I'm not allowed to swear, am I? Am I? No?
Tame it Gareth; this is not the right place to blurt out a flurry of inappropriate words… but that’s exactly what I was doing {and most of the audience around me} last night as Phase T performed at the open dress rehearsal of the 2010 Breakin’ Convention Tour; such was the utter and sheer brilliance of their routine {I’m swearing profusely in my head whilst typing – breakin’ etiquette if you like: ca-ching!}. You just couldn't help it, they were astonishing and full of adventure, they were *inset swear word* glorious!
Cardiff, you’re in for such an awesome display at the Centre this weekend, just keep it zipped - no swearing. Here's are Phase T performing, nuff said…
So I really hope to see you at the Centre’s Breakin’ the Bay festival this weekend and if you want to see more of Phase T make sure to grab yourselves a ticket to the main event in the Donald Gordon Theatre, which will also include performances by the outstanding Sebastien & Raphael: This piece will surprise you; really innovative and quite beautiful. Local dance crews will complete the programme with Erruption, Etta Ermini Dance Theatre, Plague & Jukebox performing next to the international line up. It's going off!
Peace. I’m off to practice my head spins.
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Spring 2011 and all
Morning
It's been really busy in the team recently. This week is proper exciting as we have our three new Incubator companies in starting to rehearse and devise this years performances (to be seen the Weston Studio on the 5th November). We also are busy gearing up for Breakin the Bay and Breakin Convention this weekend. Rob has worked really hard putting the weekend together and we now have a fantastic mix performances, workshops and dance offs. Let's hope the weather is ok for the outdoor graf demos. Our 20 Criw trainees arrive on Saturday for the week long residency Criw Cymru led by Curtis James. They will be spending the week honing their hip hop techniques and then showcasing what they've learnt on the evening of the 29th October.
At the same time as all of this we've been busy finalising the Spring Weston Studio programme and I'm really happy with it. It includes performances by Frisky and Mannish, Rosie Kay Dance Company, Elis James and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru. It will go on sale on the 24th January but keep your eye for the next brochure for more juicy details.
All that and I've just seen the Kodo Drummers truck drive past my office window so they will currently be setting up for tonight's performance, I have a feeling all those drums will sound amazing in the Donald Gordon Theatre.
Bye for now,
Lou
It's been really busy in the team recently. This week is proper exciting as we have our three new Incubator companies in starting to rehearse and devise this years performances (to be seen the Weston Studio on the 5th November). We also are busy gearing up for Breakin the Bay and Breakin Convention this weekend. Rob has worked really hard putting the weekend together and we now have a fantastic mix performances, workshops and dance offs. Let's hope the weather is ok for the outdoor graf demos. Our 20 Criw trainees arrive on Saturday for the week long residency Criw Cymru led by Curtis James. They will be spending the week honing their hip hop techniques and then showcasing what they've learnt on the evening of the 29th October.
At the same time as all of this we've been busy finalising the Spring Weston Studio programme and I'm really happy with it. It includes performances by Frisky and Mannish, Rosie Kay Dance Company, Elis James and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru. It will go on sale on the 24th January but keep your eye for the next brochure for more juicy details.
All that and I've just seen the Kodo Drummers truck drive past my office window so they will currently be setting up for tonight's performance, I have a feeling all those drums will sound amazing in the Donald Gordon Theatre.
Bye for now,
Lou
Monday, 11 October 2010
Talent
Helo, sut mae pawb heddiw? Well I'm great thanks as I’ve spent this morning at vocal auditions for one of Sadler’s Wells in-house productions (no I wasn’t auditioning); it was a fab new experience which got me thinking.
Sadler’s Wells is much like the Centre in many ways (obviously) although there are some understandable differences. At the Centre you can often be queuing in the Green Room (our canteen) surrounded by opera singers warming their vocal chords: “Can I have chips with my aria please?” Here at Sadler’s Wells the environment is equally outwardly creative, although there’s far more stretching and sinew on show.
Being surrounded by stupendous singers or fantastically fit dancers is not good for your health; I feel tone deaf and mega fat, particularly the latter. I need to start eating tissue but they don’t make pie flavoured tissue so what’s the point. Truthfully though, I love it. What I’m trying to say is that working in this kind of environment, these enclosures of talent is completely stimulating and almost always mesmerising (even if I feel like the black sheep amongst the flock). Talent is attractive, it’s sexy. Fact.
I think that those of us who work in the industry can sometimes become quite blasé about it. I mean the Centre is an amazing building right? But it would be empty in every sense of the word without talented artists to fill it. There’s no agenda here, just my mumbled musings after I was fortunate enough to hear some truly wonderful voices sing proud today. So why not get out and watch something? Just look at the live performances on offer, not just at Wales Millennium Centre but Wales wide. From musicals to open-mic sessions, surely there’s something to suit every taste – its lush really isn’t it?!
So this week I’m going to try and get my fix and see Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Points of View (pic) and Peter Gill’s The Sleepers Den (as well as watch X Factor of course– it’s just so annoyingly addictive!) Diolch am ddarllen.
(By the way I have found somewhere to live. I'm in Tulse Hill, in case you were concerned)
Sadler’s Wells is much like the Centre in many ways (obviously) although there are some understandable differences. At the Centre you can often be queuing in the Green Room (our canteen) surrounded by opera singers warming their vocal chords: “Can I have chips with my aria please?” Here at Sadler’s Wells the environment is equally outwardly creative, although there’s far more stretching and sinew on show.
Being surrounded by stupendous singers or fantastically fit dancers is not good for your health; I feel tone deaf and mega fat, particularly the latter. I need to start eating tissue but they don’t make pie flavoured tissue so what’s the point. Truthfully though, I love it. What I’m trying to say is that working in this kind of environment, these enclosures of talent is completely stimulating and almost always mesmerising (even if I feel like the black sheep amongst the flock). Talent is attractive, it’s sexy. Fact.
I think that those of us who work in the industry can sometimes become quite blasé about it. I mean the Centre is an amazing building right? But it would be empty in every sense of the word without talented artists to fill it. There’s no agenda here, just my mumbled musings after I was fortunate enough to hear some truly wonderful voices sing proud today. So why not get out and watch something? Just look at the live performances on offer, not just at Wales Millennium Centre but Wales wide. From musicals to open-mic sessions, surely there’s something to suit every taste – its lush really isn’t it?!
So this week I’m going to try and get my fix and see Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Points of View (pic) and Peter Gill’s The Sleepers Den (as well as watch X Factor of course– it’s just so annoyingly addictive!) Diolch am ddarllen.
(By the way I have found somewhere to live. I'm in Tulse Hill, in case you were concerned)
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