A view from the balcony at pool I am to perform in. Yarborough leisure centre
After being in the pool for one hour, I have established one main conclusion. I am certainly not as fit as I used to be! Fear not however, as this is not a synchronised swimming competition and there are certain moves that do not need to be performed accurately and I am sure making a bit of a splash will not be frowned upon in the performance. I have therefore decided that, struggling and all; this may be a positive aspect of the piece after all, I don’t want my routine to be the typical all smiling, all dancing performance that is synchronised swimming. I want the audience to see and feel my pain, laughter, anger and enjoy watching the piece as much as I enjoy performing it. In the unfortunate circumstance that I do drown during the piece, at least it goes well with the title.
Today way my first rehearsal and training day in the pool and although I had not yet made my music for the piece, I did know what tracks I would like to use and therefore took these with me to experiment with and start devising ideas for the piece.
I also took this opportunity to experiment with props in the water for performance as I wanted the last piece to involve myself becoming wrapped up and entwined in fabric. I firstly tried ribbon but this was too thin to be seen and therefore wouldn’t give the impact I desired. Sheet of material didn’t work as in was too heavy for me to move and play with and rope was not very durable or visible. I have decided that I will have to come up with a new idea for this part of the performance and return back to it next rehearsal.
All in all a very good start, but damm my body’s going to be aching in the morning.
