Washed Away - THE MOVIE

So, here it is! Retina Dance Company's Easter festival Retina Springs 08 with WASHED AWAY as it was performed on Friday 28th of March 2008.
Great dancing, music, singing, passion, commitment, determination.......
Thank you to all the participants (all 32), the choreographers (7), the composer (1), the musicians (2), the Bartenieff teacher (1), the producer (1), the general manager (1), the administrator (1), all at College Street Centre, Sandfield, Lakeside, Dance4 and Arts Council England.

Looking forward to the next time

Filipx

A Message from Antje

Thank you very much for this brilliant opportunity with Retina! I really enjoyed it


'wow. an hour show. put together in two hours. Surrely that is not possible. But it is. Thanks to Filip. So much material in so little time. what an experience. intense. challenging. difficult and so rewarding. Fiona and Natalie. Erica. Sarah. Eleni. Memories dance4 studio. if only we had more time together. next year maybe?'


Antje

A Message from Siobhan and Aline

Thank you to all of Retina (especially Rohanna and Steve) for a fabulous two weeks. It flew by! It has been great to meet so many new people and to learn new ways of moving (and being able to perform at the end was an added bonus).
Thank you again, I look forward again next year

Siobhan

On my way "back to life, back to reality" thoughts & melodies from the last two weeks keep passing my mind...

Why did I enjoy the last two weeks:
- new styles of movement which give me more opportunities
- enjoy again more the flow of the dancing in the body without analysing it
- CHAOS LIVE CREATION:
Afterwards the performance fascinated me the most. How things came together & moments happened. I can't catch it with my mind - that's what I like about it.

Thanks for the 8 inspiring days!
By "just" doing again, wthout thinking, organising,... these days reminded me, why I went abroad to go for my dream :)

Merci Beaucoup! dank u wel! Danke! Mille grazie!
yours Aline :0)

Final thoughts

It's been great to see everything come together over the last few days, and to bring some new people into the process. We didn't realise until today how much the group have done in such a short space of time and all the hard work that has gone in since the beginning of springs. We hope everyone has enjoyed the experience and gained something new and positive.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow, to all the groups and to everyone involved.

One day to go

One day to go and Tory & Laure would like to say to their group : "You are looking fabulous, we think you have really grown since the beginning of this spring's adventure. It has been great to work with a group of young people that are so positive and full of life. We loved your energy and commitment to the project. We hope that it's been as great an experience for you as it has been for us.
We wish you lots of luck for the performance tomorrow. Remember to be expansive, explosive oh... and don't forget to breathe...go for it, we'll be watching you!!!"

Retina Springs day 6 part 2

Group picture of group 1, working at the fabulous rehearsal hall at Lakeside Arts Centre.

Voila, the structure of Washed Away drawn by composer Matt Marks. Come and see the performance and try to work out where in the structure we are.

Retina Springs day 6

Lovely portrait of the Retina team and a message from Steve and Tory

This week has brought new people to each group. Which has injected new energy as well as exciting challenges for both participants and group leaders. The work is coming together as we develop ideas from last week and look for new processes. Looking forward to joining all three groups together in the final piece on Friday.
Tory and Steve.
P.S. Sorry for all the bruises, sore muscles, no pain no gain.