The Heart of Connection and Okan on tour
We are back from an amazing Evening with Okan at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds, and tomorrow we head to Bournemouth for our last two weeks of creation and the premiere of the full-length show at Pavilion Dance South West on the 4th April. Ọkan is a duet created by Akeim Toussaint, dancer and I that […]
Stepping into the world of Ọkan…
Ọkan (a world created by Maya & Toussaint) means oneness… Or one heart… Or big heart… Open hearted, closed hearted, big hearted… Ọkan is the many facets of the heart… The journey of us relating, finding connection… Finding ways to hold ourselves whole, honour the other in their wholeness… Ọkan explores what and who we […]
We are at The Albany this week!
I hope this email finds you in good spirits despite the winter greys… or better yet, somewhere where the weather is warm 🙂 I am writing to you from the dull skies of London… though the company are planning to bring you some sunshine this weekend, and having my birthday in January always makes this […]
Why squeezing the things we love leads to break-ups… and 8 ways to truly love something
I am recently back from the Olympics where (as you probably know), breakers (breakdancers) were competing for the first time ever, and so in today’s post, I muse over the following; Breaking in the Olympics My break up Raygun My learnings 8 ways to truly love something My journey with breaking: I used […]
Did you know that Jellyfish are in a mutualistic relationship?
Today I write just before we film A Jellyfish Lovesong in its first draft version! We began working on this show in April this year (thank you so much to Arts Council), with a wonderful cast: Jummy Faruq is our puppeteer extraordinaire playing Harmeet the Hermit and the Choral coral, dancers (and puppeteers) Ofelia Balogun […]