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HUIdag pratas det mycket om RAW food. Vi ar mer medvetna om vad vi stoppar i oss, vi vill ata mer ekologiskt och leva ett halsosammare liv. Igar var jag och Jeanette pa HU Kitchen (14 Street and Fifth Ave). Dit maste jag verkligen ga tillbaka. Jag bestallde Wild Elk Burger with Sweet Potato. Allt gluten och laktosfritt. Omg, sa otroligt gott! De har bade varm och kall mat och de har en cafe del, alltsa ett perfekt stalle att ga till nar alla i sallskapet vill ha olika saker.

Nagot jag aven gillar ar nar jag hittar stallen i New York dar man inte behover satta sig ner och bestalla mat fran en servitor. Pa HU bestaller man sin mat, betalar och gar och satta sig vart man vill. I Sverige finns massor med dessa stallen ((oh, jag langtar till Stockholms cafeer)). I Sverige ar en restaurang en restaurang och ett cafe ar ett cafe. Soker man efter ett cafe har NY visar det sig nastan alltid att det ar en restaurang med bordsservering. Har finns diners, restauranger, cafeer, och allt me bordsservering och man maste ge dricks till allt och alla. Och, man ar aldrig ensam och man har en standig kansla att man maste ga snart sa att andra gaster kan fa bord. Det vi alskar i Sverige ar att ga och ta en fika (som kan innehalla allt fran kaffe till en varmratt, eller kanske bade ock) och att sitta lange i mysiga fotoljer. Det gor man inte har och det saknar jag nog mest av allt. 

Jag och Jeanette satt och pratade tills vi insag att klockan hade blivit mycket och HU holl pa att stanga. Timmar av snack som gett mig massor av inspiration. Det ar lika peppande varje gang jag traffar henne. 

Today, everybody is talking about RAW food. We are more aware of what we put in our bodies and we want to eat more organic and live a healthier life. Yesterday me and Jeanette went to HU Kitchen (14 Street and Fifth Ave). I really have to go back there. I ordered Wild Elk Burger with Sweet Potato. Everything gluten and lactose free. Omg, so incredibly good! They have both warm and cold food and they have a cafe part, so it’s a perfect place to go to when everybody in your company wants different things. 
Something I also like is when I find places in New York where you don’t have to sit down and order your food from a waiter. At HU you order your food, pay and sit down wherever you want. In Sweden there is many places like this ((oh, I’m so looking forward to Stockholm cafe’s)). In Sweden a restaurant is a restaurant and a cafe is a cafe. If you search for a cafe here in NY it almost every time turns out to be a restaurant with table serving. Here is diners, restaurants, cafe’s, and everything with table serving and you have to pay tip to everyone. And, you are never alone and you have the constant feeling that you need to leave soon so that other guests can get a table. What we love in Sweden is to go and have fika (that can be everything in btw a coffee to a warm course, or both) and to sit down for a long time in cozy armchairs. You don’t do that here and that’s what I’m missing the most. 
Me and Jeanette sat and talked until we realized what time it was and HU was about to close. Hours of talking that gave me a lot of inspiration. It’s always so encouraging to meet with her. 

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Soft buds

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Nu ar det en manad kvar tills jag och min man star pa svensk mark. Ska bli sa underbart att traffa nara och kara! Jag raknar ner dagarna nu. 
Idag har jag massor av saker jag vill gora. Det ar bast att jag satter igang. Vill sitta i solen en stund ocksa och lasa i min bok som jag inte har last i pa typ tva veckor. Boken handlar just nu mycket om Tyskland och andra varldskriget och det ar lite tungt att lasa, sa jag behovde en paus.

It’s only one month left now until me and my husband stands on Swedish ground. Will be so wonderful to see my dear family! I’m counting the days now.
Today I have plenty of stuff that I wanna do. Better start now. Want to sit in the sun for a while too and read in my book that I haven’t read in like two weeks. The book is now about Germany and the second world war and it’s a little heavy to read, so I needed a break.

