Thought to write a few lines as a conclusion to our period spent in the studio making work for Connections 2012.
The whole process has been surreal: I have always desired for the company to have a score written especially for us, and when Jenny Jackson approached us it was perfect timing.
We spent time with Jenny and Platform 4 musicians (Tom, Chris and Tom) in June 2011 and after that the score was finalised by Jenny, resulting in Five Dances. Intense studio time followed in the autumn and I created a piece with the dancers which has been refreshingly challenging having a score to follow to which we can refer for dynamics and phrasing as well as structure and rhythm. I hope you’ll agree that the work is pretty amazing. Platform 4 share the stage with us and are an integral part of the work.
I have admired the performance and choreographic work by Gary Lambert for many years now, recently being wowed by a student work at Trinity Laban which Gary had made. Again, a few e mails later and we were talking about the possibility of Gary making work for FFIN DANCE. I think that you can guess how amazing our studio time with Gary and his composer Ronen has been from our blogs!
And now the time has come to share it all with you! Hoping to see you at one (or more) of our tour venues. We always hang around after the show, we’d love to have a chat with you.
See you soon
sue lewis