Just came back last night from performing Midsummer Night's Dream with the New England Dance Theatre (yes, apparently I made the mistake last time of calling them the New England Academy of Dance, which is the school attatched to the company, and technically I guess I was emplayed and dancing for the Dance Theatre not the school...oops). I have to say the show went really well and was quite the success. Everyone danced well and seemed to be having fun.
I didn't take too many pictures, but I'll show the few I did. Below is Jamie (Oberon), John (Puck), and I (Bottom). I love these boys. They have always been fun to dance with and are both great dancers. Now it has to be said that even though John is short and and jumps around on the stage like a Mexican jumping bean, we I still have love for him. By the sheer amount of insults and sarcastic remarks both these boys have made about me (and likewise me to them) I think it will take quite a while for me to catch up, so hence the short joke. A quick congratulations to John for starting the next phase of his dance career with Taylor 2 and good luck to Jamie for his upcoming performances in Japan and around.
Here are the Wilton boys (or men as they like to be officially called). They are the other "professional" dancers employed to run around and basically be morons onstage with me. I have to say they really rocked my world and made this show so much more fun for me. Somehow they got my humor and I theirs, so the stars were all alligned for us to have a blast and give this show the humor that it so dearly needed (I joke, since the four lovers were quite good and Jenna found lots of humor in her roles as well). I think I got all the cheesiness out of my system for a while...oh who am I kidding, I'm still a dork.
Lastly here is Jenna (Titania) and I backstage. She has through the last few years improved a ton and become a gorgeous dancer, and her performance quality was outstanding. Congratulations to her both for the dance show and for graduating. I'll miss partering because honestly she is one of my most favorite partners I've danced with (...single tear almost runs down my cheek...).
So, on to the next thing. I hope very much all the girls had fun and I could help make their performance that much better. I come up there to work first off because I enjoy working with the girls (most of the time) and want to make their shows a wonderful experience for them. I also of course like to get the chance to perform in ballets since I don't get that chance working in the modern dance world. Each time I get up there (since I mostly do character parts, which are super fun) I get more motivation to get my butt back into ballet classes regularly so I can actually be a technical ballet dancer (and surprise the girls with actual ballet talent which I doubt they think I have...I honestly can't read most of the girls (not that I've ever been able to understand girls ever) and am not even sure if some of them even like me or enjoy my company when working with me, but that is a whole different topic all together that I won't ever go into...). Oh, and it should be mentioned that it is so nice to get out of the city and up to an area that is so pretty and reminds me of home.
Back to ballet, quickly. I actually like ballet more than a lot of modern dance and would have probably stuck with that if I hadn't fallen into a couple of modern dance jobs and the fact that starting late would have made getting to be professional level at ballet would have taken absolute dedication (and my life is very up in the air and confusing trying to figure it all out). Oh well, it's of course never too late. I leave you with a picture of me waiting at the subway for a train home after the weekend.
