Bethan's Blog: Danceology

We have been going through a process of full intensive of rehearsals in Brixton House and then Lambeth Town Hall to prepare for our Danceology performance. We had full cast of Kick Up, Explore and PDC, we were all in 1 room altogether then we decided to go in separate rooms so we have a quiet time to relax and chill. Then we went over details, cues and movements so we know what we are doing for the performance.

We had  lots of breaks during the day to have a rest but we also went into our separate rooms to do last minute changes and movements.

We had a dress rehearsal for friends and family. The costumes were amazing. We had live musicians called Matt and Lewis, they played live music for the performance. I think Lewis is an amazing singer, and he did amazing during Tea Dance. I liked the way they moved with the instruments into different room.

 I also think Jacob is an amazing Costume designer, I really liked my costume.

Overall, I enjoyed performing  Danceology . It was my first time doing Lindy hop with Kick up. I liked the lighting, the space and the musicians. I felt happy, excited and heartfelt during the performance, it was amazing to perform in that space.

I would like to perform Danceology again in different venue with more space and more separate rooms for a Danceology promenade with the audience.

I loved performing  it was tiring but we did it! I loved it! The best bits, for me, were: Lindy hop, I liked doing the shoulders, the tea dance and I liked the playing cards bit when I was sitting down looking into the playing cards with the lighting, it made me emotional doing it, that was my important movement to do and I loved doing that so much!