Dancing with Dark Matter .... The musings of a dancer and astrophysics PhD student

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

A collection of randomness

I thought I'd write a bit of the random things that have been going on, while waiting for my adviser to give me a revision of my latest astrophysics paper. My adviser is very busy ...... therefore research is slow...... sigh.


1. The Cold: Is it bad that I felt really happy last Thursday when it got really cold. I kept thinking "This is what January is supposed to be like!" I enjoy snow, and I think it was comforting to be cold, because it reminds me of all the other winters I've had, I guess. It's going to continue to be cold this week, too, but it hasn't really bothered me yet, except when the wind is really strong. I think snow makes me happy ....

2. In my pas de deux class that I have taking (and struggling through, since the instructor just wants me to get a feel for things first before he starts refining) we did arabesque presses two Fridays ago, and I couldn't believe that I actually could extend my arms all the way for one of the girls. It felt pretty cool to be able to do that, and kind of amusing because the ceiling is not really high in that studio. I think the girls are all in high school. Aside from the instructor, the only other men that come to the class are some of the girls' fathers, so the instructor really appreciates me being there.

3. Sarah is getting mad at me, because I apparently am too balletic for her sometimes, for her modern dance piece. There were at least 2 times at rehearsal yesterday where she "yelled" at me for that. One of the times, I changed one of her turns into a chaines, which she was not thrilled about :-) and coached me to do it correctly. There was a bunch of coaching for me going on last night .... I didn't think anyone would get upset with me for taking too much ballet :-). {By the way, as a clarification, Sarah isn't really getting mad at me, just merely annoyed, hahaha, and she didn't really yell at me, hence the "quotes". Just more of a mild scolding, heehee}

4. Research is slow .... which is rather frustrating. I could rant about that for hours, especially with the latest events, but I won't subject anyone reading this post to that.

Friday, January 05, 2007

Forsythe!

Today I was able to take a Master Class from Chris Roman, who is in William Forsythe's company. It was incredibly amazing!!! It was a very intense 3 hours, and all of us were drenched in sweat. He even gave us some material from the piece "Ricercar". Wow ... and I definitely appreciate that Forsythe is often about geometry and space and physics-type things. Whew! I'm still on a high from it, and it finished an hour and a half ago .. and I'm exhausted.

Monday, January 01, 2007

Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2007!!! I can't believe it at all ..... Wow, I mean, I'll have my 5 year college reunion this May (and yet I'm still in school, ah graduate work .... SIGH) .... But, I thought I'd open with a fun picture, of me and my friend Katie. It was taken at a night club opening that Katie took me to. At the end of the night, when Katie and I were partner dancing to some mix of a pop song by the DJ (Hahaha, I know, I'm a dork), the photographer asked if he could take pictures of us dancing. So, we started to show off a bit more. Katie is also a dancer, and we partner well (hopefully we can partner well in ballet, too, if I get my act together and learn), and so we showed off a bit for him. This picture was posted on the website for the bar, under the gallery for opening night :-)!! Katie also went to the photoshoot for the bar opening, which she was trying to get me to be involved in, too, but it didn't work out.I think it's a great and fun picture of us! My hair is crazy ... it was really long and I decided just to spike it .... hahahah! Here's to 2007!!!! More Exclamation Points!!!!!!!!!!