02.06.05
Images 2005 dance recital
Also this week was dress rehearsals and the start of performances for Images 2005, a dance recital. Half of the dances are choreographed by students, and half by faculty. I worked on the costumes for two pieces, but assorted repairs and reworking on bits of others. Mostly I had done pattern drafting and fabric cutting. I don’t work enough hours to have done most of the other work. I was in shock after the first dress rehearsal. I had thought we were mostly done with the costumes, but apparently that’s the time when they REALLY find out what will fall apart and what needs reworking. There was all kinds of little repairs that needed doing, so I stayed late Tuesday and helped as much as I could.
I went to the Saturday performance. It was crowded. The dances were great. I really liked Maureen Walsh’s piece. She showed it at Choreographer’s gallery in the Fall, and really polished it since then. I also liked Prof. Fran’s piece. And of course I thought Karyn’s piece was lovely with the flamey costumes. The skirts looked very different finished than they did when I was cutting them out.
I got this photo from The Santa Clara newspaper. I didn’t work on these costumes, but they didn’t have a picture for the ones I did work on.