| Plans for today |
[30th June 2009|09:51 am] |
I have some emails to send, and I will do this while watching terrible daytime tv.
I will then walk into town (there and back is at least an hour and a quarter, and home is uphill all the way, so that's very good for me), go to the library, go to the bank, and possibly sit outside the new tapas bar with a glass of wine at lunchtime, trying to plan what to do for next term's choreographies. One member of Mirage requested something slow (but the last two *have* been slow, OK maybe not slow, but not generally fast- I'm not sure I can find music that's slow all the way through). And another wanted veil, but I don't really do Veil choreo.
The only piece of music that's leaping to mind to satisfy both requests would be the dreaded Marco Polo. They are at least more than familiar with it, because I use it regularly in my warm up. I've always had a couple of ideas about how I'd choreograph it. But both ideas are *highly* stagey and impractical.
I might even try and put some choreo ideas together for Tahtil Shebbak for the Bhuz Project or just for myself. Though that means deciding whether I'd be using the Fatme Serhan version which would be in keeping with the spirit of the thing, and is quite long and makes me want to improv, rather than choreograph, and I don't know what she's saying in the mawwal. Really what I'd like to do is my nice short version!
Then home and a bit of lesson planning for tonight.
I'm hoping someone can video me doing El Dooa so that I can post it on YT as a learning tool for my students. I would love to do it at Hipnotic in July with the girls who are coming. But I'm not sure if it's better to leave it for September. Pros and Cons on both sides. Maybe more to consider when I'm sipping that nice cold pinot grigio. |
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| Summer Performances |
[30th June 2009|03:55 pm] |
Given the dearth of performance opps of Spring, it turns out this Summer is bustling! Saqarah, Planet Egypt, Bentley Village Fete, it's all go... And now it turns out I'm also performing at Hipnotic - hooray! I will have to strongarm my students into dancing something (they'll get to choose what, by way of pacification, I think that's a fair enough deal) but I can also do a solo.
And I agreed to almost do Fusion. Well sort of. I'll be dancing to Western music (remember this post?). Yes I'm doing slinky vampire dancing- anyone got a huge python I can borrow?![*]
Now all I have to do is work out how I'm going to make nearly 5 minutes of samey stuff interesting. And what to wear- that's the fun bit. The Snow Leopard is going to get a lot of action in the next couple of months!
[*] This is VERY much a joke. I have conquered my fear of snakes, but I'm really not all that keen on anyone dancing with them. Particularly me. |
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