Motionhouse

My Story

All my life I had the innate urge to move and to express myself. When I was a little girl I used to dance in my bedroom, flip off park benches and walk on my hands down the pavement. Moving, being physically active was always an essential part of my life. After...

Developed material in various locations

In case you missed this, Bboy Didge having fun in various locations around Cardiff 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug5Qm2zEomw After we developed the material in the studio, we then took this sequence to multiple locations such as Cardiff Bay, a forrest outside...

Mark Melville, Composer and Sound Designer – Interview

Here it is again for those who missed it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5UPfT2MLo0 Mark Melville trained at The Leeds College of Music and now works as a composer and sound designer in theatre, dance and film. He previously worked with Vanishing Point on ‘Saturday...

Becci Williams and Bboy Didge – Interview

Just in case you missed this interview with two of my dancers, Becci Williams and Bboy Didge. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_0cwsUUTJQ Becci Williams completed her vocational training at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2010 qualifying with a BPA (Hons)...

Sinead Rushe, Theatre Director – Interview

Just in case you missed this last month! http://youtu.be/mSJv2GnInbQ In Sinead's own words: "So far, my work as a director has taken many forms. I’ve directed adaptations from contemporary European literature (novellas, short stories and poetry), I’ve devised shows...

Daniel Aing, Breakdancer – Interview

http://youtu.be/Yni1IxY_vGM After first learning Capoeira in 1997, Daniel, who comes from Marseille, went on to discover a passion for dance and has pent many years developing his skills as a breakdancer. He is now researching the best way to mix various styles...

SPIN Trailer

Just incase you missed this last month... In 2011 Harnisch-Lacey Dance Theatre created SPIN, which toured across Wales to enthusiastic audiences. SPIN build upon the foundations that were laid in HLDT's previous piece EXIT&OUT. Both pieces explored the fusion...

Cardiff City Centre

In this sequence we used a breaking sequence as a starting point and then transferred the material into the upper body to create a fused upper body contemporised sequence. We the took the material to different locations in...

Development of material influenced by the environment

In this clip I was working with Daniel Aing, who is originally trained in capoeira and breaking, but has now moved much more into Contemporary dance. Here you can follow the development of a capoeira - contemporised sequence...