Day One: Colab begins with a bang!

...well it started with a brass fanfare but you get the idea.

Monday

10am - 1pm General Rehearsals

2pm - 3.30pm General Rehearsal (George Jackson to observe)

3.30. - 5.30pm Watch Fellini's La Strada

Today was a general rehearsal for the orchestra. We played through sections of the music, went over difficulties and got used to working together. 
In the next few days we will work with dancers and go into greater detail. This rehearsal was just about exploring the beautiful cinematic work that was new to all of us.

At the end of the afternoon we turned our rehearsal space into a makeshift cinema. Watching the 1954 movie (with subtitles!) on a projector screen. Tomorrow we will discuss the film, themes and music in more detail. The overacting and miming of playing the instruments might have got a view laughs from both dancers and musicians, but the heartbreaking ending and emotional trumpet theme struck all of us. See my first post for more about the film.