This morning I went to the Marriott to have breakfast with my mom who is a doctor and in town for a conference. We ate with her colleagues and they were very curious about our lives as artists. They were also very passionate about their jobs just like we are. Being a dancer or a doctor takes a lot of preparation—years of study—so we have to be passionate! This weekend I will spend more time with them.
It’s nice to see my mom but I’m not used to it: I’ve lived away from home since I was 13 and now she lives in Spain so we’re very far away from each other.
Some dancers were in costume for Company class this morning for Halloween including some of the other Spanish dancers—the “Spanish Mafia” as we call them—but I don’t really like this holiday, if that’s what it is. We don’t have Halloween in Spain, we have Carnaval instead. I like to dress up on some weekends just for the fun of it. When no one does it, it’s unexpected. Right now I’m rehearsing Giselle and the new Swan Lake production; we had fittings this week and the costumes are beautiful.
Dores on Halloween
member of the corps de ballet of San Francisco Ballet
October 31, 2008
This morning I went to the Marriott to have breakfast with my mom who is a doctor and in town for a conference. We ate with her colleagues and they were very curious about our lives as artists. They were also very passionate about their jobs just like we are. Being a dancer or a doctor takes a lot of preparation—years of study—so we have to be passionate! This weekend I will spend more time with them.
It’s nice to see my mom but I’m not used to it: I’ve lived away from home since I was 13 and now she lives in Spain so we’re very far away from each other.
Some dancers were in costume for Company class this morning for Halloween including some of the other Spanish dancers—the “Spanish Mafia” as we call them—but I don’t really like this holiday, if that’s what it is. We don’t have Halloween in Spain, we have Carnaval instead. I like to dress up on some weekends just for the fun of it. When no one does it, it’s unexpected. Right now I’m rehearsing Giselle and the new Swan Lake production; we had fittings this week and the costumes are beautiful.