I am back! Yes, I did not fall of the face of the earth, I am still here, alive, and in fact, very well! I moved to Tallahassee, Florida end of August and have been going to Florida State University ever since. Puh! That dance program is a lot of work. I had a research class in which I presented my research on the use of repetition in choreography tied to my latest choreography with Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder (the songs on the death of Children). I worked with a group of 12 dancers on 2 choreograpies, participated in Nutcracker as a choreographer, teacher, and dancer (sugar Plum fairy for the children's show), and danced 6 shows of the swanlake queen solo. I also shoot some original footage of a dancer and created a 10 min moovie with soundtrack. I learned how to make posters too. Besides that I went to 3 h technique classes every day and Sheila Humphreys coached me in Sugar Plum variation. I also got to learn and perform a choreography by well known Nancy Smith-Fichter--the legend and initiator really of this dance department, and I already got to meet Suzanne Farrell and LOVE her classes!
Now, below are some pics of my trip to NY on my way to Tallahassee in August. I have been witing for years to buy pointe shoes at the Freed outlet store in NY, where I coiuld try all the shoes on to know what I needed instead of having to send them back and forth through the mail. I initially wanted to do some sight seeing, at least see Ground Zero and the Statue of Liberty, but can you believe it...I had not time. I had to get my shoes figured out and it took me three hours on one day and 4 the next. After that I was sooo groggy, besides Jet Lag and being intimidated to not go out too much at certain times, because after all this is NY and a big intimidating city! Let me tell you, first I was soooo overwhealmed by all the stimuli around me that it took me 10 min to figure out where I was and where I was going in on the subway. This was a big step, all by myself. Next fall I am probably going to live in NY for a semester for part of my studies...
At the "Kiosk" where Tante always bought me a pink marshmellow waffle sandwich.Mmmmm!
Schyrenstrasse is the street I lived on
Number 9. My house. My it looked old, dirty and small. Not the way I saw and experienced it as a kid at all! I know my mother contributed a lot to it feeling light and neat.
New York, New York!
YES! I did need my pinkie finger to make that decision! Duh! Just look at the beautiful foot though!
Because I did not get to do any sight seeing, I asked the lady in the stoor to take some pics of me for my book of rememberance. Sight-seeing pictures of the Freed store in NY!
And you get to see them all, because they are my only pics from NY!
