katla

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Good bye my love


Well now my stay in NY is over I had the best time ever, NY just have everything I want. I will be back soon.
Thank you NY, Thank you Neal, Thank you Pizza Fresca, Thank you Cunningham, Thank you Hole Foods, Thank you Lincon Center, Thank everyone. I will miss NY a lot.

Thank you all that have been reading my blogg, I know there are few of you but how you are I have no idea, where no one left any track, I just hope you enjoyed it.
Kisses Katla
Princess Katla





Me and mom having coffe

Zena Rommett and co

Friday, August 10, 2007

Hard work


Now I started my re- certification with Zena Rommett so that means I am studying with her from 10 am to 4 pm, all about lengthening and turning out, well I need that. Yesterday Zena put me in the front so I really had to work my butt, so this morning I was a bit tired (just had to help my friends down stairs in pizza Fresca to close up),so I wanted to be in the back, but no this time Zena ‘s daughter Camille wanted me to be in front of the camera to be the model to video tape. I really had to work my butt again and then Zena made me teach, well it is a part of it but doing it the second day, but as everyone knows I am the best so I did it well J
After Zena I had to meet my friend Merce, well to day he gave me a knot and smiled to me, uhhhhh a progress. Now I have even maid my mum a Cunningham fan, she came with me yesterday to watch the class and she loved it, well Swinston was also teaching and he is gorgeous.
NY is small place, when I was walking home from the Cunningham studio to night I walked strait in to the main man Neal, I thought that was funny. He is so happy that I wanted to stay with my mum in his apartment, he is crazy. But me and my mom are really enjoying beeing in this nice palace and finally she has learn how to open the door, but to tell you the truth, it is not easy to open and this pix tells just how it is done.

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

The Cunningham day

I started with a Cunningham class thought by a former dancer in the company, the I watched a master class thought by Merce him self, Whowwww I was just amazing, he sat there on his chair and told the exercises and even he did not move a I could see how natural the technique is for him. It was grate to watch this class a unique opportunity. Then I took a lunch brake and after that I came back to watch a different class and then the understudies rehersing with Merce, they are soooo gooooddddd. Then it was time for me to do som classes my self and the last class of the day was thought by Robert Swinston how is merce’s assistant, and that was a very good class.
I just have to say I love Cunningham!!!!



On Friday I went with my and Hrafnhildur’s Neal to a Jazz concert and that was grate, on Saturday I picked my mum up from the airport and we went strait to Boston to wised Helga my moms friend. It was grate to be able to go to Boston and we got a Royal treatment there. On Sunday I ditched them to go beck to NY because I just missed my Cunningham too much so to day I had again a crazy Cunningham day, but this time I only took 2 classes and watched one.

I did a big shopping to day… The AC (air condition) in my apartment died on Friday and It just has not been possible to sleep in here so I had to buy this huge fan and now it is a bit too windy in here. Ohhh well. Tomorrow is my mom coming to NY to have some fun with me.

Kisses Katla

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Vacation in Florida

Christin, María, me, Ariana, Karissa

I took the weekend of just and flew to Jacksonville, Florida to visit my family. Lance picked me up from the airport and we drove to Tallahassee where everyone lives. It was just the best, meeting everyone, being with everyone and chatting a lot. Some of my family members I had not seen in 14 years, since I was there my self for 5 months in Lincon High. Since then my family has grown and now I got the opportunity to get to know 4 adorable kids. María invaded everyone for dinner both Saturday and Sunday so I got a grate opportunity to be with everyone and I loved it.
Me and my perfect carmel apple, ummm,
and my mew DG shades..

Monday, July 23, 2007

How do you spell Macho man?










The whole thing, we had do everything to finish NY
After we finished our Graham dance coerce we had to do the whole NY thing. We went to empire state building and it only took us about 30 min the hole ting, up and looking and down. And we can not say anything else than we looked extra nice coming straight from graham class.



In the evening we had to celebrate so we went to a Mexican restaurant, well once I have been feed by a waiter but this time the waiter could not resist and give us a big hug after the dinner.





On Saturday we did all the taxies we could do, it began with the water taxi that we had to wait for more than an hour bud we did not really mind it was sunny weather, then we went to Central park and there we got a bike tax round the park where the driver had to sweat a lot for us. Then on the way home we just did it the NY way, we took a normal taxi.

