Dear people,
Well, my period at Scapino Ballet is almost over.... two more weeks to go to be precise.. 8 more performances...
It went all so fast, like a hurricane it crashed over me and disappeared again.
I enjoyed it so much and I think I changed a lot, as a dancer, an as artist but also as a person. Its funny what 6 months can do if you are in a different environment, with different people. I experienced this as a relieve and as a chance.
Last week I had my 'evaluation' with the first balletmaster Valerie. It was all good, so Im happy. Im aware that this period was really for my own learning, but still I also wanted to prove myself somehow. And I feel good because they (the balletmasters and Ed) think I did a good job. Feels good.
I realised with this 6 months that I enjoy physical dance a lot, and that I want to try to find my work in this kind of field. So, I will try to do the audition on the 23d of January at Scapino... We will see.
On the 4th of January I will start with Conny.
maandag 14 december 2009
zaterdag 14 november 2009
He people,
One more week of performances of 'Holland', 3 more shows to go and than 'Holland' is finished.. wauw feels strange.. After doing this piece so often I feel its almost in my blood :) I will miss it.. But I dont have much time to grieve, because one week after we will have the premiere of 'The Nutcracker' of Marco Goecke...
The Nutcracker is nice, a super different way of moving though, its inspiring, new, fresh, funny, superdetailed, etc. Its weird to rehearse a piece through the day and than rehearse another piece in the evening..
The rehearsels of the nutcracker were different than the creation of Holland, we just watched the tape from last year (because they did the piece last december also) and worked with the balletmasters on the material. For a lot of dancers it was nothing new, because they worked allready with marco goecke and they know the piece from last year. But for the new people, like me and Jeroen the other stagiere, it was a different cookie :) ;) !!
Its really isolated, fast and detailed material; which feels so strange on my body. Im used to move, to flow, to glide, to slide, to be soft, to be loose.. And now I have to do these movements that feel so unfamiliar and hard and harsh and ugly.. The first week of rehearsing my back was sore like what!!!!!!
Now that im more comfortable with this way of dancing, I enjoy it a lot! It has its charms to be so staccato.. Its still hard, and I really need to concentrate (and sometimes pretend that I know what Im doing), but I find my way in it.
Wauw I just had a moment of realising what a lucky person I am!!!! To work in such a great company, with so many unique and inspiring movers.. To be in the position that I can be in theaters almost eveyrday.. (sometimes when Im lying on the theatre floor before the balletclass we have before a performence, Im giving a little kiss to the floor and a quiet praise to the Lord because Im so happy that thát theatre floor is the floor I may jump and dance and move on and be wild on in a few hours in front of the eyes of an audience..)
Maybe sometimes I sound like Im used to this way of working, in this kind of company, with these choreographers, but Im not. Im enjoying and very thankfull. Its amazing!!!!!!!!!! really amazing!!!!!!!! Everyday I learn something new..
So this is it for now, Ill write more later.. kisses
One more week of performances of 'Holland', 3 more shows to go and than 'Holland' is finished.. wauw feels strange.. After doing this piece so often I feel its almost in my blood :) I will miss it.. But I dont have much time to grieve, because one week after we will have the premiere of 'The Nutcracker' of Marco Goecke...
The Nutcracker is nice, a super different way of moving though, its inspiring, new, fresh, funny, superdetailed, etc. Its weird to rehearse a piece through the day and than rehearse another piece in the evening..
The rehearsels of the nutcracker were different than the creation of Holland, we just watched the tape from last year (because they did the piece last december also) and worked with the balletmasters on the material. For a lot of dancers it was nothing new, because they worked allready with marco goecke and they know the piece from last year. But for the new people, like me and Jeroen the other stagiere, it was a different cookie :) ;) !!
Its really isolated, fast and detailed material; which feels so strange on my body. Im used to move, to flow, to glide, to slide, to be soft, to be loose.. And now I have to do these movements that feel so unfamiliar and hard and harsh and ugly.. The first week of rehearsing my back was sore like what!!!!!!
