Sunny, the norwegian dancer!!!

Sunnys summer!!!

2007-07-08T11:52:00.000+01:00

Well, well. I guess I would give you all a little update on my summer so far, if you are interested. If you are not, I will write it anyway ;)
Went one week with Malene to London. We had such a great time!! Spent way to much money, though... Took classes at pineapple and stuff as well. Lots of fun to see great dancers and get inspired!!

The week after, I started my summerjob. I work at a graveyard, actually. It might sound a bit wierd, but it is actually very nice. I work from 7am to 3pm monday to friday. It is kind of hard to get up at 6am, but I am getting used to it. Besides, it is so nice to finish early so that I can spend the rest of the day doing whatever I want:) I mostly cut the grass and take care of the flowers on the graves. There are a lot of people who pay us to take care of the flowers and stuff on their loved ones gravesites. I also get to drive a big lawnmover quite a lot. The big one where you sit on top and stuff. Soooo much fun to do! Although it is quite easy to drive into gravestones and stuff. Not so much fun when that happens... This week it has been raining almost all the time, so me and another girl have been cleaning inside a couple of churches around here. Other than that, we have been pushing the lawnmovers around, getting very wet ;)

I attended a dance course last weekend at my first dance school (La Salle de Danse) that was taught by Philip from the norwegian version of "So you think you can dance". It was so much fun! We learned a really nice lyrical combination in the jazz class and in the end, I got to dance alone with him! OMG! Soooo cool!!! (see picture....)

When I am not at work, I spend my time either at Extend (my old dance school) or at home sewing costumes. I have my sewing machine and stuff at Extend and we have rigged up a couple of big worktables there. Costume production for the nutcracker 2007 are in full swing. It is soooo much to do that I have no idea how we are going to manage getting it all finished... Today I spent 4 hours decorating the showprince costume. It is turning out quite nicely, I think... I guess there will also be some rehersals coming up for the nutcracker. I am dancing the snow queen pas de deux and the arabian dance. I am also going to dance Clara in a couple of performances!!! I am soooooo excited about that!!! I just found out about it a couple of weeks ago, so it was a very nice surprise! Cant wait!!!

So to sum up, my days are filled with my job and sewing. Have not really had much time for anything else... And the time fly by so quickly... Before I know it, school will be starting! Am actually looking forward to that, but am more concerned about getting most of the costumes done by the end of the summer. So with that in mind,better get back to pleating the tulle for the flower fairy tutu ;)

17 may (norway day)!!!

2007-05-18T13:09:00.000+01:00

Well, well, 17th of may is over for now (that is norway day, you know...). I had such a good time! Went up to school around 11 to help with making lunch ready, then we had lunch with a lot of people from school at 1. After that, we were in the big parade. It was soooo much fun!! We went in front of the band and danced ahead of them all they way.. Did a lot of pas de bourees and mattox arms.. ;) Then at around 7.30 we went up to the park that is around our school and had a barbeque with some of the music students. It has really been the best norway day I have ever had..
I am soooo tired today, though. Could hardly get up... Almost everyone had the day off today, but not us. Oh no. We had ballet class at 8.30.. Thankfully, our graham class was canceled after that, so we could go home at 10...

Ragnhild and Ragnhild waiting for lunch...

Leotard!

2007-05-14T11:34:00.000+01:00

Well, had my first attempt to make a leotard yesterday. It went... ok.. I guess. Actually used it in my ballet class today. It looks ok from a distance, but not that nice close up.. But hey. It was my first try, and I dont have an overlock machine, so it will never look completely professional when you sew in lycra with a normal one. But here you go: a couple of pics:

Fingærn!

2007-04-25T16:00:00.000+01:00

Utrolig facinerende: Jeg kan nå dra pekefingeren på høyre hånd ut av ledd... Artig... Er nok ikke så lurt å gjøre det, men det er jo litt artig, da ;) Fikk denne nye egenskapen etter jeg prøvde på et RS triks i går etter jazzeksamen.. Falt overende som en potetsekk og fikk strukket en sene som går fra håndleddet til pekefingeren (eller noe i den duren).. Det er ivertfall hovent oppå der... Men det var jo artig for klassen å få praktisere PRICE prinsippene som vi har hadde om i treningslære forrige uke. Aldri så galt, liksom...

Exams!!!!!

2007-04-22T14:26:00.001+01:00

Ok. Just got a really loooong list of our exams... Am trying to breath here... Getting a bit stressed to say the least.
Well, here is the list:
Jazz: tuesday 24th of april (getting extremely close...)
Ballet and modern: thursday 24th of may
Choreography: some sort of assignment/performance wedensday 23rd of may.. No idea what it entails...
Dancehistory: home exam to be handed in by 5th of june (not to stressed about that yet...)
Anatomy: home exam 11th to 13th of june
Music for dancers: last assignment to be turned in by 17th of april (I thought it was next tuesday... freeking out a bit about that...)
Dansedidaktikk (how to teach dance): oral exam 11th of may (what in the world??)
Pedagogy: assignement (dont know when it is supposed to be in, but I think we have to write about motivation or something...)

Ok. I am going to lie down and try to calm down... Feel a heart attack coming...

Getting better...

2007-04-21T16:15:00.000+01:00

Well, been sick almost all week. Extremely boring! Getting better now, though... Went to a fleemarked today and got a really cool brown leather bag for 10kr (about 80p...)! Brilliant!!! Made my first attempt to make a headdress today. It is for my arabian solo in the nutcracker. I am quite happy with it...

Jeg innser det (breaking copyright...)

2007-04-18T11:16:00.000+01:00

Hermer litt av min vakre kusine her, men det får man tåle. Er syk, så orker ikke å komme på noe mer originalt..

Man innser at det er på tide å rydde når man ikke kan se gulvet på rommet lenger

Man innser at man har udugelige kollektivbeboere når de på sin vaskedag bruker en time på å vaske kjøkkenbenken (og brette plastposer) og "glemmer" å støvsuge og vaske gulvene...

