dancing with fireflies

Well, what a night! Clouds of mosquitoes aside, we made some magic happen in that garden on Thursday night. After a day full of rain, thunderstorms and severe weather warnings, the bravest of us defied the warnings and drove out to Almonte. The skies became crystal clear at about seven-thirty in the evening, and we had a gorgeous sunset at about nine o'clock. The dance was a meditation in motion, with several moments of everyone dancing in perfect unison. As we exited the herb garden, the fireflies puncuated our movement in graceful arcs in the darkness around us, and the stars peeked out in the sky. Magic, magic, magic.

So many strong, intelligent, beautiful women in the world! It was not so much fun to be out there being bitten by mosquitoes, but I can say that I danced with fireflies and sang with the stars, and I did so with some remarkable women of varied ages and backgrounds. One thing, however, did not vary - each one was beautiful. I can hardly wait until July and August! My songs and sounds are going to fill the air! July will be the Dance in the Garden workshop, and hopefully August will bring the Lumiere Festival, where we'll repeat the piece "Queen Mab's Footsteps", and I will get to sing my first vocal melody again. There is something about that tune that tells me it will influence future compositions. Got to write more tunes like that!

dancing in the dark

Well, it has been a while indeed! Been posting on MySpace and forgot to bounce back here to post something. Getting tired of the Friend Requests and all that nonsense over there, so I think it's gonna be this blog from now on.

Summer Solstice is fast approaching, and though I haven't ever really paid too much attention to such things, I think this year will be different: I will be debuting a new composition to accompany a dance choreographed by my friend Natasha Royka. Should be fun, dancing in a garden in the dark, singing and trying to keep mosquitoes from flying into my mouth...

Anyway, I will post my reflections on this event anf the days leading up to it: it should be loads of fun!

The photos are some shots I took at the Dance/Space 637 Open House that took place on May 11th. We all had a great time, and boy can these gals all dance!