Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Week 4 & 5 - Rehearsals


The fourth week of June was kind of full on for everybody at 2Faced Dance Company and for the hr1 project.  The Courtyard Arts Centre was inundated all week by no less than 400 dance students each night.  Children, teenagers, the youth company and the professional company, performed at FRESH (the only schools platform in Herefordshire) and DETONATE, 2Faced Dance Company's annual show featuring performers from 2Faced Dance Company’s community classes.  It's an understatement to say that it was a little bit crazy, but it all went very well, with parents, friends and patrons of the Courtyard coming along to support the performances and the work of the next generation of dancers.


 The Main Company had the chance to perform a short extract of each piece of our current production, In The Dust (triple bill), at the end of each night.  It was really exciting and refreshing to perform the work on stage in front of an audience after having worked only in the studio rehearsing for the last couple of months.  I, personally, was really impressed by the work, the skills and the commitment of 2Faced Youth Company. I thought they performed brilliantly and with *gusto.*


 On Tuesday, we had fun performing an extract from 7.0 choreographed by Tamsin Fitzgerald, which is one of the works featured in the In the Dust triple bill, for the West Midlands Business Awards that took place at the Town Hall in Birmingham..

 Back to the hr1 project this week for the launch of the project at the Castle House Hotel followed by Saturday’s danceMash day in Hereford. I got to dance a funny duet with Luke Jessop on a platform at the train station and we joined a big flash mob in High Town as well as performing an extract from In the Dust twice in the High Town outdoor showcases.  It was fantastic to see so many Herefordians enjoying dance and participating in the Flash Mob. 

*to sum up: a busy, fun and exciting week.*

Bisous

Johnny

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