Man innser at man kanskje er litt sliten når man ser frem til en frihelg som om det skulle vært en sommerferie

Man innser at man kanskje er litt stiv i musklene i torsoen når det tøyer hver gang man tar en dyp innpust

Man innser at man kanskje burde være litt mer forsiktig med knappenålene når man finner 3 stykker på madrassen når man har stått opp (flaks at man ikke punkterte noe i søvne...)

Man innser at man kanskje er litt trøtt og sliten når man sover 18 timer på et døgn...

Her er et par artige bilder fra togturen hjem til Stavanger etter påske:

It is snowing!!

2007-04-08T17:42:00.000+01:00

OMG! I cant believe that it is actually snowing!!! It was supposed to become summer now... It is really oming down as well. It is all white outside... Well, I am going back to Stavanger tomorrow, and there it will probably be raining ;) Well, a nice thing is that I got the summer job I really wanted! Ok, dont laugh, but it is in our local cemetary. But it is not like digging graves and stuff... haha.. I will be watering, trimming the grass and stuff like that. Cant wait to be outside the whole summer!!! And I will start at 7am and end at 3pm, so then I will have so much time to work on nutcracker costumes and stuff after work. Hurray!!!

Finaly easter holiday!!!

2007-04-04T09:12:00.000+01:00

Well, it is finaly the easter holiday! I have been attending a RAD course in Oslo sunday, monday, tuesday. It was so much fun!!! Learned so much! But I am really happy that I have a few days of now. Not that I did not have a good time, but it is just so nice to have a few days to just rest... I have not had a proper day of for 4 weeks... So hurray! Here are a few pics Ewa took of me after graham class on friday...

This is a matt mattox thing from our jazz class:

Fouettes...

2007-03-28T16:27:00.000+01:00

I was just trying out some fouette turns at the end of our jazz class today. Cant seem to be able to stay in one spot, though.. and I need to turn out my working leg more... But here you are, fouettes a la me:

Lion King for alle penga

2007-03-27T17:00:00.000+01:00

Vel, her ser du hva jeg driver med om dagen:

Fikk jo et nummer med i showet.. Løvenes konge! Utrolig kult. Også har jeg fått lov til å utvide det litt også. Lagt til et par andre sanger sånn at det blir litt sånn story av det. Så da er det jo litt kostymer og sånn å ordne, da. På bildet ser du noen av draktene som jeg drev og malte litt på i går. Det skal gjøres mer med de, altså.
Ellers gikk det overaskende bra i jazztimen i dag. Trodde ikke jeg skulle klare noe særlig, for jeg var så sinnsykt sliten og jeg sleit skikkelig med å komme meg gjennom moderne. Men plutselig kom det energi fra et eller annet sted. Poff! Tror det må være sola. Er utrolig digg ute! Sol rulær!
Ok. Har masse å gjøre... Må lage en 4/4 takt kombinasjon og en i 5/4 takt. Har begynnt, men må se å bli ferdig. Noen dager er man bare så lite kreativ... Også må jeg sy fjær på vingene til "fuglene" (i Lion King nummeret de også)..
Så da er det bare å sette i gang! :)

Drama!!!

2007-03-24T20:11:00.000Z

Jadda!!! En smule drama i går, kan du si... Midt i graham timen fikk jeg sinnsykt vondt i brystet på venstre side på en måte "rundt" hjertet og videre opp i halsen. Det var skikkelig ekkelt! Utrolig ubehagelig og skummelt å ha det på den siden... Også gikk det ikke over heller. Etter sånn tre kvarter ringte Elisabeth til moren sin som er sykepleier. Hun sa vi burde kontakte lege umiddelbart. Så vi gikk på kontoret og hun kontordama ringte 113 og det kom ambulanse og greier. Ble kjørt til legevakta og der sjekket de alt mulig ekg, blodtrykk og sånn. Men de fant ikke ut hva det var. Etter sånn 1 1/2 time gikk det omtrent over. Så jeg ble sendt hjem fra legevakta. Da måtte jeg stresse for å rekke toget hjem til Horten. Skulle jo undervise på extend i dag... Fikk vondt igjen når jeg stressa og greier og hadde vondt en del sånn fra og til resten av dagen. Men jeg kom meg jo trygt hjem. Kom frem til at det må ha vært noe muskulært av noe slag.. Men det er jo skummelt når det er på venstre side, da. Så det var betryggende å få sjekket det opp. Tror kanskje jeg stresser litt vel mye om dagen. En smule sliten... Så det er vel kroppen som sier ifra... Har bare kjent det litt i dag, men det gikk helt greit å undervise og sånn, da. Heldigvis!

Også var det utrolig gøy med tåspisstimen i dag... Hadde jo lagd dans til en sang fra Lion King musikalen til de, og Camilla likte dansen så godt at hun vil ha den med i den forestillingen de skal ha nå i april. Så jeg har plukket ut de fra partiet jeg vil ha med i dansen (de er litt for mange til å ha med alle i forhold til kostymer og sånn...) og vi skal ha øvelse neste lørdag. Gleder meg skikkelig! Så utrolig gøy å ha en dans med på forestillingen! Så jeg har fått med meg hjem en del catsuiter fra extend, så jeg skal lage kostymer til de. De skal være noen slags jungeldyr og fugler og sånn. Blir bra. Skal poste bilder av de når jeg blir ferdig...
Hjem til Stavanger igjen i morgen, men kommer heldigvis ikke så sent hjem...

Life on campus :)

2007-03-22T15:45:00.000Z

Jau, jau. Tilbake i dagliglivet. Er så sinnsykt sliten i kroppen. Skjønner ikke... Har bare null energi... Ja, ja. Den kommer nok tilbake ;) Fullt kjør hele tiden. Skal hjem denne helgen også og undervise. Det gleder jeg meg til! Har begynnt på et nytt strutteskjørt til nøtteknekkeren. Tidkrevende greier... Men gøy er det! Skal poste bilde av det når det blir ferdig.
Her er noen bilder fra livet i første klasse på danselinja på avdelig for musikk og dans på Universitetet i Stavanger (puh.. det ble langt...)

