choices choices
we're finally into show mode for festival dance and it's been going great. opening night went off without a hitch. the set for one of the peices got an applause when the curtain went up and again i was reminded why i love this shit. the four numbers in the show are so totally different. most of them are pretty typical ballet: pretty images with little thematic substance. but my favourite one is called "letting go" and it's just so much more than nice looking ballet (its set got the applause. i'll have to post a picture of it). the piece is all about how people today are empty and scarred and we try to fill that void with relationships but this doesn't work because we can't let go of our pain. it's just so full of passion and feeling. i've never really experienced ballet like this. it's great to see how an art form can evolve and re-validate itself.
i've been working like a dog. lots of long hours and i haven't had a day off since two thursdays ago and won't get one till next thursday. they were supposed to hire another stage carpenter for the summer but haven't been able to hire anyone at the pay that's being offered. because there has to be a staff stage carp on during all calls, it's fallen to either me or my boss. so, i'm getting the responsibility and experience of being the second stage carpenter but not the pay. obviously i'm not out here for the money, but i should be paid for the job i'm doing.
i've been offered another year on my contract out here, which would take me right through to august 2006. it's freaking me out. all of a sudden i'm no longer in the position where i'm scrounging for work and having to take everything that comes my way. i have options. if i get hired for this gig in toronto that's an even bigger decision to make. there's just so many things to think about. this feels like the first real "grown up" kind of decision i've had to make. weird.
i've been working like a dog. lots of long hours and i haven't had a day off since two thursdays ago and won't get one till next thursday. they were supposed to hire another stage carpenter for the summer but haven't been able to hire anyone at the pay that's being offered. because there has to be a staff stage carp on during all calls, it's fallen to either me or my boss. so, i'm getting the responsibility and experience of being the second stage carpenter but not the pay. obviously i'm not out here for the money, but i should be paid for the job i'm doing.
i've been offered another year on my contract out here, which would take me right through to august 2006. it's freaking me out. all of a sudden i'm no longer in the position where i'm scrounging for work and having to take everything that comes my way. i have options. if i get hired for this gig in toronto that's an even bigger decision to make. there's just so many things to think about. this feels like the first real "grown up" kind of decision i've had to make. weird.