Backhaus Dance Summer Intensive

July 18th-30th I got the amazing opportunity to go to Orange, CA for a summer dance intensive with Backhausdance, a professional modern dance company. It was an AMAZING two weeks and I learned so much. I took class from 9:30 to 5, Monday through Friday for two weeks and then performed in a show Fri and Sat night of the second week. Some classes I was able to take were contemporary jazz, modern, ballet, contemporary ballet, pilates, somatics, composition, improvisation, Limon technique and partnering (possibly my favorite class). We also had rehearsal from 3:30-5 everyday. All the students were split into three groups to learn some rep from the company. The piece I got chosen for was "Love and Other Impossiblities". It was a BLAST! It was a combination of contemporary and tango. I got to partner with several guys and get lifted!! (this is new for me being 6'1). It was basically a dream come true performance. Ha ha. When it was over I made sure to write down everything I had learned from the great faculty. I'm excited to take that information into my technique classes at BYU in the fall.. Its my last year! Craziness.

Jolie, the sweet girl who let me stay with her in Orange, loaned me her bike to trek the the 3 miles to campus everyday. As it was my only form of transportation, Bike and I went to the laundromat, grocery store, Target, and everywhere else together. We are good friends. Ha ha.

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