thinking of the bigger picture in a small studio

Tomorrow is my last day with the Gen Y dancers with lots to do!

With studio visits from Emerging Costume Designer Nicole Parsons (scheduled to do fittings,) and a visit from Emerging Production Management Collen MacIsaac it is sure to be a busy day, (supported through Cultural Opportunities for Youth).

We are getting ready for the first presentation of our work together at:

'In the Making'
March 3-4, 2012 @ 8pm
Neptune Studio Theatre
Presented by Halifax Dance
Featuring Mocean Dance's Gen Y, The YOung COmpany, 
Maritime Dance Performance Group, KiDanCo, and Coastal Dance Theatre.

Breaking through the Concrete, will make its debut and find its own on stage with the rising talent of the HRM!


Working with a room full of eager energy, willing spirits and the concept of a wide open field, has been both rewarding and informing as a choreographer.

For the Gen Y creation, breaking through the concrete I seem to have been influenced by this special little  video "Back to the Start" created by film-maker Johnny Kelly, which recently has had main stream attention after being aired at the Grammy Awards. 

Working heavily in media, it was refreshing for me to shed my usual conceptual attachment of man and machine. As much as I tried to stay away, subconsciously it crept back in. I often wonder where the next cycle of human advancement and humanity will take us? The development and advancement from the industrial revolution, through to the digital age has definitely changed us forever. We have learned so much for the better and much for the worse. Where will we go next? Are we in the height of the digital age or is this just the first crest of much more. And if it is just a crest, how far will we crash?

Maybe I am over dramatizing (feeding off that teen energy in the room), but you will see these questions at play in the new Gen Y piece in the bodies and in a few bits of grass.

Costume Sketches by Gen Y's Costume Designer Nicole Parsons.

Gen Y and the Emerging Production Personnel Opportunities (Costume Design and Technical Mentorship) is generously supported through the Nova Scotia's Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage Cultural Opportunities for Youth.