Tanya's Not Mad

Meikyo – Behind the scenes

trothefro — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:39:20 +0000

Here are a few pics from the dance film project I worked on with songwriter/composer James Grant – a mix of contemtporary dance, classical Japanese martial arts and supernatural thriller… The film is directed by Pete Martin and is currently being edited. Should be cool.

Stills by Maria Falconer. Make up by Alice McGregor of Bobby Brown.

Tanya in Meikyo

One of my favourite moves in the kata

Dealing with my demons

Tanya’s Not Mad

trothefro — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:47:37 +0000

This is a dance piece I created after seeing the QED documentary entitled John’s Not Mad, about a young man with Tourette Syndrome. In the course of everyday life, John would suddenly burst out with swearing, insults and random obscenities at inappropriate moments. He simply couldn’t control the urge to say the wrong thing at the wrong time.

The concept for Tanya’s Not Mad was “dancer’s tourettes” – trying to deal with daily life, interrupted by ‘bad dancing’. I wrote, choreographed and directed the film, but still managed to be surprised when people said they saw a bit of Buster Keaton in the performance! I hope you enjoy the film.

Behind the scenes

trothefro — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:08:21 +0000

Here are a few more shots from my film (still in post-production!).

Tanya’s Not Mad

trothefro — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:13:23 +0000

This is a dance piece I created after seeing the QED documentary entitled John’s Not Mad, about a young man with Tourette Syndrome. In the course of everyday life, John would suddenly burst out with expletives, insults and random obscenities at the most inappropriate moments. He simply couldn’t control the urge to say the wrong thing at the wrong time.