Today was a beautiful Sunday. I woke up and went Ice skating at Red square. It was beautiful ice skating while it snowed in moscow, I love skating any where but in with Saint-Basils on one side, the Kremlin on the other and in between them Lenin, it was absolutly incredible. We then went and warmed up with some mulled wine and Hannah and I went shoping!!!!! I didn't find what I wanted yet but I have a few more places to look so I'm sure I will find something very Moscow chic. I start finals tomorrow and I'm up to late as it is. I will be home sooner then I can imagine.
love you all,
Kirsten
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
8/12
Another quick update...
work work work! Got to love it. It is going well we started classes today at 9am instead of10 and we have rehearsal every night!!!!!
Love you
Kirsten
work work work! Got to love it. It is going well we started classes today at 9am instead of10 and we have rehearsal every night!!!!!
Love you
Kirsten
Friday, December 4, 2009
4/12
a quick update...
I saw an amazing show last night. King Lear done by the same person who did Richard III and Hamlet, and now it is tied with Hamlet as my favorite show I have seen it was amazing. What I loved so much about it was that every charater was good and bad and their own person. Typically some of the charcters especially the sisters, yet everyone had their individual history. I aslo really liked that all of the sisters were close and loved eachother and their father. I made their deaths so powerful. The end was so powerful they had three piano's and each sister was sitting at the stool huched over. Then Lear walked over and tried to lift each one up yet they kept slumping over on the keys and falling off the stools and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't keep them up.
Everything else is going well. I'm working so hard. My body is falling apart I have a twisted ankle bumb knee, pulled, hamstring and almost useless arms, at the moment. I really hope I pull myself together- although I did three back bends by myself today it felt really goos because I have'nt been able to do it. otherwise just working and trying to see all of the things I want to see. I'm ready to sleep for days but will be unable to... hopefully I have the engery t opush through the next to weeks. Thats my biggest challenge pushing through my tiredness. I love every moment still.
Love you all
Kirsten
I saw an amazing show last night. King Lear done by the same person who did Richard III and Hamlet, and now it is tied with Hamlet as my favorite show I have seen it was amazing. What I loved so much about it was that every charater was good and bad and their own person. Typically some of the charcters especially the sisters, yet everyone had their individual history. I aslo really liked that all of the sisters were close and loved eachother and their father. I made their deaths so powerful. The end was so powerful they had three piano's and each sister was sitting at the stool huched over. Then Lear walked over and tried to lift each one up yet they kept slumping over on the keys and falling off the stools and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't keep them up.
Everything else is going well. I'm working so hard. My body is falling apart I have a twisted ankle bumb knee, pulled, hamstring and almost useless arms, at the moment. I really hope I pull myself together- although I did three back bends by myself today it felt really goos because I have'nt been able to do it. otherwise just working and trying to see all of the things I want to see. I'm ready to sleep for days but will be unable to... hopefully I have the engery t opush through the next to weeks. Thats my biggest challenge pushing through my tiredness. I love every moment still.
Love you all
Kirsten
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
1/12
Oh my gosh its December! We have so much to do. We have 16 days until finals!!!!! I'm not ready yet. Everything here is going well, minus the pain and torture that our teachers are putting us through to be ready for our final. Sunday night we went to the State circus and I left half way through their is only one other show I have done that with while I've been here. It was a draining experience. The animals were very thin and looked heart broken. Some of the handlers were nice but some of them were harsh even infront of people. The "actors" had less energy then we did falling asleep in our seats. Their smiles were forced and they messed up quite a bit. The kids aroud us seemed to enjoy it but it was not something I enjoyed.
Last night we went to the Ballet "Giselle" at the Stanislavsky Opera House. It was better then we expected. The Prima was not my favorite she kept falling out of her turns, she made very jerky movements, her arms were akward and her acting was awefull even for a ballet. the Primo was alright but he as well was trying to hard and his movements were forced. their were two amazing dancers though a young boy about 15 who did a solo and the angel. The Peasent boy was an incredible jumper, he litterally floated and his beats on his jumps were very precise and clean. The Angel was spot on. Everything she did was graceful prestine and graceful; I was suprised that she wasn't the lead because she was clearly a better dancer. I enjoyed it though.
I am as aways just pushing through trying to survive the week but I'm tired, I get to sleep in tomorrow though I'm incredibly excited but I still have all sorts of work to do tonight and I have a paper due saturday and another one monday. Always something else to do. Rehearsal for each preformance have gone up to every night so even though I have finished classes I have much more work to do. I love you all and will be home sooner then you think
Love
Kirsten
Last night we went to the Ballet "Giselle" at the Stanislavsky Opera House. It was better then we expected. The Prima was not my favorite she kept falling out of her turns, she made very jerky movements, her arms were akward and her acting was awefull even for a ballet. the Primo was alright but he as well was trying to hard and his movements were forced. their were two amazing dancers though a young boy about 15 who did a solo and the angel. The Peasent boy was an incredible jumper, he litterally floated and his beats on his jumps were very precise and clean. The Angel was spot on. Everything she did was graceful prestine and graceful; I was suprised that she wasn't the lead because she was clearly a better dancer. I enjoyed it though.
I am as aways just pushing through trying to survive the week but I'm tired, I get to sleep in tomorrow though I'm incredibly excited but I still have all sorts of work to do tonight and I have a paper due saturday and another one monday. Always something else to do. Rehearsal for each preformance have gone up to every night so even though I have finished classes I have much more work to do. I love you all and will be home sooner then you think
Love
Kirsten
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