Tøyer tidlig om morgenen... Oppvarming må til... Selv kl 08.00 om morgenen.... zzzzzz

Alle varmer opp og ordner seg... Er utrolig glad i dansesalen vår, da. Den er så sinnsykt fin, eller hva??!!

Tøyer og har det artig mens vi venter på treningslærelæreren...

Vi er så kreative, vettu!

Også har vi jo så mye tungt dansetøy å bære på! Puh!

Home teaching :)

2007-03-18T09:19:00.000Z

Well, well. Home this weekend teaching. It was so much fun yesterday! I made a dance to the song "They live in you" from the musical Lion King and they seemed to really like it. Everyone in those classes (RAD grade 3, 4 and 5 and a pointe class) are really eager to learn and stuff. So it is so much fun to teach them! It was really worth the 8 hours on the train from Stavanger with a screaming baby in the seat in front of me the whole way! Not joking (even though it was extremely annoying!). Got a lot done, though. Did my book review on George Balanchine, worked on my anatomy paper and started on knitting a new pair of socks. My train leaves today at 2.15pm and I will be in Stavanger by 11 this evening... Looooong journey... But I am going to start writing my paper on Prokofiev for my "Music for dancers" class and work more on my anatomy paper. So hopefully it wont be too boring..
Well, here are some pictures from our class trip to Voss last week:

Susanne and me between classes:

We learned how to kick a hat of a pole (part of a traditional folk dance called "Halling"):

We learned a trick where you start out like Axel here with your legs over the pole and holding onto your ears. And then you are going to try to stand up on your feet without letting go of the ears.. Tricky, I can tell you...

Kokkeliko...

2007-03-14T16:40:00.000Z

Herregud, for en sprø klasse vi er! Her går humøre mildt sagt fra kjelleren til himmelen meget raskt. Stakkars lærere... Vi er jo helt kokkeliko....
Ja, ja... Vi blir vel normale en gang vi også... Hæ? Normal? Nei, det har jeg aldri vært... ;)

2007-03-13T05:43:00.000Z

Ja, ja. Tilbake fra Voss og til hverdagen igjen. Utrolig digg å få danset litt ordentlig igjen! Men jeg er en smule støl i dag, kan du si.... Det var utrolig gøy å være på Voss! Hadde det veldig koselig. Har ikke noe særlig tid nå, så jeg forteller mer en annen gang ;)

Trodde du jeg var ferdig med nøtteknekkeren? Nå har det begynnt igjen!

2007-03-03T22:03:00.000Z

Vel, vel. Nøtteknekkersesongen har allerede begynnt for fullt. Jeg er ansvarlig for kostymer sammen med en mor fra extend. Vi har vært og kjøpt stoffer sammen med eieren av extend og planlagt masse. Jeg skal sy snødronning, arabere (en jente, to gutter), Klaras tutu, dansende dukke (tutu), kinesere (to jenter og en gutt), spansk solist og mer som jeg ikke husker. Det er bra vi begynner tidlig, for å si det sånn. Jo, også er det masse romantiske tutuer å sy til blomstervalsen. De har kjøpt inn over 100 korsetter til snø og blomster!!! Yikes! Har sydd det røde strutteskjørtet til den spanske solisten:

(det er ikke jeg som skal danse den, altså. Måtte bare ta det på meg for å vise...)

Det er en del som har fått vite rollene sine, men det holdes ennå på "the QT", så jeg kan nesten ikke skrive det her ;)
Jeg er veldig fornøyd med det jeg skal danse, ivertfall. Så mye kan jeg jo si!

I morgen drar jeg til Voss. Da er det studietur med første og andre klasse for å lære om norsk folkedans og folkemusikk. Blir artig!

Snø....

2007-02-23T10:37:00.000Z

Vel, vel. Her i horten snør og snør det! Det er jo så mye bedre enn regn som jeg er så vant til...
Her er en artig tegning:

"Plutselig oppdaget han at melken hadde gått ut..."

Weekend!!!!!!!!

2007-02-10T08:35:00.000Z

Woho! Weekend! Finally! I sooo need it and my body definately need it. I thought I was going to die in class yesterday... My body was just so tired and my feet kept cramping and everything. I just could not do anything properly. So I soooo need these two days to relax and rest. I have a bit of an obsession with back muscles. I really want nice ones and to have a strong back. Sounds stupid, but you know, dancers are a bit wierd ;)

I am having some girls from my class over tonight for wafles and stuff. A lot of them wanted to see the nutcracker I was in, so we are going to do that as well. It means I have a lot to do today. I really need to fix the livingroom downstairs. It looks terrible!! The person that was supposed to wash there on thursday did not do it, so it looks awfull! And it is just a mess of things belonging to people living here that dont have space to put it in their rooms. So I am going to have a propper clean-up down there and just try to hide all the terrible things and I am going to town soon to pick up some flowers and some nice stuff to have down there. Maby it will look presentable then...
Well, we will find out soon enough. Better get to work;)

Positiv, men det er jo alltids noe å irritere seg over ;)

2007-02-08T17:20:00.001Z

Jajamennsann! Stavanger kommer aldri til å slutte med å overraske meg. Nå har det faktisk vært oppholdsvær og (hold dere fast) sol!!! Ikke en dråpe regn! Det har vært noe så utrolig deilig, ass! Man blir i så mye bedre humør med en gang. Hadde en usedvanlig bra dag i går. Var bare i så utrolig godt humør, og jeg følte at jeg fikk til ting i dansetimene og alt mulig... Har plutselig funnet igjen piruettene mine i jazzen. Øvelse gjør mester! Plutselig bare seiler jeg rundt... Artig! Var hos Naprapat i går pga at jeg har så stiv nakke. Hun var utrolig flink. Hun knakk opp flere steder i ryggen min og nakken også knadde og trykkte hun på ulike steder på muskler i ryggen og nakken. Jeg kjenner det noe så sinnsykt i dag, da. En smule ømt, ja... Men i dag hadde jeg plutselig en mye mer bevegelig rygg, særlig øvre del av ryggen. Det var helt sinnsykt kult! Skal dit i morgen og på tirsdag også. Money well spent!

