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 ===== July 23 Performances =====
 It's cooler this evening, about 87 as we entered the campus compared to 100 last night.\\
-The first performance were by a group of 6 girls striking modeling poses around a piano. They kept going around while the music played. They then held hands while one was out free dancing and a second tried to join the hand holders but was an outside feeling her way along the bonds. It ended with each of them dancing separately as the left out girl went from performer to performer and moved her backward or sideways. Then the curtain came down. \\
+The first performance "Garden Space" were by a group of 6 girls striking modeling poses around a piano. They kept going around while the music played. They then held hands while one was out free dancing and a second tried to join the hand holders but was an outside feeling her way along the bonds.  \\
-The second one was in a garden represented by a strip of astroturf down the center of the stage.
+The  garden was represented by a strip of astroturf down the center of the stage.
+When the music stopped the girls danced wildly and out of control. then one of them started playing on the piano and all seemed to calm down. It ended with each of them dancing separately as the left out girl went from performer to performer and moved her backward or sideways.
+Then the curtain came down. \\
+The second performance, "Turn" was my favorite. The choreography was great, the lines were beautiful. A girl in white flowing dance suit and a black guy are seated on a bench. They start making movement together, she jumps prone into his arms and then a few teams runs across the stage and propels off the bench into his arms. It was great, beautiful dancing together. Later they are joined by other dancers.\\
+After intermission we had a carnaval dancer dancing fast and lively. As carnaval dancing is banned because it is too noisy and lasts all night we se her faded at the back of the stage. The dancers read the archives about how dancing is naturally in the West indies blood, nobody has to teach it but know the dance is banned.\\
+A Korean guy stands center stage in the next. Dancers writhe and roll on the floor as strange koto sounds play. They all rise up surrounding him. He appears wounded but heals as the bandages come off and he resumes dancing. Weird.\\
+The next dancers dance on rugs which I think signifies their own space and home. They no longer are as free as when they first started the dance. A baby crib ison stage and we hear sounds of crying. Later they are free again and resume dancing as the crib is unfurled as a banner.\\
+The last number is a single guy doing Title 11. The music is the Lords prayer but soon he starts hearing voices and other sounds. His movements become tormented as he bangs his elbows and fists on the floor. He can't shake the demons in his head. Ths was a great solo piece and easily the highlight of the evening. \\