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July 25 Expecng II: Wooden Horsie Takes Me HomeThis was shot couple of weeks ago, when I was 7 month pregnant.
We found this wooden horse in a garage sale. It has an old timer quality to it, though we get it for our coming baby. It would be years before she can actually play with it. But it was clear to me that I have to get it.
It is not that I had one like this when I was a kid. But in my mind, I see clearly a scene in a photography shop. A kid is sititng on a wood horse in front a camera operated by a total stranger. Next to him, your parents with all their efforts said, "smile, come on, smile".
The wooden horse somehow seems like a time machine to me. It takes me back to home, Beijing, to YunNan, my husband's home, to Italy where we made this baby, to Brazil, where my film is showing next month. It will also travel forward into my baby's life, however far away it is yet to come.
giving birth to a life, also gives me a chance to revisit a familiar past, through a completely new journey. Past and future mixing together, his and mine mixing together, memory and dreams mixing together. Like a web, so many threads can be tied together. But time is still single directional, only moves forward. When my aging gives in to her growth. My sagging boobs in exchange to her rosy cheeck. Everything goes as anticipated, yet still gives you a fresh experience.
今天我骑上木马 木马它带我回家
这是我怀孕7个月的时候。
4月找到这个旧木马。虽然是小孩儿的玩具,可是好像跟自己有很多干系。
倒不是我小时候真有过这么一个木马。可是木马依然代表着童年的记忆。
在照相馆里,灯光下,对着陌生的摄影师,旁边爸妈很努力、满脸笑容地对你说“笑,笑一个”
木马那么一摇一摇的,好像可以摇到未来,摇到从前。
摇到我长大的胡同,我在北京的第一个家。
摇到云南,意外收获的故乡。
摇到蒙古草原,我记忆里想象中的童年。
摇到意大利,在那里,蝌蚪找到鸡蛋,
摇到巴西,我的电影下个月会在那里放映。
摇到未来,我的宝宝有一天会坐在上面。
摇到外婆桥,外婆的澎湖湾,姥姥家唱大戏。带不带我去?
因为生育,可以通过一个全新的生命,重温很多过去。以前和以后混在一起,他的和我的混在一起,记忆和梦想混在一起,这么一起一起在单向的时间里往前。很多的线头可以拉起来,系在一起。可是,时间还是在往前,往前。我的衰老屈从于她的成长,我的下垂的乳房变出她的红脸蛋。一切象预料的一样,可还是新鲜。 July 19 oh la la more good newsJust find out that Small Dance is selected by a dance video festival in Brazil! It is called dança em foco, Festival Internacional de Vídeo & Dança. It is an international dance film festival, quite serious! I am thrilled, jumping up and down!!
This is not the only good news. I just got a small funding from City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs. The fund is to help out my first gallery exhibition at Hugo House Gallery starting in August!
I often feel that I am so lucky!
又有好消息。刚刚收到从巴西发来的email, Small Dance,在400个申请中,被选中,要在巴西的国际舞蹈电影节放映。Oh-yeah! 舞蹈节dança em foco,好像是个不小的舞蹈节呢!
还有8月的展览,拿到西雅图市政府文化办公室的一笔小钱。呵呵。
我常常觉得自己运气太好了。海涛说只要坚持总会有机会。
July 18 Expecting: in two months!! 孵蛋I am due in 2 months!
I love my body. It is so beautiful. It is healthy, tight, chuncky. the rounded tight belly is special.
Everybody, not a single exception, around us comes from a belly. I think that's pretty amazing.
I am ready.
还有两个月!
我爱我的身体。我看着自己的身体,真美呀。健康,结实,饱满,合理的巨大着。
想起俄国娃娃,一个里面还套着一个!
我们这么二合一的行走,作息,很神奇。
看着街上每个人,无一例外,是从某个肚子出来的,又觉得很神奇。 May 10 Good News刚出炉的好消息,还热乎着,跟大家分享一下。
今天接到雨果画廊的回复,八月九月展览舞蹈日记的影像。oh-yeah!
这实在来的让人惊喜。申请的时候,完全是没头苍蝇瞎撞。上次能展出,是托舞蹈方面朋友的福,搭人家的顺风车,而且只有一天。这次要在那里放两个月呢。地点也好,就在西雅图的Capitol Hill。
这是第一次尝试申请画廊,没想到就中了。呵呵呵。
雨果之家主要是一个文学阵地,开设很多写作方面的课,研讨。可是里面很综合,也有一个很好的剧场,和一个小画廊。
春天真好呀!
