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Company of Elders, Sybil's response to Eve's Poem.

I really enjoyed your poem Eve. As one of the lucky ones being lifted I really felt I was flying. What an experience this project is proving!

Sybil 

Poem for Riot OFFspring By Eve Pearce, Company of Elders.

POEM FOR RIOT OFFSPRING

We have babies!  Not only babies , but babies in boxes,
with their mums.  Then, a few years later,
they’ve turned into giggly girls and noisy boys.
next we  have teenagers, lithe and lovely,
leaping like kangaroos – such joy!
Young adults enter – strong and supple,
hoping to turn pro – moving in their innocence.
finally the Elders, doing their best
in spite of gammy legs and crumbling hips,
broken shoulders and arthritic knees
don’t stop us – nothing does; and when
five lucky ones are lifted in the air.
and as Mafalda says – you fly-
where do we go?  Why, to Heaven of course!

                                                                 Eve Pearce

Company of Elders rehearsal pictures.

Diary Entry - Faye Tan Turquoise group

"Another aspect of Riot Offspring which I really like is observing the Company of Elders, the 'little kids' and the mums and their babies. One does not often see these age groups participate in a dance piece, but their presence in Riot Offspring really brings something magical to the entire performance.

The whole project is based around one person – Igor Stravinsky. His music is notoriously complex and difficult to memorise, and this complication only gets worse when large groups of people are asked to dance to his composition. However, I found the experience of working with the score to be very educational and enlightening. Simeon and Ivan taught us to notate the score, and we memorised (with inevitable difficulty) the six's, eight's, ten's, two's, boom-boom's, five's, sixteen-two-three-four's… The music really sharpened my mentality, and has definitely improved my focus as a dancer, especially in terms of musicality and memorisation. This ability to be quick-thinking while performing is a vital skill for any dancer, and I appreciate the fact that the project has helped me to enhance this skill."