Last leg

And so we are on to the last stretch of our 2014 tour, Still Standing. It’s been a great tour and we have received some great audience feedback: some venues enjoying some of the pieces more than others and then conversely other places getting more from the...

Busy bees

And so to a tiny lul in the FFIN DANCE calendar. The Easter dance faktry festival and intensives (April 24th/25th) were amongst our most successful in terms of participation, audience figures and quality since we started these activities back in 2008.  Lots of happy...

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...

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...

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...