This Is Nothing

Insane Graduate School Edition

4/14/2008

All I can say is. . .

thank goodness it is sunny today. If we had another grey, rainy, cold week, I think I’d have to just stay underneath my blankets and wait it out. Regardless, it’s a Monday: I’m tired and wish I had 2 Sundays instead of just one. The balls of my feet feel like they have gravel in them. My legs and back twinge every time I try to move somewhere. But it was all worth it, because the Spring UW Bellydance show was a grand success.

Mainly I’m sore because I took the Tunisian Dance workshop all day (2 sessions of 2+hours dancing). I really enjoyed the workshop, but I did start to crash a bit by hour four. I’ve decided the T in Tunisian stands for “twist” because you do a lot of that, instead of moving your hips up and down. It’s a very playful style!


The show itself was just awesome, even if I was a little worn out. The beginner’s piece ladies all got ready waaay early, so we had plenty of time to snap photos and be maybe ridiculously girly and excited. This is one of the things I’m digging about bellydance: spending time with other ladies in a fun, cooperative way. Yeah, I realize that there are still catfights and general drama in the community, but it’s also . . . .well, I kinda cringe to use the words “supportive” and “empowering” because geez it starts to sound like a Hallmark Classic TV movie. But really, it’s a group of women cheering each other on for expressing their beauty and joy. It can be competitive, but being in this group feels more about teamwork and waaaay too much laughing.

Point being, while I was happy to have my Sunday practice-free, I already missed everybody.
Fortunately, it looks like we’ll be performing the piece in Lacrosse, WI in two weeks ?

The audience was really enthusiastic for our piece, which made it so easy to perform with a huge smile. And I got to see some fantastic professional dancers, including my not-so-secret favorite Sonya, who did an amazing veil routine that bordered on magical. It was sort of similar to THIS ONE.

Sunday was a blur of sleeping in and driving about with Andy. Last night, I dreamt I was working at Jurassic Park, thinking back nonchalantly on how I’d dealt with both T-Rex and raptor breakouts. And now here I am, back to Science and Monday!

1 Comments:

Blogger nick poston said...

I'm so glad your show was a grand success ^_^. I hope your next show is an even greater success.

4/14/2008 12:16 PM  

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