Fresh out of print. Still hot. A great news to share: I am going to show vidoes from this blog at Richard Hugo House Gallery for TWO month in August and September.
It has a convient Capitol Hill location, where everything happens in Seattle, dance, theater, films, and literature.
This is the first time that I contact a gallery. I had no idea. Just trying out blindly. It taken me by surprise this morning finding out from the email.
I feel very lucky to be selected.
Richard Hugo House is a cute house, mostly a literauture center of the town. They offer writing classes and events. I like that it is very versatile. It has a nice theater and a small gallery. April 29 E-MotionI will be presenting a selection of video works from this dance diary. I have shown products of the blog here and there, some theater performances, and some screenings. But next Thursday will be the first presentation of the project as a whole. I have the space setup almost like a private room. It is interactive. You will sit down, use the laptop, read the blog, and select the videos you wish to watch.
6pm-8pm. May 3rd, 2007
Tashiro Kaplan Artist Lofts
Vandenbrink Community Room
115 Prefontaine Place S. (Pioneer Square)
Free Showing
It has been a year and half since I started this. I was so happy that 4Culture decided to fund the project. I think people are all interested in learning more about internet and blogs as a media, as a way of communication, and art making. Hope to see you there. 下周四在西雅图展览这个舞蹈日记的几个录像。这是第一次将舞蹈日记作一个整体的展示。以前这个项目的一些成果,比如独舞,短片,在剧场和影像展中单独地出现。我的现场有布置得象私人空间,你要坐下来,用电脑看blog,选录像。想法是营造一个在家上网的感觉。 希望能见到你。 April 28 Drum DebutI just performed drums with Byron and Karen at Bainbridge Island. An absolute first time! Hey, you need to know how much I was scared of it. A month ago, I have never drumed before. Not even dare to try. My mother always says that I have really bad rhythm, and I truly agreed with her. I was so self-conscious. It would be my worst nightmare to have to do such thing in front of people. To reveal my weak point. But hey, I think I did ok. And, I had so much fun!!
Even though I am bad at it, I can still learn it and do it, and have fun with it. When I see Karen drumming, I understand that it is not good or bad, it is PLAYING with the drums! The hollow space inside the drum draws you in, bounces you back. It is between you and the drum. It is so wonderful. It communicates with you, with your energy.
If I can see my qi(chi), I would like it to look like these Chinese drums. red, round, empty inside, and right in front of my center.
I was surprised and scared when Byron first asked me to join them. Does he know how bad I am? Doesn't he notice that I can't keep a beat? Is he embarrassed to ask me to stop? I would never have the courage if it is not Byron!
I am so glad that I did it. I didn't do great. But I did something I never thought I would do. And again, I had fun!!
妈妈一直说我节奏感差。比一般人差。我也一直这么觉得。反正跳舞毯都没有海涛玩得好。所以,跟着朋友欧阳打鼓,对我来说无比可怕。何况,还要演出。真是打死我,也不敢想。
今天,我们去演出了,结果,还不差。不仅不差,我还觉得十分地过瘾呢。
朋友欧阳让我参加的时候,我想怎么可能,我从来没学过啊。唱卡拉OK都找不着什么时候开始唱。一开始学的时候,真是越学越没信心,越坚信了自己不可能做得了。直到这个星期二见到Karen。她什么也没对我说,就是跟我一起打鼓。两张鼓紧挨着,我们站个对面。我觉得她胸口有一股很热的能量,很快就把我融在里面。她打鼓的时候很活,全身都在打鼓,所有的能量注意力都集中在鼓上。我放松了。结果发现打鼓震得很好玩。在Karen的感染下,觉得鼓很神。你给它能量,它又弹回给你,这能量有来有去,时收时放。一放松,什么事都容易很多。打得好不好先另说,首先得把鼓当鼓,不能把它当成自己的弱点,反复敲打,越敲越顽固。
虽然演出的时候还是出错,可是演的时候,很放松,很高兴。
以前觉得自己的弱项,一定做不好。一定要避免,要躲着。扬长避短嘛。其实没什么不可以的。
一个人很胖,难道不能喜欢跳舞?
