Wonderful potential ...Tretyakov 'Education' video

 What do you do when you are not working but some wonderful opportunity and possibility walks in...?

Answer 

Have a few creative chats and see where it goes...& do the Cornish thing and keep swimming and seeing friends when you can...and from the home-ed mum thing work early mornings, still haven't managed to quite shift that one even though they are grown up now!

The opportunity to connect again with wonderful Alla and her team Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow ( we were there in 2018) and share online and to work with the wonderful Pete Freeman and to create accessible art international opportunities and develop our working relationship with Newlyn Art Gallery! 

so most of the day in creative conversations and here's hoping!

watching this moved me: the quality of heart, soul and aesthetic, and made me want to post it and gave me time while in research mode...

and then

following Moveable feast workshop as an art form from Tony Gee, i found... 

https://www.tonygee.online/2020/08/21/twenty-four-making-ourselves/I believe in collective action.

"I believe in following the obvious.

I believe in the wisdom of not-knowing.

I believe in the power of self-evidence.

I believe in people making something for themselves.

I believe that life embraces life.

I believe that performance is research and can be revelation."

- Tony Gee from his blog link above

Eddie’s uplifting Shallal blog playlist

 Eddie’s uplifting Shallal blog playlist  

 

The first song will be from my uplifting playlist will be 3 daft monkey- 

 

2) Adam young- Shackleton 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELiS3fCJWo8 

 

3) Meghan Trainor- Better if im dancing   

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkCyfBibIbI 

 

4) Lindsey Stirling- Elements  

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6LD2B_kDQ 

 

5) wow this take you. back some year when shallal 2 performed in the prince's pavalence  

this is black and gold by sam Sparro  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHuebHTD-lY 

 

 

6) song is by Faul, Wad Ad, Pnau - changes  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj25UpcBDt0  

 

7) song is Robert Miles- Children 

I know it has already been put up on this blog before, back in the first lockdown  

but i just love it and it is very uplifting  

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC5ca6Hsb2Q 

 

8) song well everybody what to feel happy when you feeling down this happy by pharrell williams from the despicable me 2 soundtrack   

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZSe6N_BXs 

 

9) Everyone feels happy when they hear this song. Why can't you just not like a bit of MJ it always make me happy hearing this song. 

 Micheal Jackson- Don’t stop Til you get enough 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo 

 

10) well we all had some wonderful lovely memories over lockdown didn't we? I know i did and i don’t want forget them. 

This is Memories  remix by  Maroon 5 ft Dillon Francis  

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=memories+dullon++remix  

 

11) last song remix by Seeb originally by cold play and beyonce  

 

this is a Remix of Hymn for the Weekend  

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1gsZ-OsGpI 

 

 

 

Here are some uplifting dance videos that people could watch and dance to if they feel like it. This was given by people on the WhatsApp group.  

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeijJf-zjzY 

 

 

https://youtu.be/NexP3uRDaDI 

 

Zoom nostalgia images

 Contemplating applying for a new sideways grant, 

tidying up the Shallal imac, preparing to return it to the studio for September, it's full of old zoom material, which is making me nostalgic and reflective of this whole strange time and what comes next?..

for us a new film for Shout LOUDER and a show A Call to Home and Shallal Studios large Underworld project and more...

Thank you to The Duchy Health Charity https://duchyhealthcharity.org/ for a grant for equipment to help us develop our outreach and blended delivery.

So here are my nostalgic zoom photos, which remind me of my obsession with the creative process and my gratitude for the privilege of working with everyone involved, it is never boring and always fascinating even after so many years!

do get along to 'Foraging Nectar' at Newlyn Art Gllaery 'In your hands' exhibition

Eddie posted..." I've been  a bit obsessed of going to the Shallal exhibition with my friends and staff, if any one hasn't been it's a must, it's amazing"

Initial zoom with Blair and Arinda for 'In your hands', Arinda in car driving along in Uganda a surreal and wonderful introduction, Anna joined us from London and Michael from Edinburgh.

                 ....so often capture everyone smiling but like the thoughtfulness....in these

           ...the same in dance and movement everyone at different places and spaces in their responses...

more pensive thoughtful faces, poetic ideas with Arinda

                                    ...afternoon Art & Production, heads down and working....

love the variety of what we make and work on, sharing with each other at the end of the session

showing it all to Pep, whose come into discuss filming

              ....definitely a zoom highlight cheeky Pete improvising at the end of Shallal 2!

                  You can see him in A Call to Home 24 Sept 2pm Kresen Kernow, Redruth

Shout LOUDER ----yay we're starting soon!

 So pleased

something to get our Activist hands on and hearts into - as we can't go to London for 23rd August or strike on 24 September ( show that day)

Thank you to Feast for offering to fund us! for Shout Louder

We are proposing making a film with:

 emerging filmmaker - Bobby Johnson

the components are:

Words from Manda Brookman

BSL  Demelza

Makaton    Becky

Music background       Eddie and Stuart

Props         a table chairs maybe?

Dancers    Shallal Dance Theatre and Shallal2 and others

so excited and pleased, and it interrupts my holidays, but the global crisis doesn't go away and we need to act NOW...

Shallal Sketchbook film

 Shallal Sketchbook film

Congratulations to Claire and Adam for this beautiful snapshot of all the fabulous work of Shallal Sketchbooks! which has survived and thrived thanks to the hard work of Claire, all the surrounding support emergency funding, Nikki and Kevin of Imagine If, and the generous support and understanding of the surrounding Shallal team.

It's been a hard journey keeping it going through the past year. In lockdown it quickly became obvious it was an incredibly important outreach element of Shallal's offer but with one person pushing it forward, with support but still solo, it was an incredible feat. Many thanks to Imagine If for their support and finding funding. Now thanks to Barbara's successful application for our general managers role, a new finance manager in place, and a funding group, Claire has support and a good team with Colin, Laura, Jo Cain and others.

Here's to an expanded and sustainable future and development. 

Claire has recently also started being mentored by Jayne Howard of Arts Well. https://arts-well.com/about-us/ and can be seen sometimes using their hot - desking space on a Tuesday morning.