On the eve of the 2012 Summer Olympics, week one of the Professional Training Program is almost to a close. Most of my recent cafeteria conversation swings from what Olympic…
I think the best way to evaluate your first day at the Bates Professional Training Program is to see how you feel on the second (and the third and fourth,…
I was lucky enough to escape the oppressive NYC humidity and come up to Bates early to catch the end of the Young Dancers Workshop. My roommate is a counselor…
I talked with faculty member Carl Flink in Commons about his background, company, and, of course, food! Take a look at some of my short notes from our conversation. Tell…
This Saturday I was an usher at the UN/Stable Landscape performance. The work is collaboration between JoAnna Mendl Shaw’s company, The Equus Projects, and Carl Flink’s company, Black Label Movement. …
One of my roommates was away this weekend, so I was lucky enough to steal her ticket and see both performances of “Prophets of Funk,” from David Dorfman Dance. This…
This past Friday marked a regular favorite at the festival, “Class Switch Day”. For one day only, students could switch their daily schedules to practice with faculty that they may…
It's already Week 2! While every week has phenomenal music, this one may be the best simply due to the extracurriculars we've got goin' on. Here's what's happening..... If you…
I mentioned to one of my roommates that I feel like all we do here is eat. EAT...dance..dance....EAT....dance..dance...EAT. Not that it's a bad thing. But, it has many of us…
Here are some notes I took after the Zoe|Juniper lecture demonstration and then after the performance. I thought it would be interesting to post them here side by side: Last…