I love Paris in the spring time I love Paris in the fall I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles I love Paris every moment Every moment of the year I love Paris, why oh why do I love Paris Because my love is here what can I say? Paris is far more beautiful than I imagined. Ira and I spent hours walking around with our mouths hanging open, trying our best to get some of it on film. Unfortunately th...

Some relevant words from Miguel Gutierrez on the subject of touring: "i feel incredibly lucky to have had these experiences. touring makes you a better dancer, plain and simple. putting yourself in front of an audience that is not full of your best friends, your best friend's unwitting co-workers, ex-es, lovers, soon to be lovers, old dance school friends, relatives, and well, the other local dancers who are there to appreciate or secretly compare or disdain...

We are going to Dortmund today and will be there through saturday. I hope that Berute will give us a little break during these extra days, but I doubt it. She has taken to making major changes to the work an hour before we perform, and then giving us corrections as we put on our makeup. Yesterday she rechoreographed an entire section of the first piece, and we didn't even have time to do it once before we went on stage. Crazy!!! It has been a bit rough on me. V...

Sorry it has been so long since my last update. Life has been quite crazy! Ira took the long trip from Rhode Island (where he has been dancing with the Island Moving Company) to kaunas to visit me. OF course he only had a couple of days to rest from his trip and adjust to Lithuanian time before we were thrown head first into rehearsals for a new piece by Johannes wieland for the New Baltic international dance festival. The rest of the company had already learne...

Happy Easter!!! Well, I'm back in Kaunas now, celebrating easter with Lina's family. We will color eggs, have a feast, and go out to visit the grandparents house in the village. I sat down with the director of the dance company here, and it seems like they are going to have a very busy summer. There is the new baltic dance festival on the first weekend of May, then a 3-city tour of germany mid-may, some performances in St. Petersburg in June, maybe anoth...