五音不全,难道不能爱唱歌?
腿短,难道不能打篮球?
傻子,难道不能学认字?
April 06 Talking to my baby谢谢大家的祝福。
这是一篇真正的日记。我一边跳舞,一边跟自己的胎儿聊天。几乎没做任何编辑。
怀孕以来,一直不知道跳舞的前途会怎样,很没底,有时就很不高兴。近来终于恢复了自己的排练。
常常觉得身旁的人,对于我怀孕的事情,都比我兴奋。自己为什么没有那么高兴呢?
那天,边跳,边跟孩子聊天。想起这个日记刚开始的时候,就有一篇是关于要孩子的感想。
朋友劝我说,每个时期有每个时期的快乐和感受。
我不可能永远处于三两年前,梦想初成的时期。总要变化。面临不一样的门槛。
此刻的感受,即使不是欣喜,也是生活中没有过的经验。
我的孩子,妈妈送给你一个礼物。除了生命以为,妈妈送给你一个爱跳舞的妈妈。你是我的孩子。我是你的妈妈。
希望舞蹈把我们连在一起,而不是分开。
希望你把我和我自己连起来,而不是分开。
这是我第一次,自称妈妈。
This is a real diary. I talked to my baby while I am dancing. Besides cutting it short, I didn't do any editing to the vidoe. Just as it was. About a year ago, I did an diary pondering about having kid. Now here I am.
Ever since I got pregnant, I am in denial somewhat. Everyone around me jumps up and down, while I try not to have the conversation stuck in the topic of pregnancy. I really do think this sucks quick often. How to be part of this excited party around me?
I finally get back to dancing in my studio more regularly again. Thsi day, I tried to talk to my baby as I am dancing. As I am talking through, a lot of things got clear.
I told her
It seems that I don't want to acknowledge your arrival.
Because, my life before you was perfect.
Where do you come from my little friend
like a butterfly landing on my window
Baby, mama gives you a gift.
Besides life, mama gives you a gift: a mama who loves to dance
let dancing connect you and me, not to separate us
let you connect me and myself, not to split me apart
thanks. thanks. March 21 Restart 终于更新了这几天,着魔的在看article19上Vincent Dance Theatre的一段录像。舞者的上肢动作实在让人惊叹。对着录像反复苦练。还从网上找到这个舞者的email,发信问他问题。他很快就给我回信了。让我很高兴。这个舞者实在太出色了。不仅仅是技术呀。
去年春天,也在舞弄胳膊。这次的心得是肩胛骨的重要。
随便录了,编了,放上来。聊胜于无。
这个舞蹈日记是半私密的。希望能老实地记录自己的生活,自己身体的变化。就象我跳舞,想来想去,没有找到重大的意义或方向。只是明白了,自己得做。我为的是我的心,而已。
能在方寸之间,发挥操练自己的身体和心智,比起前几个月的无聊,是大大的进步了。
相信我的孩子也希望他妈的生活有意思。哈哈。
(It is hard to read the text on the video. Pretty much it is what follows. So no need to squeeze your eyes to figure those out from the video. it is all here.)
It has been a while. Guess what? I am pregnant. Worried by the baby's safty, all my familty told me to stop dancing. So I did. It was hell. At the same time, I was thinking some heady questions, like where my dancing is going. I still don't know the answer. But I do figure out one thing: I have to dance. Otherwise, my body would melt and disappear in the river of time.
This week, I was working on moving the shoulder and the arm. after watching a video by Vincent Dance Theater. I was so amazed by the dancer's upper body movement. I even emailed him. He is such a great dancer. Good dancers are really great artists. People often don't think of dancers as the artists, not like the choreographer, the composer. But they are. Following the video, I have been practice. Still fasinated by the powerful and unusual arm movement.
This dance diary is semi private. I just hope to be able to record my life and the changes of my body honestly. Just like my dancing. I can't find deep meaning. But I do know I have to do it, for my heart.
December 09 ToursI am in France and having a great time
i love Veroniqu the director here
i am learning French quite fast
i am under the sun
November 28 Bonjour la France!Bienvenue sur mere Danse Journal.
Beaucoup des visiteurs ici sont Francais. Merci pour a visiter de ce blog. Siger le Guest Book, s'il vous plait. Je ai envie vos commentaire.
