Reflection

On a final note, what would you like to share with me or the rest of the class about your experience in ballet this quarter. Favorite moments, frustrations. What worked? What didn't? what was missing? What new ideas will continue to inspire your dancing?

I have enjoyed teaching this class very much. As a class, you worked very hard and were great sports about the improv element. Maybe you even enjoyed that part a little by the end. I will work on putting a short video on the blog when I have finished up with end of the semester stuff so you can see yourselves and each other.

For the final showing, I think we decided to wear all black with an accent of bright color. I will work on putting together a little musical collage of our favorite rock n' roll ballet moments. We will put it together on Friday first thing. Don't be late!

Thanks for a wonderful quarter!

Love, love, love,

Louis

One from Me

Often, I perform for my students, but I never got around to it this quarter so here is a clip of a piece from a few years ago. It's inspired by yoga, and the energetic systems of the body. It's called Hallelujah.

Samantha Croffut is in here somewhere!

Samantha,

Could you post a comment that helps us locate you?

Dance Majors Concert

What did you think of the Dance Majors Concert? Please post your reactions here:

Rock n Roll Ballet is Back!!

Here is the music for the last week of class in case you want to download and practice. We will be doing some rock n roll ballet for the final showing.

Intuition, Feist, The Reminder (I love this disc)
Helplessly Hoping, Crosby, Stills & Nash, So Far (a classic)
Creep,TLC, Crazysexycool (Also an excellent, fun album to dance to)
Glamorous, Fergie, The Dutchess
Tears Dry On Their Own , Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, (just won a Grammy Award)
Pocketful of Sunshine, Natasha Bedingfield, Pocketful of Sunshine
I Say a Little Prayer, Dionne Warwick, The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
Sunshine (Go Away Today) Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Edwards
Rock the Casbah, The Clash (Thomas' request)
True To Myself, Ziggy Marley, Dragonfly
Mad World, Michael Andrews & Gary Jules, Donnie Darko (Music From the Original Motion Picture Score)
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) Michael Jackson Thriller - 25th Anniversary (Super Deluxe Edition)

Water Ballet

Well, let's hear it!

How was your experience in the pool? It was great fun to watch all the diving and synchronized swimming. You guys are really wonderful. I hope you had fun. What did you learn from the exercises? For those of you who have never been to the IMA, will you go again?

Louis

Our very own...

Heather Rastovac.

Heather Rastovac has been studying, performing and teaching Iranian and
Near Eastern dances since 1997. She currently performs as a soloist and
as a member of the dance ensemble Delshodeh, co-founded with Sonja Hinz.
Delshodeh performs the dances of Central Asia, particularly the dances of
Iran and Tajikistan. Heather participates in Delshodeh as an artistic
director, dancer, choreographer, researcher and lecturer. From 2001 to
2004, she was a member of Shourangeez Persian music and dance ensemble
and participated in the Northwest Folklife Association's
Folklife-in-the-Schools program. Heather spent two months in Tajikistan
during summer 2007 studying and researching dance and is currently
pursuing a Bachelors degree at the University of Washington in Persian
language, Anthropology and Dance.

If any of you have videos of your many talents, I'd be happy to post them to the blog. Do you see any ballet in this kind of dancing?