Performance, then Salt Lake City

After returning from Singapore, mdw's company performed the following weekend to sold-out audiences at Conwell Theatre as part of the LIFT Concert, a venue created to support past and current artistic endeavors of adjunct faculty at Temple University. My dancers were beautiful, as ever, and I was proud of the performance and grateful for the opportunity to perform. We performed "Fragment of (Me)mory" which has received a lot of "play" and positive feedback over the past year. Here's a few images (taken by my friend Gabe, a recent transplant to Seattle) from the piece for those of you haven't seen it. It is a highly physical piece that juxtaposes precise physicality with alternative light sources to both illuminate and obscure the dancers, drawing a metaphor for the malleable and often playful nature of memory:

The day of the final performance, mdw got nailed by a horrible flu that wiped her out for days! She was barely able to get herself out of bed to fly to Utah to present at a dance educator's conference, sponsored by her good friend Amanda. Despite the illness, we had a great time, and the conference was a huge success. We are piloting a community based movement workshop that aims at increasing communication between parents and teenagers. Both of our workshops were well attended, and very successful for us. mdw loved being with my dear friend (we even coordinated a Paradigm Dance Project reunion) with Alysia, laughing until the wee hours of the morning. I was able to see the Tolks, if briefly, and am glad to hear that their basement leaking is getting under control. The remodeling looks amazing! Mom and Dad treated me to sushi, and some delightful reminiscing about their early courtship. Also, the mountains and autumn landscape in Salt Lake were stunning - almost seductive enough to make me think I might be able to return there for longer than a four day stint...