Busy busy week ahead, im training this week every day 10-5pm with Mish Weaver of Stumble Circus at The Contact Theatre. Its great to get such intense training with such a good teacher and very rare as there is only 6 of us in the group but mainly myself and Becky (the only 2 girls) attend every session so we get loads out of it. Monday we focus on balance so play lots of games with various equipment-including each other which is really good fun, we also play with weight transference in pairs,groups and solo's, today is also my first time on the tightwire and its fair to say im pretty hooked..another obsession to add to the list! we round off today with a private aerial tutorial for me and Becky so we go over everything we know and perfect it with Mish's feedback. I then have to head to Zion arts centre to rehearse with the guys from Damaged Gods to teach them bits of choreography for the up coming shows. I finally get home arong 9.30pm shattered but driven.
Tuesday and Wednesday is pretty much spent on the trapeze and the rope which is great because aerial is my favourite,we also work on handstands,jumps, cartweels and acro balance so i come away with loads of knowledge and new inspiration for creation.
Tuesday night was a biggie also, went to see Jane's Addiction at the MEN with my brother,sister and my mum. They were supporting Nine Inch Nails who i have never seen before and were very impressive live but Janes are my love so i was there for them. They were fantastic though the sound was a bit shoddy and i was beside the stage so had to look through the side lights which was really annoying other than that they rocked like they were fresh and loving it and i remembered why i love them and why i worship Dave Navarro. We didnt get to meet the band or anything this time,I was very good and headed straight home to feel fresh for circus training in the morning.
Thursday was more aerial training and lift work,standing on shoulders etc. it's great because today me and becky are joined with a new guy Oliver who is a pretty similar level and is very strong so we have another person to play on and we can try more stuff so a great day. After contact i go to the garret pub for a meeting of sorts with Cat one of the new Glitter Kittens to discuss flyers and promo stuff for edinburgh as her friend Graham Goring is designing them for us bless him. he does a fab job too.
Friday we start the day with Mish's talk on 'What is circus in 2009' which i find really interesting, it's funny because she mentioned Terry in her talk too, small world eh! Iget some feedback on career possibilities and feel all together more positive. in the afternoon we get to choose a piece of equipment to creat on so i get stuck in with the tightwire, i know its going to be a challenge but thats why i go with it and it works out really well. so much so that mish lets me borrow it and take it home-i still have it now!
Saturday rounds up the week with another trip to Leamington to work for Evolve-this time the theme is beach party so were all in red baywatch style outfits which is great inside because we dont even have to dance just pretend to be on the beach and laze around but outside its freezing-not the best outfit for a cold saturday night-a red swimsuit and roller boots but hey this is the weird and wonderful life i lead eh..
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