Aitutaki

For those of you who wander what the Cook Islands may look like, here is a very modest picture taken from the balcony outside the guesthouse I stayed in while on the island of Aitutaki. No fancy cocktail, or sunset, or sexy model in an orange bikini. The skies look a bit grey. That's because heavy rains from the South East Asia monsoon are on their way...

My feet were wet the 36hours that followed this moment!

Dancer of the Year Festival in the Cook Islands

There was something a bit scary about flying to a tiny island in the middle of the South Pacific to meet the hula dancers! But ay! What an amazing experience was awaiting myself and Grizzly in the Cook Islands! We took part in the Dancer of the Year contest as Papaas (visitors) and met beautiful people perform their traditional art with some much stamina and talent! They even call it Cook Island's aerobics! I met Rutera the organiser, who kindly invited me to attend rehearsals and performances in the Auditorium.

Ballet Prejlocaj

The Ballet Prejlocaj were over from France touring along the west cost of the US, presenting a piece called "the Four seasons". After discussion with Betsy, my artistic consultant, we decided to stay an other week in SF for the event. We got a chance to attend a worshop given by these fantastic athletic contemporary dancers who then showed us parts of their performance. I tried to join them. It was a hilarious disaster yet to be shown on tape. I may hide it away!

Breakdancers

We had an exciting time in San Francisco meeting professional dancers at the San Francisco Dance Centre, attending a show by Lines Ballet, captured sone breakdancers on the pier, and joined a workshop by the Ballet Prejlocaj from Aix en Provence (...)