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This is an additional blog - the narrative of Scarlet Company's physical theatre piece for the Christmas shows...I was inspired and thought they might like to see their story in print...scroll down for my mainstream blog of this week - readiness... She knew it wasn’t going to be easy – committing to a career in dance was infamously difficult – she knew there were no short cuts…that every inch of progression was only achievable through hard work…but she was prepared to do it…prepared to work as hard as she could because of how dancing felt when she was truly absorbed by it…when she allowed herself to be entirely enslaved to it… To move, to leap, to fly, to glide, to dance, To connect with every living soul. No feeling like it, all thought entranced. Perfect placement, yet within the control Such freedom unfettered, beyond compare. Alive from finger tips to the ends of feet, Ev’ry nerve, ev’ry sinew, entirely aware, Knowing in that moment you are complete. A

Today’s blog is inspired by Alice …who has blogged twice for YTYT at the tender age of 7 and who I spotted at the start of yesterday’s run of Aladdin, when most members of the cast were still chattering and settling, stood perfectly poised and entirely ready…she made me catch my breath such was her level of maturity and concentration.   She also made me think that readiness was a very useful thing to blog about… I talk a lot about being ready in my workshops – in my school work I talk about being ready to learn…in my work with professional organisations about being ready to take on new ideas, to see things from a new perspective and in my drama workshops and rehearsals about being ready to work wholeheartedly and creatively…that actors should be ready to give themselves over to the process of making theatre… It is of course like so many things easier said than done but it makes a big difference when readiness is present – whatever the context – it means that the people in the

Alice Narey (not the little Alice of my blog - a slightly older but none the less delightful one) is our guest blogger this week: It finally feels like November…Halloween and bonfire night is done, the John Lewis   advert has aired and it's now socially acceptable to mention Christmas. But most importantly, Yew Tree’s Christmas shows are well under way. This week me and Tom finished choreographing our epic sword fight (and trust me it is epic, if you want to see me stick a sword through my legs and somehow make it look cool I'd advise buying tickets) and we also   had the pleasure of showing it to the younger side of Yew Tree – as well as getting   a sneak preview of their own Christmas production and I can tell you it’s   looking adorable! Then, I was lured into helping out at Black Company at the offer of free cake…I’m a sucker for home baked goods. Turns out, that was a pretty good decision, I saw faces I haven't seen in way too long and it was so lovely to ha