Je visite France Decemre 3-17. Nous avons spectacle a Tour Universite a 12/5 and 12/6.
Welcome to my Dance Diary.
Many visitors here are from France. Thanks for visiting this blog. Please sign the guest book. I would love your comments.
I am visiting France December 3-17. We will perform at Tour University on 12/5 and 12/6. November 27 Small Dance and other snowy thoughtsVideo: Small Dance I was eating lunch today, surfing the internet to find out about trains in Paris at the same time. I turned my head to the window. It is snowing! Between the sky and the ground, the snow flakes dance.
It was about exactly the same time last year. It snowed. This diary has just started. It has been a year! If I did not had my dance diary blog, couple of dances would never be developed, and more thoughts would just flow away, and fade in fime.
This Small Dance was made in the summer/fall. I did a lot of small dance practice. It is one of the beautiful basic contact improvisation practice. So simple, but so meditative and beautiful. You just stand there, try to relax your muscles. You do nothing. But you notice your body dances. Small movements. Because you are so quiet and calm, you can notice those small things. I overlay images that was in my head when i practiced. Dr. Chen in the 70's in YunNan; hometown Beijing in sand storm...
Music by Part
我在吃午饭。一回头,发现窗外在下雪。很大的雪,天地间,雪花舞。去年的这个时候,也是下雪。我高兴得跑到后院,拍录像。很冷,可是很高兴。
舞蹈日记开了一年了。没有这个日记的话,很多的东西就滑过去了。两个独舞也可能根本不会存在。
这个录像,Small Dance,夏末的时候拍的。那时候,常常自己做Small Dance的练习。这是接触即兴的基本练习。很简单,很美。人安静的站着。尽量放松,就发现自己的身体在轻轻的跳舞。因为很安静,所以能发现身体微小的动作。
我加上了当时脑子里可能在想的事情。黄金时代的陈清扬,沙尘暴中的故乡北京。如果长年的纪录自己的small dance,应该可以看见有意思的东西。比如变老。不是很有趣吗?
November 12 life just doesn't get any better than thisTHIS is the real vacation...
Performance, party, the lovy touchy French, wine, cheese treats made by super cute Kevin, live music, DJ by Jack, dancing together in Cyrus's new studio, singing...
It couldn't possibly get a hair better.
I am natural high. no need for drinks.
Oscar says a good performance will make your hormone high. I totally agree.
Surprisingly they liked Talk Circle. you never know. what other people like. This is the 17th time we do that piece.
I am in love. despaarately in love. My heart is going to grow so big that my whole body is going to become a heart, pulsing.
Slow down. clam down. I am afraid I am going to love them so much that I won't be able to work, for I could get so self-conscious, and wanting to do well.
我的还没出生,连怀还没怀上的宝宝,原谅你的妈妈吧。她很自私。可是真的很值。让你多等一年,对不起了。可是,这真的太好了。她实在不能错过。 November 09 The Frenchs are here!And we had our first rehearsal together with the French company Collectif, from Tour. It was really cool.
I love their bodies and the whole group energy. I full in love with them 2.5 years ago when I first saw them. They are so commited on stage and they are so tight as a group.
Now they are coming to Seattle and Phffft!, the company I dance for, is collaborating with them. We are having a show together this weekend. We will rehearse together next week. It is all like a dream come true!
I am very excited.
I am already learning from this first rehearsal. Commitment.
Yayayayah!
We, or Cyrus, have been planning for it for over a year now, with little money. It is finally happening. October 24 Heading to ShanghaiFinally after all the last minute changes and omg, I am leaving for Shanghai tomorrow. I got my French Visa last Friday in San Francisco. Arranged two workshops and two extra shows in Shanghai during the last week. And a lot of other stuff. Now I am all ready to go. well. as ready as i could.
Things won't always turn out 100% the way as you want. Most likely it is between 20% to 60%. But it is better than nothing. You still need to hope for 100%, so that the 20-60% would happen.
If you are in Shanghai, or have a friends in Shanghai, please help spread the word. here is my tentative schedule in Shanghai. Please contact the venu to confirm. (I am almost positve there will be more last minute changes.)
I am doing contact improvisation workshops on 10/28 and 10/29 morning at http://www.mecooon.com/index.htm.
