Celtic Californian

A proud Mancunian Dancer, Choreographer, Artistic Director and Performing Arts Producer who's heart is calling to her from San Fransisco.

www.brokenrose.eu

Feel free to contact me at celticalifornianblogger@gmail.com



Friday, 6 July 2012

"The Moment When..." - Warrington



A short vlog documenting the tech rehearsals and show of the second installment of Cheshire Dance and Walk The Plank's "The Moment When...", a flagship project of the North West Cultural Olympiad 2012.

I am currently serving as groups coordinator on this project.

An accompanying blog will follow soon at www.fieryrockets.blogspot.com

Monday, 18 June 2012

Festivals and Poetry

Two new Fiery Rockets Videos now live!



"The Edge" - a piece of spoken word based on a true story, by myself, Gemma Connell.

Photos by Francesca Hughes of The Big Walrus (www.bigwalrus.co.uk) and Music From Rainy Skies Magazine (www.musicfromrainyskiesmagazine.com)

An accompanying blog will follow at www.fieryrockets.blogspot.com



I reviewed the Manchester stop of the Dot-to-Dot Festival for Music From Rainy Skies (www.musicfromrainyskiesmagazine.com). Here's some footage from the bands we saw:

Patterns
Turbowolf
Wonder Villains
2:54
A Plastic Rose
Pure Love
Dog is Dead
The Drums

An accompanying blog will follow at www.fieryrockets.blogspot.com

Sunday, 10 June 2012

Life on both sides of the curtain...

Three new Fiery Rockets videos now live!



A new poem, entitled "Second Frame" by myself, Gemma Connell.



The second stop in my Tour Diaries series - I talk through the Chester performance of Cheshire Dance and Walk The Plank's "The Moment When..." - a community dance and pyrotechnics spectacular that formed the finale of the Olympic Torch Celebrations in Chester on Tuesday 29th May, 2012.

My role in this project is that of Groups Coordinator - coordinating and recruiting over 10,000 dancers to be part of the project as a whole. I also served as a Stage Manager during the performance.




I reviewed BEACHED Festival in Manchester for Music from Rainy Skies (www.musicfromfrainyskiesmagazine.com) and here's a little showcase of the bands we saw that day.

They Royals
Sam Haine and The Blood Flames
Little Volcanoes
Bluebird Kid Clark
Hey Sholay
The Minx
John Ainsworth
Seeing Hester
Kid British
The Jessie Rose Trip
The Whip
The Futureheads

Accompanying blogs will follow soon at www.fieryrockets.blogspot.com

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Legoland Adventures!

Big Kids on a Big Adventure! A Journey through Legoland in April of 2012!

An accompanying blog is now live at www.fieryrockets.blogspot.com

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

In the studio...



A short piece of improvisation playing around with mirrors and reflections in the studio. An accompanying blog will follow at www.fieryrockets.blogspot.com



A contemporary dance performed to an Untitled poem of mine. An accompanying blog will follow soon at www.fieryrockets.blogspot.com

Friday, 9 March 2012

UNLEASHED Rehearsal Footage - Broken Rose teach Warwick Street Vibe

Broken Rose Artistic Director, Gemma Connell, runs a 6 hour workshop for Warwick University's Street Vibe, in preparation for their yearly show UNLEASHED in March 2012.

If you'd like Gemma to run workshops such as this one for your group, please contact brokenroseperformance@googlemail.com

www.brokenrose.eu

Disclaimer: Broken Rose does not claim to own any of the music used in this video.

Music mixed by DJ ABD.