Bluer than Indigo: Magical Fall

Even in NYC, you can find glimpses of the magic of Autumn....you have to look out for them, but they are there!

From the roof of the Met. museum

This season has been buzzing and very busy for me- with lots of new teaching positions (yoga and Pilates) and the preparation for two upcoming dance performances:

The first is a works-in-progress showing of a new piece I choreographed, called Logan's Way. It explores the inner world of Logan, my younger brother who is autistic. It's a powerful piece, perhaps partly because it is performed by real people who are performing their real-life selves. The music is Yann Tierson's Amelie soundtrack, the piano version. Leandra Ramm, with her extraordinary voice, is singing hauntingly beautiful overtones throughout the piece on top of the music, and Adrienne Ramm is in the piece as well, both dancing and speaking. Bita Bell, a young dancer from Iran is playing Logan. She has been very interesting to work with because her training is more in drama/theater than dance, so I have worked with her to utilize her full capabilities as an actress to embody the unique and intense energetic quality of Logan. The fourth performer in the piece is myself, playing....myself! Like I said before, this is a "works-in-progress" showcase, and in the full-length version of Logan's Way, there will also be a male dancer/actor playing David, Logan's father. But for now, the cast is made of up 4 people. It will be performed on Saturday Nov 23rd at the Hatch Showcase, Jennifer Muller Studios on W.24th St. You can buy tickets here: http://conta.cc/1boQsBf

The next performance I am super excited about is "An Evening of Dance and Music", a solo performance of solos choreographed by Isadora Duncan, the mother of modern dance in America. There will be live piano (music of Brahams, Chopin, and Scriabin) by acclaimed pianists Roy Eaton and Mark Fiedler.

This is such a special performance for me, because my coach is my incredible mother, who is perhaps the greatest living legacy of Isadora Duncan, who has passed down these dances to me true to their form. The rehearsal process has been so fulfilling and satisfying. There is nothing better than going to sleep at night after spending the afternoon rehearsing these incredibly rich and physically-demanding Duncan solos. On December 5th, 1983, Adrienne performed her (2 hour long!) solo Duncan performance here in NYC, and exactly 30 years later, on December 7th, 2013, I will be performing my own solo Duncan program in NYC! Duncan lives on! (mine is only an hour...things were different back then! haha)

Let's see....what else stands out in the glistening of Fall 2013?

Oh yes! How could I forget the Hay House I CAN DO IT Conference a few weeks ago...!??

I am a HUGE Hay House fan. (You could even say I;m a Hay House junkie) I LOVE all the beautiful books and teachers and actually bought my ticket back in June, because I knew this was something I could not miss!

To be learning from (and seeing first hand!) inspiring teachers including Louise Hay, Wayne Dyer, Doreen Virtue, Cheryl Richardson, and many many many more put me in such a high that I thought I entered another realm. After Wayne Dyer's 3-hour Keynote talk, I was literally in such an altered place I could barely talk to anyone. It felt as though someone had gone into my heart, used a wrench and opened it up. In the most beautiful and profound way.