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Tomorrow marks the first evening of alban elved's weekend of performances at Salem College. At dress rehearsal tonight, I am both excited, and still doubting my body's ability to execute Karola's movement the way she envisions it. The experience of dancing Karola's work is jarring in that it jostles my brain, and gets me thinking in a different direction than I generally think. I begin thinking of tension, push and pull, give and take, both physically and emotionally. Karola's work is all at once dark, surreal, playful and patient. It is strangely hypnotizing, and once you begin to watch, you are sucked in. I will surely enjoy our four performances, as doing "Lena's Bath" with the water is too much fun! How often do you get to play with water on stage? Dripping, splashing, rinsing, exploring!

At HPU, I continue with my students, helping them to be aware of their bodies and minds. One of my four composition students dropped the class. I try not to be hurt, but it's hard. I had hoped, that all four students would find the class inspiring and insightful. However improvisation, observation, free association and challenging habits and beliefs isn't for everyone. OK. But I have to say, the three students I have remaining are fabulous. Today, they took their work with diligent consequence. They danced beautifully, and used their minds. They laughed, and supported each other. I'm glad to have these three brave students, who take on this class I am new to teaching. They make the experience wonderful. My ballet class is wonderful, too. Different, as the class is much larger, and there are absolute beginners to experienced dancers. Their goals are different than those in the composition class. The similarity I suppose, is their diligence.

This night, I am exhausted. My blood sugar is a little low. I need sleep, and sleep is what I'll get as soon as I'm done writing this post. Good night, all.

~Cara