cold rolling

image of iron atom

tanja — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:38:20 +0000

movement of iron atoms

tanja — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:28:08 +0000

Heating steel during the cold rolling process (continuous annealing) facilitates the movement of iron atoms. Interesting article.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/magnet3.htm

workshop 2 with Ebbw Vale Male Choir

tanja — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:53:54 +0000

I made my second visit to the EVMC yesterday. I initially listened to the choir as the men worked very hard to learn new parts of the Cold Rolling score. Later, we added a simple movement task – turning on the spot whilst singing – which changed how I was listening to the music. I felt moved. I am becoming more and more intrigued by the delicate interaction between voice and movement and how the choice of movement influences the emotion in the voice.

We also revisited rhythmic walking from the previous workshop. It was wonderful to see how much more confident the members of the choir were this time and more able to multi-task. My plan is to build on the rhythms we already know and use them to explore simple but effective formations.

video 3 – studio work jan & feb

tanja — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:39:22 +0000

3rd part of cold rolling process – temper rolling

tanja — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:49:23 +0000

http://www.csc.com.tw/csc_e/pd/prs20.htm

2nd part of cold rolling process – continuous annealing

tanja — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:36:15 +0000

http://www.jfe-21st-cf.or.jp/chapter_3/3c_5.html

1st part of cold rolling process – pickling & tandem mill

tanja — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:32:41 +0000

http://www.voestalpine.com/stahl/en/site/downloads/plant_brochures.ContentPar.6004.File.tmp/BeizeTandem_E.pdf

cold rolling machine

tanja — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:15:31 +0000

http://www.industry.siemens.com/industrysolutions/metals-mining/en/metals/cold_rolling/Pages/home.aspx?stc=wwiis320440

video 2 – workshop with Ebbw Vale Male Choir

tanja — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:57:18 +0000

workshop with Ebbw Vale Male Choir

tanja — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:16:56 +0000

Last Friday I visited the rehearsals of Ebbw Vale Male Choir in their home town. I was very warmly welcomed, but I sensed slight anxiety amongst the choir members about the movement workshop that I was going to lead at the end of their rehearsals.

For many this was the first time they had been asked to move whilst singing and it took some time to get used to the idea. My purpose for working with the choir is to find choreographic connection points between the choir and the dancers and to be able to move the choir around the performance location. In this workshop, I focused on the choir identifying and syncing the basic rhythm of walking with singing. I feel that this was beneficial to the singers as they seemed to gain more confidence not just in their physicality but in their singing too.

This was a good start. My plan is to play more with rhythms and simple pedestrian movements and slowly build the singers’ ability to multi-task.