Performing on 10/30 at Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, D6 space. http://www.china-drama.com/chs/index.asp
Performing on 10/31 and 11/1 at http://www.mecooon.com/index.htm.
我在上海的日程:
10月28日 上午10-12点。 接触即兴工作坊。地点:下河迷仓。免费。http://www.mecooon.com/ 下午 3点 艺穗双周开幕式。我们有15分钟展示。(要有请柬) 10月29日 上午10-12点。 接触即兴工作坊。地点:下河迷仓。免费。http://www.mecooon.com/ 10月30日 晚上7点。 <Cindy and Kathy>演出。地点:上海话剧艺术中心 D6空间。免费。具体细节,可电话查询上海艺穗双周:http://fringeshanghai.com/yisuiwutai.htm 10月31日 晚(具体时间待定) 《Cindy n’ Kathy》演出。地点:下河迷仓。免费。http://www.mecooon.com/ 11月1日 晚(具体时间待定) 《Cindy n’ Kathy》演出。地点:下河迷仓。免费。http://www.mecooon.com/ 因为我们无法控制的原因,Cindy and Kathy 没有得到演出证,所以不能作为艺穗节的正式节目。但是这样也好,我们的演出是免费的。下河迷仓及时的提供场地,让我们演出,有机会与更多的观众见面。因为准备时间仓促,宣传有限,请帮忙告诉你的朋友。另外,这些是暂定的日程,来之前请与剧场联系,确认。 虽然有些困难,我还是很高兴看见艺穗节和下河迷仓在上海的努力。希望你能支持我,支持他们。 October 13 Walls Walls Walls(Click here to view the video, if you don't see the video on this site.)
This week I am very busy and angry. I am going to Europe and I have to get all sorts of visas, the Schengen one, the British one. And I have to go to San Francisco IN PERSON to get that visa, because they now want fingerprints on the visa!!!! As if this world is such a dangerous place to live! I feel entangled, pissed. I feel like shit. I feel bumping into walls everywhere. I feel angry.
It is nothing but ridiculous. I am like a pushpin. Someone wants to nail me at one spot on the map. And they want me to stay put. And let's talk about freedom!
If you have never applied for visa, then you don't know what I am talking about. You will know that equality and freedom really truly are fable fairly tales that American TVs brain wash its people with. lalalal...
Freedom is a privilidge. Like all privilidges, it is much better to born to it than have to fight for it.
"But you, you are not invited, an unfortunate slight."
四处碰壁。这个星期整个就是在当travel agent,订各路机票酒店。奶奶爷爷先人们啊,要跑到旧金山去签法国证。以后旅游就去中国,还有那么多不要签证的大好河山没玩过,受这份洋罪。恁多地银子都喂liao狼。啥时候中国护照不要签证了,奶奶再去。愤。
每次弄签证,都弄得着急上火,火急火燎,可惜不能欲火焚身。好像自己做什么见不得人的事儿,是一大骗子,死乞白赖的证明清白。什么没干就心虚。屈。 October 04 轻松一下October 02 performing ChenI just did the first public showing of Chen last night at On the Boards' 12 Minutes Max. I am going to perform it again tognight. I left couple of holes in the piece for myself to fill in each peformance. Not everything is set. I like having the space to improvise as I perform.
It is still hard for the audience to follow, if you haven't read the novel, or if you don't know china. Even haitao has trouble following.
Developing chen is a very private thing. Maybe all pieces are. But this one, really it is about MY relationahip with her. My relationship with Wang Xiaobo, my favorite novelist. September 20 黄金时代:我的陈清扬 Golden Years: My Chen Qingyangrehearsal excerpt on 9/19/2006
music: Ravel, Pavane for a dead princess
整个夏天都在时断时续的编陈清扬。一直很喜欢她。
她穿着白大褂,里面什么也没穿,跑到山里找王二。
草,风,性欲,满山满谷
她为了伟大友谊义无反顾
当不当破鞋,她自己作主
树袋熊,海豚,肚子上的茸毛
她被捆个浑圆性感,上台挨批斗
抬起头,看着陌生的人,笑一笑
喜欢王小波,喜欢他笔下的女性。
目前还没有伴奏,这首钢琴曲是编辑录像时现加的。
I have been working on this character, Chen Qingyang, on and off all summer long. She is the heroin of a novel called Golden Years. The stroy talks about two send-down youths during the Culture Revolution became fucking buddies and had a blast time in the remote southwest province, YunNan. You probably won't understand it, if you haven't read the novel. It is truely one of my favorite book.
