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Sylvie Guillem

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Last night we went to New York City Center to see Sylvie Guillem “Life in Progress”. We booked the tickets the day they came out so I’ve been pretty excited about this performance for a very long time. Before the show yesterday I was both excited and sad. This is Sylvie’s last year, her last tour and yesterday was her last performance in New York City. I cried several times during the performance. She is such an amazing dancer and I have admired her for many years. 
There were four different performance pieces last night. The first piece, “Technê” by Akram Kahn, was so incredibly beautiful. This solo might be my favorite of all times. I cried. I enjoyed it. I got inspired. And I cried some more. The second piece, “Duo2015” by William Forsythe, was danced by two male dancers mostly in silence. Great dancers and very nice movements but it got a little tedious after a while to see the same kind of moves, until Sylvie jumped in for a few seconds to join the duo and then disappear again. Third piece, “Here & After” by Russel Maliphant, danced by Sylvie and a female dancer went from good to a little boring but with interesting sounds to amazing with great lights, movements and connection between the dancers. It’s also interesting to see Sylvie dance with another woman, because really good dancers appear like there is no effort in their movements, it looks so easy, until you see a really good dancer next to Sylvie:) The last piece, “Bye” by Swedish choreographer Mats Ek, is a piece that I’ve seen before at Lincoln Center in 2012. I love that piece so I didn’t mind seeing it again. In the end of the piece the apple screensaver came up, haha, but it really didn’t matter, who cares when there is perfect dance to watch in front of it. 
She got, of course, standing ovation and the absolute longest applause I’ve ever experienced. It just never ended. And she really deserves it. This is her last time performing there and she should know how much people care for her dancing. 
Sylvie Guillem turned 50 years old this year which you really can’t tell when she dances. She can make everything seem easy, she can look very serious but what I love the most is that she has this little child that comes out in her movements in some choreographies, especially in Mats Ek’s work. She is a perfectionist and it shows when she dance. Not a single thing that is not perfect. I will forever admire her and be inspired by her work and I will miss her in the dance world. She has six more performances and her last performance is in the end of December and then she will retire. 

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Empire Easter

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IMG_20150403_215726Empire State Building had colors to honor the Easter yesterday.
Wish I had a better camera with me. 

Igar kvall akte vi till Midtown och at thai pa Roomservice. Det blev en god men snabb middag innan vi skulle pa forestallning pa The DiMenna Center  for Music (Baryshnikov Arts Center). The DASH Ensamble hade en dansshow med inslag av teater. Eftersom jag har sett kompaniet forut, var jag nyfiken pa hur de skulle lagga in teater. De hade en bra teater story som overgick till danskoreografi som jag inte vet om det horde till storyn, och tillbaka till teater som byttes till dans. Halva forsta delen av forestallningen visade storyn, men sen kom den aldrig tillbaka igen, sa jag har lite fragetecken kring det. Men, det var valdigt bra. De ar duktiga dansare och deras stil ligger nara till det jag sjalv gillar att dansa och skapa. Sa, bra jobbat The Dash! 

Last night we went to Midtown for thai food at Roomservice. It was a nice but fast dinner before we were going to a performance at The DiMenna Center for Music (Baryshnikov Arts Center). The DASH Ensamble had a dance show with elements of theater. Since I have seen the company before, I was curious of how they would add theater. They had a good theater story that went over to dance choreography that I don’t know if it had anything to do with the story, and back to theater that changed to dance. The first half of the performance showed the story, but then it never came back again, so I have some question marks around that. But, it was very good. They have great dancers and their style is close to what I like to dance and create. So, good job The Dash! 

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dancer in new york

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Under 16 timmar av dygnet tanker jag pa dans, och ibland drommer jag om det ocksa. Den senaste tiden har jag mest tankt pa all dans och konst jag inte gillar, vilket i sin tur inte direkt hjalper mig och mitt skapande. Att bli inspirerad av saker man inte tycker ar bra, ar svart. Jag har inte sett en bra forestallning pa valdigt lange. Senaste var Sylvie Guillem pa Lincoln Center som min van Monika och jag var pa 2012. Det finns otroligt mycket dalig dans har i New York. Alla vill kalla sig dansare, alla slass om scenerna och de som faktiskt ar bra kommer i skymundan. Jag vet inte vart jag sjalv skulle hamna pa den skalan. Ar jag en av de basta eller ar jag samst? Eller annu varre, ar jag gomd nagonstans i mitten? Formodligen i mitten, dar hamnar de flesta. Jag har riktigt bra utbildningar i ryggsacken, men det garanterar mig ingenting. Jag ar dessutom en utlanning med erfarenheter som ingen vet nagot om. 
New York ar staden dar allt ar mojligt, men det ar nog den svaraste platsen att forsoka gora sig ett namn. Jag trodde det skulle bli enkelt att flytta hit, men det har snarare gjort mig galen. Jag blir kvar har i NY i nagra ar till, for min man har ett bra jobb har, sa jag maste gora det basta av tiden. Det svaraste for mig att lista ut ar borjan. Hur kastar man sig ut i ett hav av hajar och overlever? Ska man borja med att simma? Ska man forsoka bli vanner forst? Eller finns det andra satt som ar battre? 
Jag tanker alldeles for mycket. 

