Week
2 of the tour saw the company returning to our hometown of Hereford. We had received an email from Tamsin a few
days before travelling up, saying that Dan had hurt his knee and be prepared to
make changes to the pieces if needed, but although high on very strong
antibiotics and pain killers he managed to soldier through.
There
is something special about performing in front of your friends and family but
this one was especially important for me as my mum came to watch me dance for
the 1st time in 4 years. It is quite weird performing at The
Courtyard Arts Centre though because it’s where the company office is based
which made the day feel like a rehearsal day at first, but once the performance
started there was an electric atmosphere that really can’t be described. After
the show it was nice to catch up with our friends and family and a lot of the Zoo
venue staff from Edinburgh as a lot of them live in or around Hereford.
The
next day saw us travelling to Loughborough or as Hugh likes to call it
Looga-Barooga. The stage there is quite
small which meant spending a lot of time re working the 3 pieces to make them
fit into the space, which we then had to perform while trying to remember these
changes. Something which I don’t really like doing as you have to concentrate
in a different way while still trying to keep you performance head on. After
the performance we all went for a Curry because it was the closest day we had
together to my birthday. I was given a
nice bottle of whiskey and a really cool dragster car model kit as presents. So thank you to the guys Tamsin and James for
making it a special day.
Jake Nwogu
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