I am writing a short update for the Corali Blog. Here is the short update.

On a Wednesday morning there are 14 people that attend the regular classes at Brixton Arts Space we do a warm up then we do a simple routine. Then we work with partners and develop ideas from the video we watched of Pina Bausch. After that we learned the moves altogether, then we split up in different groups to go over the moves ourselves, then we performed it in 2 lines.

On a Wednesday afternoon we have a student from Middlesex University to work with Corali, she’s called Becky and we do different things like warm up walking around the space, doing memory game and then we created a food personality and opposites routine! Then we split up and went over the routine and with different levels and made it bigger. I liked the hot chilli routine, that was good I enjoyed it.

On a Tuesday afternoon or sometimes Wednesday afternoon I come into the Corali Office to volunteer. I sometimes work with Andrea and also sometimes with Sarah. I do different things like doing letters, addressing envelopes, recycling, photocopying, the franking machine, phone calls and doing the Corali Blog, facebook page and typing meeting minutes. I also answer the phone and record the Out of Office message.

I am Starting the Compass Project at Sadler’s Wells. I will be working with choreographers and some of Corali Performers who will be in it. I will be doing Rehearsals and then performing on 23^rd of April 2012. I will be performing on Sadler’s wells main stage. I will be doing stage Rehearsals and Dress Rehearsal’s.

Bethan

update Dec 6th 2011

We went to Step Launch Event on Monday the 7^th of November. I went with Sarah, Sophie and DJ.

The Performances were good and the talks. I enjoyed watching the Tap Performance it was interesting and it was good and fun and it does makes me laugh. The talks were very interesting and useful. I liked the Puppet Doll thing that was good and it was very funny. I enjoyed the evening.

We went to articulate Workshop on Wednesday the 9^th of November at the Unicorn Theatre.

I went with Jacobus, Andrea, Sophie, Jackie. The Workshop was good. It was about looking ahead in the future and what career do you want to get, and what job do you want and what skills do you need to get that job and also what you’d like to do in the future. The words we had were Now, Then, Next, Future and we used these in our workshop. I enjoyed it.

We did 3 Performances of How Happy We Would Be. We performed in Brick Box, St Thomas Hospital and Laban.

We Perfomed 26^th, 21^st ,28^th of November. It was good. My best bit was tea for 2 dance it made me happy.

We had 4 regular Company Classes held at Brixton Arts Space on a Wednesday Morning for couple of hours. We were doing Technique and lot different things like improving your balance and choreography and working with partners and we were looking at shapes and parts of body. And we talked about Healthy eating as well.

Bethan

Corali is pleased to support Candoco market their forthcoming anniversary work.

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhvLNo9TeH8

Candoco Dance Company
Turning 20: Anniversary Bill
Friday 14- Saturday 15 October
Let Candoco Dance Company take you to the past, present and future to celebrate its 20th anniversary with three bold and unexpected commissions.

Experience music by Laurie Anderson and playful movement in a re-staging of the 1983 Set and Reset/ Reset between Trisha Brown Dance Company and Candoco. French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane reveals private portraits of present day life in an atmospheric and visually striking new commission. Matthias Sperling's light-hearted solo is an intimate encounter showing what the future might hold.

These works celebrate different ways of making dances and build on Candoco's rich experience as the company of disabled and non-disabled dancers.

'An absolute joy - Candoco is in tremendous form.' (Dancing Times)

Book tickets / More info
http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/dance-performance/tickets/candoco-dance-company-uk-60102

We have been doing how happy performances at Dilston Grove and we are now performing at Tate modern community garden and at Marys secret garden and we are doing performances in schools in June on 28th and 29th I enjoyed doing the performances and in the gardens as well. I like the gardens.

Bethan

Past Few Months Update

On a Wednesday we have Company Class based at Oval House its for people with learning disabilities and we do different things like Technique and looking after ourselves and talking about healthy eating. I enjoyed doing the classes and I liked having different people leading the classes like Natalie, Georgie, Jacobus, Sarah.

I’d like to work more with Natalie because she is amazing and kind and helpful. I enjoyed working with her.

I like meeting new People in Corali like Antonio and Michael they are brilliant people and I think they are nice people to work with. I’d like to work more with Michael because he is fantastic and a good dancer.

On Thursday the 3^rd of March we went to Articulate Conference with Georgie at Battersea Arts Centre it was good. I enjoyed watching Mind the Gap they were brilliant and I stepped in, it was brilliant they had different workshops in the afternoon they were Mind the Gap Workshop and beat bullying workshop. I enjoyed it.

On Wednesday the 23^rd of February we went to Disability Arts Consortium Meeting at Shape it was good. I enjoyed talking and meeting new people to talk about what Corali does and what we do. I enjoyed listening to other people to talk about what they do and their role is. The event was called Speed dating and I like to do it again and I enjoyed it and it was good we didn’t have to move and I like that.

Dec - Jan - by Bethan

On Thursday the 16^th of December we had a Christmas Party at Oval House Theatre we had nibbles chatting and music and then we launched the Business plan for 2011 it was introduced by Lloyd Page. I enjoyed it.

On Monday 10^th of January we went to Mary Rose School in Portsmouth we lead 4 workshops and then we did the twilight session with the teachers it was good. I enjoyed it.

I helped Sarah to prepare the Film Screening for the Tate. I helped by making a flyer and putting Photo’s on the flyer and sending them off and also putting details on the flyer and I also helped Sarah with Rehearsals and I enjoyed doing it.

Update

On Monday the 11^th of October we did a performance of How Happy We Will Be at the Albany in Deptford it was part of their Connected Culture event. The performance was good. I enjoyed it, my best bit was the ‘When I Was a Tiny Person’ memory sequence and the ‘Tea for Two’ dance. I enjoyed the event, it was interesting. I liked the debate, it was good.

On Tuesday 2^nd of November we went to Derry, in Northern Ireland for two days we led two workshops with Stage Beyond Theatre Company it was good. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed working with Michael, Geraldine and Paul. I enjoyed meeting Dee and Patsy and Frank, they are nice people. I enjoyed the flights.

I went to Disability Arts Consortium Meeting with Georgie on the 14^th October and it was interesting and it was useful to listen to other people, to hear what they have to say about their opinions about Arts, Olympics, organisations and Theatres and Grants and Arts Councils.

Posted By Bethan