On the Sunday we made now friends, the staff in the restaurant down stairs are our new best friends and we where not allowed to pay for our food where they sad we made business bloom. Also we met this really nice women on the street that started to chat to us and tell us about her dating experience, and when she found out that Katla was going to say alone for the next week she really wanted to get her number to meet up with her where she thought Katla would bring her good luck with meeting guys, well if she only knew how good Katla is at dating!!

Well the highlight of the week was tonight, Katla´s B –day and our double date with Neal and Maurice. Uff we are not really able to breath we ate too much and Hrafnhildur is going to have a “kransæðastífla” to night. Well we went to Maurice restaurant and Katla is still trying to recover from the entire meet, well it was the most meet restaurant ever. We where able tp make it into a very nice evening with a lot of laughing over Neal stories, he really is our man… “What do you mean your man?” and, Katla got her B-day song and everything.

Well now it is time to have a walk around and for Hrafnhildur to say good buy to NY, NY will never be the same without her.

Hugs and kisses
K and H

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Merce is our man


The day started with, hahhhh!!! I do have sore muscles, ahhh my back my hips, my thighs, but after having the porridge we where fine. Then we where on the rode, the first class to day was in the Cunningham studio, where we had a new teacher, Janet Charleston, she was grate.
After the class we had to rush to get to the Graham school, where our next class was, so we went from doing curves to contractions. And to remind people how small the world is Katla met one of her fellow students from Laban at the Graham school.
After Graham class we went to one of our favourite places Lincon Center but in the library there is an exhibition with Cunningham, so we spent few hours there to learn more about our man these days.
After that we went to Capizzio, one of the best store to by dance chlothes. Well we did spend some money there but dance is our work and we need the best things :)

Finally on our way home Hrafnhildur got her Pizza what she has been dreaming of for few days now, just like in Sex in the City. The pizza was good, but now the best thing is shower and some arnica message oil for sore muscles.

Já þetta var alveg æðisleg sýning sem við forum á í bókasafninu í dag um hann Merce, og þarna sátum við eins og mestu aðdáendur og drukkum í okkur alla þekkinguna sem við gátum. Síðan urðum við aðeins að skella okkur í Julliard´s þar sem hann er nú samkeppnisskóli Laban.

Annars gerðum við eina uppgvötun í dag, við fundum kaffihús sem skildi okkur og var með almennilegt kaffi, en enn sem komið er vitum við bara um tvö svona kaffihús og annað er hjá Lincon Center 66 stræti og hitt er í Greenwich Willage 3 stræti. Kannski ekki alveg í nágrenninu en allt er hægt.
Best að hvílast til að verða bestar á morgun

Monday, July 16, 2007

Dance, laugh, floss and travel



Well we maid it trough the Cunningham intensive week. It was grate and we ended by performing in the Cunningham studio part from the piece “Phrases” for gests and staff, and we where breath taking!!



Then it was time to celebrate, on our way home we went to this best shoe shop, whooooo we just could not resist there where to many beautiful shoes, so it ended with us buying 2 pairs each but they are just the best.
Then we got home and got ready to continue our celebration that had no ending, just a grate evening.


We also went to the Zoo during the weekend but we did not really enjoy it because we just felt sorry for the polar bear, it was way to hot and then we tried to sun bath in Central park but we just sweated like pigs so we kind of became part of the zoo animals.

To day we where back to dance, we started in the Graham school to have a graham class, it was a good class but the highlight of the day was when we went to the Cunningham studio to take the evening class there. Merce Cunningham him self was in the studio working with the under studies.


Já það er ótrúlegt að það sé kominn meira en ein vika sem við höfum verið hér, þetta er búið að vera gersamlega frábært, og það er allt of mikið að gera.

Enskan okkar er nú ekkert að skána og sérstaklega ekki eftir að við kynntumst nokkrum Áströlum en vá það er nú bara ekki hægt að skilja hreiminn þeirra og það fannst okkur svo ferlega fyndið að við hlógum heilan dag út af því. En okkur hefur farið fram við að panta kaffi en einhverra hluta vegna er kaffið hérna ferlega vont. Hvað er málið?

Annar var það frábært í dag að mæta í Cunningham studio og svo situr bara herrann þarna og er að leiðbeina ungu dönsurunum sínum. Þessi maður er náttúrulega bara snillingur og hann er ennþá að þrátt fyrir að vera nálgast nírætt.

Planið í þessari viku er svo að halda áfram að mæta í Graham og Cunningham og svo reyna hafa tíma til að taka e.a. annað í öðrum studiom.

Knús og kossar
K&H