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Re: GAGA and Joan Acocella at Swan Lake Samba Girl

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:34:00 -0000

Yeah, I agree, Philip. I often enjoy reading bloggers more than professional reviewers -- at least the ones in the newspapers -- both because there is that personal element and because the newspaper reviews are so short they barely, if at all, penetrate the surface. I know the brevity is not the writer's fault; they have really strict word limitations, especially the dance reviewers, unfortunately. Acocella said she was very fortunate to get her dream job since the New Yorker lets her write at greater length than the others. But then, that's a weekly mag, so, like you say, it takes longer to get out.

It'll be interesting to see where blogging goes... I must have had this crushed look on my face when I walked out of there because the woman behind me in the book-signing line rushed up to me and said, "oh don't worry, she probably doesn't know about the internet," ha ha ha!!!

Re: GAGA and Joan Acocella at Swan Lake Samba Girl

philip — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:41:48 -0000

Do you think bloggers are picking up the slack in the field of dance 'criticism'? Of course you can't make any money blogging (or can you?)...

One thing about blogging is, you can really get a 'you-are-there' feeling reading a blog that you can't usually get from a 'professional' writer. A blogger can have a dance 'review' up and running within 90 minutes of the curtain calls. The pros usually don't get their views out for a day or two. In the dance area this is not such a big deal but among opera bloggers there is something of a rush to have the first 'scoop'.

Re: GAGA and Joan Acocella at Swan Lake Samba Girl

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:33:56 -0000

Haha -- it IS a great way to document your experiences and so much fun to look back and see how you've changed. And it's also a way to share with your experiences with others, like us :) (that's why it's better than a personal photo album or journal!)

By the way, as I commented on your blog, you CAN do a search on your blog; it's just on the top left corner instead on the right side like it is on wordpress, so I didn't see it. Sorry to cause alarm!

Re: GAGA and Joan Acocella at Swan Lake Samba Girl

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:01:31 -0000

Haha, I was JUST looking at that post as well. Love that picture of david and I, it cracks me up. It's crazy looking at old posts but reminds me of why I do the blogging; great way to document my experiences. My memory fails me so often that having a mapped outline of my life is a helpful reminder;-) It's almost my year anniversary of blogging! AHHH!!!

Re: GAGA and Joan Acocella at Swan Lake Samba Girl

tonya — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:41:23 -0000

Okay, I read it; it's the post entitled "Joyful Movement" and is about Telophaza over the summer. I'm definitely going to go see Decadence now! Kind of funny looking at those old posts and all -- David buying the Mac, the nutter at that concert in the park, etc. :)

Re: GAGA and Joan Acocella at Swan Lake Samba Girl

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:11:47 -0000

Thanks so much for all this, Matt! I LOVE that quote; thanks for finding it and posting it here -- I really discovered how true it was through the class! And thanks to the link to your review!

I was just kidding about your search function :) I think my blogging software (wordpress) just automatically came with it, although I had someone set mine up so maybe he had to do something to enable that function. Maybe blogspot is different -- I'll look at some of the other blogspot blogs and see if they have it, but you probably just have to click on something in the 'themes' or 'options' section, if it's called that in blogspot?

They're performing Decadence and running the classes through April 27th. You can go to Cedar Lake's website (which I linked to) and click on that for tickets for both the performance and the classes. I think the professional classes are in the morning. I read an interview with him saying that he started the classes while trying to recover from a back injury, so I thought of you!

Re: GAGA and Joan Acocella at Swan Lake Samba Girl

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:07:35 -0000

One more comment and that's it I swear :-)
http://rantingdetails.blogs...
That is the link where I have a review of Batsheva from the summer and thoughts on the class shortly below it. Hope that helps! Would love to figure out that search feature :-)

Re: GAGA and Joan Acocella at Swan Lake Samba Girl

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:06:06 -0000

"Abolish mirrors; break your mirrors in all studios. They spoil the soul and prevent you from getting in touch with the elements and multidimensional movements and abstract thinking, and knowning where you are at all times without looking at yourself. Dance is about sensations, not about an image of yourself. Also I would like to tell dancers not to be too ambitious and to connect their dance to their joy, and connect their passion to their effort."

That is the quote from Naharin.

Re: GAGA and Joan Acocella at Swan Lake Samba Girl

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:57:58 -0000

Isn't the batsheva technique class wonderful? Exploring the different tensions and releases that your body can create, sometimes simultaneously, without the distraction of your own reflection! Glad to hear you enjoyed it as much as I did. Where is the info for this piece thye are performing? I MUST SEE IT! P.S. how do I put up a search function? I would love to just don't really know how :-)