Remember how I said yon probably won't hear from me for 5 months because I started grad school? Well, it's been 4, but all the same, I'm back, momentary, for an update, then it will probably be another 4-5 months until you hear from me again.
So, let's review...
- I started grad school and completed my first semester with above a 4.0 (because A+ equals a 4.3 or some silliness like that)
- I preformed in a mainstage show that opened the season in September with the band People Get Ready - It was awesome! Plus I got to bang on a wheelbarrow with a drumstick (they only let me have one drumstick) which Daddy would have thought was so cool!
- I choreographed a piece in the grad show ... it was alright. I may expand upon it for a full length show in an art gallery at some point. For now, that piece need to rest.
- One of my favorite classes we had was where improv musicians came in and we all improv danced to them - there was an incredible energy that could be felt in the room. We also danced to Burning Ring of Fire which was randomly wonderful.
- I was asked to photograph an immersive dance theatre performance, which was incredibly flattering when I look at the talented photographers I was asked with. The most amazing part, is they will be part of a documentary and presented at a national conference this summer (ahhhhh!)
- I got a cat.
- I've learned a lot about myself which I was expecting having done this grad school thing before, but it wasn't the stuff I thought I would learn. I won't bore you with the details.
- I went to Seattle and it was the most amazing and timely mini-vacation I've ever taken. It will likely be repeated.
- I discovered journal articles my grandfather wrote as far back as the 50s which were just unreal to read. Some of his statements are just timeless. I thought he only wrote about death and grief so it was a pleasant surprise to see his writings on the philosophy of education and on educators I am also studying. Gramma asked me to cite one of his articles in my papers ... one day I will try, but this semester it was more about fast and efficient survival.
- I met AMAZING people! I feel so lucky to work, dance, and simply be around all whom I have met and got to know better in the last few months.
- I got a job teaching yoga and zumba at a fitness center. And I'm going to quit said job at fitness center because I think I will be much happier in a small, local studio setting than a gym.
I think that sums up the past few months...I feel like I'm missing things...I left out the not so positive stuff (I reframed all that junk in the "I've learned a lot about myself" sentence). I've also had a great number of other opportunities crop up this semester but won't happen until spring or summer. I'll share those as they occur ... or perhaps more in this list fashion again.
Princeton and I curled up on the couch.
Oh, I'm in Maine right now and will be for another 48 hours or so, so I will post about my memorable stay here (i.e. no power, frigid temperatures).
Until then, Happy New Year everybody!!
Thanks for reading!
- Molly
