THE GUY WHO SHOT THE SIXTIES!!!

A FANTASTIC SHOWCASE OF BRYAN DUFFY'S PHOTOGRAPHIC MASTER PEICES..

I think Duffy is a fantastic example of innovation and a beholder of a creative eye, Sent to me from a dear friend in New York.

THANK YOU AMY :) http://www.duffyphotographer.com/doko_folder/doko.html

FINK,

http://www.danceartsfaculty.it/english/home/index.asp

Absolute freedom implies absolute responsibility,that means absolute response totally to the problem.And one cannot possibly respond totally, if one has not learnt to live a life in which love,death,everybody living are deeply - not verbally -understood. 

J Krishnamurti at Brockwood park, UK. 16th september 1972

http://dancedrdance.com/23FeelingsinDance.aspx

http://www.workspacebrussels.be/

I love when Fashion Meets Dance

http://www.jacobsutton.com/js_fashion.html

http://www.culturecritic.co.uk/

NOTTINGHAM IS KEEPING IT FRESH.

http://www.thenewartexchange.org.uk/

NEW ART EXCHANGE has slowly become my office as i have no internet installed yet, on my daily walk into the town centre i make my daily stop for a big mug of green tea with cranberry!!

if i am not sat on one of the tables then keep walking, then i'm most certainly at nottingham contemporary, this has to be nottingham's best investments for the arts in the city in the last 4 years!!

the cafe is great with free wifi and hosts a little quirky arts and craft market one sunday a month, where you can find loads of graduate designer from Trent Uni showing new lil treats they just finished the night before.

http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/

Commissioned work.. BIG SMILES PLEASE!

I recently have been commissioned to make two new pieces of work for two Nottingham based projects.

http://yard.nae.org.uk/
Yard a  fantastic community youth theatre group based at Nottingham's New Art Exchange, come and see a fantastic new production  called "Blast" to be performed in Nottingham February 11th 2011 at the New Art Exchange Theatre.

Come and watch Home Made an other brand new Play, which will be premiered at Nottingham's Playhouse on February 18th.
http://www.first-floor.info/?page_id=2
I am in rehearsal with both groups at the moment and they are working so hard i am sure it is going to be a very good performance.

This is an exciting project for me at the moment working within theatre, it does have its challenges but i eventually find new ways to overcome them and thats the exciting part..

http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on/drama/home-made/

A Sunday Morning with Blueberry Pancakes.

I did a very exciting workshop with Liat Waysbort in the sprng of 2010 the Amsterdam Dance Centre, Liat was  a founding member of the Batsheva Dance Company but since leaving she has gone on to investigate her own work. The workshop was really cool and it was during this workshop i did my first GAGA class...

Take a look at some of Liat's Lab work;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJaZ6USunZU&feature=related

Henny Jurriens Stichting

This is a fantastic place to take class if any of you guys are in Amsterdam, they always  have cool exciting  dancers  and dance makers giving class and delivering residency's.

http://www.hjs.nl/

whilst we are talking dance and europe i just would like to share two short clips of work with you all , by a fantastic Netherlands based choreographer Ann van de broek. I was lucky enough to see both pieces performed live in Italy in the  summer when i was a intern for Opera Estate for the Bmotion Week, which is a week filled with dance from both new and established european artist.

So i share with you We solo men & Co(te)lette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9VYIVQqJkA&feature=related

AMAZING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQVuNhcMvUg

Can i just say that i have been hooked to this video since i have come back to the UK.

Taking Freelance to the screen.

I love to move and i love colour, so when i was approached to be a subject for the USA AOL advert i jumped at the chance. The whole experience was so fantastic and the creative director had a great eye for creativity and new ideas, we both got on really well on the day and had a good laugh i was even able to   suggest a few  ideas.

I managed to take a few pictures whilst i was in set, enjoy!!

http://www.universaleverything.com/recent_activity#/UE294


LEFT EYE BLIND.. They are another media and production company which are based in leeds who do some fantastic work, take a look at the website and see what you think..

http://www.lefteyeblind.com/

Choreography In Collaboration.

http://www.vimeo.com/12511114

I have been working with Lauren Pissochet for nearly two years now on various short  dance for film projects, both Lauren and Myself  are both looking forward to the exciting project we have planned for spring 2011.

stay up to date with Lauren's creative eye..


http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenpissochet

Studio.

Q. what happens when a designer and two trained dancers share the studio space?

This week this is exactly what i have been investigating, I have just finished a  short but fantastic residency at Nottingham's Dance 4, with two  fantastic and creative  artist Kate Prosser & Samantha Stonefield. 

I found this really cool website, it was recommended to me by a girl called Amy who is studying Architecture in Leeds, who i  randomly bump into three times in one week whilst we both was in the initial research stage for our current projects.

Enjoy!

http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/

Dwayne Antony for Dance4

http://www.dance4.co.uk/

Get ready for Nottdance2011, this year is a set to be a good one filled with lots  of fantastic creative artist performing all over Nottingham..

A Choice By Simms.