Just for one day

"I'll never forget that. It was one of the most emotional performances I've ever done. I was in tears. They'd backed up the stage to the wall itself so that the wall was acting as our backdrop. We kind of heard that a few of the East Berliners might actually get the chance to hear the thing, but we didn't realize in what numbers they would. And there were thousands on the other side that had come close to the wall. So it was like a double concert where the wall was the division. And we would hear them cheering and singing along from the other side. God, even now I get choked up. It was breaking my heart. I'd never done anything like that in my life, and I guess I never will again. When we did 'Heroes' it really felt anthemic, almost like a prayer. However well we do it these days, it's almost like walking through it compared to that night, because it meant so much more. That's the town where it was written, and that's the particular situation that it was written about. It was just extraordinary. We did it in Berlin last year as well – 'Heroes' – and there's no other city I can do that song in now that comes close to how it's received. This time, what was so fantastic is that the audience – it was the Max Schmeling Hall, which holds about 10-15,000 – half the audience had been in East Berlin that time way before. So now I was face-to-face with the people I had been singing it to all those years ago. And we were all singing it together. Again, it was powerful. Things like that really give you a sense of what performance can do. They happen so rarely at that kind of magnitude. Most nights I find very enjoyable. These days, I really enjoy performing. But something like that doesn't come along very often, and when it does, you kind of think, 'Well, if I never do anything again, it won't matter.'"

- David Bowie, on Heroes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgcc5V9Hu3g

Happy first day of the Boston Tea Party!

Despite the fact that I am rigorously preparing for competition, all I can think of when I anticipate dancing for another whole weekend straight is something that can be translated from my mind to yours as this:

http://www.superstarmagazine.com/this-guy-decided-to-dance-with-someone-on-the-street-what-happened-next-will-make-your-day/

No matter what you're doing in life, remember why you're doing it. In this guy's case, to interact with people, to see the city, and to dance.

What is it in your case? Why do the day to day things we all start to see as mundane? Why are we living life as we are, and can we take more joy in it than we have been?

Here's to a weekend of dance trials, memories, and spontaneous fun.

One more day until the Boston Tea Party

One more day until so much of this.

http://teapartyswings.com/

Look everywhere

Equilibration

Silence and sound - did they ever hold each other tight like us?

Nicest Thing

I wish you couldn't figure me out
But you always wanna know what I was about
I wish you'd hold my hand
When I was upset
I wish you'd never forget
The look on my face when we first met.

The dance for its people

http://vimeo.com/50544573

http://stuckonswing.com/

Which is yes

This makes me happy for undefinable reasons