I morgen har vi didaktikk. Det er et fag jeg egentlig liker veldig godt, men nå har vi "fagdidaktikk for storgrupper" i noen uker sammen med musikkstudentene. Vi får masse sanger og bøll vi kan bruke. Men ærlig talt, jeg skal absolutt i bli musikklærer, få elevene mine til å komponere sanger eller inspirere dem til å lage stomp (sånn rytmegreier, vettu). Det er bare så fantastisk bortkasta og jeg kan helt ærlig si at jeg ALDRI kommer til å bruke noe av de tingene vi har fått utdelt. Rune må være i repertoar sammen med andre klasse når vi har den timen, så han får lov til å skrive en oppgave isteden. Kunne virkelig ønske jeg kunne det isteden. Hadde fått mye mer ut av det er jeg helt sikker på, altså! Det er bare så utrolig bortkastet tid og ikke minst penger siden vi må ta bussen opp til ullanhaug for å bruke musikkrommet der. Ærlig talt! Jeg skal bli danselærer, da... Ja, ja. Ikke noe å gjøre med det. Får bare lide meg gjennom det ;)

Ellers er det jo alltid noe å irritere seg over ;) Akkurat nå er det Axel og Msamiro jeg irriterer meg over (hvis dere leser dette, sorry...). Er det mulig å være så utrlig omstendelig og kverulerende??? Det er faktisk helt i orden å holde kjeft iblant, Axel! Og Msamiro: det er virkelig ikke nødvendig å være så sinnsykt dyp hele tiden... "Because... I feel... for me..." Bare spytt det ut!! Men når det til slutt kommer er det bare helt vage saker som ingen skjønner så mye av. Arrrrggg!!!!!
Er bare litt irritert på de nå.. Kan ikke noe for det. Og hvorfor kan ikke afrikanerne få et norskkurs??!!?? Herlighet! De har faktisk bodd her i over et halvt år og kunne faktisk lært seg ganske mye på den tiden slik at vi slapp så mye missforståelser. Men NEEEEIIII da! Få ut fingeren, administrasjon!!! Det går utover alle i klassen, og ikke minst dem selv. De går jo glipp av masse. Vi bor jo faktisk i Norge...
Phew. Føltes bra å få ut litt damp. Nå er jeg tilbake i positiv modus. Hurra!

Positiv, men det er jo alltids noe å irritere seg over ;)

2007-02-08T17:20:00.000Z

Så var det mandag igjen..

2007-01-29T16:15:00.000Z

Ja, da var helgen desverre over.. Og det regner og all snøen er nå borte. Men været passer ivertfall til humøret mitt ;)
Jeg og mamma var på kino og så "Happy Feet". Det var oss og alle barna... Rett ved siden av meg satt en stakkars mor med to barn på sånn omtrent 2 og 4 år. De syntes filmen var utrolig skummel til tider, så selv om filmen var koselig og artig, var det deres skrekkslagne hvin som var det morsomste av alt!! Haha... Stakkar... Hadde sikkert blitt redd jeg også...
En annen ting jeg har observert denne helgen er at det er noe så sinnsykt mye barn her i stavanger. Eller kanskje det er bare det at foreldrene tar barna mer med ut. Synes det har krydd av dem rundt overalt i helge. Ikke det at jeg har noe imot barn, tvert imot.. Men det mest irriterende er foreldre som synes det er bare så flott at barna vil gå ned alle trapper selv mens de holder i hånden til mamma eller pappa (eller begge). Dette skaper en så stor bredde at det omtrent ikke er mulig å komme forbi, og det går jo ikke akkurat fort med de små stumpebena... Ja, ja. Klare selv...

Et par bilder jeg fikk av Tanya.. Det er oss på bursdagsfest hos Stina før jul. Jeg ser liksom litt naken ut, men jeg hadde på meg singlet med litt irriterende stropper som bare falt ned... Så jeg har faktisk klær på, assa...

Wierd weather!!

2007-01-27T08:00:00.001Z

Well, weekend again!! Gotta love that! My mum is visiting this weekend, so that is very nice. Yesterday, we had the wierdest weather here: We had some snow, but that rained away in the night. Then it was cloudy, then sunny, then it rained, then it snowed, then it was sunny, then it rained, it snowed... and so on. So we basically had everything yesterday.. What a wierd part of the country this is ;)

Enda et mirakel!!!

2007-01-23T06:09:00.000Z

Ja, nok et mirakel har ankommet Stavanger by. SNØ!!! Helt utrolig, altså! Det begynnte å snø noe innmarri søndag kveld, og de underarbeidede måkebilsjoførene fikk skikkelig arbeidskikk. Tror de kjørte forbi i gata her ca 10 ganger natt til mandag og vekte meg hver gang. Men hallo... slapp av, liksom.. det er ca 1 cm snø... Ikke nødvendig med noe særlig brøyting, altså! Men i går kveld begynnte det faktisk å snø igjen, så nå er det ennda litt mer snø ute. Kanskje til og med 2 cm! Festlig. Også masse is under den nye snøen. Da er det litt glatt med gummistøvler, men det får gå... Det er de eneste vinterskoa jeg har, og det duger jo i massevis i vanlig stavangervær. Men jeg vil kanskje uttale dette været som en unntakstilstand... Men koselig er det!!!

Mirakel!!!

2007-01-20T19:02:00.000Z

Vel, vel. Harru sett! I går var det faktisk sol hele dagen!! Så masse blå himmel også! Det må være et mirakel!! Men mirakelet fikk en brå slutt med regn og masse vind i dag. Ja, ja.. Sånn kan det gå...
I dag har jeg sittet og organisert notater: skrevet inn på dataen, printet ut og satt inn i permer. Må jo ha orden, vettu ;) Ellers skjer det ikke så veldig mye festlig.. Vi har jo fått en ny beboer i kollektivet. Han heter Boris og er fra Bulgaria... Snakker ikke norsk, så det blir på engelsk med ham... Han er jo forsåvidt koselig han, om enn noe snodig og med en irriterende vane: han røyker på badet!! Det stinker der inne nå og det er ikke mye artig.. Men har skrevet et stort "NO SMOKING!" skilt som jeg har hengt opp der inne, så jeg håper han tar hintet. Han bor her i tredje etasje sammen med meg, Runar og Kjetil. Jeg er altså eneste jente, noe som er utroooolig frustrerende i og med at de andre rett og slett driter i vasking av bad og sånn.. Uæk...
Ellers har jeg lært meg å hekle litt.. Har heklet en sånn blomst som man kan ha på jakke/veske eller noe. Litt artig, da..

