Swan Lake

Dancers of Swan Lake

After having a rather craptacular morning, having to go to economics twice in one day (zzzzzz), and finding out that my trip to Orissa this weekend with my NGO was cancelled due to terroristic threats (apparently foreigners must go through extensive bureaucratic paperwork to get in and out of the state), I was ready to go home and burrow under my bedsheets. However, Kelsey and Courtney's host mother was able to get us all tickets to a production of Swan Lake.

The best part of my day...all it needed was a cheeseburger (drool)

After eating my McDonalds dinner (probably the best part of my day because not only did I get to eat fries, but I also had an ice cream cone!) we all traipsed to the theatre where the production was held. After taking our seats the production started and we soon realized that this Indian version of Swan Lake deviated from the traditional ballet by infusing many different types of dance including flamenco, modern, tap, ballet, and kathak (an Indian style of dancing). My roommate, Rachel, and I especially enjoyed the performance seeing as we are both dancers (Rachel performs kathak dancing in Trinidad). At one point they were dancing both tap and kathak, and I told Rachel it would be really fun for us to try it (if I can somehow get my hands on tap shoes). Watching the dancers made me miss my own dancing days and I was tempted to jump on stage after the performance and start twirling around. Ah well, maybe later in the semester I will be able to show off my dancing skills (or maybe lack of dancing skills seeing as I am quite out of shape) in the folk arts performance that we are supposed to put on. Anyway, it was the best of days, it was the worst of days (actually it was quite hot today...90 degrees) and now I will say adieu!

A fusion of dance styles