Now that im more comfortable with this way of dancing, I enjoy it a lot! It has its charms to be so staccato.. Its still hard, and I really need to concentrate (and sometimes pretend that I know what Im doing), but I find my way in it.
Wauw I just had a moment of realising what a lucky person I am!!!! To work in such a great company, with so many unique and inspiring movers.. To be in the position that I can be in theaters almost eveyrday.. (sometimes when Im lying on the theatre floor before the balletclass we have before a performence, Im giving a little kiss to the floor and a quiet praise to the Lord because Im so happy that thát theatre floor is the floor I may jump and dance and move on and be wild on in a few hours in front of the eyes of an audience..)
Maybe sometimes I sound like Im used to this way of working, in this kind of company, with these choreographers, but Im not. Im enjoying and very thankfull. Its amazing!!!!!!!!!! really amazing!!!!!!!! Everyday I learn something new..
So this is it for now, Ill write more later.. kisses
maandag 2 november 2009
So sorry
Hello John and other people ;),
How are you doing?
Im good but very busy, which is the reason why Im not posting so often..
Im now working at Scapino Ballet till the end of December. In the beginning of the creating proces of 'Holland' (the new piece created by Ed Wubbe) me and Jeroen (the other stagiere) were learning as much material as possible. So we could replace people if needed.. on the 4th of september a dancer became injured, it was two days before the performence in Rotterdamse schouwburg in Rotterdam and Lucent danstheater in The Hague.. And I could replace her. It was very stressy for me, also because it would be my first performence with the company...and I had just one single rehearselday to learn her part, her timing and place.. Plus it would be two performences that day, one in Rotterdam and another one in The Hague.. But after all all went ok, it was supernice!
The work in general at Scapino is amazing, I really feel that I learn a lot about being in a company, to travel a lot, to perform often in different theaters.. its a whole new thing for me, though I feel more mature in who I am and in what I do.
Its super exciting, but to be honest its also a hard life. Its tuff to travel so much, sometimes you hang in the bus for two and a half hours... I really need to get used to it.. (though Im doubting if you ever get used to that kind of traveling), its also tyring to perform after a long trip by bus.. you really have to reload yourself. Its also crazy to do the same performence so often in a short time frame (in two months we have 21 performences of the same performence Holland)
Another thing thats really a challenge.. ballet.... oh man... I have to work so hard in the morning classes.. the level is high and the classes are different than in school.. I miss Grisha!!!!!!!!!!! So Grisha if you read this, I miss you!!!! Or John can you maybe send this information to him :) hihi
But about the morning classes, its everyday ballet. And I feel a real progress because I do ballet everyday, I can remember the excersices better and now im working on the technique. Its hard, but good for my body. We have a different teacher every week, this is nice because I get to know different ways of using ballet.
So, this is a bit what Im busy with..
More information will follow ;)
Merel
How are you doing?
Im good but very busy, which is the reason why Im not posting so often..
Im now working at Scapino Ballet till the end of December. In the beginning of the creating proces of 'Holland' (the new piece created by Ed Wubbe) me and Jeroen (the other stagiere) were learning as much material as possible. So we could replace people if needed.. on the 4th of september a dancer became injured, it was two days before the performence in Rotterdamse schouwburg in Rotterdam and Lucent danstheater in The Hague.. And I could replace her. It was very stressy for me, also because it would be my first performence with the company...and I had just one single rehearselday to learn her part, her timing and place.. Plus it would be two performences that day, one in Rotterdam and another one in The Hague.. But after all all went ok, it was supernice!
The work in general at Scapino is amazing, I really feel that I learn a lot about being in a company, to travel a lot, to perform often in different theaters.. its a whole new thing for me, though I feel more mature in who I am and in what I do.
