Out the door at 9am today for a city tour of old town Innsbruck...then, tech rehearsals at 10am ... The Tanzsommer photographer did a photo shoot of us in costume as well. Oh, no, we find out that the theater does not have a black back curtain; so we are all hoping the black light effect for "Situation" is not lost in the white cyc. The lighting crew is moving mountains for us to make it look great...it's so wonderful to be working with professionals who make it their goal to accommodate the performers' needs. :)
The Dogana Palace Theater is incredible... (see picture below)... The girls are humbled by the incredible opportunity to perform in such a beautiful, and historically relevant venue.
After our tech, we had about 45 minutes before our next call time, so, of course we found the best gelato shop in town and celebrated the day with flavors not found anywhere but here.
Next was ballet class with a former dancer, now choreographer for the Innsbruck Ballet. The girls were challenged, and inspired by both the teacher and the other dancers who are from a ballet studio in Texas on tour with us. They did SO well in class...a credit to the wonderful ballet teachers at All That Jazz. Now the girls understand why we drill ballet terminology into them at the studio: since ballet terms are universal, they took class today from a German-speaking teacher, but had no trouble understanding his direction at all.
We look forward to the show tonight with much anticipation. Then, tomorrow we have two matinee performances in the same theater for Austrian School students who are bussed in from across the country. School is still in session here; and because the Austrian culture and school officials value the Arts so much, they close school in several towns and bus the students to Innsbruck to see our dance concert. If only America valued the Arts as much for our children!
Once again...sorry for the pictures that are not upright...we googled the problem, and there is no way to fix them with this blog app. Please continue to tilt 90 degrees to view as needed :)
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