Monday, April 14, 2008
Battery Charged by Busan
Once upon a time, one of my mentors, Twyla Tharp, named a piece "Sue's Leg". She said that every time her company toured in the Mid-West and hit the territory that was covered by Suzanne Weil (who went on to run the dance program of the National Endowment for the Arts) it was pure bliss because everything ran like clockwork. Taking a cue from Twyla, we've got to title a piece "Dae-young's Wing", because we are certainly under Kim Dae-young's here in Busan! How can it be that we could have had innumerable meetings, logged in many kilometers shuttling between three different venues, run a half-dozen master classes, meetings and interactions, dealt with a 13-hour time difference and 20+ hours of traveling and simultaneously felt like we were on vacation? We have come in contact with wonderfully open and receptive dance teachers at Kyungsung University, Dong A University and Busan Arts High School and their talented charges -- all 150 of them who took part in 4 master classes taught yesterday by Tadej, Carmen, Bafana and Mayuna. Tonight is our first performance of the Asia Tour. Barry Steele, our great production designer, has been working like a fiend in the theater, ably supported by John Lee and Kim Chi-young and a crew whom he says is one of the finest he has encountered on tour. We're hoping for a full house and a great response. Stay tuned...!
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