Hello world!
Wow, it's amazing continue to have moments of realization that...Holy Bollucks, I'm in New York City. And then it goes away, and I go on with my day, and then all of a sudden, BAM, it's back. I can literally change my moods whenever I want to because of the fact that I'm in New York City; and I'm going to use that card as long as I can!
The second week is past, and now we move into a much needed weekend. There was a lot to take in this week. I finally feel like I live in my apartment now, in my own room. And my schedule is starting to feel more settled. I know when I have time to get things done. I have a better idea when I need alone time, or when I have time to chill. I have purchased a much needed day planner, and figured out the calendar on my phone, a combination that will make life a lot more organized for me, allowing me to be as punctual as possible.
It's a short one tonight, gotta get some sleep!!!
Gnight!!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
3 Pianos
Wow, Three Pianos...wow, now that is piece of art I have to be apart of making in my lifetime. The brilliant combination of Schubert Lieder, 3 average dudes, a beautiful abstract set, and a raw and simple understand of past present and future equals sheer genius. The New York Theatre Workshop just finished a run of "3 Pianos," and I was fortunate to see a matinee performance this past Sunday. This particular Theatre chooses works that present theatrical experiences that reflect, respond to, and invigorate the world in which we live and work. Three pianos was more than theatre, but it was on a different wave length than musical theatre. It wasn't a concert, yet it was a simpler version of opera, without all the mellow drama and hugely perfectionized classical voices. It was raw, and real. It was a history lesson about Franz Schubert and his collegues, describing the life they live. Or rather, the life they may have lived. These three gentlemen played people of the present day, but would go in and out of history, pretending to be Schubert or his partner Wilhelm Müller. They would go in an out of character, and sometimes it was confusing, but I love it when the audience has to do some work. That is why I go to the theatre, I was to be challenged, i what to enjoy getting somewhere, changing the way I see something. Reaching into a different part of my brain and exploring it on another level. That is also the kinds of projects i want to be apart of. I want to make someone turn around and ask why. If that is all that happens, that will make my job worth it. When you ask why, it is like a doorway to endless possibilities, which is brilliant.
The three actors were amazing: Rick Burkhardt, Alec Duffy and Dave Malloy. They wrote, arranged and performed three pianos....effing brilliant!! The story followed the song cycle called Winterreise (Op. 89, D 911) There are 24 songs, and they intigrated them all into the show, each outlining or driving forward certain themes, and plot lines. There were literally three upright pianos on stage, and they were like a 4th character, and I would go even further as to say the music was a 5th character and the set was a sixth character (maybe getting a little ridiculous) but they changed the way you listened and viewed everything on stage. There was on moment in which they had the pianos in a triangle, all facing inward with all of them inside the triangle, and they proceeded to play one of the pieces while walking in a circle in the middle of the triangle, all playing different notes on each piano. Kinda confusing to explain, but I think you get the picture. It was incredible! I just love how it brings Classical music, and it's complex lyrics back to life, and makes it accessible for a younger audience. My heart goes out to all who were involved in this production. I will be in this show in my career!!
Onto the rest of my life. Well another week is almost past, wow the time flies when you are having fun! I finally feel settled in my room, which is great. Thank you IKEA, despite the fact that my bank account is a little sore. But a guys gotta live, right? It's one of my many on going questions. When do you suck it up and say, I don't need that, and when do you say, I can have it because I want it. There are certain things that I know I need in order to be as productive and successful as possible. It's not like I NEED NEED NEED this things to survive. I could live without a cellphone, I don't technically need a douvet to sleep at night. But then again, I do need to feel good in my room. That is the place, and the bathroom, where I am me 100 percent of the time. There is no one else there to judge me, and therefore I have no reason to be anything else but me. I am able to have things that help make my space mine! Again, it's an on going question whenever I purchase something. "Do I really need this?" Well, I'm pretty sure it's not going to get easier. you gotta just follow those instincts. And like we discussed in my Improv class...when you are making a decision, basically you waste time wondering things that you have no control over. You plan out a sinerio in your head about what could happen if you make this choice or that choice. But you haven't even made it yet, so you don't know what is going to happen. When you start double guessing yourself, you gotta just pick one and go. The better you get a picking, and knowing that both choices are going to lead you somewhere where you need to go, the faster you can move on from that decision and just live your life. We spend a lot of time wondering! make a choice and go, either way you are going to learn something, and next time your choice may be different!
Okay, ballet in 8 hours. Gotta go!!
Always more to come...
The three actors were amazing: Rick Burkhardt, Alec Duffy and Dave Malloy. They wrote, arranged and performed three pianos....effing brilliant!! The story followed the song cycle called Winterreise (Op. 89, D 911) There are 24 songs, and they intigrated them all into the show, each outlining or driving forward certain themes, and plot lines. There were literally three upright pianos on stage, and they were like a 4th character, and I would go even further as to say the music was a 5th character and the set was a sixth character (maybe getting a little ridiculous) but they changed the way you listened and viewed everything on stage. There was on moment in which they had the pianos in a triangle, all facing inward with all of them inside the triangle, and they proceeded to play one of the pieces while walking in a circle in the middle of the triangle, all playing different notes on each piano. Kinda confusing to explain, but I think you get the picture. It was incredible! I just love how it brings Classical music, and it's complex lyrics back to life, and makes it accessible for a younger audience. My heart goes out to all who were involved in this production. I will be in this show in my career!!
