Journal
My journals have become a vital space for me - to pause, reflect, take time for myself and, where needed, consider next steps. I have a mounting pile of them alongside my prolific collection of sketchbooks. Words appear across the pages of both, often in conversation with one another. In this Journal space I’m sharing some of these reflections, encounters that inspire me and stories of people I meet.
To Move
Dance is figuring strongly in my life at the moment. A period of moving, dancing, exploring my body’s limits and my capacity to connect to muscle memory and retain choreographed sequences. Moving alone, with a partner, in the company of others. Moving with freedom and moving with discipline. Embracing movement as part of beginnings, arrivals, intentions.
Movement mediation with Anastasia Dahl
Movement Mediation, an explorative session where we would ‘gently move among and with Adébayo Bolaji's artwork 'In Praise of Beauty' exploring the space and connecting to our senses. The session was run by Anastasia Dahl, a Bristol-based performance artist who only moved to the city a short while ago but is already offering much needed spaces for movement as research.
An exploration of ‘Stimming’
I’m becoming slightly obsessed with the work and thinking of Xan Dye after listening to them on a Dance Umbrella panel discussion a while back. They’ve developed a series of works under the title ‘Stimming’ including a range of stimming-dancing scores.