Writing in retrospect here, but last week we started our first week of rehearsals for our new piece TRIBAL ASSEMBLY, which has been commissioned by the kind folks at the WITHOUT WALLS Festival http://www.withoutwalls.uk.com/.
Check their website for more info and dates.
Tribal Assembly will take our characters from the Council of the Ordinary into a new environment, I wont give you much more than that, as it would spoil it, but I can promise it will be just as dramatic, touching and dynamic as the previous piece.
During our week of rehearsals at Dance City www.dancecity.co.uk we had the pleasure of working with Tammie MClorg, a very inspiring woman who has been dancing for 40 odd years and has travelled the world using dance as a medium of community regeneration and empowerment. We heard some amazing stories and truly were blessed to work with such a lovely, creative and amazing woman.
Each day of rehearsal, well I say rehearsal it was actually more playtime and exploration of movement, which was so refreshing and liberating. We tried alot of different excercises laid on by Tammie, which honestly were tough, challenging and ultimatley very rewarding.
We did some contemporary warm ups, basic yoga and other movement based games which really opened up our range of movement, although we very much still want to keep the bboy style and vocab in there. Nothing worse than trying to be something you are not.
Throughout the week each of us got a chance to devise and perform a solo piece, a duet and obviously group work. Each time something different was created, something nice and of course some really funny and bad things were happening.
Shouts to bboy Justice (btc) for coming in and working with us on the body contact work!!
I really think that this experience for all of us, was positive, challenging and really went towards our thinking and attitudes towards the new show.
Thanks Tammie
BTC
Wednesday 23 February 2011
Thursday 10 February 2011
Attention to Detail: BBoy battle this weekend in Newcastle
Grant from HIPHOPFIEND has been a busy boy organising Newcastles first ever ATTENTION TO DETAIL Event. With support from ATD, EASTPAK and your very own BTC, the first time event promises to be dope.
Link here for more info
Credible hip-hop party atmosphere, playing both underground and mainstream music, if it's good we will play it!
DJ Sinical (DMC Finalist)
DJ Jed 104 (Snoop Dogg Support DJ)
DJ Ken Masters (Local Legend)
£7 Entry (Over 18's Only)
Girls in half price before 11pm
Graff Battle: Trackside vs. The Ghetto Method
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For more info email grant_brydon@hotmail.co.uk
Sponsored by HipHopFiend.net, SoulSearchers, NorthSkull, Trackside, Eastpak, Eastpak ATD, Bad Taste Cru, Danksquad.
B-Boy Jam 8-11pm (Reduced entry for entrants £5)
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