hard work + waiting = very frustrated leigh!

I feel like i have been busting my ass! im working so insanely hard at the moment! Lots going on!

Well my album has just launched worldwide on Itunes, which is exciting and extremely nerve- wrecking! Its a collection of songs that i have been working on for a very long time, so it feels good to finally see the finished product, only problem is, its electro music and that really isnt a very commercially viable product, i guess what you call a specific / target audience product. But hell i don't care, i am happy with it.

Should have really slept more tonght... i have a music video to shoot today , should last about 5 + hours so, im gonna look slightly rough no doubt!

Did a very interesting casting today for a short film, 'we once were tide' , great concept, great script, great team.... even better competition! haha, i tried, it was an impro workshop audition, very scary, as im not exactly an actor. But great experience and i felt a learned a lot, but it knocked my confidence when i actually cast the film with two very appropriate guys before we started, the very two, that im almost certainly will do it, and i hope they do, they were so right for it and i know i will be so happy to see what the do with the roles, although i would have loved to do it, well, we shall see.... don't know till they say no!


Signing contracts for my gala show, its all a bit to high faluting! Have no idea what the hell its saying to me, so im just signing away!

God i need to start dating again! very bored... im so used to flirting, its a very Leigh thing and i fell like i've lost a little bit of Leigh's spark... so need to start getting out there and meeting new people.

NEED TO DATE! NEED TO GET MY SOCIAL LIFE BACK!

THE STARS OF THE ARTS

PRESS RELEASE FOR MY GALA SHOW TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE HAITI DISASTER...


Leigh Alderson Presents
'Stars of the Arts'
(in aid of the Haiti Appeal)
JUNE 19th 2010



A devastating earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, killing an estimated 50,000 and affecting at least one million people. The situation in the capital Port-au-Prince and other nearby areas is dire, with hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of assistance.

Stars of the Arts come together for one night only to raise money for the people of Haiti. Award winning professional ballet dancer Leigh Alderson, who trained at the Royal Ballet School, presents a collaboration of guests at The Market Place Theatre, Market Street,Armagh City
Co. Armagh, BT61 7BW on Saturday 19th June, where the audience will experience all the elements of art, music, dance, photography and fashion.

Conner Kerr and his models from FAUX FASHION will start the show with a fantastic presentation of the latest fashions, and dancers from the Donna Whitten Dance Studio where Leigh first trained will also feature in the show.



Dancers Kyle Davey, Eddie Pezzopane and Michael Munoz, will take to the stage with Leigh Alderson to perform a collection of stunning ballet and neo-classical pieces, including a new work created especially for the night called '4 C'hrome Songs, and by special permission, Gira Con Me choreographed by Alan Foley, former principal dancer and currently the Artistic Director of Cork City Ballet in Ireland.



There will be a special premiere of the Jerry Burns film ANGEL starring Leigh Alderson and Kyle Davey, a striking male ballet pas de deux choreographed by Leigh Alderson.

Also on the night will be a silent auction of Award winning Dublin-based photographer, Karin Pritzels remarkable photography and art, including a limited edition print of the award winning picture 'Flight of Freedom', used as the official muse for New York fashion designer Malan Bretons 2010 Spring Collection, featured at New York Fashion Week.



Famed singer/songwriter Jerry Burns (soundtracks include the hit motion pictures: Cruel Intentions, Crush, Le Femme Nikita, Walking and Talking and more recently ANGEL) will end the night with her magnificent music and vocals.



Tickets are available from the theatre –

Tel: 028 3752 1820
Box Office Tel:(0044) 028 3752 1821
Fax: (0044) 028 3752 1822

An Intro To My Land - Leigh Alderson Music Ltd 2010 (c)

Well, for about two years i have been messing around with several music programs , creating actual tracks of music from little tunes i used to play on the piano years ago...

I like electro music, i like music heavily based with synthetic sounds, i also like chill out music, so i tried to bend these qualities together, and for someone like me , who wouldn't consider themselves a proper music artist, i feel rather proud of what i have accomplished. It has always been a dream of mine to release music and create an album , as i have a lot of passion for music, as its a huge part of dance and of ballet.

So i feel like now i can almost put my hand to anything, so i' ve made one major New Year resolution , 'Achieve it all' - 2010 is the year i started to really achieve and get to work on all the projects i have passion for and love and become successful whilst being very happy...

i hope this is one resolution i can keep!

Here are some tracks from the album! enjoy!

TIS THE SEASON ... TO GET ILL ALL THE TIME!

Im up early today...

I feel absolutely awful! The drugs are starting to kick in... so i feel slightly better. But the FLU! AGAIN!!
I'm just about to start to Nutcracker! I don't need this...

Well anyway... im not available to do the drama film, but might be involved in the directors second film later next year, a jack the ripper movie!

My 'Flight of Freedom' picture, By the wonderful Karin Pritzel , who recently won Photographer 2 months running! Is now going to be auctioned off in Dublin ! To raise money for Operation Smile.

A great cause and a great idea, its so wonderful to be able to do more charity work.

