family matters in december

 every year chanda's modern dance teacher does a concert of her student's work, and every few years it ends up being during the holiday season which means that it occurs during nutcracker rehearsal time, which means that everything is busier and crazier than usual for a little while.

 after the show gaiety . . 

two more shows tomorrow. i have tech pics that i'll try to get up soon . . 

sky pictures and a studio rehearsal with friends

 the sky was so beautiful this evening . . korrina was taking pics too on her instagram . . i don't know how to pull up just one photo from instagram. i think i'd have to ask her to send it to me.

chanda rehearsed with a friend before ellen's modern dance class, and after the waldorf class. it was good to do as it solidified the ideas they have for their end of year solos.

 walking to the train . . 

one more sky pic looking north . . 

dance-in

morgana and chanda's dance teacher sent an email last night announcing that her friend judy dennis had created several short dance films with cartoonist/writer jules feiffer. they presented their work this afternoon at 2 pm at the winter garden theatre in the world financial center. we had been at the MET museum for a tour, but came down right afterwards to attend the presentation. it was wonderful to see jules feiffer, the films and music were delightful and the girls had fun dancing along. it felt good to be at an uplifting and happy event, celebrating art and dance and life.


it was inspiring to watch mr. feiffer draw his dancer who became an icon in the village voice from her introduction in 1957.


here are ellen and cynthia . . (cynthia is lina's mom who shared the child's role in "day on earth" with morgana. she danced the role at the winter garden a number of years ago . . in the same space that jules is drawing from . . you can see morgana in rehearsal at the winter garden here.)

dancing with andrea weber, member of the merce cunningham dance company.

and here is a preview of one of the films that judy dennis made celebrating "a cycle of seasonal, emotional, and political milestones." (i love the beach scene!) (hmmm . . perhaps it was taken down).

project secret waters

c has been very adamant about making a costume for her dance for ellen robbins, and i've been very apprehensive. i've been discussing it with m . . and realized that the most i can do for this project is dye the material and try to find someone to help design and sew. so today our friend camille came over, and the girls had a fun time cutting and fitting and stitching. more still needs to be done . . but i see c's vision now . . and i can't wait to watch her dance in it!