something less literal and hopefully royalty free.
We make a good start on what I’m calling the cha cha section. It’s a sort of competition between the three generations danced to a cha cha cha.
Lily auditions us and we audition Lily and we find we are a good fit. It’s clear she’ll need new choreography. Can’t wait to get started again. Here’s a little glimpse of something we’ll be developing.
Our young dancers has left the company due to coursework and her graduation show commitments. I loved her movement style. Will need to replace her, of course, and re- choreograph to suit the body and style of whoever replaces her. Katy is scouting.
Started the devising process for ‘ In Search Of….’ Here’s Katy and me the first time we danced together experimenting with body actions and body parts. Well, you’ve got to start somewhere and at this stage we’re not exactly sure what we’re searching for!