I'm gonna dance this weekend around
Sunday, 19 July 2009
Had one of my famous hullaba pregnant breakfasts this morning of guacamole, beetroot, honey, yoghurt, nuts and mungbat juice. I danced around the kitchen to amazing radio (amazingradio.co.uk). It's a station which only plays music by new artists, and the public can download the tracks, with the musicians getting to keep 70% of the proceeds. You type in the name of a band you like and the songs influenced by them appear. Good eh? There were a couple of good tracks, then the lyrics of one of them make me chortle a bit into my pitta bread;
"Pass me the wine, I wanna get drunk
I miss shouting at you
It's no fun screaming on my own"
Okay, no issues there then....
Moving swiftly on, my energy rose and I cut down a pair of jeans to make new trendy denim shorts to go with my purple leggings. I love them, I feel like a dancer, even though I have in no way the body of a dancer. I am a traditional, curvy, strong legged celt and after yesterday's sample of contact improvisation dance, I am less bendy than I thought. Below is an Italian Utube lego verson.
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Today, I am trying out a 5 rhythms dance workshop, which sounds less intense. Contact impro was 3 hours of rolling around with clothed strangers, trying to make meaningful phsical, non-sexual contact. I lived in horror of accidentally kissing someone or worse falling over and hanging onto their dangly bits to regain my balance. The jam session afterwards was musiked (new word) by two solemn german musicians on a double bass and a violin, wailing and hissing into the microphone and occasionally moving round the room with finger bells. Now I am experimental and open minded, but I did wonder what the hell I was doing there after a while.
Sunday, July 19, 2009 8:44:00 PM
Sounds weird!! Are you pregnant?!
Monday, July 20, 2009 12:02:00 AM
'ave you been knocked up then?
Should I get a shotgun?
What the hell are you doing tumbling around the floor with perfect strangers?
Is this how you got up the spout?
Inquiring minds need to know.....
XO
WWW
Monday, July 20, 2009 4:42:00 PM
Suburbia and WWW: Lord no, 'pregnant breakfast' is a turn of phrase Bobo and I use to describe any weird and wonderful food combo.
WWW: Contact impro doesn't get you up the spout, even when done with perfect strangers lol.
Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:23:00 PM
I went to a 5 rhythms thing when I was in Bangkok...was most unsure about the whole experience(probably didn't help that the guy running it was really creepy!!) but I liked the music!!
Hey, since your into the weird and wonderful (and I'm not just talking about food) have you heard Florence and The Machine's album? I can't seem to turn it off at the moment...quirky, fab and sometimes a bit shouty...if you've not heard it then google it!! I think you might like :-)
C x
Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:27:00 PM
Oh, just read the comments after getting all excited: so you're not pregnant then?!
I can't help thinking you should get back to belly dancing.
Thursday, July 23, 2009 5:34:00 PM
You're nothing if not adventurous - belly dancing, five rhythms, whatever next? The Dance of the Seven Veils maybe. Or the Dance of the Seven Dwarves. The sky's the limit.
Sunday, July 26, 2009 10:19:00 AM
I think I'd be looking for the hidden cameras!
Off to try those gin and tonic ice lollies now ........