Maine State Ballet Choreographer's Concert
Whew - felt weird to go quiet after being so posty-posty the last few days!
Truth be told, I've been quite busy working on a new dance work for this:
My dance company, Neoteric Dance Collaborative, has a show this evening and tomorrow in Falmouth, Maine. If you are local, you should check it out. Only $12 a ticket to see live dance. That's probably less than a night at the movies when you factor in a $10 popcorn!
I wish I could report that this new piece has gone swimmingly and that the rehearsal process has been daffodils and roses. That is sadly not the case. What started out as a piece for six girls and two boys is now a dance for seven girls. I lost both of my guy dancers, getting every one in the same room at the same time for rehearsal has been next to impossible, and I only had three and a half solid rehearsals to pull out four minutes of all new choreography. I am more than a little scared as to how this is going to go tonight.
The other day I was complaining to one of my friends in my Stitch n' Bitch group, (the emphasis was heavy on the bitchin' that night), about how I wish I were a painter. If one of my tubes of paint went missing, it would be so easy to just go down to the store and buy another. When one of my dancer's doesn't show up to rehearsal...well, that's not so easy. It's a little hard to create something lovely, when you're missing your art supplies.
Anyways...just a bit of frustration on my end this week. The main reason I signed up for this showcase was to force myself to produce some new choreography, and I have. I intend for this four minute block to be the opening to a much longer work, and if I truly hate bits of it, I can always change it later. Thank goodness it's labeled a work in progress!
Wish me luck tonight!
Truth be told, I've been quite busy working on a new dance work for this:
My dance company, Neoteric Dance Collaborative, has a show this evening and tomorrow in Falmouth, Maine. If you are local, you should check it out. Only $12 a ticket to see live dance. That's probably less than a night at the movies when you factor in a $10 popcorn!
I wish I could report that this new piece has gone swimmingly and that the rehearsal process has been daffodils and roses. That is sadly not the case. What started out as a piece for six girls and two boys is now a dance for seven girls. I lost both of my guy dancers, getting every one in the same room at the same time for rehearsal has been next to impossible, and I only had three and a half solid rehearsals to pull out four minutes of all new choreography. I am more than a little scared as to how this is going to go tonight.
The other day I was complaining to one of my friends in my Stitch n' Bitch group, (the emphasis was heavy on the bitchin' that night), about how I wish I were a painter. If one of my tubes of paint went missing, it would be so easy to just go down to the store and buy another. When one of my dancer's doesn't show up to rehearsal...well, that's not so easy. It's a little hard to create something lovely, when you're missing your art supplies.
Anyways...just a bit of frustration on my end this week. The main reason I signed up for this showcase was to force myself to produce some new choreography, and I have. I intend for this four minute block to be the opening to a much longer work, and if I truly hate bits of it, I can always change it later. Thank goodness it's labeled a work in progress!
Wish me luck tonight!
Labels: ballet, choreography "Maine State Ballet, contemporary, event, jazz, modern, Neoteric Dance Collaborative
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