Today everyone wore blue. This made our mirroring and following activity extra special for the Go Pro (a clever bit of equipment that takes a photo every ten seconds). Everyone took a chance to lead and follow then we all danced in unison, not knowing who was our leader. It was fantastic to see everyone moving together as one last week and this week was even better!

After we’d mirrored and followed as a whole group I had to get into the spotlight. Wendy led an arts activity whilst I literally just danced, I improvised there and then. I’ve never done anything like that with so many eyes watching, but I soon forgot about them and got into the moment as we had with the mirroring and following beforehand. After I’d danced I had the chance to see the drawings everyone had produced.

I was really pleased to see that everyone’s different drawing styles and interpretations had shone through. Wendy had asked the group to draw my movements, the shapes I made with my body and the shapes I made in the air. The outcome was different for everyone.

We then made shadows with the drawing. It was exciting to see the drawings enlarged and layered on top of each other. This is definitely something we would like to explore more in future sessions!