The dance workshop and sadlers wells

Written by ivan and chrissie

Chrissie on the dance workshop

still enthusing to friends bout the project. hip hop dance workout where i was convinced i was 24 years old with the flavour.the film footage will obviously shed some reality on my dancer imaginings. had bone ache for few days after.

Ivan on the dance workshop

it was good fun and i enjoyed doing it because it was nice to know how much work people who really do dance have to put in. i wasn't sure about the ballet. the reflecting thing was a bit weird but very funny because when i laughed my mum laughed. i really enjoyed it.

 

Ivan on Sadlers Wells

It was amazing that the breakdancers could move like they did. absolutely mental. the flamenco was so fast but i didn't like the ballet. it's for girls and the boy dancers wear funny clothes. their trousers are too tight. i thought it was great to go with everyone and talk to everyone about what we thought about it. we had to really do some travelling at night which was funny and a good adventure.

 Chrissie on Sadlers wells.

Going to the dance was a fantastic experience. My grandmother who was very formal and austere used to take me to the ballet and i absolutely hated it I associate swan lake with being told off for fidgeting. I loved all the dance. whilst watching i wished i had the physical capacity to be so expressive.  it must be wonderful yet hard work. The traditional ballet still left me a bit cold. It seems so formal and repressed because the movement is so precise but the modern dance was amazing. playing with theatre, light, movement and sound. It left me with a head full of ideas and thoughts. To be so mesmerized by a performance is a fantastic thing. It was good to do something i would not normally chose to do. 

Being with the group was great too. I think that we are beginning to realise what a positive experience being part of this project is.

 

 

 

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written by nickcan, February 04, 2009
I am so glad that you are having such a good time. Sorry that Ivan thinks that ballet isn't for him - you are right about the flamenco dancing...extraordinary! I hope you both feel inspired to go to more dance. Don't give up on ballet...perhaps try the more modern works rather than the formal dances, their clothes aren't so tight!

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