Roedd o'n ymarferon cyntaf ar y brosiect i ni yma yng Nghymru. Roedd y neuadd yn mor oer oedd ein traed a dwylo yn ddideimlad ac oedd o'n bosib i weld ein anadl! Ond mae'n mis Ionawr a mae hi'n Gymru felly heb cwyno dechreuodd yr ymarfer!
Rydyn ni wedi chwarae o gwmpas efo camau o glocsio ac efo'r syniadau o sut chi'n meddwl am rhythym pan chi'n dawnsio. Roeddem ni'n son am pan rydyn ni'n glocsio mae'r gamau yn creu rhan o'r alaw, mae ganddyn nhw berthynas symbiotig. 
Roeddem ni'n chwarae hefyd o syniadau o be allwn ni wneud efo'r delyn a dawns, cadw'r syniad o'r rhythm o'r dawns a'r rhythm o'r gerddoriaeth.
Mae wedi bod yn gyfroes i ddechrau ar y brosiect a ddechrau yn y le efo syniadau rydyn ni wedi meddwl amdam ers erioed. 


This weekend was our first rehearsals for the project here in Wales. The hall was so cold our hands and feet were numb and we could see our breath! But it is Wales in January so we started!
We have been playing with clogging steps and ideas of how we think about rhythm when we're dancing. We were talking about how when we are clogging the steps create part of the  tune, they have a symbiotic relationship. 
We also played with ideas of what we could do with the harp and dance, keeping the idea of the rhythm of the dance and the rhythm of the music.
It's been great to start the project and start in the space with ideas we've thought about for a while. 

Pan oeddwn i'n wneud dipyn bach o ymchwil heddiw ffeindiais i y fideo hon o fy nhad yn ddawnsio efo Ddawnswyr y Fedwen Fai ar S4C yng Nghaernarfon, dwi'n meddwl 1991.
When I was doing some research today I found this video of my dad dancing with Dawnswyr y Fedwen Fai on S4C in Caernarfon, I think 1991.
Quando eu estava fazendo alguma pesquisa hoje, eu encontrei este video antigo do pai dancando com Dawnswyr y Fedwen Fai em Caernarfon, eu acho 1991.

Cawsom ni ymarfer yn Llangernyw heddiw. Oeddwn ni'n chwarae efo symydiau o glocsio ac yn fyrfyfyr efo'r telyn. Dyma dipyn bach o glocsio i chi mwynhau.
Today we had a rehearsal in Llangernyw, we were playing with movements of clogging  and improvising with the harp. Here is a little bit of clogging for you to enjoy.

Brigyn are a Welsh folk band from Snowdonia. Below is their lovely song Pioden

Ceri Rimmer is a dancer, designer and harpist from North Wales. Below is an extract of a film that was a collaboration between Ceri, myself and composer James Kelly. The dancers are myself and Ceri and James composed the soundtrack from a recording of Ceri playing the harp.
Will Thorburn is a dancer and capoeira teacher currently living in Scotland. See below for a video of him in action.

Feinho is a capoeira teacher within Centro Cultural Senzala Rio de Janeiro. he also specialises in teacher popular dance forms from Brazil including Jongo and Puxada de Rede. 

Ruan de Vargas and Pedro Reis are capoeiristas and musicians from Rio de Janeiro.  

With support and funding from the Arts Council of Wales, De Montfort University and Senzala UK, I will be collaborating on a project that will look at heritage and culture from two very different nations, Wales and Brazil. The project explores communication and how we can share our culture with others. How do we identify where we belong through our culture and and how can we use this to show others who we are and where we come from?