Split Tribal Fest

It is over a months time since i was in Split to attend the lovely Split Tribal Fest 2011 so it is about time that I say something about it! First of all it was so warm that I was melting before even starting dance practice at the workshops and with about 9 hours of dance each day it was quite exhausting times… BUT SO WORTH IT!! The workshops I took with beautiful and talented dancers April Rose, Elizabeth Strong, The Lady Fred, Manca Pavli and Samantha Emanuel was packed with so many valuable tricks and loads of beautiful moves to bring with me to my own practice!

I’ve learned to think differently as a dancer and I long to try some strategies out in coming choreographies! One dance form that especially struck my heart was Liz Strong’s Turkish Roman Dance – such joy for the body!! Lastly I cannot emphazise enough how valuable it is to take classes from many different dancers/teachers as they all have their individual approach to dance and to movement and they all have something worth snapping up.

The festival gave me the pleasure to meet other lovely dancers from all over Europe and Split itself was beautiful with it’s shiny pavings in the old town. Lastly it was such a thrill to perform in the old peristyl in front of a large audience, a memory of a lifetime!

 

Thanks so much for the video, Alexis Southall!!