So far, so good at the studio this morning. I have a bit more material, and hope tomorrow is as fruitful. Slowly but surely, I hope to have a dance finished within the next few weeks.
At HPU today, I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather to have the students make some sight specific dance works on campus. The students really enjoyed themselves, and made some fun, fancy-free dance works! They utilized benches, clock poles, grassy knolls and water fountains. They jumped and climbed, danced up down and all around their chosen features, and made the campus a more beautiful place to be!
Post HPU, I had the esteemed privilege of interviewing Ken Frazell, the composer of the lovely collection of songs I saw last weekend, "Songs from the Rear View Mirror." He had some wonderful insights into the artistic process. He talked about how places evoke a spirituality of what transpired there. And he drew parallels between the importance of place and how the American South has a certain sense of place and story about it. It was beautiful, how he described his inspiration for the music and the words I heard in the songs. I can't wait to write my article about Mr. Frazell and his work!
This evening, Scott, my percussionist and I get back together to rehearse our piece, "Lost and Found" for the first time in two months. It was good to be back! The piece is so much fun to perform, and we had a blast getting it back up and running. We are preparing for a performance which takes place next Friday for a group of history teachers in Guilford County, in hopes that they will have us in for arts in education performances next year. We have one more rehearsal before the performance, and I am certain it will go well!
Robert comes home tomorrow from being on tour with the Flamenco Vivo dance company as their tour manager! I'm so excited!
~Cara
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