I am constantly impressed by people i work with and the teenagers/young people ( Zoe is now 18! ) did that for me the other night. Shallal 2 have had a good term or two but with low numbers, for various reasons we haven't all been in the same sessions very often, so i have a list of good work and rarely the same combination again to recheck the work, however we have managed it - some old, some new pieces and trusting to, group dynamics and relationships and improvisation experience.
So back to first comment, Zoe has a piece by Einaudi she can play on her violin, Anna and Skye love his work and so we decided to try it and it worked, the music and the fact that Anna and Skye have danced together for many years now and so have a complimentary gestural language.
Equally only done once is Maybelle to Flight of the Bumble Bee. Our new fave introduced by Rosie is Christine and the Queens - well worth watching their Glastonbury set, so a selection of "stuff" for this evening and Shallal 2 are always worth watching.
Sam's Show
The background of Sam's art work in amazing - always good to stand back and look at a body of work and all the nuances and strands within it, beautiful colourful, cheerful work, well worth collecting - we have one already and there are some i really want to look at again tonight!
http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/leisure/eventsguide/14582306.Sam_While_solo_show_at_Helston_Museum_Gallery/
Doorways
research trip to Falmouth Library.....Thank you to Jane, Hennie and Dean -
"It is a pleasure to come along to your group. Such lovely friendly folk. I am certainly looking forward to see what you are making of the Passmore Edwards Legacy." Dean Evans
so are we! who knows until we get into the rehearsals!!!
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| Thank you to Victoria for these photos |
and you can see her talent so she will be doing our final book layout etc!
Also reintroducing Shallal Sketchbooks into our Doorways art mix
finally our review for Godolphin Doorways Show!
Doorways Show Huge Success
The sun shone on Shallal Dance Theatre’s recent ‘Doorways’ Show performed
at Godolphin House near Helston. ‘Doorways’ is a site specific show designed
around the backdrop of Godolphin’s wonderful old entrance door. The
performance weaved its magic between the shady colonnades, while
entertaining an audience of over a hundred and seventy visitors on the grass
circle in front of the house. The audience ranged from those who came upon it
by chance visiting the National Trust property to those who have seen nearly
all of the company’s shows. Audience feedback included “Brilliant ….the best
production we have seen,” to and spontaneous praise from German author
Karsten Flohr and his wife: “We experienced your performance last Friday at
Godolphin House. Now that we are back home in Germany we want to thank
you very much for that thrilling hour! We never before saw a performance like
that and we are deeply touched and enchanted.
We hope there will be an opportunity to see you again some day.”
The show contained an array of emotion and styles from the poignant and
funny spoken word piece of ‘Lady Godolphin’ to a comic horse race encircling
the audience. Audience remarks included: “Had everything; sad, funny and
emotional” “interactive and entertaining” ‘exquisitely beautiful and “inspiring.”
Specially designed for the setting and inspired by research into the history of
the place and people who lived there, many commented on how it “brought
the building to life in a magical way.”
The show was is the start of the public face of the Cornish Doorways Project
which included a photographic exhibition by Belinda Whiting in the newly
renovated Cidery, and installations in the grounds of comprising a bead curtain
doorway with images and words hanging between trees to and a large
doorway in the woods created by Toby Bridge.
Extracts from the show can be seen in the final indoor performances which will
take place at a number of venues across Cornwall at the end of the project
which. These will include Shallal Dance Theatre’s next upcoming exploration
into Passmore Edwards’ wonderful philanthropic ‘doorways into learning’
especially with a special focus on our Cornish Libraries. The legacy of the
project includes exhibitions and a book or two!
Shallal are grateful for the grass roots support as well national funding and
partnerships which enable this project to take place. Funding partners
including include The Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund, The Garfield
and Weston Foundation, Feast Cornwall and many generous local donations.
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| love the horse race! |
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