snowy night

it snowed all day today and was a cozy day at home. ballet and guitar classes were cancelled (though morgana did make it to her "acting for film class," just a block away at hb). we had our friends over for lunch. i suggested we cancel until next tuesday, but they were coming in anyway for a physical therapy and acupuncture session (they come in from staten island). we had carrot soup and salad with mozzarella and gouda cheese that they brought . . and morgana made vanilla ice cream in the ice cream maker. morgana and chanda's friend amelia had a draft of the first chapter of a new book from one of their favorite authors. she's been anxious to get together to read it to them. her mother had written the author saying how much the books meant to amelia and how inspiring the characters were in helping her get through her surgeries. the result was that she sent a draft of the first chapter of her new book . . very exciting!

i think it may have finally stopped snowing. chanda and i watched another romeo and juliet today . . this one with margot fonteyn and rudolf nureyev (both royal ballet productions). it was interesting comparing the movements of the dancers from 1965 to 2012. nureyev and fonteyn definitely danced for the last row of the theatre. their movements were larger and more dramatic. dancers now are more subtle; the movements feel more refined. i think it's because we are so "screen" oriented. we dance for film, even if we're on a stage. also, most stage shows are filmed these days. chanda's nutcracker shows are always filmed, as are morgana's family matters shows. their end of year dance recitals are always put on a dvd. and eva and i take lots of movies of our children on ballet class observation day (right eva?!). it's a different way of being . .