Sally Marie

Director of Sweetshop Revolution.

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And this beauty!

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A little overwhelmed and very happy with these beautiful pictures of #IAm8 at @BarryMemo from Amy Azais. We can't wait to share it with audiences in West Wales @TorchTheatre & @aberystwytharts

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Josie in blue and Alex in pink:) Just love it when the costumes arrive. Minnie Sandbach - designer and Angharad Gamble who made the costumes / and so beautifully:)
Dancers Josie & Alex
#IAm8
@TorchTheatre @aberystwytharts

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Divija in iridescent green on white and then a sweater with detachable pom poms! Minnie Sandbach - #designer & #costumes made by Angharad Gamble
@TorchTheatre @aberystwytharts
Performances on 7th & 24th June respectively #IAm8. It’s for children aged 3-11 & adults of any age

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Thanks also to @BarryMemo for inviting 100 children to our first show. And for @TorchTheatre and Tim - who leads the youth theatre, for being so supporting & so giving... And also to @aberystwytharts - for bringing in so many children:) @Arts_Wales_ thankyou always too.

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There was a moment at the end of one workshop, when I asked, 'who here gets to do dance or study music?', and four children out of 50 put their hands up. It's not a given that all children have access to culture and to the arts. I find this incredibly sad....

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Which is why dance companies offering workshops can be such a beautiful thing... Josie Sinnadurai Alex Love, Divija Melally, Marine, Tournet,@jpowellmain , Reece Denham were all wonderful leading the workshops for #IAm8

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One of their teachers sat next to me during one workshop or #IAm8 fand I noticed he was crying. (It wasn't long after Covid). He said, 'I've just never seen them look so happy.'

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Sometimes I think about the people who decide educative policy in relation children and dance. The thing is... why wouldn't you want something that gives them such joy and that they love so much?

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What a lovely review! Diolch @EntsSouthWales for coming to see #IAm8 at @BarryMemo .
We're off to #Pembrokeshire next, at @TorchTheatre on 7th June, before our final date at @aberystwytharts on 24th.
https://t.co/mg6vdVUqaR
@AberOnline @WTelegraph @WesternHerald @Arts_Wales_

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#covid #research #into #how it #affected their #lives and so a piece that answers what happened… with the #hopes and #dreams of the #children #we met #stage. The piece is for the #mums #dads as much as their little ones (3 and 11 years old).

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Looking at pics of the workshops we did with primary school children. Here's composer
@frankmoonmusic leading a sound workshop with
some of the students. Frank has made such a gorgeous score for #IAm8’, though he was just as full of magic in the workshops too.
📸 @JorgeLizalde

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The next two shows of @Iam8 are at @TorchTheatre 7th June and @aberystwytharts 24th June. #ThankYou to @Arts_Wales_ who have made all of this possible, and @barrymemo as well. #kidstheatre #dance #dancetheatre #iam8

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Lovely photos from our performances @BarryMemo from our costume maker Angharad Gamble. Just look at Grant Barden's lighting! It's like the dancers are bathed in sherbet.
@TorchTheatre & @aberystwytharts next month 😊

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Lovely Marine is injured, we all hope she gets well very soon. This means that we have a new team member for #IAm8. Rose Nobel Booth will be joining us for the performance at @BarryMemo tomorrow. Rose is originally from Australia, & completed her training at @rambertschool .

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Delighted to have spotted this lovely interview piece in the #WesternMail yesterday. It makes it very real that #IAm8 opens this Wednesday. Many thanks @Jen_L_White
@BarryMemo @TorchTheatre @aberystwytharts

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@WTelegraph Many thanks for helping us to spread the word about #IAm8 at @TorchTheatre

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Here is Josie, completely brilliant person. She is the producer of #IAm8 & she's in it! She has 3 premiere's in the next 2 months as a dancer. 1 in contemporary, 1 percussion and another she has choreographed herself which is flamenco. Here she is 8 years ago when we first met.

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More lovely coverage for #IAm8 in Wales. Thank you @entsouthwales for sharing this! @BarryMemo @TorchTheatre @aberystwytharts @Arts_Wales_