03/27/2024
GLACIAL DECOY
My Payána, you bounced in with Cecily and I realized for the first time, since I met you in 2012, that you are grown now. No longer a freshie, or a young lady, but a woman. A beautiful dancer-woman who knows precisely when to step down on the gas pedal, when to slam on the brake and when to coast. You are perfectly seamless.
I remember how I always rolled my fists to prompt you to speed up when you were teaching Pilates to Dare. Now you’ve taught me that “Jenn speed” is a wonder, where you suspend me in time, and I forget all my worries. I’m floating in meditation through your dance lens.
In your duet with Cecily I wonder if at the pearly gates of post modern dance heaven, you two would be the angels… greeting all those who enter with a playful and joyful flow that makes you look like you’re dancing on clouds. If there were a sound score to this work, I’d imagine it be people giggling sweetly with one another.
While perfectly in sync with Cecily, you are so individually YOU!
I was so delighted that once you entered, you stayed on stage to nearly the very end. You remind me why dance is my favorite of all art forms. It moves us from the soul. I’m dancing in my seat right along with you.
IN THE FALL
I bet you’re that dancer who everyone loves being paired up with. You’re the “duet queen” this evening. And every person you link up with must be so happy when they see the casting because you are so tuned into your partners. I remember feeling this way about getting paired up with Pam .s.levy or knowing that she and I were really close together in larger groups. You’re like Pam was to me. A really great partner in movement and ensemble. You’re so understanding of time and space. It’s like you just “get it” in a way that everyone must be so eager to dance with you. I wish I were young again to duet with you!
More in the comments bc IG cut me off!
