After lunch, we went Casa De La Danza and saw some familiar faces!! We saw Moti Deren. He gave us a great tour of Casa De La Danza. He also told us that Susana Reyes, who we had also met last time, had injured her hand and was at the hospital. We learned more about Moti and then we meet up with Mariana. We also met Mariana the last time we were there. It was great to see many friends again. As time went on, it felt like I had never left. The two years in between became a blur and the saying ‘it seems like it was only yesterday’ seemed relevant.
We then saw three amazing performers and performances: Gloria Torres, Mitra Jashni and Moti Deren. Gloria danced traditional dances and Mitra, who was from Iran, sang accompanied by Moti himself. The performances were great!! The last performance was the best because everyone worked together!! Even though there were some technical difficulties with the music, it was still an amazing show. In lieu of the CD, Mitra and Moti played music, and Gloria was able to continue with her dance!! It was amazing!! Moti explained how this is the first time that he and Mitra had did a performance together. Then, we danced as a group and it was great fun. During this time, Eric, Omar and Juan Carlos had left to go pick up Katelyn from the airport!!
After that we had dinner and chatted with Gloria and Mitra. After dinner, I commenced my jumping frenzy!! Ever since I was little, I have always loved to jump and jumping pictures are one of my favorite things to do. Standing and posing is good, but jumping is better, at least in my opinion.
A really cute baby came!! I have always liked little children. Little children have nothing to worry about and are extremely free spirited. As someone who does not speak Spanish this was really fun!! We were taking many pictures, chatting and playing with the baby. Then, I was trying to explain to Belen Serrano, the mother of the baby, that I can send the pictures to her through email. With all the hand gestures and minimal English and Spanish that was said, we were able to communicate!! However, I wanted to make sure that what had just transpired was in fact what I hoped had been communicated, I asked someone to translate. Lo and behold we were on the same page!!
Katelyn, along with Eric, Omar and Juan Carlos had come back!! It was great that she made it, but her luggage did not.
We then saw three amazing performers and performances: Gloria Torres, Mitra Jashni and Moti Deren. Gloria danced traditional dances and Mitra, who was from Iran, sang accompanied by Moti himself. The performances were great!! The last performance was the best because everyone worked together!! Even though there were some technical difficulties with the music, it was still an amazing show. In lieu of the CD, Mitra and Moti played music, and Gloria was able to continue with her dance!! It was amazing!! Moti explained how this is the first time that he and Mitra had did a performance together. Then, we danced as a group and it was great fun. During this time, Eric, Omar and Juan Carlos had left to go pick up Katelyn from the airport!!
After that we had dinner and chatted with Gloria and Mitra. After dinner, I commenced my jumping frenzy!! Ever since I was little, I have always loved to jump and jumping pictures are one of my favorite things to do. Standing and posing is good, but jumping is better, at least in my opinion.
A really cute baby came!! I have always liked little children. Little children have nothing to worry about and are extremely free spirited. As someone who does not speak Spanish this was really fun!! We were taking many pictures, chatting and playing with the baby. Then, I was trying to explain to Belen Serrano, the mother of the baby, that I can send the pictures to her through email. With all the hand gestures and minimal English and Spanish that was said, we were able to communicate!! However, I wanted to make sure that what had just transpired was in fact what I hoped had been communicated, I asked someone to translate. Lo and behold we were on the same page!!
Katelyn, along with Eric, Omar and Juan Carlos had come back!! It was great that she made it, but her luggage did not.