marshmallows and ravioli

 

the beautiful banner from san is currently between the bookcases . . though i might move it eventually to one of the windows.

the bakery where we usually buy a packet of marshmallows to have with hot chocolate at the holiday time has only been selling them individually. i finally bought three the other day for us.

so good!

and . . it's been so spring-like that the ice cream truck has been parking by the playground and singing its song.

we had one of my favorite dinners this evening: cheese and spinach raviolis from rafetto's with sautéed baby spinach and garlic.

shows on sunday

morgan helped to stage manage the two younger students' shows, and also had a small role in one of the pieces. i looked forward to seeing the 4 pm show with kendall and aurélien.

the show runs about an hour and ellen has a short intermission where she invites the young people in the audience onto the stage to participate in a lesson.

aurélien managed to stay interested for most of it and morgan had fun skipping about the stage with him and kendall.

it was another nice day at the theatre and morgan pranced off afterwards with deychen and lina.

another opening . .

 

it was a quiet day until the concert this evening at 7:30 . . 

lou's pre-preformance piece . . 

 

it was a magical night and a reunion of old friends . . all the mamas were happy to reconnect.

sacha and nanoosh came, and so did our neighbors sarah and helen.

(korrina was at work)

 

 

and when most everyone had left the lobby (the theatre staff wanted to lock up), greg and i said good night to the stragglers outside and walked home along eighth avenue . . reminiscing about past concerts . .

more tech . . and a full run of "space walk"

 

 deychen and morgan's dance: space walk (full run without interruption)

 

rehearsing amelia's dance before teching . .
 

breaking down the group sections and rehearsing them separately from amelia's solos . . 

 

and then the run through with lights . . (first part)

 

(second part)

 

 

notes from the lighting designer . .
 

practicing bows . . 

ellen practicing the title and choreographer announcements she makes between each piece.

and that's a wrap!

thursday night tech

 

deychen and morgana working things out . . 

getting ready for the full tech run through . .

"space walk . . "

they had a long discussion about how to break off at the end of the piece . . and finally decided to add a loud static sound before going to a black out, as if there was trouble and they get lost in space.

 

oops! i forgot i cut this off . . here's the last half:

 

i finally realized after filming this that morgan is a space alien . . which would explain all the references they were making to costume and make up looking appropriately alien-like.

(i actually filmed this from a better angle, and without interruption, during friday's dress rehearsal.)

krista brought them some water while they sat and discussed the technical issues with the lighting designer.

they'll have another chance to run it with the new sound changes tomorrow at dress rehearsal.

chanda waiting to begin her tech . .

 

her dance is called ophiocordyceps, or zombie ant fungus - a piece she began working on when researching the subject for biology class.

 

 

getting notes from ellen and the lighting designer.

a second run through of the last half of the dance .  .

walking home with krista and ollie . . tomorrow is dress and then the show saturday night.

camera lens shopping and tech

i was trying to figure out if i could use an old 55mm lens on my camera which has had a 24 mm on since i bought it. for filming tonight's tech i wanted to have something with more depth. 

since it wasn't focusing properly, i decided to finally buy a new lens. i was very fortunate that the store had a used one in excellent condition for $50. (the salesperson, william, was very helpful.)

 

inside the store . .
 

yes, i did this all the way home . . 

these two were working on the instagram account.

and chanda was getting ready for her next errand before this evening's tech rehearsal . . 

i'll post some of those pics later . . 

zuzu is wondering, what are you doing?

victoria managed to complete all the important and necessary tasks of relocating to a new home and packed up to fly back to paris this evening. morgan and i walked her downstairs with her bags.

i'll post more photos and videos of the tech rehearsal later . .