Refuges on youtube

 Thanks to George for his technical help, the film camera is back up and running and took a record of the performance for us

You tube is the easiest place to share our work with each other

More background musings Refuges

 Refuges?

Where do we find refuge? 

Solace, support, companionship?

 Al Munden asks lots of questions and gives viewpoints from his personnal perspective on Journeys in our latest podcast.

 

 Last night fifteen of Shallal Dance Theatre improvised to 'Refuges' an album by Rene Aubry

https://reneaubry.fr/about/?lang=en

good feedback

""Incredibly sensitive moving  performance

wonderful use of space

- THANK. YOU SO MUCH"

Thank you to all the performers and toThe Centre, Newlyn: to Tremayne, Jerry and John for being such a supportive community venue.

Background musings before Refuges

 What is a blog post?

who is it for?

why do it?

when i started a blog it was to let people know what we were doing, as suggested by The Works, who i'd asked for funding help and advice from... that was added onto our first website

this blog is our second, and has gone on a long time, and needs more voices, i'm told,

which would be good, but who pays you to blog?

in a small wonderful community group which restarted, and then became a charity, in 2005, and ... and has at various times: flourished, lurched, survived, swum - to avoid drowning, "not waving but drowning or in the reverse or..." 

Here we are, and the reason for, this after the pre amble, is another show !

Pushing our boundaries exploring our limits and Yay 

and 

we have had no funding for indoor 'shows' as the pandemic came along but even before that performing moved outdoors, popped up, began being anywhere that would open their doors, or gates, to us, we haven't done a 'full on' indoor performance with lighting, costume  and all for years! We dream maybe in 2027 when we are grown up aged 40 years!

Our old historic Penzance support/partner The Acorn, despite having put in good access many years ago, a few years ago put in a fixed raised stage!! so we can run workshops there but not perform ....you can't take your finger off the pulse or push for equity and inclusion as inertia means moving backwards!

So today, a performance on a summer evening: a light, large hall, seats only two deep - for sight lines, performers bring their own costume choices on a limited palette then everything at least should fit well, we usually have a few lend and swops!

I do all the limited tech (untrained unskilled) with film help from George and away we... go low budget, for the love of it, art!

What could we do in a proper 'frame'?! the Tate event looked good!

Thank you to our funders this event is Awards for All

Thank you to all our audience supporters, dancers, artists, trustees and sheer good friends to all we do

Heres to More!

Open Theatre chat - Process conversation, & first BSL newsletter!

 1.

Chat today with Richard and Melissa of Open Theatre

 https://www.opentheatre.co.uk/about-us/meet-the-team-21/

I read about Richard's process, Non Verbal Physical Theatre (with music ) and it sounded like a similar well spring of inspiration to our Open Improv style, and we have each worked about forty years so I contacted them, and todays chat was the result..we hope and plan to do more... first off a zoom podcast about 'Process'.

2. Might wait until the autumn as have just lined up two 'Journey' podcasts and our timetable is full!

3.Second excitement is our first BSL newsletter, see it online here:

More interesting conversations this time with Charlotte from Newquay Orchard, looking  forward ti growing opportunities and event/s with them.

Members Meeting oneliners

Some memorable one liners from Members Meeting:

 

"Constant Source of Inspiration

Always Interesting"

"No Competition

No Experience Needed

Person Centred

Very Friendly

Dream for Us (I struggle mixing)

Community Sense and Belonging"

"Rye Sense of who we are and where we are going"

"Not Just Doing, (it's) About Sharing"

Journeys at Launceston Poetry Festival

 Journeys

We had the joy of three families of young children and mums dancing with us in our workshop.

And the joy of Victoria's extended family, a poet and volunteer and Kyle (our new marketing consultant - much needed!!) in our small, select audience!

 Lovely feedback: 

" Thank you for filling up my cup! 🙂"
"Lovely music, lovely dance, and fantastic dancers. I enjoyed every moment of it. Thanks!"

photos by Kyle Reed

of Shallal Dance Theatre performers in the workshop

KAREN MITCHELL...Studio artist

KAREN MITCHELL...

paintings on one wall

working on new art

Comments Book:

"I really enjoyed meeting Karen. Her work is so inspiring - powerful, beautiful,  moving.

Thank you 💗"

"I really enjoyed working alongside Karen and listening to her talk about the benefits of being partof Shallal Studio

Thank you 😊"

"Amazing and colourful. Puts a smile on my face."

"Brilliant work. Lovely to meet Karen 💗"

"IMPRESSIVE + REASSURING"

"Beautiful and so colourful. Keep on doing what you are doing x"

"Thank you we had a lovely time and Karen was so welcoming that warmed our day. Thank you both for your kindness and congratulations to Karen for her vast body of work! 😊"