I always like Chen.
She wears a white doctor's coat with nothing under it, running into the moutain to find her mate.
Grass, wind, sex, floating all over the space
She fells for their Grand Friendship without any hesitation
She decides if she's slut
kola, dolphin, fine hair on the belly
She is bound-up
She looks at the people, so strange
i don't have the music yet. it probably going to be sound based. This song was added when i upload the video. September 11 American Patient 美国病人Music by John Zorn from the sound track of Naked City
Tosay is 911. It has been 5 years.
I shot this video in the summer in July. American flag is probably the most decorative national flag in the world.
今天是911。 已经5年了。 August 14 Donation!Help me keep this blog going and support the performances related with this dance diary!
You can mail a check to:
Ying Zhou
25718 SE 40th ST
Issaquah WA, 98029
USA
I am under the fiscal sponsorship of Seattle's Allied Art Foundation, which means all your donations are tax deducitable!
I am going to perform in Shanghai First Fringe Festival. Help me get the ticket! Any amount, big or small, will help the audience in China to see the works alive!
email me if you have questions: zhou1ying3@gmail.com
Thank You! SFADI: my utopiaJust finished another year of SFADI (Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance and Improvisation). It is my utopia. All my ideals are real here. People are open and friendly. Dance all day from mornng to midnight. If I did not find improvisation, I doubt if I would still be dancing. It is my home at first sight.
I took Ruth Zaporah's Action Theater this year. It is such a pleasure. I come to SFADI looking for nutrition and for role models. It is so inspiring to see people who dance through life, preganancy, kids, family, pain, truma, aging. Seeing so many people of all kinds committed to improvised dancing is also super inspiring. Ruth is over 70. She is so alive!
These peole has made imprint in me. I take them with me. They are in my body. They are with me at every moment. How much more intimate and premenent can you get with anyone. When I am dancing, I am not alone. I have all these people with me!
I had my happiest performance on Friday night August 11 2006, SFADI student show. It is gift of improvisation. It is the kind of art that i love the most. It is so real that it IS real. Basically we had to improv through a choreographed piece because our music didn't play. Everything turns out really bizzar. It calls for improv and I just trustly followed. I will get a dvd of it and maybe put it up here. My fellow dancers say we took a ride with the superman. exactly. the superman appeared and reached out to me. I jumped on and said YES!
I often think that I am so luck in life. I wish you all are as lucky as I am.
If you love improvisation dance, come to the next SFADI!
一年一度的SFADI(Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance and Improvisation),西雅图的即兴舞蹈节,我的乌托邦。所有我的理想都在这里实现。在这一个星期里,从早上到晚上的跳舞,上课,工作坊,jam,演出。从全国甚至全球来的即兴艺术家,学习,切磋,工作,玩,跳舞。人人都那么开放友善。交朋友和即兴表演时一样,一触即发,是即刻的。而且,在这儿,我能学到对我最有用的东西,充电,受用一年,直到明年的这个时候。
今年上的是Ruth Zaporah的Action theater. 每年在SFADI,我还在找偶像。Ruth超过70岁了。哪里想得到。还在演出,跳舞,研究,教课,满世界的教课。这是朋友们给我的最大的动力。很好玩。让我想继续练习下去。
周五的演出,是我迄今为止最幸福的演出。观众爱我们。笑得从椅子上掉下来,在地上打滚。我们原打算演Cindy & Kathy里的片断。还认真的考虑服装的问题。结果演出的时候,音乐出了问题,一场精心排练的演出,不得不变成即兴,将就着应付现场的种种意外。这样的时刻,是绝对的礼物。是不加掩饰修饰的实时,真得象真实一样。我们一边试图让观众明白,一切并不是预谋,一边努力按编好的舞进行,一边努力找到搭档的默契,一边应付仍在不停出现的种种不测。我们和观众都很high。这样的时刻,是绝对的礼物,是只有即兴艺术才能准备给你的艺术。如果当时我坐在观众席上,我一定会想,这就是我要做艺术的原因。没有任何东西可以取代它。
同学说,我们和超人一起飞起来了。是呀。超人出其不意的降临,我跳上去说,好!
