March 1 2013

Don Juan in Tech Rehearsal February 2013. Photo: Manuel Rotenberg. Dancer: Maxim Tchernychev & Megan Nicotera. Fresh off his success with the Orange Vendor, he applies his charms to an apple vendor...

Don Juan in Tech Rehearsal February 2013. Photo: Manuel Rotenberg. Dancer: Maxim Tchernychev, Tessia  Lane, & Camille McPherson. And then two young ladies.

Don Juan in Tech Rehearsal February 2013. Photo: Manuel Rotenberg. Dancer: Maxim Tchernychev & Elana Lewis. Finally resting for a moment with the fruits of his spoils. In these images, the baskets are empty. However, thanks to the magic of a hot glue gun and plastic fruit, they were bountiful by opening night. I was particularly proud  of my baskets of bananas and apples. not to mention the crafty no-sew bag I made for Don Juan himself.

Daily Stuff: Had an event at the Timken Museum today. We remounted the Russian Dance from the Nutcracker for a Russian Evening Gala. So had to go to storage to pull costumes. Then get batteries for a portable sound system (they didn't have one at the museum). And then we ran through the dance on site in the afternoon.

Treated the dancers to dinner in Hillcrest and then returned in the evening to dance on the travertine floor. Seemed to go well. At least it did from my vantage point behind the dancers, as I pressed the start and stop button on the cd player.