Hayley Izzard

Things I've noticed within my body Pre-lockdown I hadn't really danced properly since I was 22. I would attend one off yoga or contemporary classes every now and then, but since lock down I have been able to commit much more to my practice.  Pre-training I had noticed that: My left leg has the tighter hamstring of both legs. To bend forward and stretch my hamstring in my right leg at the start of this process felt much more available to me, but yet I could only just about not reach my toes. (hence point below in availability of the hips opening) Space wasn't that available in my hips - so to focus on exercises that opened my hips and stretched my hamstrings evenly were essential. Strength is lacking in sit ups/push ups - need to improve strength in my arms/biceps. During yoga, I felt the tension in my ankles to reach my feet down to the floor. I couldn't achieve this pre-lockdown. After 3 months I feel: Much more open in the hips which enables me to grab my toes and fee...

Stimulus or Object? For my IPP1 project, I have to create a dance theatre solo based on my personal experiences, feelings, objects that interest me or whatever i want to develop it to be. An object or stimulus for movement,(I'm not quite sure of what its uses will be at the moment) I've been thinking of is a really nice setting that i saw for when i went to see Spring Awakening at the Belgrade Theatre. The main setting were some cut out trees that would show a projected image when each scene went on, for example, for a library scene there would be an image of bookshelves to blend in and at the house a kitchen would show on these trees. A great lighting trick, so clever and abstract. Yesterday when i went shopping, i went into Topshop and found a very similar version of the trees that would show what I'm trying to explain. As I was thinking into this concept, I thought i could use the idea of transformation and explore that somehow, or i could ev...

This phrase was fresh in my memory from learning it in the morning. This is a video of me just working through it, working out the flow of movements