During 16 hours of the day I think about dance, and sometimes I dream about it too. Lately, I have mostly thought about all the dance and art I do not like, which is then not directly helping me and my creative mind. To be inspired of things you don’t think is good, is hard. I have not seen a good performance in a very long time. The last one was Sylvie Guillem at Lincoln Center that my friend Monika and I went to 2012. There is a lot of really bad dance here in New York. Everybody wants to call themselves a dancer, everybody fights for the stages and those who actually are good are overshadowed. I don’t know where I would be on that scale myself. Am I one of the best or am I the worst? Or even worse, am I hidden somewhere in the middle? Probably in the middle, that’s where most people are. I have really good education in my backpack, but it doesn’t guarantee me anything. I’m also a foreigner with experiences noone knows anything about. 
New York is the city where everything is possible, but it is probably the most difficult place to try to make a name. I thought it would be easy to move here, but it has rather made me crazy. I will be here in NY for some more years, because my husband has a good job here, so I have to do the best of the time. The hardest for me to figure out is the beginning. How do you throw yourself out in an ocean of sharks and survive? Should you start to swim? Should you try to become friends first? Or is there a way that is better? 
I think way too much. 

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Studio time

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Igar var det Super Bowl har i USA. Tydligen var det en valdigt jamn match vilken gjorde det kul. Jag befann mig dock i studion under halva matchen. Nar jag kom hem sag jag slutet pa Katy Perry’s performance och min man stod i koket och gjorde middag (vilken lyx 🙂 ). Resten av matchen kollade jag igenom det jag filmade pa min tid i studion.
Nar jag skulle till studion (Gibney 280, gamla DNA) kandes det nastan som att jag skulle pa en het dejt. En dejt med studion. Tva timmar i en stor studio dar bara jag kunde bestamma vad jag skulle gora och fa ut av tiden dar. Det ar alltid lite laskigt att boka en studio, oavsett om man bokar for enbart sig sjalv eller tillsammans med andra dansare. Som nar man satter sig ner med ett blankt papper och en penna for att rita nagot. Man har en ide, men kommer det bli som man har tankt sig? Jag hade en plan men efter forsta timmen av den inplanerade improvisationen med vissa riktlinjer kande jag att det sista jag hade planerat inte passade in, sa jag fortsatte med improvsation med lite andrat fokus. Jag avslutade med en helt annan typ av tema som jag garna jobbar med och alskar att utforska enbart for att det utmanar mig men aven kanns bekant. Jag filmar alltid allt jag jobbar med. Om det ar improvisation kan jag senare se och skriva ner det man gillar och om man jobbar med en koreografifras ar det bra att kunna se vilka andringar man gor sa att man senare kan skriva ner det hemma och inte behover ta tid till skrivandet i studion (jag skriver alltid ner allt jag skapar). 

Yesterday was Super Bowl here in USA. Apparently it was a very close game which made it fun. I was in a studio during half the game though. When I came home I saw the end of Katy Perry’s performance and my husband was in the kitchen making dinner (luxury 🙂 ). The rest of the game, I looked through what I had filmed on my time in the studio. 
When I was going to the studio (Gibney 280, old DNA) it almost felt like that I was going on a hot date. A date with the studio. Two hours in a huge studio where only I could decide what I should do and get from the time there. It’s always a bit scary to book a studio, regardless if you book for only yourself or together with other dancers. Like when you sit down with a blank paper and a pencil to draw something. You have an idea, but will it be like you thought? I had a plan but after the first hour of the planned improvisation with some guidelines, I felt that the last thing I had planned didn’t fit in, so I continued with improvisation with a little changed focus. I finished with a totally different theme that I like to work with and love to explore because it challenge me but also feels familiar. I always film everything I work on. If its improvisation you can later see and write down what you like and if you’re working on a choreography phrase its good to be able to see what changes you do so that you later can write it at home and don’t have to take time for the writing in the studio (I always write down everything I create).