The water sounds were fun to create...the original artwork was fun to play with.  Nessie's song improvisation is beautiful and compelling.  So we decided to put it all together.  I hope you enjoy this creative and spontaneous piece.

 

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What's it all about?

gyroscopic multi-arts workshops & friends: FILMFEST
 at the 20th Century Flicks mini-cinema, BS1

Autumn/Winter 2018: Our Freestyle Dance Project

Here's some choreography generated from a series of freestyle,
fun dance workshops for 9 and 10 year olds. The homemade soundtrack
is inspired by the well known "Cup Song" piece.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

I'm working on an exciting new project.  It involves a human pyramid. "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" will require 6 young dancers & we'll show it during Art on the Hill 2018.  Below is a copy of my flyer.  You might need to click and enlarge it 

Creative dance and music in black and white

Following our Emotional Wellbeing Children and Families project last year at Victoria Park Baptist Church, we're happy to be continuing our work with a series of creative dance and music workshops, being pioneered here by enthusiastic Year 4 students.  

Did I mention bass guitar?  Well, listen...it's there in the mix alongside djembe drum, shruti box and voice.

Bass-ically...we're working on a new project

All might seem a bit quiet of late - but the lower frequencies of gyroscopic are resounding to the sound of my BASS playing.  All part of a new project, resting in the assurance of a booming bass-line and the guarantee of more community fun in 2018.

'Musical Words A-G' Before and After

So, here's what we planned: A series of workshops for the first 

weekend in October - traditionally this is Art on the Hill Weekend, 

our community arts trail for Windmill Hill and surrounding 

neighbourhoods in South Bristol: 

Flyer for our Arts Weekend Multi-Arts Workshops. Pictured: Colin Smith, pianist

We had a lot of fun, particularly on the Saturday when

Colin Smith provided the musical entertainment, all inspired

by our words from the musical scale A-G.  The participants, 

mostly children, were great sports and the dance moves from the
fantastic stories they created were particularly entertaining. 

Moreover here's what we got:  A Musical Words A-G 
community collage! Now in the Charles Padfield Centre, 
next to Victoria Park Baptist Church BS3 5DA:

Children and Families Multi-Arts Emotional Wellbeing Project - told in 1 minute

Funded by Community Access Support Services, Bristol

Breathless...With A Thought

Theresa's thought poem

Thoughts And Earworms - our Emotional Wellbeing Families project, with an emphasis on Primary-school-aged children

"Breathless. With a thought. Ideas. Balloons, bubbles, bursting. Beginnings".

This is Theresa's 'thought poem'.  Others of us have been sharing our 'thought songs' or general earworms...songs that won't go away.

The words have particular significance for Theresa and I like them.  So they have become the lynchpin of our Emotional Wellbeing Project (see previous post) involving *live music, dance, artwork* and lots of balloons and bubbles.

Our Happy Happenings and serious thoughts are all taking place at Victoria Park Baptist Church, Bristol.