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Rahm, my tyrannical American dancer

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

It is a little known fact that I am in love with Rahm Emanuel.   Initially, this seems alarming, as America’s chief of staff is almost exclusively known for being a combative, political attack dog, prone to unhinged outbursts and oppressive work habits.  In one interview, DCCC executive director Brian Wolff gave this advice to incoming [...]

A Trail of Ballet

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

I recently began moving documents, photos and scrappy things to Evernote.  The migration takes a while but since the results are so logical and organized, it’s worth it.  In all of my gathering, I have come across too many bits and pieces that have some how been packed up, kept in tact and never thrown [...]

The “Return to Dance”

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

In second year university, I lived in Alumni House with Kate.  Within a month of living together, we were eating the same foods, pulling the same pranks and chasing the same boys.  Same music, same movies, same clothes.  As a testimate to our insular friendship, we had developed a coded language and at one point, [...]

A first position account of ballet: the ups, downs and all classes in between. As an old instructor once said, “This is going to be very, very hard because ballet needs to be very very perfect.”