Slowly slowly slowly....
This afternoon, looking out at the snowfall, I rehearsed at the Velocity Dance Center for 3 hours and actually ran through 27 minutes of material. I integrated all those born in the 40's, 50's and 60's-- about 150 films.
The 60's is a big decade-- almost 90 films just in that decade, so it scares me. I learned all of them in the fall, but then moved on to the 50's and earlier this January. This is one of the hardest parts-- to go back into the films I "learned" and not be able to readily conjure them up. It's frustrating and intimidating; I tend to want to shy away from getting back into them because I'm afraid I've lost everything and have to start from Step One to learn them again. However, each time I face that obstacle and go in, I realize that it's still in my memory, and my body memory, and I don't need so much time to re-learn them. They come back more quickly than I anticipate, which is GOOD. Perhaps knowing this, I won't have quite as much resistance as I put the monster together. Maybe it's not even a monster...?
So today was good. And I love the snow!
This afternoon, looking out at the snowfall, I rehearsed at the Velocity Dance Center for 3 hours and actually ran through 27 minutes of material. I integrated all those born in the 40's, 50's and 60's-- about 150 films.
The 60's is a big decade-- almost 90 films just in that decade, so it scares me. I learned all of them in the fall, but then moved on to the 50's and earlier this January. This is one of the hardest parts-- to go back into the films I "learned" and not be able to readily conjure them up. It's frustrating and intimidating; I tend to want to shy away from getting back into them because I'm afraid I've lost everything and have to start from Step One to learn them again. However, each time I face that obstacle and go in, I realize that it's still in my memory, and my body memory, and I don't need so much time to re-learn them. They come back more quickly than I anticipate, which is GOOD. Perhaps knowing this, I won't have quite as much resistance as I put the monster together. Maybe it's not even a monster...?
So today was good. And I love the snow!
View from the studio today.
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