Graham
/ 24. oktober 2010 18:02
Between Silence and Stillness Mini Tour Epic Blog!
Back in May of this year 5 dancers from Skånes Dansteater started work on a new creation. A choreography by Ben Wright danced by Anna Altes, Sam Denton, Hazuki Kojima, Lidia Wos and myself Graham Adey in collaboration with Musica Vitae. After all the hard work, a summer break, a lot of hard work again to get the steps back and then the final preparations to get the show looking stunning we embarked on a sweet Swedish tour to some beautiful concert halls! This is how it all went down...........
Most of the company leave for Helsinki but we stay working hard in Malmö
From now on I'm going to refer to us as ba!group. The reason being is that Ben Wright's (choreographer) company is called bgroup! and we have a on going joke with him that we say BA instead of yes. Hence we are ba!group. Here we are doing company class with just 6 of us instead of 16! YAY
Final Costume fitting and Anna and I are clearly loving it 
After our dress rehearsal Anna and Hazuki grab the video camera straight away to check to see if they pointed there feet or not! Honestly!
Premiere night in Malmö and we managed a standing ovation! Think it was for the snow!!
Växjö
Sunny Växjö is our first destination on the tour and there's the lovely Konserthus.
Hazuki with the locals in Växjö. She put her clothes back on for the photo!
My hotel room in Växjö, very nice 
And this was above my bed????? Is this last years Swedish Democratic Party????? 
Pure exhilaration from Sam och Hazuki before the show in Växjö.
Lovely isn't it 
Just ashame nobody lives in Växjö. I joke they are all watching Sweden loose 4-1 in the football!
Now this is a sight that follows us to every gig! Ballet bar, Studio, dancers stretching, dancers complaining, dancers laughing and Anna drinking coffee!
After another successful show with standing ovation we were on the way to the after show party and I spotted this in the foyer! Did they miss a bit when they built the Konserthus?
On our way home after the party and we were so so tired! Honestly! But as you can see if you pull a camera out infront of dancers they always have a little bit of energy for poses
Leaving Växjö in the morning Hazuki's bag was so heavy she got stuck on the tracks! I saved her don't worry
I love that lifts in Sweden say HIT! In England we only get to touch or press so a full on hit is way better!
I was greated by this on the train platform. Just 2 questions... Who????? Why????
Morning after the show and we were in the paper! It says the birth of something new and was a damn good review
Vara
On our way to Vara and take note of the knitting as this is just the start of things to come.
Jan (technician) and Vidar (rehearsal director) clearly enjoying each others company on the train to Vara.
And we finally arrived at Vara's huge central train station!
Hazuki this time meeting the locals in Vara. Again she put her clothes back on for the photo but appears to have grown massively since Växjö!!
No this isn't a horror film but our homely home away from home (hotel).
And this is what my hotel room looked like in the daylight! Or was it a nice house in Vara??? I can't remember!
Picturesque Swedish country side. Trees, wooden houses, leaves and rotting Volvo's
I went exploring Vara with Hazuki and we managed to find a self service bar outside. Didn't cost us a damn thing!! Bra Bra Bra!
Further down the road I found Sam rehearsing in the street for the evenings performance. Great commitment Sam!
Before heading to the theatre a spot of wool shopping first. Us dancers have got to Knit on the train journeys you know!
Here's my ride to the theatre
This really is our truck for the lighting and set. The thing is we don't really have any set or much lighting so I conclude that the technicians must have a Billiards table and bar in the back!
I jumped off my pig ride and found Hazuki also down last minute rehearsals outside the Konserthus.
Another lovely Konserthus in Sweden except someone stole those last few reds seats nearest to the camera.......
But they sure will look great in my apartment! 
Hard working dancers!
Hard working Rehearsal Director!
Hard working Technicians!
And final preparations before the big show!
Vara's next top models.
And here's one I made earlier! On tour the biggest problem we face is being able to eat after a show. So this time we made a MASSIVE pasta bake for everyone
Max (Mad London Geezer Technician) and I posing like each other. I fashioned his glasses he tried my smouldering camera pose. Good skills
Sam and Hazuki discussing wheather Anna's Spanish blood had finally frozen in the Swedish cold!
Clearly not!!!!
Leaving Vara after another succesful performance we travel first class to Göteborg on the high speed, ultra modern, always on time Swedish trains!
Göteborg (Gothenburg for you lazy english speakers)
We had a day off in Göteborg so we did a spot of shopping and sightseeing.
Thats the shopping done then!
Sightseeing done!
Harry 'Sam' Potter magically turns up and says all this fun in Göteborg must end and we need to leave. He waves his wand, we vanish and reappear in Kungsbacka!
Kungsbacka
I reappeared in my hotel room in Kungsbacka and the art work has dramatically improved since Växjö.
On the way to the theatre and we find the world famous Disney land Resort Kungsbacka.
Here we are again, new teater and Anna bursting with excitment ready to dance.
Preparing my Michael Jackson moves for caompany class.
This is actually before doing any work but you'd think we were so tired we can't get up!
About to start work and Vidar is giving me one of those looks to put the bloody camera down and get dancing!!!
Anna saying "I can smell something burning"
Vidar says "The show must go on!!"
Sam so proud of his own performance this evening gets ready to hit the Kungsbacka night life.
Lidia loves her garden so much she always brings a little part of it with her on tour
Anna loves the sun so much she brings it all the way from Barcelona on tour with us! How nice
This picture perfectly sums up Max! Interpret as you will.
10 minutes down the road the sun disapeared and it started snowing! On October 21st! What???
Then 10 mins down the road the cloud cleared and as you can see in the distance we re-entered summer 2010!
That good out pastime knitting is way back in fashion at SDT but look at that women behind to the right minding her own buisness........
Yes that really is Sam asking her how to fix his knitting. I'm not kidding!
Then he even started hitting on her! Maybe im kidding??
Malmö
There is one person that has been on tour with us the whole time but its impossible to get a picture of her! Its our costume fitter Lota. Because she is camera shy I asked her to get in side the costume suitecase and let me take a picture. So here she is
After our final and most electrifying performance in Malmö Anna, Sam and I enjoy some final posing in the foyer
I'm leaving the theatre in Malmö and this is the last thing I see! Once again Who????? and Why oh why oh why????
Tour finished and here Sam, Hazuki and I are enjoying some splendid Weissbier with friends and freezing cold weather
So ba!group have enjoyed a amazing mini tour around Sweden!! Performing Ben Wrights work has challenged us all but we have thoroughly enjoyed every minute.
For me it was a great chance to do what I love, dancing but also see a little more of what Sweden has to offer even if the majority was seen though the window on the train.
Now we are all back in Malmö and have already started work on Hemma Hos again by Ben Wright which will premiere on Saturday November 20th. You all better be there!!!!!
Oh just 1 final picture for you all....
Lovely
