A warm hello from a Fringe virgin.

After a short flight up from Bristol and a leather seated bus ride into Edinburgh's city centre, at last, I was here in Scotland, ready for the Fringe! As Adanna rightly said flying is rather glamorous, but if it's cheaper than the train, what ya gonna do?

I'm really excited to be here for a few reasons.
1: It's my first time to Edinburgh
2. It's my first time to the Festival
3. I'm really pleased to be working with and supporting Elephant Foot

So as an Edinburgh V I'm, gonna make the most of it! I've already been walking around, enjoying the sights of Edinburgh and I'm hoping to catch some Dance and Physical Theatre while I'm here. I'm only here for a couple of days but It's great to help prepare E.F for the mega month ahead.

We will be tweaking movement today in preparation for curtain up tonight. As Elephant Foot's Choreographer I've been working with 'Third', Saskia, most recently. We have been trying to find organic movements using the motion of Swing and an ABA structure. Her movement has a subtle weighting in the play that develops before us. It's important to fine tune even the smallest of shifts in her powerful silence.

The power of gesture is also something else that the whole group and I have been investigating. How much we say with our bodies is sometimes overlooked. We register meaning in movement and placement of movement beyond what is actually said. We are so used to reading body language subconsciously that what we think means something, can mean something else to another. Trying to find a harmonious balance between these associations and communicating a specific meaning is the fun of it all!

Ok, more to tell tomorrow. I'm off to enjoy a trek around the beautiful city of Edinburgh. Here's wishing Elephant Foot the best of luck for tonight!