Hey All!

Photos from Crescendo are now online! You can check them out either from the main Crescendo page or the main Gallery page. Also, in other big news, I attended commencement this past Sunday, so I have now officially graduated from college with a BFA in Dance!

Video will be posted as soon as I can figure out how to import it onto my computer.

~Ellen

Hello all!

Just wanted to give an update on my senior BFA thesis work. I showed a video of my progress to the senior class for feedback on Friday, and I got some very interesting insights. Words that were tossed around included “enigmatic” and “mysterious.” Janis said it made her uncomfortable, but in a good way, and Steve said it looked like if a bunch of punk rock kids had suddenly found themselves onstage at a big romantic story ballet. The sets, the costumes, the music, is all set for a big romantic ballet, so the punk rock kids decide to just go at it. No one could believe they’d just watched at least 8 minutes of dancing; they were riveted the entire time. I can’t wait to see where this piece will go!

~Ellen

Well, since I’m still working on getting all the parts of this site up and running, I thought I’d post a few pictures taken during a rehearsal for my senior thesis piece on November 30, 2007. The cast was involved in an improvisation experiment wherein they had to repeat the base material three times using a variety of manipulations. Manipulations at work in this rehearsal: isolation of one body part, repetition and accumulation of movement, and the direction to complete the phrase as “unromantically” as possible.

That’s all for now. Stay tuned as the site continues to improve and become more finished!

~Ellen