Its super exciting, but to be honest its also a hard life. Its tuff to travel so much, sometimes you hang in the bus for two and a half hours... I really need to get used to it.. (though Im doubting if you ever get used to that kind of traveling), its also tyring to perform after a long trip by bus.. you really have to reload yourself. Its also crazy to do the same performence so often in a short time frame (in two months we have 21 performences of the same performence Holland)
Another thing thats really a challenge.. ballet.... oh man... I have to work so hard in the morning classes.. the level is high and the classes are different than in school.. I miss Grisha!!!!!!!!!!! So Grisha if you read this, I miss you!!!! Or John can you maybe send this information to him :) hihi
But about the morning classes, its everyday ballet. And I feel a real progress because I do ballet everyday, I can remember the excersices better and now im working on the technique. Its hard, but good for my body. We have a different teacher every week, this is nice because I get to know different ways of using ballet.
So, this is a bit what Im busy with..
More information will follow ;)
Merel
woensdag 16 september 2009
zaterdag 14 maart 2009
Hello everyone,
The week is over. It was very busy so I didn't have time to write this blog.
I had a superweek!
We started on Monday at 12.00 and by 17.30 we already had a rough beginning of the piece. The group exists of 4 people, Marne (Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag), Niek (Arnhemse dansacademie Artez), Besim (Rotterdamse dansacademie Codarts) and me.
I think it's a really interesting group, because of our different backgrounds and experiences. Plus all the boys are pleasant company, they take good care of me as the only girl in the group.
Ed is a great choreographer to work with, he opens new doors for me and gives me a lot of space to develop myself. Of course he also demands some personal input, but in a very relaxed way. It's stimulating, instead of demanding.
On Thursday the NPS (a Dutch broadcasting corporation) and the CJP (Cultureel Jongeren Paspoort) came to watch the rehearsel, to film, ask some questions and to shoot some pictures.
Yesterday was the last day, the piece is like a diamond, not finished and polished yet, but the rough version is there. We will for sure meet up a few more times in the coming months to finish and clean the piece.
The week is over. It was very busy so I didn't have time to write this blog.
I had a superweek!
We started on Monday at 12.00 and by 17.30 we already had a rough beginning of the piece. The group exists of 4 people, Marne (Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag), Niek (Arnhemse dansacademie Artez), Besim (Rotterdamse dansacademie Codarts) and me.
I think it's a really interesting group, because of our different backgrounds and experiences. Plus all the boys are pleasant company, they take good care of me as the only girl in the group.
Ed is a great choreographer to work with, he opens new doors for me and gives me a lot of space to develop myself. Of course he also demands some personal input, but in a very relaxed way. It's stimulating, instead of demanding.
On Thursday the NPS (a Dutch broadcasting corporation) and the CJP (Cultureel Jongeren Paspoort) came to watch the rehearsel, to film, ask some questions and to shoot some pictures.
Yesterday was the last day, the piece is like a diamond, not finished and polished yet, but the rough version is there. We will for sure meet up a few more times in the coming months to finish and clean the piece.
zaterdag 7 maart 2009
He there,
There are several reasons for this blog. First of all it's because I represent Amsterdam in the piece Ed Wubbe is going to make for the 'De avond van de jonge danser 2009'.
Last February I was chosen together with five other people from Amsterdam, to participate in this audition. I enjoyed the audition much and lucky for me I became the chosen one.
Coming monday we'll start working on the piece, which has to be completed in one week. I'm looking forward to this coming period, as I have the opportunity to work with Ed Wubbe.
I'll write about this these coming weeks.
Second reason for this blog is to give my teachers inside-information in what I'm doing, what I'm working on, where I do my internships etc, etc.
There are several reasons for this blog. First of all it's because I represent Amsterdam in the piece Ed Wubbe is going to make for the 'De avond van de jonge danser 2009'.
Last February I was chosen together with five other people from Amsterdam, to participate in this audition. I enjoyed the audition much and lucky for me I became the chosen one.
Coming monday we'll start working on the piece, which has to be completed in one week. I'm looking forward to this coming period, as I have the opportunity to work with Ed Wubbe.
I'll write about this these coming weeks.
Second reason for this blog is to give my teachers inside-information in what I'm doing, what I'm working on, where I do my internships etc, etc.
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