"When I miss class for one day, I know it. When I miss class for two days, my teacher knows it. When I miss class for three days, the audience knows it."
-Rudolf Nureyev
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Fun in February
At last!! The long-awaited post is here! Oh well... (some of us are busy running around the city in tights and pointe shoes, you know!) :-)
Sitting here enjoying the last parts of the afternoon and listening to some good jazz. I went to the Trader Joe's of Brooklyn - it was really amazing. That store has everything. A historic landmark building, it used to be a bank. The interior and ceiling height is very similar to Grand Central Station. I won't even consider shopping anywhere else. Everyone is really nice and I actually had a good time (though I had not even wanted to go out.) It's only a few stops away and then not a long walk from the subway. So now I'm stocked up again for a little while at least - but am looking forward to going back - huge selection and amazingly low prices. Fun!
This past week was pretty good, though I physically didn't feel that great. I felt sluggish, leaden, under some sort of haze... I couldn't really shake it. Hopefully this week will be better. In the middle of last week also I awoke in the morning to incredible soreness in my legs. Nasty - and no particular reason for it, either! It of course affected everything else for the rest of the week. Ugg.
The really nice day was Friday, though - the temperature went up and I (wisely) abandoned my coat. It was an absolutely gorgeous day - warm, more moisture/humidity in the air, breezy, sunny - just delightful! One of our classes in the afternoon ended up being canceled - something with the teacher - so most of us stepped outside for a little while and walked around a bit. It was a scandalous luxury to be free in the afternoon sun and wind! It was funny how liberating it felt. I can't describe how truly nice it was. Gorgeous day. We had to go from one studio to the other several times during that day, so we were out and about a bit, which was really pleasant. And then I caught a train home that evening and went to class and rehearsal for Carnival the next day - where I was thoroughly exhausted - aching, tired, hurting feet and feeling like I was made of lead. I somehow made it through the day, thank goodness I feel "fairly" normal today.
So that's a little blurb on the past few days. Things here at the apartment are going very well. It's a basement apartment... an amazingly large space for one person! I am so grateful for the support, interest, and generosity of so many people to get me here. I'm working so much harder and better on more sleep and less stress (and don't forget, MUCH less commute!). I'm really starting to love the city - feeling comfortable and like home...
And now that I'm no longer commuting by bus etc I'm going to try to bring a smaller bag with less items tomorrow (don't plan on being prepared for getting stranded anymore!). Time to go organize!
Sitting here enjoying the last parts of the afternoon and listening to some good jazz. I went to the Trader Joe's of Brooklyn - it was really amazing. That store has everything. A historic landmark building, it used to be a bank. The interior and ceiling height is very similar to Grand Central Station. I won't even consider shopping anywhere else. Everyone is really nice and I actually had a good time (though I had not even wanted to go out.) It's only a few stops away and then not a long walk from the subway. So now I'm stocked up again for a little while at least - but am looking forward to going back - huge selection and amazingly low prices. Fun!
This past week was pretty good, though I physically didn't feel that great. I felt sluggish, leaden, under some sort of haze... I couldn't really shake it. Hopefully this week will be better. In the middle of last week also I awoke in the morning to incredible soreness in my legs. Nasty - and no particular reason for it, either! It of course affected everything else for the rest of the week. Ugg.
The really nice day was Friday, though - the temperature went up and I (wisely) abandoned my coat. It was an absolutely gorgeous day - warm, more moisture/humidity in the air, breezy, sunny - just delightful! One of our classes in the afternoon ended up being canceled - something with the teacher - so most of us stepped outside for a little while and walked around a bit. It was a scandalous luxury to be free in the afternoon sun and wind! It was funny how liberating it felt. I can't describe how truly nice it was. Gorgeous day. We had to go from one studio to the other several times during that day, so we were out and about a bit, which was really pleasant. And then I caught a train home that evening and went to class and rehearsal for Carnival the next day - where I was thoroughly exhausted - aching, tired, hurting feet and feeling like I was made of lead. I somehow made it through the day, thank goodness I feel "fairly" normal today.
So that's a little blurb on the past few days. Things here at the apartment are going very well. It's a basement apartment... an amazingly large space for one person! I am so grateful for the support, interest, and generosity of so many people to get me here. I'm working so much harder and better on more sleep and less stress (and don't forget, MUCH less commute!). I'm really starting to love the city - feeling comfortable and like home...
And now that I'm no longer commuting by bus etc I'm going to try to bring a smaller bag with less items tomorrow (don't plan on being prepared for getting stranded anymore!). Time to go organize!
Gaia Dance Collective: Gaia Performs "Carnival of the Animals"
(Come see me perform in the solo role of Mermaid!)
SUNY Orange Lyceum
presents
Gaia Dance Collective
in
Liz Geyer’s production of
presents
Gaia Dance Collective
in
Liz Geyer’s production of
"Carnival of the Animals"
On Sunday March 6th, 2011
Tickets are $5 at the door.
Students - Free Admission.
Students - Free Admission.
For more information call 845-341-4891
Music by
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Quick update
So very sore as I write this. And tired. I'd say I am getting sick but I don't really feel sick. Just really sore!!
Classes have been great - I have felt an enormous amount of progress over the past two weeks - exciting!
And now I'm staying at an apartment in Brooklyn (thanks to the intercession of a friend of a friend of a friend)! It's really amazing and has changed my life. No more crazy early & late commute hours and fighting exhaustion. It takes me half an hour to commute - instead of often 3 times that!
More to come soon, just wanted to give a quick update. I'll share more on the weekend when I won't be so busy!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
DanceQuote 13
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.”
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
Monday, February 7, 2011
Seeing Dance From the Cheap Seats
From the New York Times
"For Friday’s Weekend section, Claudia La Rocco is writing about seeing dance performances from the cheapest seats of some of New York’s important halls. As it happened, all four of The Times’s dance critics were in attendance at the Sunday matinee of City Ballet at the David H. Koch Theater. Roslyn Sulcas and Gia Kourlas in orchestra, the chief critic Alastair Macaulay a level up in the First Ring, and Ms. LaRocco in the Fourth Ring (specifically, three rows from the very top of the theater). As it turns out, it does make a difference but it’s not necessarily what you think. "
Friday, February 4, 2011
DanceQuote12
“Finally, there is a pointe shoe that makes no noise! They are completely quiet in running steps and landings from jumps. In addition, Gaynor Mindens have a gracefully tapered vamp allowing the line of the leg and foot to become one. The tip of the box is completely flat making the shoe truly excellent for balancing and turning.
To me, the most beautiful characteristic of this shoe is that it allows the artist to whisper.”
- Gelsey Kirkland
Former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet and American Ballet TheatreCo-Director of The Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet
on Gaynor Minden pointe shoes
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