Category: Summer 2016
Dancing Dragons in London: The Art of Getting Lost
Adventures of this week and weekend included taking a short trip over to Annie Parker’s home from The Parent Trap, located in South Kensington, on the most expensive street in London, Egerton Terrace. On the way home, we stopped at Wafflemeister for some gelato and waffles, personalized with gelato flavor and toppings; these are definitely ...
Dancing Dragons in London: The Product in the Process
In our second choreography session with Rahel Vonmoos we explored various improvisational scores to expand our entry points into creating and movement vocabularies. After our morning warm-up class, we started up our creative gears by playing a game in which we had to call out someone’s name to prevent getting tagged. The game allowed us ...
FOUR | Berlin, A City Like No Other
Friday, 1.7.2016 FOMO does exist. At least for me, the fear of missing out led to many discoveries this week. But let’s take a few steps back. When I first arrived, I was convinced that I was going to have a hard time living in Berlin. I felt nothing towards the graffiti-covered streets and cold, ...
Allez Les Bleus: Figuring Out Paris
After dreaming about visiting Paris, France for nearly ten years my wishes came through. As soon as I stepped off the plane on Friday, July 1, it felt like a marathon had started. I To say that it was an overwhelming start would be the biggest understatement. I was the last person of my to arrive so there ...
THREE | Orientation Day at HWR (Berlin School of Economics and Law)
Monday, 27.6.2016 Early Morning “Wait, where are we going?” Silence. “Does anyone know where we’re going?” More silence. It’s already 9:30am and we have to be at school by 10:00am. Then, one of the fifteen students cheered, “I got it! We’re taking the U7 towards Rudow and getting off at Bayerische Platz.” Thank you, student whose ...
Dancing Dragons in London: Ancestral Aesthetics
Still sightseeing on our second Saturday in London, after our FIE sponsored bus tour, we took a tour of the Houses of Parliament. From the stained glass to the ornately detailed walls and ceilings, every inch of each room is filled with hundreds of years of history that you can feel as you walk through ...
TWO | Finding Home Part 2
TWO | Finding Home Part 2 Sunday, 26.6.2016 Later Afternoon His name was John. Unlike the rest of us, this friendly stranger was spending his college summer interning abroad. While the Germany versus Slovakia game went on, John and I talked about things to do in the city and what to expect. He explained that ...
Dancing Dragons in London: Creation, Collaboration, Improvisation
The nine of us Dancing Drexel Dragons here at Trinity Laban are lucky enough to be able to work with three different choreographers during the three weeks of our choreographic workshops. In our first session we worked with Kate who challenged us to explore ways in which to choreograph that we might have not tried ...
ONE | Finding Home Part 1
PREFACE | Note from the Author Tickets – check. Luggage – check. Passport – check. You may think that I’m ready for whatever trip lies ahead. To you, my friend, I’d say you’re partially right: I have my documents, my clothes, my gadgets, and my tangible things, but I’d stop there. No matter how much ...
Dancing Dragons in London: Views, Visual and Historic
As we settled in, we finally had the chance to see some highlight locations in London. Our first few stops were art galleries where we were required to visit for our choreography class, to help us view creating in a new way and receive a bit of creative insight. On our way to these galleries, ...
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