Pictures, Ewa...

2007-01-16T16:29:00.000Z

Well, my friend Ewa is nagging for some more pictures ;) So there you go....

My sugarplum tutu...

Backstage at the newyears concert with my tiara.. Smile :)

Picture uploading takes forever today, so these two are all I have the patience for right now...

Mandag!!

2007-01-15T17:20:00.000Z

Mandager er definitift den verste dagen i uka! En dag sendt fra helvete!! Søndag var forresten heller ikke helt topp... Våknet kl. 4 av stormen Per som suste over byen + en hel del høylydte folk som bare MÅTTE drive å gaule rett utenfor her.. Fikk ikke sove noe mer etter det heller... Og i dag gikk alt bare rett i dass... AAARRRGGG!!!! Tror jeg bare går og gjemmer meg under dyna.. Bedre lykke i morgen, forhåpentligvis...

Pictures!!

2007-01-11T04:11:00.000Z

Well, it is now five in the morning, and I woke up half an hour ago... I was just wide awake.. So I thought I would share some pictures of the new costume I made:

The bodice for the tutu.. I did make it, but I had a pattern, though. But the embroidery I designed myself...

The overlay for the tutu skirt:

Me wearing the tutu.. (I did not make the actual white tutu skirt, though..)

Back to school...

2007-01-09T13:52:00.000Z

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Well, well. Back in Stavanger. Danced at a new years concert on sunday. We did the coda variation from the nutcracker (sugarplumfairy, Clara and flowerfairy. the snow queen was on holliday in Australia. Lucky...) and I did my sugarplum variation, but we addapted it to fit a piece of music from the ballet "Faust". The orcestra that was playing at the concert played that live. I made a new costume for it, and I will post pics of it soon when my dad sends them to me.. We also danced a sort of jazz/salsa thing to the final number with the orcestra. It went really well, except for the coda variation. The floor was soooo slippery and even though we had sprayed our pointe shoes with hairspray, it was extreme! Maria (flowerfairy) even fell.. Not fun in front of 500 people... I almost fell as well.. Not a nice thing...

I got the night train back sunday night, and it turned out that I got to ride on an "extra train". And that was not the regular night train that they use. It was a really old train that made a lot of noice and was not very comfertable.. So I did not get too much sleep, really... And when I woke up in the middle of the night, I had a fever! And I still had one when I got home on monday morning, so I did not go to school then. Such a bummer, because I was really looking forward to dancing. But I went today and it was sooo much fun! Had some trouble following modern, because they learnt a lot yesterday. But our jazz class was sooo cool!!! Since it is just us girls for jazz now, we have got a lot more chalenging exercises. It was really hard, but it is so much fun to really have something to work hard on. It is sort of matt mattox based since our jazz teacher has her diploma in that style. I bet I am going to be really sore tomorrow.

Then we found out that our music/dance history teacher was ill, so we had the rest of the day off. Hurra!!!! Have got a lot done: have made a washing rota for our house for bathrooms, kitchen and living room, I have started to defrost my little freezer, I have organized all my "hobby stuff" and now updated my blogg! Quite proud of myself...

Oh, well, better go do something else constructive...

En aldri så liten oppdatering i romjula...

2006-12-29T15:39:00.000Z

Jaja.. Tenkte det kanskje var på tide med en aldri så liten oppdatering... Ikke så mye spennende som har skjedd, egentlig. Bortsett fra vanlig julefeiring og sånn, da. I dag var jeg på extend og hjalp til med å brette og legge i konvolutter ikke mindre enn over 700 brev! Det var bra vi var 5 stykker, ellers hadde det tatt sykt lang tid.. Men vi klarte det faktisk på ca 1 1/2 time. Holder på å sy kostyme til nyttårskonserten. Synes det er så morro med broderier og sånt, så jeg gjør litt mye ut av det.. Artig, artig. Får gå og fortsette litt med det, da. Kos dere i julefeiringen, alle sammen!!
Her har dere et par bilder fra bursdagen min ved siden av kakebordet :)

Blåser ut lyset på kaka... Synes det var litt stusselig å ikke ha noe lys å blåse ut, så jeg bare stappa et sånt lite julelys på midten... ;)

Ingeborg og jeg hos onkel Thor og tante Eli på julaften....

Just cant let go of the nutcracker... Haha...

2006-12-21T11:03:00.001Z

Well, tomorrow is my birthday!!! I am actually turning 21!!! Jeezz!!!! Can you imagine...
Had a ballet class yesterday at my old dance school with a man called Fredrick Rütter. He used to dance with the Norwegian National Ballet, and he has been a ballet critic for a leading newspaper here in Norway for many years. It was a really good class! Hard, though.. In the end, we had this petit allegro with jeté battu: jeté battu, temps leve, temps leve, temps leve, repeat on the other leg, glissade jeté battu x 3, pas de bouree en tournaunt.. And it was sooooo quick!! We also did a lot of small jumps. My feet and calves were sooo tired by the end, and when we again had to do sautes and stuff, I felt like I was going to die! Haha.. But it is good to be pushed like that!! We also had rehersals because me and a few other girls are going to dance at a new years concert on january 7th.. We are going to dance the coda from the nutcracker, and I am going to do my sugarplum variation, but to another song. So I am going to make a new costume for that. Have to get fabric and stuff today.. We are also doing a sort of jazzy thing to the finale number. So Camilla (the teacher and owner of the studio) had to make that up yesterday, but we did not quite finish, so we are going to have another rehersal in a week..
Am going to town now and meet Malin, then I am going to the studio to work on the dances from yesterday and possibly do a bit of jazz/modern thing... Good to do some exercise when I have the chance...

