Into the air...

Last week we looked at the contours of the land and created valleys and mountains.
Today we moved away from the ground and into the clouds. 
We enjoyed a relaxed space with beautiful music, gentle lighting and billowing silks.

Here are some photos from the day, we hope you enjoy :)

Mapping the landscape

Today we continued using the suspended net to look at contours of the earth.
We started with gentle movements of the net - a reminder of last week, then we went on to using our bodies and large balls to create mountains and valleys.
Slowly we introduced adding detail to our newly created landscape, weaving coloured strips of fabric, we marked out the rivers, roads, fields and flowers!

Enjoy the photos.

Contours 

Today we suspended a large net from the ceiling on pieces of elastic. 
Using our bodies we stretched and pulled the net to create the contours of mountains and valleys. We experimented with different lighting and projection angles and Geoff and his music team were busy creating gentle sounds, slowly rising and falling, like the landscpe we were creating with the net.

Here are the photos from the session,
Enjoy!

Into the Sand

Today we created large art installations using sand and slide projectors.
Our miniscule multicoloured slides threw vibrant light across the sand and the peaks and dips in the sand created wonderful light and shadow.
Impromptu performances happened as we used silks to capture different layers of the projections.

Some of the photos clearly show the process, whilst others invite the imagination to many other places, wind swept deserts or sunset filled beaches.

We hope you enjoy the photos.

Creatures in the Dark...

Following on from last week, we were still inside a cave.
Whilst the cave painting continued there were many other things to excite the imagination.
Strange animal prints in sand dunes, small animals scurrying across the floor and new animals that no-one had ever seen before! 
Both sessions were filled with energy and invention, who knows what may appear from the cave next week!
Please read more to see more photos from the day.