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Irrational Fears of Instagram Posts.

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It's been one whole year since the start of restrictions in the UK, and what a year it has been... Lockdown 1.0 provided a well-needed break from hectic lives, and opportunities to delve into a digital world of dancing for Instagram posts and joining world-wide Zoom classes. There was the element of the unknown back then; a shared, naive misjudgement that things would be back to normal within a month, and we would resume as before.  Lockdown, particularly on Instagram, opened up a space to share to the world that dancing was still happening, regardless of access to studios. An ode to "no self-judgement" was made by many; assurances to followers that it was all a working progress and improvements were being made. A space to share new skills, new work-outs, new ways of moving - a desperate plea for the industry to stay connected, despite inevitable interruption.   Guilty of this myself, I felt the invisible push to post content that provided evidence that I not only was dan
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Working for Exposure.

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 In June of last year I had an article published in the The Independent , which highlighted the many struggles that the UK dance industry had suffered as a result of the pandemic. Now, almost eight months later, the situation remains virtually the same. Our beloved theatres and performance spaces have been closed for nearly a year now, leaving the hundreds of creatives who occupy them out of work.  As a 2020 graduate, I have had no opportunity as of yet to work in the industry that I have trained in since the age of three. Auditions and opportunities are scarce, with only a limited few being hired for new productions, that may or may not happen within the next year. Dancers, however, are particularly open to finding new ways of maintaining their practice. We are driven by our commitment to our craft and find few excuses to give it up, even though the country has been in lockdown for the majority of the past year. Whilst work is not coming in, spirits remain high.  An Instagram account
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