By Lily Rogers member of the corps de ballet September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27th –Shanghai to Beijing
1:32pm
I’m currently mid-flight on my way to Beijing. The Company checked out of the hotel early this morning, filed onto buses, and headed out to the airport. The flight is less than half-full (which I find a little surprising, considering the close proximity of National Day), and I think I might snag a seat in one of the empty rows behind me. The flight isn’t long and we shouldn’t be in the air more than two hours.
A final look at Shanghai (and the World Financial Center). I look forward to seeing more of "traditional" China in Beijing.
I am really excited to get to Beijing and see another side of China. I loved Shanghai, with its huge buildings, great food, fabulous shopping and uniquely international feel, but I’m ready for more. I am looking forward to getting lost in the hutongs, seeing Tiananmen Square, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City… the list goes on and on.
We have a lot to do when we get there though, so hopefully I will once again be able to find the time to see everything. We have class and rehearsal tomorrow, (in a studio 40 minutes away from the hotel, no less) for four and a half hours. We cannot use the stage until the day before we open. There are three shows left, two more Swan Lake’sand another mixed-rep. I feel confident that the rehearsals will be pretty seamless, just the usual getting-used-to-a-new-environment weirdness, but (fingers crossed) that’s it. Not only do I have a new theater to look forward to, but there are a lot of receptions coming up also, including one at the St. Regis, and two extra days at the end of the tour that will include guided tours around the city.
I can’t wait to get there and will probably have more to report once we check into the hotel.
Leaving Shanghai…
member of the corps de ballet
September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27th –Shanghai to Beijing
1:32pm
I’m currently mid-flight on my way to Beijing. The Company checked out of the hotel early this morning, filed onto buses, and headed out to the airport. The flight is less than half-full (which I find a little surprising, considering the close proximity of National Day), and I think I might snag a seat in one of the empty rows behind me. The flight isn’t long and we shouldn’t be in the air more than two hours.
A final look at Shanghai (and the World Financial Center). I look forward to seeing more of "traditional" China in Beijing.
I am really excited to get to Beijing and see another side of China. I loved Shanghai, with its huge buildings, great food, fabulous shopping and uniquely international feel, but I’m ready for more. I am looking forward to getting lost in the hutongs, seeing Tiananmen Square, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City… the list goes on and on.
We have a lot to do when we get there though, so hopefully I will once again be able to find the time to see everything. We have class and rehearsal tomorrow, (in a studio 40 minutes away from the hotel, no less) for four and a half hours. We cannot use the stage until the day before we open. There are three shows left, two more Swan Lake’s and another mixed-rep. I feel confident that the rehearsals will be pretty seamless, just the usual getting-used-to-a-new-environment weirdness, but (fingers crossed) that’s it. Not only do I have a new theater to look forward to, but there are a lot of receptions coming up also, including one at the St. Regis, and two extra days at the end of the tour that will include guided tours around the city.
I can’t wait to get there and will probably have more to report once we check into the hotel.