all the print that fits the new

just about halfway through rehearsals; at least that is what erin told lauren, laura and i (yeah, that's right, there is a lauren, a laura and a lauri in the cast, thinking of renaming melusina "laurelusina" - there are also 3 pisces; no fire in the group at all!) and we realized that we weren't doing as bad as we could be, all things considered. it is a very difficult piece, with lots of allusion and wordplay and a great deal of physicality. we've started adding the music as well. lauren has come up with some beautiful melodies. i think my favorite right now is the "junkyard blues."
monday night we attempted a run, or rather stumble-thru of the show. i left feeling exhilarated and exhausted. it is interesting to me that the process of this show is reflecting the writing, absolute opposites. i am and i am not. i feel like i go back and forth between divine inspiration and utter confusion. the characters i am playing are difficult for me, true stretches, i am enjoying the work, but it *is* hard. even my short solo dance is a movement challenge, as it is a style of dance i have not really studied at all. i have always wanted to study duncan dance though and this is a good intro. several years ago this woman read my palm and one of the things she said was that she saw me working with children and teaching isadora style dance. the movement is really beautiful though. the butoh and duncan combined with the circus backgounds of laura and mel is unique and strange and wonderful; and not like any dance i have done before.
tonite we are to work the 2nd and 3rd iterations of the show - this will make sense when you see it - and i am really excited about breaking the piece down again aand again into its smallest parts, even though there are still places where i don't know what's going on or where i am supposed to be!
i guess that is part of the thrill of this. i know that i will be working and learning and practicing until opening night and i am sure we will be discovering elements throughout the run.
now it's time to get my tea ready and get ready to go.
oxxxo,
aglaia, the one who measures