I am looking forward to my birthday this year... i am hiring out a Bar in Portadown for a mad party! It will be the first time i will have ever really celebrated my birthday, so im very excited!

My 2009 So Far....

Ah Well! I didn't win The Award i was Nominated for: Arts Personality Of the Year 2009 for The Ulster Tatler People Of The Year Award....


There is always next year...

I have also auditioned for a drama film.... I really like the character that i auditioned for and right nowits between myself and another guy. The only problem is , time and availability.

I was told that it would be the first few weeks of Oct, which i have free, but now it could be November, Which is when im Guesting with Cork City Ballet and Ballet Russe to do the Christmas Classic Nutcracker.

Im Looking forward to starting dancing again,its been a few weeks! I took time off to do the Film 'Street Dance 3D' whic is due for release next year and had time off to do some charity work, and i have been doing some funraising for the Everychild Charity and also The Albert Kennedy Trust. Both great charities doing so much work fo children in very different ways and circumstances. Im very proud that i had a chance to do some good work for these charities.

But i can only volunteer my time for so long before i need to get back to work.

So although i didn't win my award, it was still a fabulous night and was very glamerous.

Next year! I'll be back with a vengence! ...... Just means i have to work harder!

SILVER SCREENING!

Wow, im so very excited! I have just been officially attached to be involved in Vertigo Films up-and-coming new feature length film! It is going to be called Streetdance!

Details at the moment are still a little sketchy, i have been told that shooting will start mid-August. I just cant wait, so whatever the size my involvement is in the film, i don't care, its my first feature film and the whole process will be so exciting!

More on that later...!

I just wrapped filming my first short independent film! Its very beautiful. Its a film of a piece that i choreographed to a song called 'Angel' By Jerry Burns, a wonderful and talented singer songwriter.

Jerry produced the film and it was directed by David Council, who directed Jerry in another one of his movies. The cast consisted of myself and my friend Kyle Davey, whom i dance with both in the movie and also at New English Contemporary Ballet. Its a male ballet pas de deux and i couldn't be happier with how the film ended up! Its simply stunning.

If you wish to see the film, it will be made available to purchase on ITUNES along with a short album of Jerry's music very soon.

The plan is to have the premier of the film in Glasgow and Edinburgh, then to release to film festivals worldwide !

Very excited about this too!

SLOW DOWN!

Wow, i have been so busy! I am back in Nottingham and its my first rest in a long time.

I was with New English Contemporary Ballet since March, been workin extremely hard with them to build and create a strong team of dancers and put together a wonderful selection of ballets.

We finished touring Mid-June and literally the next day i was down in London auditioning for a part in a new feature film. StreetDance. its the worlds first ever 3D dance movie , so it sounded too good to pass up.

After my short trip to London, i headed up to Glasgow, to meet some very dear and special friends, i brought with me fellow dancer from New English Contemporary Ballet, Kyle Davey.

Although i was very much looking forward to going back to Glasgow, as its such an amazing City,
i had work to do, four days rehearsal with Kyle do get a piece i choreographed in 2008 back into shape ready for filming so it could be made into a Film.

All a very exciting process. I love working infront of the camera!

The song i use is by a wonderful artist called Jerry Burns. Her wonderful songs have been the soundtrack to many a wonderful film :

Cruel Intentions - This Love (1999)

Crush - Angel (2001)

Walking & Talking - Wings Of Desire

- La Turbulence Des Fluides (Chaos and Desire) (2007)

to name a few! She is a wonderful woman, just magical. She is such a dear friend of mine and thats what made this project such a wonderful experience.

On board to direct was David Council, a wonderful film maker who had also cast Jerry in his film Art Therapy, and they are very dear friends, i had my dear friend Kyle performing in the film with me and of course working with jerry was a dream.

So we created a family and thats why tis project is special. I have seen a preliminary screening of the film and its is breathtakingly beautful. All the elements came together perfectly and we have achieved and creatd something beautiful.

The hope is to have the premiere in both Glasgow and Edinburgh, so watch this space!

Shortly after tha, i traveled to dublin to have a joint photoshoot with Karin Pritzel of Pritzel Photography. It was a hectic day! Lots of changes and different locastions, but the weather was stunning and we did a lot of it in the sea and on the beach , andi finally got a little colour!

I had a day off before i started working with my old dance school again at The Donna Whitten Dance Studio. As always it was an absolute pleasure! They worked extremely hard and it was nice to try and help progress these students. And they are very funny girls and can always make me smile!

I came back to Nottingham shortly after that for a little rest! I still have a lot to go, i will be joining New English Contemporary Ballet again to go on tour to the Ukraine , which will be so exciting and on returning to the Uk, i will fly over to cork to be a Guest Principal Dancer in Cork City Ballet's Nutcracker at the Cork Opera House in November.

All this with a another set of Ballet Master Classes at The Donna Whitten Dance School, shooting another Short Film with David Council and jerry Burns, possibly being in StreetDance the 3D movie, another photoshoot and a family reunion inbetween!

Im exhausted just thinking about it!