Demi Tour of the World

Hi, it makes a while now.

time passing quickly and events too.

I’m back in London only for a week. But even then as i’ve planned to travel Big for the end of March. I need ways of subtitution. 4 weeks ago I’ve been to Windsor. Then to France for two weeks, in Amiens from where i learned i need to make my claim against my boss in UK through internet. So easy ! less hassle ! less human relationship… men, if not fighting are tiring each other… Maybe. Then yesterday with Emeline we’ve been to St Albans (where i bought in a charming secondhand bookshop on Holleywell Rd the Travels from Marco Polo). I love this town, like to go back there regularly. So I played the guide for Emeline over the long history and peacefull parks of St Albans, with the help of the Sun.

But when i think of it, the way i’ve best travelled these last weeks was Saturday at the Laban center. Emeline works there and invited me to see a raimund hoghe dance production called Swan Lake, 4acts. It was at the same time a good and big book and a serie of paintings for it was slow, yes it was like reading slowly to give the mind time to read and think of what he’s facing. Raimund Hoghe hasn’t what we can call the body of a dancer, and then ? why should he be on the stage, be the main character ? that’s already two things very different from the modern westernized world we’re living in. And two good reasons to appreciate the production.

I won’t described what i saw, as it has to stay in the surprising meaningful reality level, on the aesthetical point of view of singular beauty and intellect that you need to experienced by your own. Visit the site for an idea of it

Then we stayed for a drink with the member of the troup. Myself joined them quite late, but i was introduced to Brynjar as knowing Romania. Brynjar lives in Bucaresti for 4 years now but he’s from Oslo, the troup manager worked a lot in Romania too. I left Laban with a small group of them, heading to music bar of Greenwich where we had a really nice time together. And through the experience of everybody (Madagascar, Greece, Romania etc.) Nabil is a whole story of his own, dancer in the world, GP in Algeria, nurse in France. A night of enchanting contrasts.

Thanks Guys