This is the video of a piece I performed this past Spring at Purchase. It was shown in our ‘Dance Theater Lab’ located in the actual dance building. Beautiful space - it’s a black box theatre converted into a proscenium arch with tiered bleachers that hold chairs for about 400 (if I’m not mistaken). My apologies for the poor quality video, it is terribly hard to make out what exactly we are doing but you’ll get the idea. The piece, I think it’s what we live for, is Lucy Wilson’s senior project- a recent Purchase grad who is a good friend of mine. Seems a tad random that I should be posting this now… However, I promise it is relevant to my upcoming life. (Below is a still shot from the piece - I am in the back on the right wearing the blue shirt)

This summer, the Purchase Dance Corps - which consists of any dancers performing repertory for the school - will be performing at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. The Festival is a huge artist hub of activity. It is the longest running Dance festival in the country and offers incredible opportunities for dancers, choreographers, composers and the like! (Click HERE for Pillow History) The summer program - which I auditioned for, and was rejected by - is highly competitive. I believe they accept 12 girls and 12 guys (from the entire world) into the summer Contemporary Dance program… or something completely ridiculous like that. In any case, Purchase was asked to present an evening of dance as a part of their ‘Inside/Out’ Series and Lucy’s piece was chosen as a part of the program.

Well Jacob, you may not want me dance in your summer program but you can’t keep me from performing at your festival! Take that… picky, pretentious, folk. I’m not bitter. Ahem.

SO. Purchase is bringing two pieces in addition to Lucy’s project that were performed in our most recent Spring Concert. George Balanchine’s Serenade, and Gallem Gallem choreographed by Nelly VanBommel, an exciting new choreographer who happens to work at our school - I LOVE HER WORK.Lucy’s piece was chosen as the best and most appropriate student work for the venue/concert. This means I will be headed up to the woods of Massachusetts on August 26th to perform at the Pillow!

Click here to view the stage I am assuming we get to perform on. What a blessing! To be immersed in nature while physically engaging in my favorite activity? Not sure it gets better than that. I am quite excited, to say the least.