This has been an exciting week. The whole project is said to be going on a journey and this week has indeed been a journey for us at the Company of Elders. We had met our two choreographers Christina and Paul before and now we were going to see how they would develop their piece based on what they had seen of our dancing and our thoughts in that introductory weekend.
All the members of the group knew one another so there was the usual Company of Elders warmth and support. It was fascinating how Christina and Paul showed us bit by bit what we had to do, not necessarily in the correct order and then gradually evolved the complete piece as a harmonious whole. We are fortunate to have a contemporary composer for the music. She attended regularly to watch us and develop the music accordingly so that by the end of the week we had a complete work.
It was tiring but worth it. We are very fortunate to have such an opportunity. I am particularly happy that I have my own little moment of glory at the end of our piece! I now look forward to coming together with the rest of the performers in the project and see how it all fits together.
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