In Rehearsal with Woody

In rehearsal with Woody circa 1993. Sometimes it just helps me to look at this picture.

Yeah For an Extra Hour

What a great weekend! I spent most of it at home working on Maree ReMalia's website for her MFA project. While I'm excited by the possibilities of future animations for the site, I'm really happy with the current state of the design right now - simple. A nice clean design makes me smile. I'll post the web address when it's ready. The logo was designed by Michael Morris.

Reality of Being a Grad Student

There are so many wonderful opportunities at this big university and in Columbus. I have fallen in love with roller derby. The fact of the matter though is that grad school requires a lot of time - that really goes without saying. Tonight, instead of going to derby practice I'm working on a video project for my editing class (albeit the video is about roller derby) and hopefully getting some sleep tonight. I'm exhausted!

I also have an animation project coming up. Below is a short animation that I'm building on:

Next Performance coming up!

this physical body is the meeting place of worlds
a presentation of writing and choreography

Fellow graduate student, Lisa Ferrugia Atkinson, will present her Master of Fine Arts thesis project. I am honored to be a part of her project. Enjoy some art on a Monday evening!

Monday, November 8, 2010, 5:00pm
The Ohio State University, Sullivant Hall, Studio 1
1813 N. High Street at 15th Avenue and High Street
Free Admission!

Phew! Back After a Blogging Break

I can't believe a month has already passed since my last entry. I've been busy trying to get a handle on this quarter. It's definitely different from last year. While Gaga technique serves to save my sanity and my joints and muscles, I'm predominately preoccupied with technology and roller derby. After derby practice at night, a morning Gaga class works out muscle soreness nicely! I am thankful for this. I am also thankful that I have Friday off to rest, spend time with David or have meetings with my new advising committee, Valarie Williams and Melanye White Dixon. Friday makes all the difference, especially since the weekend seems to be full of going to performances, volunteering for derby events and completing chores. There's still barely time for homework. That said, today I am combining a derby practice with storyboarding homework. I'm not skating today, but am going to practice anyway to do my storyboarding. We'll see if it helps with inspiration or if it's just plain distracting.

My final MFA project will consist of several video shorts that have a documentary feel. I am taking a project I did last fall and developing some of the ideas and concepts. Here's a link to the 100th post.

Autumn 2010 Class Begin

First day of classes started today. I've held off reporting what I will be up to this quarter till I knew exactly what that is and now, finally (I think) I know.

Mondays, Wednesdays

• 10:30 - 12:00 - Gaga Technique by visiting artists from the Batsheva Dance Company. (An hour and a half non-stop moving - really - you can't stop and you can't talk. Perfect!)
• 12:30 - 6:30 - working at The Wexner Center

Tuesdays, Thursdays

• 10:00 - 12:00 - 3d Computer Animation (crazy excited for this!)
• 12:30 - 4:30 - working at The Wexner Center
• 4:30 - 6:30 - Video Editing and Video Dance (again - very excited)
• 9:00 - 11:00 - Roller Derby practice (that's right 9-11 at night) Check out Ohio Rollergirls for more information about the league - http://www.ohiorollergirls.com.

Saturdays

• 4:15 - 6:30 - Rehearsal with Maungsai Somboon for his MFA final project

Sundays

• noon - 2:00 - Roller Derby practice

It's going to be another full load. Well, less than 15 credits, but I'm adding roller derby to the mix and still working 20 hours at The Wexner Center. Also, I'll be doing an Independent Study concerning web development for dance sites. This ought to be an interesting quarter!

Upcoming Performance at CCAD

I will perform with fellow dancers Abby Zbikowski and Amanda Byars at the art opening of Columbus College of Art and Design's Faculty show Wednesday, September 8th in Ric Petry's video installation/performance. Susan VP Petry facilitated the movement. The piece runs 11 minutes and will repeat between 5:00 and 7:00.. One can watch for 11 seconds or 11 minutes!

http://www.ccad.edu/events-2010/faculty-biennial