Ok, I cant quite let go of the nutcracker, so here are some more pics from the dvd (taken with snapshot...) So they are kind of blurry, but hey...

Back home..

2006-12-14T15:42:00.000Z

Well, hello there! I have come back home now, and it is nice to be back... The weird thing is that I really miss school and my dancing classes, but hey... I am a nerd, I admitt it. I finished one of my pedagogy papers today and handed it in (we hand everything written in via email...) and I have tried to put together our group assignement for that same class as well. I actually had a good time doing that.. I have emailed it to the others in my group so they can see what they think and maby make changes before I make the final thing... It is so nice to not have that hanging over me anymore. And I cant do anything more about it tonight anyway, so I dont have to feel guilty for doing something else...

Yesterday I went to Oslo on a little shopping trip. I was going to buy new jazz shoes, but they did not have the colour that I wanted in my size, so I am going to wait. But the lady in the shop gave me the size and make of the shoe, so I will probably order it from abroad. That is just sooo much cheaper.. They cost over 700 kr!! (about 67 punds!!!) Jeez! That is a lot... But other than that, I got a perfect christmas present for my parents! I have thought about getting it for them since last christmas, but then I did not have the chance to get it.. So I am very happy with that. And I spent too much money on other things: art supplies, a new top (I actually really needed something that is not a sweatshirt...) and season 2 of Desperate Housewives on DVD. But in my defence, there was a "chrismas sale" on it... I also got a pair of knee pads (had to get that for school) and a pair of new toe pads. I was going to stay to see a performance of my friends old dance school, but I was too tired of walking around, so I got the train back early.. It was probably best for my pocet book as well...

Well, tormorrow I am going to a christmas market at an old peoples home.. (cant remember the correct word for that...). My grandma is there two days a week, and they have made a lot of things that they are going to sell. My mum has a doctors appointment, so she is sending me down there to get a couple of "sitting pillows" or what you whant to call it.. They are made of wool and they have som of our dogs wool in it (she is a poudle, so she has a lot of white wool...). And she really wanted me to get some of those... So of course I will :) They had not made many of those, so mum said to be sure to get there early!! So I will be in line early, ready do wrestle them from the old ladies with walking stics...

For those of you that dont know what my dog looks like, here is a pic of her and me last spring (her name is Yazz...):

Here is a couple of other pics from that photo shoot:

Juleferie!!!!

2006-12-11T16:18:00.000Z

Jajamennsann!! Da var det juleferie, gitt!!! Hadde danse "eksamen" i dag. Gikk faktisk ganske så bra. Får jo ikke karakter eller noe, men vi fikk tilbakemeldinger av alle lærere. Både om prøven i dag og om hele semesteret. Fikk utrolig bra tilbakemeldinger! Så det er jeg VELDIG glad for :) Ballettlærer Katja sa at jeg og Julie skulle få litt mer utfordringer etter jul. Så det blir bra, da.
Vi feiret flere bursdager i dag... Malenes som er i morgen, min som er den 22, og David sin som er den 25 tror jeg. Så da hadde vi tre kakebakere. Jeg lagde et helt lass med vafler. Stina lagde brownies og Malene hadde bakt boller. Så da koste vi oss fælt, ass... Koselig avslutning på året.

Driver og prøver å pakke litt. Men det er jo så sinnsykt mye jeg må ha med meg! Har jo fikset alle julegaver og sånn her, så det er jo en del å drasse med seg, da. Selv om det egentlig ikke er sååå mye... Også må jeg jo ha med meg danseklær og vanlige klær og masse greier!!! Bra jeg skal ta toget. Da kan jeg jo ha med meg så mye jeg vil. Men jeg må jo klare å drasse det til togstasjonen, da... Toget går i morgen tidlig kl. 06.05. Zzzzzz.. Men jeg kan jo sove på toget...

Her er et par nøtteknekkerbilder til:

Ja, det her er jo ikke nøtteknekker, da. Men her er ivertfall Lars Ivar i Cats kostymet sitt. Mjauu...

Linda rocker i kostymet sitt... Hun var forelder i selskapet i første akt...

Maria og Linda... Savner dere, ass! Gleder meg til å se dere på ballettkurset på extend!!! Det blir skikkelig reunion, serru!

Shariff og Lise...

Regn? nei det har vi IKKE sett...

2006-12-07T17:54:00.000Z

Det er bare noe så SINNSYKT som det regner i denne byen!!! Var akkurat ute en tur for å kjøpe teip, og det småregnet litt, men plutselig (10 minutter fra døra mi) begynnte det å hølje ned noe så grassat!! Blei klissvåt på den korte vegen! Heldigvis hadde jeg gummistøvler og regnjakke, men joggebuksa kunne jeg nesten vri opp... Hilsen fra vestlandet (takk skal du faen meg ha!)!!! Ellers er det jo snart juleferie da, dere! Blir diggærs vet jeg. Bare i morgen igjen på skolen, også er det danseeksamen på mandag. Drar hjem på tirsdag. Tjoho!
Her er noen bilder til fra nøtteknekkeren:

Fløytedanser Kristin sammen med nøtteknekkerprinsen (Thomas):

Barna i juleselskapet (fra sceneprøven...):

Jeg og Ida (snøprinsessen) slapper av på sceneprøven:

Neimen, titta! Et par russiske dansere! Har du sett...

En VELDIG glad sukkertøyfe ;) Ida måtte hjelpe meg med å hekte på kostymet... Ganske så mange hekter bak der, ja..

Fiiiiine Maria blomsterfe :)

Christmas is looming...

2006-12-06T15:03:00.000Z

Well, soon it is christmas holliday! Cant wait!!!! We have our final test on monday, so next tuesday, I will be going home. Was substut at the culture school again yesterday. Only two classes, though; grade 7 and free class for teenagers/adults. It was a lot of fun! Used a bit of music from the film "Tre nøtter til Askepott" (a cinderella film that is showed on norwegian television every christmas eve), so that really got us into the christmas mood.

