The Journey Back

Returing After a looong hiatus... 

My first time back in the studio was in March of this year. 

It had been a whole year since I had been there; 

the longest period of not dancing since I began lessons at age six. 

I turned the key and came inside...

Up the long, crooked stairway....

Then another climb - up the familiar ladder. 

And Voila! 

A trapeze, ready to go

The sun was shining in the south-side windows. Things felt familiar but my body was incredibly rusty. It was a very soft approach back in.  

The aerial work made me so dizzy - I decided I would need to bring dramamine the next time I came in.

When summer came I was ready for company and found two dancers also itching to get back into flying mode. Maia and Ceci and I spend a few weeks getting the kinks out. Then we started sharing with one another things in life that brought us joy.

Maia shared her memory of a summer evening with Hydrangeas and Fireflies and she made a floor phrase about them. Then we translated her floor phrase into an aerial one. Here is the floor version:

Ceci created a phrase about child-like energy. Here is her floor phrase that translates that joy...

Our plan to get ourselves back into shape has become the framework for an entire dance. We have been cataloguing our joys and sharing them, then translating them into movement both on the floor and in the air.

Please join us as we share these seeds of this dance:

Saturday, October 30 

5:30 pm

281 N. 7th Street (Williamsburg)

Brooklyn NY

Space is limited to 20 people -

RSVP required: flybynightdance@gmail.com

We hope you will also join us in sharing joys from your everyday life too and, if you would like, translating your joys into movement (this can be a simple hand dance, so all can join in).

COVID NOTICE:

• In accordance with NYC health rules, we will require proof of vaccinations for our staff, participants, and performers.  

• In addition to proof of vaccination, masks will be required at this event.

• Children under the age of 12 will not be permitted to join, since there are no currently available vaccines for their age group. Once children under the age of 12 become eligible to receive a vaccine and have reached full vaccination status, they are welcome to attend our events. 

See more at our website: Flybynightdance.org 

Julie Ludwick is one of 500 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre.