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Happy Halloween!!!
Tonight we are having a Halloween party at the studio. I'm going to go as a hip hop dancer but it is very Christina/ Brittney in their rebellious phase. we were going to have the party originally in the dorm but on of the 2Nd years came down with swine full and are being quarantined as well as the comunal space. So they moved it to MXT. Hopefully it doesn't spread, their are only 4 cases in Moscow right now. I heard though that at Ithaca their are 150+ cases and half of the theater department was sick. I really hope I don't get sick.

In lighter events I went to the Bolshoi last night and saw Swan Lake... I have never seen anything more beautiful in my life. The Prima who played the swan had the most beautiful back I have ever seen. It was really interesting because our ballet teacher was a prima at the Bolshoi and one of our dance numbers is from swan lake-obviously it is modified. I really can't describe how wonderful the experience was. The theater itself is beautiful painting on the cealing and a lavish chandelier. The dancers were all wonderful but eh prima was the best. She had such a power with her body, she was actually an actress and made me shed a few tears. The male lead was amazing his body was literally sculpted from marble. I really hope we get to go again I think some of us are going to try to get tickets.

I worked on my scene yesterday and despite the comedy of it my partner and I found some real depth to the characters which is what our teachers pushed us to find during our rehearsal. We have only done the first beat of the scene but we will continue to do more each rehearsal we are working on our scenes in class every 2-3 days depending on how far we get in class that day. I'mreally happy with my work and I hope I have the stamina to push me through the next 6weeks.
Miss you all
Kirsten