Here is a sneak peek at some behind the scenes rehearsal footage from Combination Dance. Their latest project 'Harmony of the Sea' is an original duet inspired by the powerful poem 'Last Snowman' by the poet laureate Simon Armitage. The piece focuses on #ClimateChange and is performed by Chloe Mead and Eric LaRue Shiring. Choreographed by Anne-Marie Smalldon, soundtracked by Phillip Smethurst and in association with The Countryside Charity, Ursuline Prep School and RichDance.

 
He drifted south

   down an Arctic seaway

      on a plinth of ice, jelly tots

weeping lime green tears

   around both eyes,

      a carrot for a nose

(some reported parsnip),

   below which a clay pipe

      drooped from a mouth

that was pure stroke-victim.

   A red woollen scarf trailed

      in the meltwater drool

at his base, and he slumped

   to starboard, kinked,

      gone at the pelvis.

From the buffet deck

   of a passing cruise liner

      stag and hen parties shied

Scotch eggs and Pink Ladies

   as he rounded the stern.

      He sailed on between banks

of camera lenses

   and rubberneckers,

      past islands vigorous

with sunflower and bog myrtle

   into a bloodshot west,

      singular and abominable.
— Last Snowman By Simon Armitage
 
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