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.