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GO Giants!

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So we finished our first week of rehearsals for Chroma on Friday.  Antoine finished teaching the men’s trio and we ran it at the end of the rehearsal.  My part starts the section off with a solo and then basically we never stop for about three minutes!   Because it was the first time doing the whole thing [...]
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The Chroma Chronicles Continue…

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We started on a men’s trio today, which is really, really fast and hard-hitting in extreme positions, especially with the hips out and back arched.  Also intricate partnering and high battements (I’m sure Wayne would call them “kicks” though).   The music is fun–kind of a strange, percussive melody that is going through my head right now.  [...]
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Contemplating Chroma, Part 3

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So I wasn’t as sore as I thought I would be, thank goodness, except for my right inner thigh muscle for some reason–no idea why my right and not my left. Things like that make you wonder:  am I pushing equally on each side?  Am I compensating for something on my left side?  A lot [...]
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Part 2: Learning Chroma

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Antoine Vereecken is here to set McGregor’s Chroma for the next three weeks.  He has been a dancer in Wayne’s Random Dance Company for many years and has a true understanding of the style.  Thank goodness he’s here and knows what he’s talking about because if we had to learn just from a video, we’d [...]
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