Week one, done!

Well I made it through my first week! Now I only have 5 weeks left of class and I know it's going to fly by. But I am really glad I came here. One of my goals was to see if I enjoyed studying theatre in a conservatory setting (to help me decide if I would enjoy grad school in this subject). Needless to say, I love it! Of course it can be frustrating at times, but overall I am having a great time.

Thursday we had acting in the AM and continued our repetition exercises. It's good because you can learn a lot just watching other people do it. At 11 we had our first Movement class. The teacher is an Equity actress who got her MFA in acting at Harvard (did not even know they had it there). She's very nice and really into what she is teaching. We did Yoga (!) and I about died doing those exercises. She said we will be doing that every class. It is supposed to help with flexibility and alignment, to help you establish a "neutral" position. We talked about some movement theory and something called "grounding" where you try to have a really strong posture and gait. After sweating buckets in the Yoga (she turns off the AC and fan because it's supposed to help your muscles loosen up), we were dismissed until Monday. My classmates and I went and got some yummy hot dogs from a street vendor and ate them in Madison Square Park. Here is a picture of some of my classmates:

Everyone is pretty nice and seems to get along for the most part. It started getting cloudy so I headed home, but I guess I did not leave early enough and I got caught in my first NYC rainshower! I didn't have an umbrella, and I got soaked! Oh well. Saturday some of us are going to get together to go see the Macy's fireworks over the Hudson River for the 4th. I hope it won't be too crowded! Next week I really need to hunker down on the job search, too! I love all the free time, but I want to work! The truth is, I miss being able to go shopping :-)