Saturday 26 March 2011

home is whenever i'm with you

today i had the intense feeling that i just want to go home. it started out as a measly craving for the american little debbie cake, and then it turned into a pouring of wanting to go home. especially so that i can actually walk during graduation. or is it even a big deal? i will be graduating, but i just won't be there to experience that feeling of walking across that stage shaking hands with shirley raines,and the other administration. hmm. i guess it will be ok. i just have to keep telling myself it will be ok. education was/is such a big deal to my parents, but they definitely understood when we were talking on the phone about me possibly coming home just to graduate. wow. i can imagine the immense amount of jet-lag and shock i would experience during that period of time. i can only dream, because it will not be happening for me. it will be ok.
today i went to the marelybone dance center and took my first 50/50 technique ballet class(from the same teacher who has taught me floor barre) since i have been in London. i have been introduced to floor barre which has been a whole different language to me. floor barre focuses on alignment. like really focuses on alignment. it allows you to feel certain positions within your body that you wouldn't normally feel. i guess that is good, but i always feel like i am doing it wrong, so i don't know beneficial it has been to me. haha. but i will be taking this ladies classes until the end of the semester. so we will see. i feel like one day i will gain a new way of placing my body...but we will see...only time will tell...
only two more days to my audition for the london school of contemporary dance....
I am thinking about the girl, lea sussman, who told me about this school two summers ago at the american dance festival, and now i am in london auditioning for a place in the school. so blessed. may god's will be done in all things. amen.

Sunday 20 March 2011

lay me down safe

wow. so i have been meaning to take pictures with pouncer my school mascot. isn't it cool he is in london? but i will soon. i promise. he just doesn't fit everywhere. and i feel like people will think i am insane for carrying around this animal. but who cares what the world thinks right? haha.
i just recently got accepted into ballet black's associate program. which is just a program that allows young dancers like me to take class by their company members and the artistic director. i had my first class today at the royal opera house and it was so refreshing. it has been about a month since i have taken a normal ballet class, since the ones at kingston are floor barre. whch is very interesting. but the class today was great. their is just something so special about a live acompanist. it does something to me. makes me so excited. loving every minute of the class.
it's been so long.
lay me down safe was a new piece that kate weare premiered on the scottish dance theatre at the place last friday. wow. such an incredible work. i wanted to go back and see the show again,  but i thought that may be a little obsessive...i probably should have though...but it's cool.that was a great company of dancers. so delicate and soft in their moments. i saw so many qualities and efforts of movements when i was watching this company perform. very intriguing night..
networking is real.
from this day onward..i will make more of an effort to write. i found myself  not reflecting. and i like reflection.
for now it is good bye.
crystal fighters
rubbish
knackered
loo
mum
hoover
tap
details
diary
mobile
uni
smart
posh
pardon
mate
brev
just a few new words...
english pancakes are gross. ihop for the win.