Hayley Izzard

I was really interested to watch a final solo piece of an MA programme, just to see what kind of work was involved if I wanted to progress down that route in the future. With the title 'Body Stories', it didn't really give me much clue as to what theme the piece could have, it could have been about anything but just have a huge emphasis on exaggerated body movement. The start of the piece where she had a scarf and was familiarising herself with the scarf reminded me of past IPP performances that I've watched. I interpreted the piece as expressing negative emotion, it was a bit hazy for me as to what she was expressing, whether it was depression, being controlled or some sort of mental illness. I loved her repetitive movements everytime the song hit a particular moment in the track, it was really effective and emphasised that she was maybe trapped or kept to a boundary. When talking to her after the show, her inspiration was totally different to how I interpreted t...

Working with Suzanna Recchia for a full day was brilliant. In IPP1, she got us to explore the space, filling the space that someone else leaves, working silently in unison with one another as we interact with each other. One thing in the session stuck out in my head as being a really useful skill for the future and that's to recall a memory that comes to your head instinctively. Just to write 4 thoughts, emotions, feelings or any imagery that comes to mind about that memory, and then to turn that stimulus into a short piece of a few moves. Here were my words about a memory of going on hoilday to greece and we went to a water park. I wasn't a big fan of rides and I remember feeling awkward, while tom is on the 'black hole' ride.. and I'm standing there watching him from the viewing platform. Surreal, looked fun though!

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 page of my journal expresses how i felt during my movement journey in Improvisation. I feel that I really captured my feelings well in displaying pictures in this way. This is a written format of a different movement journey at another time. This focuses more on technical work, rather than expression. This pic displays my progress in ballet. My strengths and weaknesses This is a stimulus from Improv that really interested me in the way of how hidden meanings are contained with art, paintings and stimulus. My progression in Yoga, I really enjoy it and this shows my strengths and weaknesses.