http://www.lauraegginton.co.uk/news Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:49:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm really happy about a recent collaboration with awesome fire-staff juggling guru, Tim Marston. I am the newest addition to his Juggling Inferno team, and have just been commissioned to create at least 5 new pieces of choreography for them. 6th June was my first performance with the group, and it ... http://www.lauraegginton.co.uk/news/?p=16 Currently studying FdA in Dance Theatre Performance with Plymouth University and Bristol Community Dance Centre. The course trains in: Contemporary Dance Technique Choreography Dance Improvisation Community Dance (workshops) Physical Theatre Contact Dance Plus of course research in dance history, anatomy and fitness training, and general performance techniques. Its a fantastic course and extremely useful training for me. I'm ... http://www.lauraegginton.co.uk/news/?p=14 Jan - April 2007 These 3 months of training, performing and teaching in Rio de Janeiro included capoeira with Mestre Marrom, acrobatics with 'Intrepida Trupe', contemporary dance with the 'Deborah Colker' school, circus skills and fire performance with 'Trupe Coringa' plus a host of dance and gymnastics courses from around the ... http://www.lauraegginton.co.uk/news/?p=13 Nov 18th 2006 Blast is a BBC initiative encouraging 13-19 year olds throughout the UK to get into dance, film, art, writing and music. In an hour-long special presenting innovative dance-forms and dance groups from the UK and abroad, Chimaera members were requested to showcase the art of fire-spinning for ... http://www.lauraegginton.co.uk/news/?p=3 Oct 11th - 20th 2006 I was asked to be part of this exciting project as lead choreographer for a newly-formed Swiss fire-spinning group. After discussing themes, music and visual ideas for a 20 minute show, I was given free reign to create the piece and its soundtrack. From the 11 ... http://www.lauraegginton.co.uk/news/?p=5 October 2006 The sleepy village of Hay-on-Wye in North Wales was roused into a frenzy for the re-launch of a popular tradition, Hay on Fire. An open-air event involving live percussion, interactive theatre and a large-scale breathtaking fire display. Chimaera co-ordinated and led the fire spinning elements of this awe-inspiring event, which ... http://www.lauraegginton.co.uk/news/?p=4 Aug 13th - 15th 2006 Uber Europe was the fourth in a series of master-class workshops that have taken place around the world in the last year and a half, specializing in the field of spinning juggling, specifically poi, fire staff and meteor. The three days of intensive workshops that structured ... http://www.lauraegginton.co.uk/news/?p=6