some steps / כמה צעדים

From ballet class this morning.
(You will forgive any sloppiness. These are simply for memory.)
מתוך הכיתת בלט הבוקר
(בבקשה תסלחו לי שהריקוד שם לא כל כך נקי. אלה הם קשוט לזיכרון

The studio lives inside the Old Cambridge Baptist Church. For information on the beautiful stained glass windows at this landmark church, watch this video starting at 2:00. :)

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ההופעת הצגה חדשה / the emergence of a show

*This is not the official title of the show. Urbanity Dance Apollon Musagete (the story, one version) Apollo (the muses) Apollo (the construction of, with Seth Orza, principal dancer, Pacific Northwest Ballet) Apollon Musagete (one dance, Mathieu Ganio, Myriam Ould Braham, Mathilde Froustey and Charline Giezendanner, Paris Opera) Apollon Musagete (another dance, with Marta Romagna and Roberto Bolle) Apollon Musagete (a third dance, with Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins, New York City Ballet) Apollo Musagete (the full dance, with Jacques d'Amboise, Jillana, Francia Russell and Diana Adams, New York City Ballet)

exercise from yesterday / תרגיל מאתמול

1. one I know + 2. one I like + one I didn't know together, they influenced these ideas : original phrase: from Jill Johnson's Re:Re:Re: variation on the idea: small and sharp, like Aszure Barton's Watch Her variation on the idea: less small and takes more space, like Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room

breathing

One of the fundamental organizing principles of our human lives, breathing, offers us in two basic types of experience. We can breathe passively, or without thinking. The body does its thing. The mind does its own thing. We can breathe consciously. When we do, we experience the bridge between the body and the mind. Breathing passively keeps things moving, and allows the mind and our emotions to race ahead. Breathing consciously keeps things balanced, and acknowledges that the present moment reigns. Breathing passively makes space for the mind to fill itself. Breathing consciously makes space for the mind to empty and acknowledge the fullness of existence. After coming to first consciousness, at whatever hour, breathing passively is the habit that allows the mind to race ahead. The mind becomes louder and louder. But, breathing consciously allows us to expand that first moment, and become sensitive to the seed of today's Truth-feelings. How quiet they...

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