New Works Workshop: A Whirlwind Challenge
The New Works Workshop was so much fun: 10 hours with 15 great dancers, a choreographers’ dream. The first day was especially fun — teaching phrase work, arranging it, drilling it and cleaning it. The dancers were tireless; they definitely met the challenge head on. It was so amazing to see how they ate up the movement — over and over and over again. I was quickly advised by the lovely ladies to stop saying, "One more time," and start just saying, "Again," because it was never just "one more time." Your observations are duly noted.
The second day I noticed many bruises, taped feet and ace bandages, but that couldn’t stop the New Works Workshop ladies. Again, they had incredible energy and excitement. We worked on more phrase work, some partnering and some scary lifts. Despite all this they could not be deterred, and we finished the work midway through the day, spending the rest of the time cleaning and refining. After ten hours of hard work and impressive determination on the dancers behalf, they look incredible.
I am so proud of what they achieved in only two days and am very excited to see the audience’s reaction at the showcase...
