Key Stage One were working on a topic called Fire! Fire! so the workshop was based on the movement of flames and the events of The Great Fire of Gateshead.
Jo Temperly of the Bare Toed Company brought with her some fabulous resources - flame coloured chiffon scarves were used as emerging flickering, dancing flames that grew into raging winds and finally died down into slow moving embers. Sheets of lycra were used to create shapes emerging from burning buildings, movements to suggest frantic and controlled rescues were developed and a story in dance was slowly built up. The music Jo chose was perfect and we even gave her a rendition of our own thrilling dance to Kasabian's "Fire!" that we had been practising prior to her visit.