Onto the rest of my life. Well another week is almost past, wow the time flies when you are having fun! I finally feel settled in my room, which is great. Thank you IKEA, despite the fact that my bank account is a little sore. But a guys gotta live, right? It's one of my many on going questions. When do you suck it up and say, I don't need that, and when do you say, I can have it because I want it. There are certain things that I know I need in order to be as productive and successful as possible. It's not like I NEED NEED NEED this things to survive. I could live without a cellphone, I don't technically need a douvet to sleep at night. But then again, I do need to feel good in my room. That is the place, and the bathroom, where I am me 100 percent of the time. There is no one else there to judge me, and therefore I have no reason to be anything else but me. I am able to have things that help make my space mine! Again, it's an on going question whenever I purchase something. "Do I really need this?" Well, I'm pretty sure it's not going to get easier. you gotta just follow those instincts. And like we discussed in my Improv class...when you are making a decision, basically you waste time wondering things that you have no control over. You plan out a sinerio in your head about what could happen if you make this choice or that choice. But you haven't even made it yet, so you don't know what is going to happen. When you start double guessing yourself, you gotta just pick one and go. The better you get a picking, and knowing that both choices are going to lead you somewhere where you need to go, the faster you can move on from that decision and just live your life. We spend a lot of time wondering! make a choice and go, either way you are going to learn something, and next time your choice may be different!
Okay, ballet in 8 hours. Gotta go!!
Always more to come...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Back sooner than expected!!
Hello my dear friends from wherever you reside. I still have no idea if anyone reads these silly blogs. Some people say they do, but I wonder if they are just saying that. Regardless, this is therapy for me, and i think it's important to write down how we are feeling. The great thing about a blog is that you can call keep up to date on a more regular basis with my crazy life! (since you all care so much) haha, there was a little bit of sarcasm, but at the same time, I actually do feel a lot of support as I follow my dears (Hallmark Moment) It sounds corny, but it's the darn truth! Being back in New York city, going to a musical theatre/film school, is freakin insane! I'm still trying to wrap my brain around what the heck is going on in my life right now. I want to call Kim in Edmonton, whom I did an Opera program with, and tell her how much of this is thanks to the way she shifted my way of thinking. CMU plus NUOVA equals what is happening right now! If any of you read my 'How to be an opera singer in 6 weeks,' you will understand how that totally changed my life!
So I'm back...back in New York City. It was a long journey, but it only took 3 weeks. I have been waiting my whole life for an opportunity like this, and yet it happened so incredibly fast, that now it doesn't feel like I ever left NYC. I sit in my Apartment in Brooklyn, a little chilly, because the spare bedroom that I'm staying in has a bit of a draft going on, but beyond that, I sit here still awwww struck at what all happened in the last 3 weeks. There are so many people to thank for helping make this 2 years at the New York Film Academy even possible. There were so many little loop holes, and I basically told myself from the second I said yes to coming to school in January, "I am going to do everything I can to get back, EVERYTHING...I've got nothing to lose by trying.
I'm only had 3 days of school, but I'm diggin all my teachers already. They are brilliant artists that have so much knowledge to pass on. And so many of them are still working actors and producers and directors, checking there phones during breaks to see if their agents got them the gig they wanted, or the audition call back they needed...etc, etc. They are all working and teaching at the same time, able to help us to do the same!! It's absolutely fantastic:)
I am beyond excited for what his adventure will bring into my life! This or something better!!!! (TOSB)
jgkf
So I'm back...back in New York City. It was a long journey, but it only took 3 weeks. I have been waiting my whole life for an opportunity like this, and yet it happened so incredibly fast, that now it doesn't feel like I ever left NYC. I sit in my Apartment in Brooklyn, a little chilly, because the spare bedroom that I'm staying in has a bit of a draft going on, but beyond that, I sit here still awwww struck at what all happened in the last 3 weeks. There are so many people to thank for helping make this 2 years at the New York Film Academy even possible. There were so many little loop holes, and I basically told myself from the second I said yes to coming to school in January, "I am going to do everything I can to get back, EVERYTHING...I've got nothing to lose by trying.
I'm only had 3 days of school, but I'm diggin all my teachers already. They are brilliant artists that have so much knowledge to pass on. And so many of them are still working actors and producers and directors, checking there phones during breaks to see if their agents got them the gig they wanted, or the audition call back they needed...etc, etc. They are all working and teaching at the same time, able to help us to do the same!! It's absolutely fantastic:)
I am beyond excited for what his adventure will bring into my life! This or something better!!!! (TOSB)
jgkf
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