morgana and i walked out this morning to a rehearsal at dance theatre workshop and were surprised to find how overdressed we were for the weather. it was very warm and felt like spring. we had on too many sweaters, leg warmers, scarves and jackets. i had only my denim jacket to wear over my sweater, but it was still too warm.
the warm weather called for an iced coffee or latte . . i usually never have iced drinks even in the summer, but i guess the odd weather called for odd behavior.
morgana's been a bit frustrated with her dance, but today she came up with the different movements to get through about 20 seconds of music that her teacher has been asking her to do for the past four rehearsals. she's making changes to a dance she created last spring, and it's been difficult to break out of what she was doing.
ellen puts together a show geared for young children about five years old every winter. it'll be performed through dance theatre workshop's/new york live arts' family matters program on the martin luther king jr. weekend.
just some mums i've had trouble photographing these past two weeks in front of someone's house. finally, i like the way this one came out.
after rehearsal we came home to collect chanda and drive uptown for a nutcracker rehearsal. morgana rehearsed the flowers dance at ballet academy east while chanda and i waited for her in the corner bookstore. there aren't many small bookstores left, and i love this one. the books in small bookstores reflect the quirkiness of their owners and always interest me. i found several fascinating books that will make good christmas gifts.
corner bookstore's lion in the window . .
morgana and chanda at the fundraiser gala in their new dresses. it was held at the house of our redeemer on 95th street. you can see the paneled walls and beautiful old books just past chanda's shoulder. the room also has wonderful acoustics for the chamber music they had playing.
the girls with several of their friends at the event.
morgana and chanda with faith (who has been dancing with the yorkville nutcracker since she was five and performed as a "page") and natalia, morgana's ballet teacher, who is performing the dew drop dance this year.
Morgana and Chanda look lovely in those dresses, looks like you all had a great time.
ReplyDeleteI love independent bookshops but sadly they are dying out in favour of the biggies and online shopping. Sad to say I do most of my book buying online.
Re the weather, you thought it was going to be totally whacky this weekend!!
San xx
hello san, yes the weather was wacky! it's getting colder again now.
Deleteisn't it sad about the bookstores? i also buy many books online . . through used independent bookshops like alibris, and sometimes amazon and barnes and noble.
hugs,
dorina
Is Morgana dancing with the little children or is that a different dance she is working on?
ReplyDeleteThe dresses look so nice. I love the lion, I hope you don't mind if I say that with the glasses it reminds me somewhat of Greg :).
ha ha. that's funny. i can see a resemblance to greg too :O
Deletemorgana is doing the flower dance and is a mouse in the battle scene. the flower dance is seven minutes nonstop and the girls are always exhausted rehearsing it over and over. girls who have danced it before say that after practicing it, doing it on stage just once is a piece of cake.
I guess I still don't quite understand about the dance: Is she allowed to make it up? You wrote that she created it last spring or is that a different dance from the Nutcracker dance?
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