My Interests

All things Dance:
Unsurprisingly my main interest is in all things dance, from live performances of dance/ musical theatre, films to the history of dance/ practitioners of genres. Since a teenager I have lived for the world of dance every time I watch the films ‘Centre Stage’ or ‘You Got Served’ they make me want to get up and dance. I thrive on watching dance related TV programmes, I’m addicted to ‘So You Think You Can Dance’, ‘J-Lo’s Dance Life’, ‘Dirty Dancing- Time of Your Life’ and ‘America’s Best Dance Crew’ (I could go on), my only disappointment is that in England we could not watch the MTV programme on finding Elle Woods for ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’ on Broadway, thankfully ‘You Tube’ could oblige. Watching the different styles of dance and the choreography that both dancers and professional choreographer’s devise I find very intriguing and entertaining. It was only when I went to college that I really got into Musical Theatre and started to watch Ballet’s and now my Theatre Programme and DVD recording Collection just keeps on growing. I thought ‘Wicked’ was just phenomenal the first, second and the third time and every time I see ‘Blood Brothers’ Mrs Johnston final song of ‘Tell me it’s not True’ makes me cry, I only wish I was born with the voice of Edina Menzel. Listening to music (Popular music and Musical Theatre soundtracks), watching performances, reading relevant books just makes me want move, not a day goes by where I don’t get the urge to dance and I hope that this will always continue.

http://www.legallyblondethemusical.co.uk/
http://www.fox.com/dance/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRuZHdduQng
http://www.wickedthemusical.co.uk/sightsandsounds.asp


Art and Textiles:
Since a young age I have always had an interest in all things artistic painting pictures and making things. I love being able to get in front of a blank piece of paper or a sewing machine and creating something. We were always given costume lists in my dance classes both before and after college and I took every opportunity I could to make my costumes which I still have bags full of. Every time I am given a piece to dance I always imagine what I would wear for the piece and often just sketch an outfit that I think would look good. When looking back at the history of Ballet I found it intriguing that a lot of the great artist including Picasso and Matisse created the sets for many famous ballets and similarly fashion designers (Coco Chanel) created costumes for them. The development of dance and art are more intertwined than one would imagine.

Living in a village I often find myself looking out into the countryside a seeing a scene that I think would make a beautiful picture and when I can, I try and find time to capture that on a bit of paper or canvas. Artists such as Georgia O’Keefe have inspired me to paint and I find some of Turner’s pictures of sunsets are something that you can get lost in. Getting in front of a sewing machine and sewing is something I find very therapeutic, I would love nothing more than to have my own dance school teach children dance and make the costumes for the yearly shows. Being creative is something I find very enjoyable and it is this enjoyment that motivates me to do activities that involve this.

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http://www.kenbushe.co.uk/html/_turner_.html
http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/SearchResults.aspx?searchtype=collection&keyword="tutu"&collection=Costume Collection