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.

studio time and victoria arrives

i had fun accompanying chanda to her dance rehearsal this afternoon. she is working on a piece for ellen's alumni show next saturday. morgan is working on a piece also - actually two pieces - one with deychen and one with krista . . and then helping with two pieces by the younger dancers from two other classes.

i turned the music on for each run through and filmed it three times . . i was very helpful! 

we were at a new studio i had never been too. it's a nice space.

the sky was beautiful on the walk home and thankfully it wasn't raining as i hadn't brought my umbrella (it rained while i was doing laundry earlier).

greg moved his dresser into the living room as our neighbor victoria is coming for a week's visit. she had her wallet stolen in paris while at the green market and had a lot of trouble re-establishing her bank cards so flew back to straighten everything out.

were the cats being helpful? no, i don't think so, but they were very cute while being annoying and trying to crawl into the empty dresser.

victoria arrived at 9:30 pm and we caught up with her christmas adventures, which were a bit stressful. hopefully, all will get sorted out this week. she brought back the most delicious licorice from finland . . i almost ate the whole bag while we sipped tea. (oh! and victoria enjoyed seeing the tree!)

about sunday

it's been a busy sunday with taking care of the kittens, talking to korrina and morgana, friends visiting to say hi to the kittens, going for a walk with greg, helping kendall prepare meals for the week, doing laundry and then finally getting dinner on for us . . 

i was going to connect with first unitarian's zoom service this morning, but it was set aside for other concerns. i was glad that greg, chanda and her girlfriend emily and i were able to sit down and eat together at least. connecting as a family each week is important to me. with chanda working and going to school, it sometimes takes a bit of effort to accomplish. i also miss the zoom meetings the five of us would have fairly regularly during the height of covid. it sounds funny, but it's not easy to find time that we can all be together on the computer. 

one of the kittens is not doing well. he's been having diarrhea and vomited twice this evening. i've been in touch with the foster team and they will try and get a vet appointment for him tomorrow. i made some sugar water for him in case he seems dehydrated during the night (1 quart water, 3/8 tsp table salt and 2 tablespoons sugar). i don't have any other electrolytes in the apartment. i read online that there is a powdered form i can keep on hand for emergencies.

pluto is lying by my feet as i type . . 

 

aurélien falling asleep over his lunch today.
 

at veniero's with greg . . 

cheesecake and coffee (iced coffee for me at 3 in the afternoon, which is why i'm still awake at this moment when i should be sleeping . . )

greg and i passed a special ceremony on 14th street in the meat packing district this afternoon . . 

morgana's tech

 morgana's dance is called other echoes, and works with the first poem (burnt norton) of t. s. eliot's four quartets.

 a large part of tech rehearsal is waiting around while the lighting people fine tune the lighting design.