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| Photo by William Frederking |
After what seemed like
the longest, most dreadful, never-ending winter, The Dance COLEctive is
looking forward to a couple of exciting performances. While
this year has not been one testing us on our powers to prepare for
performances it has been one to test us on how many layers of clothing
we can don while side-stepping mega pot holes on our way to rehearsal Tuesday and Thursday
nights. All said, the upcoming month should prove to be a special one
as we comb the vaults for video to re-create "13", a comical and equal
parts gut wrenching and heart warming look into the lives of thirteen
year olds. One of my favorite TDC pieces to perform, it also happens to
be a crowd pleaser and getting to dig back into our characters in the
piece will be like trying on a familiar comfy sweater.
For the love of Brooke.... to call up my character (a fashion faux-pas, crowd hovering, wedge picking young lady of 13) takes a whole different level of awkward exploration. She is mildly clued in to her un-coolness, but despite many efforts cannot seem to crack the social acceptance code. To her credit she wears her personality on her sleeve and holds her chin high, literally. While it is easy to find comedy in all that Brooke is on stage, it is mildly heart breaking to know that she is inspired by real events and experiences, mostly mine. Don't feel too sorry for Brooke she might bump and clatter through puberty but her resilience will prove to be her strongest quality, and know there are Brookes everywhere, even within you.
After recently spending sometime working with the wonderful Peter Carpenter on our skills to better vocalize while moving we head into these performance projects armed with tools to dive deeper into the text that already colors "13". As always it is my hope that we take the material and performance to a new level finding more meaning within the sub-text and connecting with a new audience who has yet to experience this piece. Hope to see your at our next performance at the Elgin Ties Dance Festival on April 25 at 7:30pm.
Submitted by TDC company member Olivia May on Sunday, March 31, 2014.
For the love of Brooke.... to call up my character (a fashion faux-pas, crowd hovering, wedge picking young lady of 13) takes a whole different level of awkward exploration. She is mildly clued in to her un-coolness, but despite many efforts cannot seem to crack the social acceptance code. To her credit she wears her personality on her sleeve and holds her chin high, literally. While it is easy to find comedy in all that Brooke is on stage, it is mildly heart breaking to know that she is inspired by real events and experiences, mostly mine. Don't feel too sorry for Brooke she might bump and clatter through puberty but her resilience will prove to be her strongest quality, and know there are Brookes everywhere, even within you.
After recently spending sometime working with the wonderful Peter Carpenter on our skills to better vocalize while moving we head into these performance projects armed with tools to dive deeper into the text that already colors "13". As always it is my hope that we take the material and performance to a new level finding more meaning within the sub-text and connecting with a new audience who has yet to experience this piece. Hope to see your at our next performance at the Elgin Ties Dance Festival on April 25 at 7:30pm.
Submitted by TDC company member Olivia May on Sunday, March 31, 2014.
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