My first ballet class
As you may know, I've been interested in the relations between music and dance for a few years. My interest started maybe with the study of Karlheinz Stockhausen's operas and compositions for moving musicians. When I took part in the Stockhausen courses in the summer of 2001, I attended Markus Stockhausen's yoga introduction, every day at 7am. That was quite a fun experience, and I remember that composer Flo Menezes attended, too.
It took me time before I dare try ballet: I took my first beginning class at the Harvard Dance Center in February 2009. My teacher was Margot Parsons, whose first words to me were "Left hand on the barre"!
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The Harvard Dance Center's nice Studio 1, in concert configuration.
Margot Parsons co-founded the Dance Visions company; you can watch her interview on To the pointe TV. Thank you Margot for accepting me and teaching me the basics of what a ballet class is!
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