Being with Gary Lambert

Whilst I have been keeping the dance faktry wheels turning in Wales, our Associate Choreographer, Gary Lambert, has been working with company dancers Megan and Catrin in London.  They’ve been creating a new duet which will première later this month (date to be...

Cuppa anyone?

Isabella has been going to the ffin dance faktry since September. It’s already provided me with a proud parent moment at the Winter Dance Faktry Festival and I’m preparing for another when I watch her at the Easter one! At the moment, she goes once a week on a Monday...

Letting the dust settle…

  So it’s a couple of weeks since our first airing this season at Coleg Y Cymoedd and it’s taken the intervening time for me to actually find a moment to process and reflect on the evening. What has really hit me is how different Stand Up Straight felt in situ as...

The dance faktry in full flow

This week I’ve been speaking to lots of people and they all seem to think the same, that March has gone absolutely crazy, giving a little credence to the Mad March Hare Theory.  January and February always take time to get going after the lull of the Christmas...

Pleased as punch

The company opened the Still Standing season on Tuesday at Coleg Y Cymoedd, Nantgarw in Cardiff, and the show met and exceeded all of my expectations with a marvellous performance and excellent audience. Opening nights are notoriously edgy and can very often veer off...