by Karen Krolak
Several people have asked me how I spent my sabbatical so I put together this list to give you a flavor of some of my favorite adventures. Thanks for all of you who encouraged this time away, I
* Lived in a palace in Orvieto, Italy while studying with Modern dance legend, Simone Forti (I awoke each morning to see the ceiling pictured on the left),*Performed in Rome with a group of glorious improvisors from Italy, Croatia, Switzerland, Germany, England, Greece, Netherlands, and Turkey,
* Indulged in a Delicious Movement workshop with Eiko and Koma in the sumptuous ICA Boston theater overlooking the bay,
*Sussed out stories about slippers, boots, and sneakers as a professional blogger on Shoetube,
* Attended an Inter-collegiate Axe Throwing competition en route to Asheville, NC,
*Interviewed an emerging shoe designer in Iceland who envelops her soles in fish skins,
* Flung myself into the jaws of a giant model whale to create Christmas cards from Panama Beach, FL,
* Feasted with a collection of award-winning playwrights, directors, costume designers, and actors in Chicago, IL,
* Continued teaching my amazing students at Impulse Dance Center in Natick,
* Drooled over the dizzying displays of theater designs in the Collaborations exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England,
* Ran down to New York, NY for a day for a sneak preview of Beowulf - Two Thousand Years of Baggage before it opened in San Francisco in May,
*Hustled through the Russian Disco section of Nut/cracked with David Parker and the Bang Group (If you missed it last year, you can see it again Oct 22- 26 in Boston. You can also read about David's newest creation here),
*Planted carrots, tomatoes, peppers, corn, lillies, zinnia, dahlias, garlic, onions, strawberries, basil, dill, and some renegade squash in our garden,
* Discovered 3 fabulous dancers, Julia Marx, Nikki Sao Pedro, and Caitlin Meehan while working a Space Grant through Green Street Studios,
