Scottish Dance Theatre

On Tuesday 26th October, we had a workshop with two members from Scottish Dance Theatre, James and selene.  We learnt part of their rep. then developed it further by adapting the movement and adding in bits of our own.  We also did some improvisation which is not my strongest point! aha but it was a really good learning process and we got to use our voices too which was a different experience.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  We also went to a interactive workshop the following day which showed us snippets of the work that they are working on at the moment, what they were about and information on the lighting and music.  Although we didn't get to see the full duration of the pieces I really liked the ideas behind them, especially NQR which was choreographed and danced by a disabled dancer as well as abled dancers...it was amazing and the duets looked beautiful, very inspirational and left me very open-minded as to what a dancer is...

Alvin Ailey...

On Wednesday 20th October we attended the Festival Theatre to watch a performance by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.  The performance was amazing and very inspirational and i particularly enjoyed the new works which was based on Judith Jamieson's story and her relationship to Alvin Ailey, was almost like a tribute to him.  I thought it was really interesting and  moving, felt myself getting quite emotional lol.  They also did their Rep. which was as fantastic as ever.  Loved it! :) 

New York, New York! :D

Last week a group of the BA students booked our flights to New York.  This is a huge oppertunity for us as dancers to develop our skills and a great experience and insight into the danceworld in America. We are planning to take dance classes, see lots of shows and various other things that may inspire us.  All that is left to do now is the fundraising! how exciting! :)