In Between Classes on a Thursday

So I'm sitting here at SEAD in between class and Zero Balancing session. A ton has happened since the first day. Aha--let me share it with you.

Yesterday, (Wednesday) was quite a long day. We started the day with contemporary with Zuna, then yoga, then ballet with Libby. Lunch break. Then anatomy and theory. By far, the most fascinating class of the day was theory. That will come later.

Contemporary doesn't get easier, but I feel more and more aware of necessity and clear movements. The first day, I was just trying to basically imitate Zuna's movements, but now I understand how to put the movements into my own body. Suddenly, it makes so much more sense in context.

Yoga here is intense. Very different from Tara Marie's "vinyasa flow" (or however you spell it). Poses are more the basis of Jelka's yoga. There are several positions that I can't even figure out. Insane. But awesome.

Libby's ballet class is the same.

There was a miscommunication about which classes to go, at what times, etc. And so, mostly everyone went home after ballet. However, I stuck around for anatomy just out of curiosity. The discussion for the day was about the transverse arch in the foot--the shape of the "knuckles" in the foot. Their anatomy class is much more functional in the way that it isn't in such a classroom setting. They talked about how the transverse arch relates to releves and neutral positions. Interesting stuff. And I was really able to concentrate on that part of the foot today in contemporary.

And on to theory. I don't exactly know what I was expecting in that class. There were only two of the exchange students in attendance (also because of the level mix-up): Ben and I. Jelka, our yoga teacher from the morning, was the teacher for this class as well. She is extremely intellegent--working in London on some video dance stuff, and she has like two masters degrees...awesome. We got into a great discussion about dance and movement from a philosophical standpoint. How early philosophers classified the body and mind as two separate entities...and how this relates to the mathematical Mobius Strip...etc etc. It was awesome.

Anywho, it's 5:17, so I've got about 10 minutes until the next rehearsal. David flies in tomorrow for the weekend--I'll be sure to take a lot of pictures.