Our performance this evening at the Cool NY Dance Festival went as well as any other performance, with few slip-ups. It was good to have a few friends in the audience this evening, as well. This being only the second time we have performed Words Apart, I am comforted by the ease I find in moving into the emotional journey from which the piece was initially created. Words Apart is a collection of interviews of women from around the Triad area, telling personal stories of triumph over discrimination, finding love in unlikely places, living with grief and everlasting friendship. We perform only an excerpt, but I am reminded of the sweet, giddy memories described by Cynthia, when telling her story of how she met and married her husband after only knowing him for nine days. And the sacred space separating each word between Zoe and Jan, as they share the experience of losing a father and husband before his time. I am humbled by the stories...humbled by the strength of the women, their persistence and their capacity for love. Each story makes me think of similar situations in my life, and I feel more connected to the stories, and the embodiment of those stories.
More thoughts on that tomorrow, when I am not so tired!
~Cara
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