Tap Dancing a Gesture Drawing

Getting to watch the tapdancers backstage was exhilarating.

I love tapdancing, and to be so close

to so many talented people

and to (get paid to) watch them every night

did nothing to diminish my respect

for their craft.

Unfortunately, tap dancers are much more difficult

to draw than Shakespearian actors

or even Modern Dancers.

Some of my drawings looked like this:

    

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But most of them looked like this: 

It's fun to be friends with dancers

Shen Wei Dance Arts

The Shen Wei Show was an 

interesting one to draw. 

Shen Wei is a total artist,

and he creates incredibly striking stage pictures

especially in the second item of the evening,

"Folding."

The types of drawings I could create

reminded me not a little of the ones I made

(like this one)

while watching my College's production

of Romeo & Juliet

three years ago.

Not exactly a surprise,

considering R& J was directed in the

Beijing Opera Style,

and Shen Wei

studied Beijing Opera as a child.

The New Old Job

I disappeared again!

This time I was working at

the Park Avenue Armory

Supervising wardrobe for

Shen Wei Dance Arts

Shen Wei helped to coreograph the

opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics

and has won a MacArthur Foundation Grant.

I didn't really plan to abandon you,

but

I worked 140 hours

in the last 11 days.

I got the job through a friend from Chautauqua

...Internships are totally worth it, y'all.

You just have to pick the right one.