SFADI,我的同学,老师,你们就是我的超人。 August 01 我舞影凌乱 (Click here to see the video.)
这个早上,我在练习呼吸,听着好听的箫曲。阳光透过窗户,大部分阳光洒在地上,打在白墙上的,成了一个亮亮的尖角。很好看的光线,我跑来房间的这个角落,和着这样的光效,练习我的呼吸。编辑的时候,发现可以这样,用彩色的时候,好像火焰。一路试下来,成了现在的样子。电影编辑的空间真大呀。动作是什么,几乎成了第二位的。
有一些好消息,要跟来看我的朋友分享。这个博客拿到了我住的king county给予文化的资助。这是我第一次拿到任何资助。还有就是博客里早些的作品《刹那》上个月受到Dance USA年会的邀请,和其他9个团体,作为美国西北地区舞蹈的代表,去波特兰演出。
年底,我会在西雅图集中汇报我的舞蹈日记。计划是找一个画廊,录像和演出结合。名字我都起好了,叫E-Motion。
The morning light came through the room with an angle. It hit the wall and created a bring triangle. Simple yet beautiful light. I moved toward that cornor of the room and danced with the light, and the beautiful chinese flute music. As I edit, i realized how much the simple lighting situation promised. There is so much you can do with movie editing, whereas movements almost became secondary.
I have some good news to share. This blog get the support from King County's 4 Culture Special Project grant. This is my first grant. Also, an earlier work of this blog, ChaNa, was invited to perform at Dance USA. Along with 9 other dance companies, we showcased the modern dance scene of the Pacific Northwest.
I am going to give a concert at the end of the year. It would be a report on the first year of this blog. I plan to have it in a gallery. I have a great name for it: E-Motion.
Enjoy! July 14 TeachingI have been teaching at Rainier Vally for 3 weeks. The last two weeks, no one showed up, because it is field trip time for the kids. Anyhow, I broung all my rehearsal gear, my video cam, with me planning on working on a solo. I did not expect anyone to show up. But a 11-year old boy poped in.
This part of the town is really different from the Seattle I know. It is a poor neighborhood. But they have a brand new community center.
I had a lot of fun with this boy. We did some Yo-yo dance. I taught him something and he taught me something.
It always scares me a little to deal with kids here. My impression is that they are not disciplined and they just won't listen. Of course such impression comes from movies. But I haven't have much trouble at all with kids since I starting teaching in April.
今天去教跳舞。每个星期五的下午。这是第三次课了。在西雅图比较穷的区。住在郊区的我并不常看到美国的穷人。好像上面致力于改善这里的情况,修路,盖房子,大片的工地。每个星期五,都是在烈日炎炎下,开车挨过施工中拥堵的马丁路德金路,到了全新的社区中心,在空荡荡的多功能室,独自一人消磨周五的下午。我的课,刚好排在学生们外出活动的周五下午,所以一直还没有学生。课是一个组织提供给这个社区的,有没有学生,老师我都是拿一样的钱。真是浪费。感觉扶贫没扶到点儿上。过去的两周,我都是照着书,自学敦煌舞蹈。今天,心里料定不会有学生,就带上摄像机,想着要自己排练。
没想到,这个男孩子跑进来要上课。一开始,有点发毛。他大概不会想学婀娜的飞天吧?不过,总之,我们一起度过了一个愉快的下午。看录像就知道了。 June 22 春影春影 (国内的朋友点这里播放)
Spring Shadow (click to view)
Music: 空城,王菲
Camera: Renee Xie
好久不更新了。还有几个好消息要和大家分享呢。再等几天吧。一直在想办法解决留言的问题,烦。
这个舞是春天的时候录的,一直没有编辑,今天有空,随便剪了一下。
要感谢Renee帮我录像哦。
I haven't update for a while.
This dance was shot in this spring. I haven't got the chance to edit it. Finally got some time today.
Thanks Renee for taping me. May 17 Cindy 'n KathyCindy 'n Kathy (Click here to watch a preview) Where: Center House Theater, lower level of the Center House, Seattle Center When: 5:30-6pm, Monday, May 29 Tickets: Free
As part of the Northwest Folk Life Festival, we, Archana and Ying, are presenting Cindy 'n Kathy. We have half an hour. The piece is still growing. It is going to be a full evening length piece.
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