The beginning of a new Dance Theatre Project...

Often planned well in advance, 9 slow months in the making, and yet still the arrival of a new baby is still a cataclysmic shock to most of us.  One of the most exhausting, exhilarating, and terrifying moments of our lives, but we invariably stumble through it in a state of dopiness that transforms the whole thing into a sort of blurry haze.  Now almost a year and a half after the arrival of my first child, it feels like I am gradually able to look back and laugh; and not only that but maybe, take some of those experiences into studio, dance, discuss, create, invent and share the results with all of you in a new dance theatre piece:

2+1 is a light hearted and poignant look at the effect of the arrival of a baby on a relationship. Exploring how the new arrival changes their physical contact, their attentiveness, ... and their attention span as they experience the joys of sleepless nights, dirty nappies, and 24h entertainment on cue. A washing machine sits at the back of the stage spewing out a seemingly endless supply of clean clothes, sometimes the couple fight back, sometimes the washing machine wins....

A momentous moment, Tara Pilbrow Dance finally ventures into 21st century communications!

After years of resistance to blogs, tweets, instagram and most other forms of instant sharing, I have finally given in, and decided to create a blog.  Like so many elements of modern technology, for the non-blogger, a blog may seem completely redundant; a time-consuming way of pumping your opinions into cyber-space, where they are soon lost amongst the voices of so many others.  However, after years of pressure, I have finally convinced myself of the benefits of a well written blog.  I think that one of the key moments was the realization that I myself was interested in what others had to say, not only my dance idols: well-known dancers and choreographers, but also other colleagues, and choreographers of my own generation who, unlike me, have been posting about their work for years.  Far from reading as egotistical, or gratuitous publicity, many were able to share their ideas in a way which opened up their work for me, and gave me a welcome insight into their creative process.   Here's hoping that this blog will manage to do the same for me.