conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

This is my friend Teresa

This is my friend Teresa and one of her colleagues, Adam. She sent me this picture a while ago. I have a couple of other images I would rather show you, but the bmp format is unfriendly to Flickr.

She sent this email to me this week. I am so proud of her, I could spit. This is amazing. There is much to pray for.

I have been asked to premiere two new pieces in a showcase in May '05 at the Lincoln Center by a company called DanceWorks Inc. The theatre space is in the Rose Building at Lincoln Center, where the NYC Ballet is housed.

I am very excited. I am using the flute piece and the trio piece (clarinet, cello and piano) that I worked on this past semester in comp class. The flute piece is going to be a Pas de Deux -- On Pointe modern ballet. The trio -- a modern dance piece...

Giada Ferrone, the ballet choreographer I want to choreograph, called last week and wants to do it. In January, we just have to make sure her schedule is going to work out with rehearsals.

I am going to have to work out the logistics in January '05 for everything. I leave for VA this Friday for a 10 day visit. Yeah!

I'm hoping I can at least speak with the director of the showcase before I leave for holiday to ask some general questions such as how to schedule rehearsals at City Center.

Over Christmas holiday: work on flute & trio pieces; work on grant proposals

So, my Jan. list is:

Pas de Deux piece:
solidify plans with Giada
find ballet dancers --- check American Ballet Studio dancers/ Juilliard's/
Joffrey 1 male, 1 female
flute player -- see if Miryoung can do it.

Trio piece:
ask Jill to collaborate on choreography.
Check if Jordan dancers interested
Ask Ursel if she & her friends interested in doing music for trio piece- if so, schedule rehearsal blocks

Set recording dates for both pieces. Ask studio about doing flute piece on 4 tracks -- is editing going to be a bitch if I do it that way?
Meet with Jonathan Dawe to look over my pieces - music
Get music out to musicians

She said I could post it. This is an abridgement of several emails. All I can think of when I read this is how we used to sit around at Richmond Hill and play guitars together. Amazing, I am elated for her.

Here is a picture of Ursel.

So, pray for success with the show, continued joy in creativity and enthusiasm in collaberation.

Peace and all good things, Teresa. Thank you for including me in this work.

Posted by tripp at December 16, 2004 08:04 PM | TrackBack