Party last night..

2006-12-03T08:48:00.000Z

Well, went to Stina in my class yesterday. She was having a bit of a party celebrating her 20th birthday in her apartment. Well, it was not officially a party, just sort of a gathering before we went out. But I have to say, some people got quite drunk.. I thought it was quite hillarious at times. Me and Susanne were the only ones who were sober... Haha... Wonder how much the others remember from last night. God, Tanya and Katarina were funny!!! Am suspecting they have a bit of a hangover today... I will text them later and see how they are.
Other than that, I am actually almost finished with my christmas presents. I will wrap them and stuff when I get home, but the only ones I have left is to my mum and dad and my brother Gjermund. And I know what to get them, so I dont really have to figure something out. I have never in my life been this early with christmas presents before... Wow!

Crappy first of december...

2006-12-01T15:43:00.000Z

Well, first of december today. Not a great day, though. Infact, quite terrible. Am not in a good place right now. Oh, well. I will be ok... But I am soooo mad at myself for doing something so stupid! But I just had to...
Am going to Malene tonight, though. I think it is best for me not to be alone right now, so I am looking forward to that... We are going to watch the first episode of the christmas calendar on tvnorge. Cant wait to see that. It sooo annoys me that we do not have that tv chanel at my house. AUGH!!!!!!!!! Just some frustration....

Found this on a webpage. I think it is really beautiful:
I was woken by an angel in the middle of the night, She held me in her arms and said I’d be alright, I cried upon her shoulder, I weapt for all I could, But nothing seemed to matter she said she understood, She told me of a special place then looked me in the eye, She wiped a tear from off my cheek and told me not to cry, “Close your eyes my child tonight’s your lucky night”, She whisked me through the stars and sky straight towards the light, Then there I was in heaven stood before the gates, The most beautiful place id ever seen was right before my face, She told me this was mine all that I could see, “One day my child when you’ve had enough your welcome here with me”, “I’m taking you back home now just think of what I’ve said”, And then before I knew it I was wide awake in bed.

2006-11-30T13:05:00.000Z

Only had ballet and modern today. Were supposed to work on an anatomy assignement after lunch, but we were not extremly motivated to work today, so we went home... Are having a bit of a bad week... Stupid dark november!!! Cant wait to go home...

A few more nutcracer pics...

2006-11-26T09:05:00.000Z

Well, here are a few nutcracker pictures... I just realised that I did not really take that many... But there were a few more (I think). I dont have a camera, so I borrowed my dads and he has emailed them to me. Thanks dad:)

Here is (from the left) Ida as the snow queen, me as the sugarplum fairy, Maria as the flower fairy and Linda as Clara:

Me as the sugarplum fairy... I made the costume myself except for the white tutu. I ordered that....

My top hand looks a bit wierd in this picture... Oh well...

Our beautiful flower fairy with the sugarplum fairy doll... (I made the costume for it...)

Some nutcracker pictures...

2006-11-24T12:12:00.000Z

The leader of RAD in norway is thanking Camilla for the performance. She talked for a looooooong time... (I am the one in the purple tutu in the middle...)

Well, there have been posted some pictures from the nutcracker on my ballet schools website, so I am posting some of them here as well... Learning from "Tianshi" today was sooo cool!!! Have not had that much fun since the nutcracker (that is a hard one to top)

Ida as the lovely snow queen with a lot of snowflakes around her:)

Our lovely Valeria as little Clara (we had two, and they were both lovely...). Valeria will be moving to Miami at christmas. It is sooo sad! She is extremely talented though. She will be a ballerina for sure!

Linda as big Clara and Thomas as the nutcracker prince:

Practicing my courtesy...

Project week...

2006-11-23T18:24:00.000Z

Well, this week has been quite bussy. Have been doing a lot of observation around different dance classes and in a childrens school. And we have to write a 6 page report on it and incorporate learning theories (behavioristisk, cognitive, sosiokulturelle, konstruktivistisk..dont know all of them in english..). Jeez... A lot of work. And we have another assignement due in pedagogy, two in anatomy and one in choreography! So there is quite a lot to do... This week has been a project week, so we have not had our usual timetable. We have also split the class in two. All the girls (who are on a bit higher level than most of the boys) have been doing repertoire, modern and jazz with Siri Dybwik. She is our jazz and modern teacher, and she also has her own company (website: www.dybwikdans.com). Tomorrow we are going to learn a section from their latest performance, "Tianshi". I cant wait!!! It will be sooooo cool!!! Here are some pictures from that performance:

The nutcracker is over....

2006-11-20T13:13:00.000Z

Well, came back to Stavanger this morning on the night train. Could not sleep much on the train because someone was snoring really loudly! Extremly annoying. And of course it is not ideal to sleep sitting in a train seat... Oh, well. And then I just went home, had some breakfast and went straight to school. We did not start till 10 today, though. Then we had modern and repertoire until 12.30. We have observation practice tonight. We are going to watch a class that is jazz 7-9 years old.

But the Nutcracker!!! OMG! It was sooooooo much fun!!! It was the coolest thing I have ever done in my life. Everything went really well, but of course things could have gone better... I could not manage the doubble pirouettes properly and stuff. But hey... Then on sunday I helped out with the other performance that was called "Showbiz awards". I helped out backstage with keeping track of people and helping with quick changes and stuff. It was a lot of fun, but the weekend was really hard. I am sooooo tired now... But I would not have missed this experience for anything!

I will post some pictures from the performance soon:)

Just around the corner....

2006-11-15T18:41:00.000Z

Ok, people! The nutcracker is just around the corner. The dress rehersal is on friday and we are having two performances on saturday. I am so excited I am practically jumping while sitting here! I am going to get the train back tomorrow in the middle of the day. I was really supposed to take the night train tomorrow night, but sitting on the train all night is exhausting, so when I got the chance to get an earlier train, I jumped at the chance. I will miss graham technique class and anatomy tomorrow, but I have almost perfect attendance, so it wont do much harm. I will catch up...

