"Swan Lake" - Chinese Style

“Dance is so joyous”. Graeme Murphy

Some times I see some performances and I become SPEECHLESS! I am not a trained dancer, but I have taken some dance courses including jazz, tap and ballet from Salem State College, Emerson College, Jeanette Neill in Boston, MA http://www.jndance.com/index.html and Joe Tremaine’s in North Hollywood, CA. http://www.tremainedance.com/

I want to share this link of “Swan Lake” by the Great Chinese Circus. So much beauty, rhythm, grace, creativity and incredible stamina that it left me SPEECHLESS!

http://www.sonnyradio.com/swanlake_0001.swf


“And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate”.

Graeme Murphy


What types of performances make you become speechless?

FACTS

Swan Lake

http://www.answers.com/topic/swan-lake

Swan Lake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Lake

Swan Lake (Russian: Лебединое Озеро, Lebedinoye Ozero) is a ballet, first presented in four acts, Opus 20, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The scenario was worked out by Vladimir Begichev and Vasiliy Geltser, fashioned from Russian folk tales[1] and an ancient German legend, which tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.

The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (opus 20), composed 1875-1876. The ballet received its premiere on February 27, 1877 at the Bolshoy Theatre in Moscow as The Lake of the Swans. Although it is presented in many different versions, most ballet companies base their stagings both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, first staged for the Imperial Ballet on January 15, 1895 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. For this revival, Tchaikovsky's score was revised by the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre's chief conductor and composer Riccardo Drigo.

“APPLAUSE” !!” “APPLAUSE”!!

“APPLAUSE” !!” “APPLAUSE”!!

“All of us love applause, and so we should –
it means that the listener likes us”! Emanuel Ax

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/emanuelax357982.html

The Audience has answered back! For our final performance last night the Audience stood up and gave us another Standing Ovation! This was pretty fitting since our Grand Finale number was “APPLAUSE” from the Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical APPLAUSE.

We enjoyed our cast party and have been asked to perform again on March 7, 2008. Many performers are like speakers – we are always looking for our next show/gig. Of course most of us will be able to perform, but some of us will be in other shows or some of us will take a much needed break. As for me personally I will do the March 7th gig but I will be unable to audition for another show for quite awhile.

I am going to be very busy with my Toastmasters District 31 Duties for the next six months. Currently I am serving as the 2007-2008 Lt. Governor of Marketing which covers Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. But it was especially fun to be able to perform in the same show with my child – Sabrina did GREAT!! APPLAUSE APPLAUSE!!

I added this vide clip of the song APPLAUSE (this is NOT from my theatre production but I thought you make get a kick out of it…like I did…
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/applause-broadway-song-applause/1569599265

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Do you have to put things you like to do on hold for a while too in order to do other things that NEED to get done?

How do you choose which things you will do and which things you will put on hold?

OR is there something(s) that keep(s) you from doing what you REALLY WANT TO DO… family commitments, working hours, travel, time?

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The other day I mentioned that as one of my New Years Resolutions I would start sharing a Fact on my BLOG so in keeping with my promise from Fact Monster.com http://www.factmonster.com/dayinhistory

On January 14, 1639 The first constitution of Connecticut, Fundamental Orders, was adopted. http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0819884.html

And on January 14, 1990 The Simpsons premiered on television.

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“Applause is a receipt, not a bill.” Dale Carnegie

"COME ALONG AND LISTEN TO...THE LULLABY OF BROADWAY"!!

“COME ALONG AND LISTEN TO…THE LULLABY OF BROADWAY”!!

We opened tonight “FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD - A MUSICAL REVUE” with the Theatre Co. of Saugus in Saugus, MA ! http://tcsaugus.home.comcast.net/~tcsaugus/

It was wonderful to open to a FULL HOUSE and to close with a STANDING OVATION! The audience was on its feet clapping…before we were even done bowing during our CURTAIN CALL!

I was sooo proud watching my daughter Sabrina signing and dancing to “You Gott’a Have Heart”, “Beautiful Candy”, “Hard Knock Life”, “Do- Re-Mi”. She really lights up on stage!

I sang and danced in “Lullaby Of Broadway”, “All That Jazz”, “Coffee Break”, “Brotherhood of Man”, “Blow Gabriel Blow”, “Seasons Of Love”, “What I Did For Love” and “Applause Applause”!!

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Do you like to perform? Or did you always WANT to perform but were too shy, too scared, or too self-conscious? If you would like to enjoy “STAGE TIME”! I suggest you join a local Theatre Group in your area. I also highly recommend joining a Toastmasters Club http://www.toastmasters.org/ Becoming a Toastmaster member has certainly helped enhance my "Performing Skills" and "Public Speaking Skills"!

BUT what I also found even more surprising is that my "Leadership Skills" have emerged!!

I must get to bed - I/We still have three more performances left on Friday, Saturday & Sunday {I will post more on leadership at a another time}.

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"GOOD NIGHT BA-BY"..."SLEEP TIGHT BA-BY"..."LET'S CALL IT A DAY"!... "LISTEN TO THE LUL-LA-BY OF OLD....BROAD-WAY"!!..