Gravity

It was joy to get third for Dance Xplosion, relief to have it all be over. All my try-tries-again and jiayou-Freds worked out okay onstage I think. Anyone who thinks I should be at a job by now probably doesn't understand the loss of time. I don't know what our future as a team is, but it will be tough regardless.

Stephanie Phua sharing GRAVITY tmrw! noon nyhse. contempish. last min but come if ure free :)
Saturday at 02:31

Steph + Gravity just sounded like amazingness. Yvonne probably bobbed by her computer screen when I told her about it. I tried to ask Steph on Chat whether (acquainted) strangers were allowed but she had crashed I think. I said to Yvonne that Steph is probably the kind to appreciate ballsiness and "confirm plus points" for two eager zombies showing up at her doorstep. And so we plotted to crash the session.

The early-morning journey to China was nice. Cool weather. Half-empty train. Climb up deserted hill. Sighting of soaring black hornbill with white-fringed wings (Yvonne spotted an inverse-coloured one too). It was a long wait before Vernon and Xiao Jun appeared, and some time more before Steph arrived apologetic.

Steph + Gravity was amazingness. She was paiseh about her "notpreparedtoteachness", but it was just the amorphous musicality. She taught well. Choreography was simple and beautiful. Filthying the mirror was shockingly poignant; leaning against the cold, flat, unresponsive surface, the vertical plane gives no rest, and all you find is your own reflection. The session was a lot like my Platform? I've been endlessly repeating the song and recapping the steps. Steph even wrote "Learning to Let Go is always a struggle" at the end of her video. LOL. Her solo was awesome--effusive, natural, complete with dancey dynamics.


In the evening, I went to watch Eonnagata. I loved it. Lighting and costume are state-of-the-art. Sylvie Guillem is a feisty ballerina. Russell Maliphant is strong, present and beautiful. Robert Lepage sadly pales in comparison, but you are compelled to cut him some slack after learning that he is not trained as a dancer. The three are 45, 48, 52 years old respectively. Gives us all hope, no?

I finally made it for an Elm Pizarro class on Monday. To steal Yvonne's words, he is charming to a fault (to me, much like Alvin de Castro before him). He taught Marques Houston's Circle. I love the groove and flow of his style, and the long phrasing of his choreography.

On my way home, with a drizzle on my skin and Gravity in my ears, it suddenly occurred to me that "to drown in your love and not feel your rain" means to be completely and continually immersed in you and not to just experience tiny, intermittent drops. A+ for me.