Teaching yesterday went great! The students were very nice. I especially liked the grade 6, 7 and the teen class. The primary class was pretty nice and I enjoyed it, but baby ballet was hard. It is sooo hard to keep their attention when they are 3 years old.. They were all about 3-5. Jeez.... I had them concentrated for about 20 minutes and then it got a bit harder. But hey, it was my very first time being alone with a class of kids that are that young. And I did learn a whole lot. An assistant in the class would certainly have helped. Oh, well. Its all good...

Gotta go pack now! OMG I am excited!!! I will just have ballet class tomorrow morning, then I am going back home to get my stuff and then getting the train. Nutcracker, here I come!!!!!!!!!!!

Teaching!!! Sooooo excited!!!!

2006-11-13T17:26:00.000Z

Well, well. I have finished the sugarplumfairy doll. She even got little pointeshoes made out of a pair of old pointe shoes...

I am soooooooo excited right now. I have gotten a job (well, it is just for one time because a teacher is sick, but still..) as a teacher at the culture school here in Stavanger! So tomorrow I am going to teach grade 6, baby ballet, primary, grade 7 and free class for teenagers! I am so extremely excited! I have been planing a lot and I think it should be fine. They are doing the RAD system, but as I dont have the music, I will have to do free classes with them. I am going to bring the ballerina doll to have in the kids classes. I am going to call her "Bettina Ballerina" (Bettina is a norwegian name...). Bettina loves pointed feet (even though her feet are completely flexed... oh well). I though that might be a cool teaching trick... We will see how it works out. Wish me luck....

The nutcracker!!! Soon!!!

2006-11-08T17:51:00.000Z

Well, I have not written in quite some time. But there has been quite a lot to do... I went home last weekend to attend the stage rehersal of the nutcracker! I think it will be really good. The costumes look amazing!!! Camilla has really done a faboulus job with this performance! I have made my own costume, and right now I am in the process of making a costume for the sugarplum fairy doll. The doll that comes to life as, well, me... So the costume the doll is wearing has to be the same as mine. A picture here of how it is going so far, will post another picture when it is all finished. I am soooo excited about the nutcracker!!! How am I going to manage waiting for two weeks (almost)? Oh, well, it is not like it is not enough to do...

Our jazz teacher has really increased the fitness level we have to have. The exercises go into each other almost with no stopping, and the isolation exercise and the kicks straight after is really a killer! We will all be so fit!!! ;)

I am starting too feel the autumn darkness come to me a bit... Am feeling a bit down and stuff, but the nutcracker is keeping me up. And the fact that school is amazing! So it will be ok.

Week over...

2006-10-20T17:16:00.000+01:00

Well, so the first week back is over. It has not been so much to do, really. Today we did not start till 2pm. Had modern for an hour and then jazz for an hour and then we went home... But luckily we start again properly next week. I am going to a drop in ballet class at school tomorrow. It is with a man called Pierce Beaumaunt (or something). But we all call him Oscar (dont really know why). He used to dance with the english national ballet, I think. I have not been to his classes before (we dont have him on our timetable) but I am going tomorrow because we only had two ballet classes this week, and that is just not enough! I am really excited about it. Then tomorrow afternoon my one of my classmates are coming over. We are going to work on a couple of school projects. We have a big anatomy assignment and a dance history one. We are going to write about the ballet "Napoli". I have wanted to see that for a long time, so it should be interesting. Our theacher said that she could lend it to us...
But anyway, friday night now. I think I will go eat some chocolate...

Back to everyday life...

2006-10-18T14:33:00.000+01:00

So, I am back at university. It is a quite relaxed week this week, because some teachers are absent because of travel and stuff. So today we did not start untill 10.45. We had ballet then till 11.15 and then we had dansedidaktikk (how to teach dance) from 12.30-2.30... So not a very stressfull day. Though I did get up at 6 to study the latin names of the muscles for anatomy (I concentrate best in the morning) and I arrived at school at around 9 to rehearse for the Nutcracker by myself. You see, my old dance school back home is putting on the nutcracker for the first time, and I have been asked to dance the part of the sugarplum fairy!! I am so excited about it and I try to reherse as much as possible because I want to do it well, and the choreography is also quite difficult and requires a lot of strength (difficult pointe work) and stamina. I sooo ned to go running...

New, improved blogg!

2006-10-16T14:54:00.000+01:00

So here is my first post on my new blogg. I have had some trouble with my old one, so I figured it was time to let that one go... I will keep this one updated so that you will se what I am up to.

Well, I really enjoying my time here at the university. We have a lot of interesting subjects. If you are interested (which you may not be, but I will put it here anyway), this is my timetable:
Monday:
8.30-9.30 Pilates
9.45-11.15 Ballet
12. 2.30 Pedagogy
2.45-16.15 Modern

Tuesday:
9.30-10 Music for dancers
10-11.30 Dance history
2-3.30 Ballet
3.45-5.15 Modern (Graham tech)

Wedensday:
8.30-10 Ballet
10.15-11.45 Jazz
12.30-2.30 Dansedidaktikk (how to teach dance)

Thursday:
8.30-10 Ballet
10.15-11.45 Modern (Graham tech)
12.30-3 Anatmy

Friday:
8.30-10 Modern
10.15-11.45 Jazz
12.30-2.30 Choreography/Improvisation

So that is my week. Our training is really good and everyone gets a lot of corrections and stuff. I feel like I have gotten a lot stronger. When we have dance in the morning, we have been told to be at school by at least 8am to warm up and stuff. I am usually there between 7.45 and 8. Depends on how tired I am... But I always make sure to have a good warm up before we start. It makes such a big difference! It is not like they check if we are there early or not, but they do expect us to be there and take responsibility for our own bodies.

We had a half term holliday last week. I was supposed to fly back yesterday, but my flight was canceled so I had to be booked on one today instead. So I missed one day of school. I hate that. Oh, well. My attendance is very good this far, and it is not like it is my fault... Cant wait to start again tomorrow, though! I love ballet on mondays and tuesdays because some of us are allowed to wear pointe shoes for the entire class. It is so extremely strengthening!! Cant wait!!!