Translation:

The City of Stuttgart is Alive with Light...
...and we're beaming along! This Saturday,starting at 21:30 (9pm) the old castle of Stuttgart is going to be rocking!Whoever lives nearby shouldn't miss out on this event: The REBECCA cast will be showing some exceptional excerpts from the musical!
I'm looking forward to this a lot-make sure to be wearing enough clothes :)

Translation:
“On to Monte Carlo,Cornwall…and Stuttgart”

After extensively vacationing, tanning and relaxing , now it’s back to the score and to the “I”!
I am very happy, that my next project will lead me back to the stage for a change.

“Rebecca”- the musical is based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, published in 1938, which has been adapted to film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940, and been awarded with 2 Academy Awards.

On Friday, Thomas Borchert, Femke Soetenga and I had a first musical meet up, and I can tell you: We are going to rock this!
The rehearsals with the two of them, Pia Douwes-the whole cast,Michael Kunze, Sylvester Levay and Francesca Zambello will begin mid-October.
On the 8th of October, the flames will roar for the first time in the Palladium Theater in Stuttgart!

You can gain a first impression here.The musical was premiered in 2006 in the Raimund Theater in Vienna, Austria. In 2012 “Rebecca” will celebrate its premiere on Broadway.

http://www.stage-entertainment.de/musicals/rebecca/rebecca.html

“I have dreamt of Manderley—and of love that liberates”

Translation:
After the end of “Hand aufs Herz” I have jumped into salty waves- dived and swam..and now, the sea has returned me.
I would like to say thanks to you and in the name of Jenny Goodbye!!
We are very happy- to have been able to take you along on this trip and most of all, of course, for you to have so wholeheartedly accompanied us!!!

Where the road might be leading now..I will of course let you know!

Until then, my dear friends-enjoy the sun-the wind-eat as much ice cream as you can get your hands on.-and be as happy as you can be!!

Jenny wishes you farewell!!

Translation:

Poems are like flowers-they’re a beauty that make one stop and be amazed.

From a stormy night by Rainer Maria Rilke

The night, by the rising storm bestirred,
How spacious it suddenly seems-
as though at other times it were shirred
Between time’s pedantic seams.
Where the stars would bar it, it does not wane,
Nor wax from the forest glens;
Nor at my face begin its reign
Nor at your lineaments.
The lanterns stammer and have to ask
Do we feign our light?
Has the only real thing for millennia past
Been the night?

Which poems are moving you, during these rainy summer days? I’m looking forward to all the things you’ll find.

Translation:
The Soreness of my Life – Thanks to Kalarippayattu!!!

Last week, I have fought myself through a Yoga and Kalarippayattu workshop for 5 days, 3 hours each…and gotten the worst case of sore muscles in my life.Kalarippayattu?????that’s a 2000 year old martial art from the South of India.Due to our ruthless teacher Rakesh Sukesh,it orients itself on the defensive stances the horse, the elephant,the snake,the fish,the lion, the boar, the rooster, and the peacock,take on upon attack.Yes, I was astonished,too:)
But I can tell you one thing-it looks totally rad and it is so strenuous, that I almost dropped dead with exhaustion…Here you go…oh,and please don’t be scared by the pampers fashion that the boys are showing off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW_2l2CRU6o&feature=player_embedded

Oh-and the Number 1 Top Soreness reliever is:
Magnesium!! What a relief:)

Translation:

Alvin Ailey- International Tour 2011

The famous ensemble is touring through Europe at the moment, and I was able to see them in Berlin.Blown away by the energy,the perfection and strength of the dancers, touched by their emotionality,inspired by the spirit of the choreographies and songs and thrilled by the possibilities for expression the human body possesses,I can wholeheartedly recommend to anyone with the time and opportunity to go and see this fireworks of dance.

Here’s a link to a danced prayer,a piece that I particularly liked.Please take a very deep breath and enjoy:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CXk1mQVCgI&feature=player_embedded

http://www.alvinailey.org/

Translation:

Thanks a lot for all of the flower tipps!I’m totally thrilled and excited!The Sweet Williams (Dianthus Barbatus’) are of course taking their time in showing any sign of blooming..That’s why I set out today to get some fresh Flower Power support for my apartment!
Now it’s up to you to serve up some more Flower Power!
Send your prettiest Flower Pics to my album per email over your cell phones to flowerpower@zapic.de!
You can leaf through them here!(link is highlighted above)
I’m looking forward to your beautiful flowers!
My Sweet Williams will hopefully find their way in there some day..