Here's the feedback for the event on 27 November:
Written comments after performance:
I never realised that sport could be so exciting! The young dancers in the section ‘Dancing on
Together’ were an explosion of energy that took my breath away.
I also enjoyed the presentation by Palm where poetry and
prose was sensitively presented, sometimes giving food for thought with a new
take on sporting activity.
Really enjoyed this evening. Quality performances but with a
touch of the personal too.
Fantastic. More please.
Excellent well
done everyone.
Great for its sustained intensity!
Very good and impressive performances by the group.
Enjoyed most of it –especially the choreographed movement.
Really, Really Really uplifting - very entertaining!
A great evening’s entertainment!
What an evening! I didn’t think anything sporty could be
that entertaining.
Great level of performances and humour.
A grippingly entertaining performance- each different part
was well-rehearsed, thoughtful and full of imagination.
Superb.
Very entertaining if a little loud.
A very enjoyable varied programme. Not a dull moment.
Many thanks to all those who have worked for this absolutely
wonderful event. Great work! Keep
it up.
An excellent evening - superb performance by all. Can we have
more of these events please? Well done to all organisers.
What an entertaining and interesting evening.
Comments by email:
Just wanted to say how much I
enjoyed last night’s eclectic and very entertaining programme. I
think I experienced nearly every emotion: which has to be a good test of an
evening’s entertainment.
The Phoenix Dance piece was beautifully choreographed and Leeds Met MA
Performance students’ performance was witty and clever. A great evening.
Really good, high quality performances from all the
performers.
Letter in Yorkshire Evening Post 30 November:
Dear Sir,
The great thing about Leeds
is that it produces quality. Leeds United scored once on Tuesday evening
November 27th at Elland Road but also a second time at St Chad’s
Parish Hall in Headingley where nine young dancers from Phoenix Dance Theatre
wearing Leeds United shirts gave a performance of ‘Score’ that would have made
Neil Warnock proud. Along with their colleagues spirited performance of
‘Dancing with Rhinos’ the evening of sport and art with the title ‘On Your
Marks’ got off to a rousing start. From the young to the slightly more mature
we were royally entertained by Palm Ensemble, students and staff from the
performing arts programme of Leeds Metropolitan University whose mixture of
wit, poetry and song and professionalism has been recognised at festivals
across Europe. There were also guest singers, John Kilburn, Maria Sandle and
Phil Widger a local folk singer whose rendition of his own clever amusing work
must surely require wider recognition. St. Chad would have been proud.
I suspect so was Doug Sandle who had put so much effort not
only into this event but also the one day conference on sport in art called
Field of Vision at Headingley Carnegie Stadium. Accompanying that event is a
splendid exhibition of ceramic sculptures of footballers, rugby players and
athletes by Mandy Long displayed in the stadium café until December 6th.
Yorkshire has so much to be proud of in this Olympic Year. I think I will have
to pop down to the café to see if I can find an appropriate memento.
Yours sincerely
Jeffrey Sherwin (Dr)
On Tuesday 15 January, Sheila Chapman, Chair of
Headingley LitFest committee, accompanied by Sally Bavage, LitFest Fundraiser, was pleased and proud to accept a cheque from
local Co-operative Community Fund representatives Jean and Ken Martin. The money, which comes from members’
donations of all or part of their share of the profits, has been voted to us to
support our first Youth Fringe day, on Saturday 29 June at the
Heart Centre in Headingley.
