trying to get in

hi my friends. i miss you. i think of you often.

so my whole time being home i've just been thinking about how to arrange life: dance, work, combining it all... i don't know how! needless to say i haven't done much of either. though i do have a couple things to write about from this past week.

on sunday night my brother and i went downtown to the Susan Hess Modern Dance Studio. every year they are a few choreographers in residence at this studio, and on Sunday they had a showing of their work thus far. finally i found somewhere in Philly that seems to be where i'll fit! i was excited by some of the work, not so thrilled by some, but it was still nice to see things happening. i used this as a networking opportunity as well. i talked to a few people who are involved in philly dance things. one guy i talked to was awesome. he told me places to find dance opportunities and invited me to see some of his work thursday night for free downtown, part of a festival that's going on right now. anyhow, i told him i graduated from conn and he said "oh - with the dorf!" love it. really everyone knows him. oh and this dude is going to be down at ADF for a bit - his name is Jaamil Olawale Kosoko... talk about philly with him if you see him, halee!

so last night i went to that same studio for a modern class. the studio is pretty nice, its a wood floor, but lots of windows. the teacher was really sweet and asked "was your training like... release-y?" and was happy when i told her yes. the class was ok, i would have liked to move a bit more than we did, especially since it was a 2 hr class. i feel like our profs did more in an hour 15 than she did in 2, oh well. maybe other classes are different. so at the end she asked me who my main influences were. again, i said david. and she said "oh - david is delicious." i LOVE it. we're so freaking lucky.

that's all my news for now i guess. i can't wait to go to concord and dance all day every day for three weeks. i already know i won't want it to end, then i have to come back and face the reality of home/finding work/missing so much dance... blah blah.

can't wait to hear other exciting things from all! i love you, i miss you.

lr