Dancing body

Should I set movement to other bodies?

I started to make a dance. It's about the changing relationship of two people when the time passed.

I made some movement and taught it to my dancers. They were smart and picked up the steps really fast. They tried very hard to fulfill what I've told them. However, I still felt something wrong. When I watched them to "dance" my movement. I felt they were clay and I put them in a mould, they were not themselves. I couldn't feel the freedom of dancing in them. I wasn't sure if they were not familiar with the movement yet, or I didn't know how to coach.

On one hand, I wanted them to keep the movement quality that I imagined. On the other hand, I wanted them to be themselves and be free to change my movement. What I want seemed very contradictory.

From today's rehearsal, I started to think, what is dancers' role in a dance work? Is dancers just the tool to help choreographer to reveal the idea? How many freedom is allowed for dancer's own interpretation?

Dream

昨天晚上又夢見你。但夢中的你不是你，你先是一隻蜜蜂樣的飛蟻；然後變了一隻似玩具的真龜，還用你的龜殼打了個空翻；最後是一支黄色筆桿的鉛筆。無論是甚麼狀，我都知道這是你，你都在給我提示。

夢中又有大浪蓋過來。

A better world

龍應台在墨爾本的演講

Jo is sushi-holic

Since I got a bottle rice vinegar, I re-started to make sushi rolls. I haven't made this for a long time, at least 10 years. I was "Japanese fever", I loved everything from Japan, TV programme, magazine, graphic design, celebrities... and of course sushi.

My Japanese fever didn't keep a long time, may be there was less good Japanese TV programme, or just less Japanese celebrities that I liked, but the "love" of sushi didn't diminish and seemed getting serious. Even I couldn't afford to eat in Japanese restaurant in Roanoke, I would make sushi rolls at home.

Tonight, I made sushi roll with fake crab and cucumber for my dinner, so satisfied.

I can drive now

Got it... got it... got it... finally.
After 21 hours of practicing driving, and 2 road test, I got my driving license.
I really wanted to scream at the DMV, when I knew I got it, but everyone was so calm, and I had no friend beside my, so, I just screamed in my heart, so excited, so happy.

Too slow

No luck today...
Too slow was my problem...

My first bread

Katie gave me the recipe of zucchni bread, I wanted to make it for a long time. I was so excited, because I haven't made any bread before. It was a sweet bread, I liked the taste and texture a lot, though I think it tasted like cake more than bread. But if the taste was good, who cares what it is. This was my first trial, it seemed not bad, just a little bit too sweet for me.

One of the awesome mid-autume festival

Even I had no BBQ, no kareoke, no hot pot, no family, no a lot of HK buddies in mid-autumn festival, it was still a good one. I had a lot of good food, moon cake, paper lantern and laughing instead.

p.s. I hope I can have the doll collections.

Time x Hand

- forward and backward
- a waving hand
- a watch
- snap
- clap
- winkle