Celebrate Dance in Ojai 2009

Dancers from all over the Ojai Valley and surrounding area came to participate in Celebrate Dance in Ojai 2009. I performed a piece entitled "Nostalgia" to a song called Western. It was about a nostalgic longing I feel for heaven. I love living here on earth but I always feel a little homesick--not for any earthy home, but a heavenly one. Even though I'm sure that didn't quite come across in the dance, the essence of the feeling did, and that's what people related to. Several people came up to me afterwards saying they were moved by the piece; one person was even crying which made sense--I nearly cried when I first put the piece together. It really felt heaven-sent.

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