Upwards and Onwards

Celia grooving at Open Path

                                             Photo by Kees Knaap

This Monday September 12th Switch had it's first of the four jam sessions called Open Path.

It has proven to be quite a magical evening and space in which there is a lot of room for development, exploration and more enjoyment.

We were pleasantly surprised and delighted to have many students from the upper levels of the Koningklijk Conservatory letting loose, joined by free lance musicians,  dancers, painters and photographers from our area.  Not every one is a professional in what they explored there but the freedom of the atmosphere was such that every one created and expressed in relation to each other. Among other things including great music, there were dancers lifting singers, dancers painting, dance photography, an amazing flutist creating for us without his flute, a shovel used as a prop guitar, multi-lingual countdowns, and some beautiful dance moments between colleagues.  Perhaps the highlight was an impromptu mass of humans become worms... 

We would be happy to have more people from the community trying any art for the first time at Open Path, and also more visual artists to enhance our depths - so please - tell your friends and come one, come all.


                                         Musicians at Open Path

                                          Photos by Kees Knaap

                                       A little brush stroke

After that creative initiation some rehearsals started happening as more choreographers take the plunge and sign up with all their various ideas to be part of the actual performance in January.  Among these ideas, again this year, will be a film if circumstances and funds allow.

In practical matters:  Roger has been a maniac on facebook and with his social networking to get our word out there.

Celia also has the hefty and never ending task of fund raising still on the must-to-do list. No one seems to envy her on that front although Manon has been diligently working on a potential sponsorship project through her contacts this week that we hope can help us.

Off to another meeting . . . . . . There are plans to be made for details of the actual event evening....Check back here for more details on that....
                                          
                                  Very Serious Art at Open Path

                                              Photo by Kees Knaap