My German class is over! We had a little party on the last day with food from everyone's country (I made Guacamole-- close enough, right?). My teacher (she's in the middle, next to me) asked me to show a dance, and because I am a masochist, I decided to try to teach an 18th c. contredanse. I though it would be good practice for me because I have to teach some German schoolchildren when I go up to Göttingen for the opera in April, but adults are SO MUCH HARDER to teach than children. The actual teaching in German was not quite as flustering as I thought, but, to be safe, for the schoolchildren I am going to write the whole thing out and memorize it like a play. I want to be über-prepared. I also want to try to fit the prefix "über" into as many blog entries as possible.
In case you were wondering what the scary no-doors elevator looked like, here it is! I admit that I did ride it 3 times when I was feeling lazy. Fun Fact: It takes exactly the same amount of time to ride up two floors in the crazy elevator as it takes to climb the stairs.I am in the middle of writing applications for choreography residences and group shows right now. It is kind of a mind-numbing process to try to convince people that what you do is important and exciting. Sample imaginary one-sided conversation with a dance presenting organization: "What do you mean you've never heard of baroque dance?" "All the cool kids are doing it." "Of course it is still relevant today!" "It's very sexy, ok?" "And also exciting." "Terribly exciting, if I show you one of my dances you just may faint." "Look, you might like it if you try it!" "Just try it!" "Please?"
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Guacamole? You'd think with all t his internet access you'd find a nice american dish.... you look like you could be mexican though...
Hee Hee! Sometimes the Germans ask me if I am Hispanic!
I really wanted to make apple pie, but they wanted savory dishes... the Moroccan woman requested an avocado dish, so I just decided to oblige.
Your German class looks like a meeting of the United Nations. What other foods did you have? I think avocados grow in California so that would technically count as from the USA.
I always think it's easier to deal with children than adults.
We had Nigerian coconut rice, Pakistani chicken curry, Moroccan something that was like a Spanish tortilla, Turkish pizza, Afghani kebap (which is not at all like Turkish kepab), some Ukranian chicken spread that I didn't like, and tiramisu from the teacher whose dad is from Italy.
Even though I asked everyone to bring recipes no one did :( But I understand because they would have had to write it out in German which is a pain...
It reminded me of International Day at school!!
it's all so Jason Bourne has a love child with Martha Stewart over there. and happy belated easter!
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