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Four NEW Fiery Rockets Videos now live!

"Breaking A Rose" - The Career of a Professional Artist/Producer



A look into the career of an Artist/Producer.

Dancer, Choreographer, Writer, Director, Producer and Project Manager Gemma Connell of Broken Rose Performing Arts - http://www.brokenrose.eu/

In this video, I'll take you through my career to date and offer advice for any budding artist or producers who'd like to make it in the industry.

The Making of "Flow!" - Broken Rose Performing Arts and Contact Theatre




Producer and Dancer Gemma Connell discusses the making of Open Stage Spoken Word and Dance event "Flow!", produced by Broken Rose Performing Arts and Contact Theatre, Manchester. Part of the Manchester Literature Festival 2011.

http://www.brokenrose.eu/
http://www.contactmcr.com/
http://www.manchesterliteraturefestival.com/

The Making of "Bitten" - Broken Rose Performing Arts




Writer/Director Gemma Connell talks through the process of making the play "Bitten" by Broken Rose Performing Arts.

Play Syopsis: Raven's always felt drawn to people. But not necessarily for their personal qualities. Strangely, she still agrees that "it's what's inside that counts." Join Broken Rose Performing Arts in this short piece of theatre which explores the story of a young girl who finds herself with a rather unorthodox craving... and then dedicates her life to finding out why."

Starring Francesca Smith.
Written and Directed by Gemma Connell.

"Bitten" has toured to:
26th October 2011, 9:25pm, TV21, Thomas Street, Manchester
22nd November 2011, 9:25pm, Sandbar, Manchester

#INKED - Episode 1



First in the series. I take you through my fabulous collection of tattoos, most of which were done by artists at Spear Studio in Birmingham.

A Lesson from the Ancients

Whilst I was planning on taking my Grandmother to see the Tutankahmun exhibition which is coming to the Trafford Centre in Manchester in the next month, I stumbled across the BBC's pages on the Ancient Egyptians - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/

I've been obsessed with Ancient Egypt since I was 9 years old. My class in primary school studied them as part of a history project and, although it was more of a "Horrible Histories" approach back then, I was instantly fascinated. My fandom of them has grown to the extent that I now have an Egyptian ankh incorporated into the tattoo on my back. The Ankh's meaning is not yet completely clear to Egyptologists; it could mean "life" or "death" and it is the current ambiguity of this symbol that really intrigues me, hence my permanent tribute to it.

I feel that the Egyptians have such a wealth of stories that they add to our world history. For example, the story of Hapshetsut, a queen who ruled as pharoh, and who's nephew destroyed her monuments because he wanted the thrown. Add to this the famous story of Cleopatra - the ancient world's first Celebrity, who's love life and suicide where talked about as if in one of today's tabloid newspapers.

Another thing which greatly interests me about the Ancient Egyptians is there belief in the afterlife, which was not just a belief but a detailed description of how to get there.

Their many rituals and poly-theistic beliefs may seem silly and unneccessary to today's secular society, but the fact that they once had 400 years of peace suggests that maybe we should take a leaf from their book. If spirituality has something to do with that, we should look into it. And that's coming from an atheist.

Oodles of Ancient love.
CC.



N.B: This Tattoo has since been touched up and looks a lot less red! I just haven't got a final photo of it yet =)