Thursday night we opened our show "The Future of Dance" in the Sullivan Drama Studio/ Amphitheater. The energy was high and the audience was loving what we did. Everything was going so well. The emotion in the dance that I am in "A tribute to a Legend," a dance mourning the loss and celebrating the ex- head of the dance department who recently passed, was beyond with some of the mourners actually crying. My favorite dance, Manipula, was so on point with the two witch characters and the men dancing so strongly, and Kofi's energy was so high that he twisted his ankle in excitement. He is fine, and the show was great. AND THEN the "Witch of Sohu" happened. The witch comes up out of the floor with red lights and smoke calling her spirits and her, as my teacher calls them, "witch babies" to dance, and it just so happens that as she called them to dance she also called the rain. It came a little at first and we continued on with the show, but then it got serious and the sky opened up and nsuo to (water fell) at the same rate as a waterfall from the sky. And the dancers continued. The lights went out and the show continued by flashlight!!!!! It was amazing! As we went to bow the stage was a lake as was backstage. The rain lasted for maybe twenty minutes but it was more serious than any Portland rain I had ever experienced.
Also all of you, have a good Easter weekend. Unlike at home Easter is a national holiday here. We have Friday off from school as well as Monday! And then next weekend we go to Kumasi with CIEE.
I have so much to do before I leave and only 6 weeks left. wish me luck!
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