Dessa fina videkissar tog Carolina med sig i sondags. Jim och jag sprang runt i flera blomster butiker och letade men kunde inte hitta. Istallet gick min snalla man ut i parken och letade upp kvistar. Jag hade lyckats hitta fjadrar (i svenska godisbutiken) och ville saklart dekorera med dem. Sa nu har vi bade videkissar och fjader-kvistar hemma:)
These nice willow peers came Carolina with on Sunday. Jim and I ran around to several flowershops to find them but no luck. Instead, my dear husband ran outside in the park and found some branches. I had managed to find feathers (in the Swedish candystore) and wanted decorate with them of course (a Swedish tradition). So now we have both willow peers and feather-branches at home:)

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BTW;
//Enligt google stavas det videkissar. Ar det sa? Jag vill stava det med ett S //
// According to google, willow peers is the right translation, is that correct? // 

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Studio in soho

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IMAG2865_2Det har ar vad man ser nar man ligger pa rygg i studion. Snyggt va?:)
This is what you see when you’re on your back in the studio. Pretty huh?:)

Lilja, koreograf JoAnna och jag borjade dagens rehearsal med att uppdatera om allt. Vi har ju haft 1,5 manad uppehall, sa det var mycket att prata om. Jag och Lilja har setts nagra ganger, sa det blev mest updates fran Jo’s undervisande i Europa. Hon har hunnit med att besoka och undervisa i fyra (eller var det fem..?) lander. Imponerande. 

Idag jobbade vi med faktiskt med nagot som inte hor med Sverige projektet att gora. Det forsta vi jobbade med var att blunda och lyssna till varandras ljud. Fran det skapade vi var sin movement fras som kunde upprepas. Vi jobbade lange med att jag var den “blinda” och de andra tva fick ga in och “frame” mig. Det ar inte sa enkelt. Det ar nagot som detta kompani jobbar mycket med, men det ar latt att man gar in och det nastan blir fake. Det ar det arliga och nuet som gor varat arbete intressant. Sa vi testade lite olika saker. 
Andra grejen vi jobbade med var “Alpha Gina”. Det ar nagot som kompaniet har jobbat med sedan manga ar tillbaka och Jo vill nu helt enkelt ta det ett steg langre, sa vi testade en massa saker. Provade att blunda har med vilket gav en helt annan upplevelse. 

Lilja, choreographer JoAnna and I started todays rehearsal with updating about everything. We have had 1,5 month break, so there was a lot to talk about. Me and Lilja have seen each other a couple of times, so it was mostly updates from Jo’s teaching in Europe. She has been able to visit and teach in four (or was it five..?) countries. Impressive. 
Today we actually worked on something that is not for the project in Sweden. The first thing we worked on was with closed eyes listen to each others sounds. From that each one of us created a movement phrase to be repeated. We worked for a long time that I was the “blind” and the other two could go in and “frame” me. It’s not that simple. It is something this company is working a lot with, but it’s easy to go in and it almost becomes fake. It’s honesty and the present that makes our work interesting. So we tried a couple of things. 
The second thing we worked on was the “Alpha Gina”. It’s something that the company has been working on for many years and now Jo simply wanted to take it one step further, so we tried a lot of things. Tried to close the eyes here too which gave an other experience. 

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Back to the studio in soho

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Snart ska jag ivag pa rehearsal. Var koreograf ar tillbaka fran Europa och vi ska satta igang infor forestallningarna i Sverige. Spannande ocksa att fa hora hur allt gatt pa hennes Sverige besok och om de nya dansarna som hon har hittat fran audition i Malmo. Jag ar pa bra humor idag och riktigt pigg, sa det har blir nog en bra dag!

Soon I will be on my way to rehearsal. Our choreographer is back from Europe and we will start to prepare for the performances in Sweden. Excited also to here how everything went on her visit in Sweden and about the new dancers she found on the audition in Malmo. I’m in a good mood today and well rested so this will probably be a good day!

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Nattdans pa Hovdala poster

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Jag har sett denna poster for sommarens forestallningar av Nattdans pa Hovdala forut, men inte hade jag en aning om att jag ar med pa den. Alla fran forra sommaren ar med pa den 🙂
I have seen this poster for this summers performances of Nattdans pa Hovdala before, but I had no idea that I was on it. Everyone from last summer is on it 🙂

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Poster made by: Peter Minorsson
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😀 

Jag ska inte vara med i projektet denna sommar, men jag ar valdigt glad over att jag far vara med pa arets poster.
I’m not gonna be a part of the project this summer, but I’m very glad to be a part of this years poster.

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