walking on air...

this weekend i have to say has been the trippiest (is that a word?) of the whole time here so far. on friday we had an all day, and i mean all day, dance workshop with two dancers from Brooklyn. it is so strange coming from the states where we have foreign choreographers and dancers coming to teach us, and then going to another country where people from the US are foreign but being an american recieveing those "foreign but not foreign to me" choreographers. the workshop, though was great regardless. they gave us lots of tools and means for creating movement and spit us into many different groups, and then spent the following day putting all the material we made (about two hours worth) together into a half an hour piece. I missed that portion of the workshop because i was at Cape Coast for the weekend with my group.

Oh My God Cape Coast was cool. i want to go back, on the first day we were there we went and saw Elmina Castle. the largest and oldest of the slave castles. I have tons of pictures that i will post so do not worry. it was built by the Portugese and then taken over by the Dutch. the Cape Coast Castle, which i didnt see, was the British Slave castle, not too far away. they are haunting, even as they glow and sparkle white in the beach's mid day sun.

after that we went swimming in the ocean. the water was the cleanest and the brightest blue that i have seen in Ghana so far. I absolutely loved it; however, the water was salty enough to pickle your eyeballs. after swimming and dinner there was more swimming (in a pool) arguements with the hotel bartender and then bed.

the next day we went to the canopy walk at this amazing park. most people were freaking out, and i was having a blast. my friend Mickey and I were singing and dancing on the bridges and then getting yelled at by our fellow cieers. i have this really good picture of him play falling and he has a good one of me hanging upsidedown.


after that it was rice balls (tasty despite how strange they sound) and veggie stew, then back to campus. I have a performance for that workshop on Thursday so talk to you after that. all is fine for now!