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    The Magic of Eileen Kramer

    The Power of Dance


    "Everything happens at 100, everything changes," Eileen Kramer told
    the Sydney Morning Herald. The enchanting dancer and choreographer
    has been receiving more attention than usual since she's entered triple
    digits, an age she describes as "magical." However, more impressive
    than the fact that she dances at all is how she dances: with soft and
    sinuous gestures that move like billowing folds of fabric.

    Kramer was born in 1914 in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, called


    Mosman Bay. She grew up interested in music and hoped to be an
    opera singer, until a performance by Vienna's Bodenwieser modern
    dance company captured her heart. It wasn't long before Kramer was
    dancing under Madame Gertrud Bodenwieser, as part of the first
    http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/dance/one-
    hundredyearold-dancer-eileen-kramer-still-taking-to-
    modern dance company in Australia. At 22 years old, Kramer
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    considered herself a late bloomer when she immersed herself in the
    world of dance. Now, she's very likely one of the oldest
    choreographers in the world. "I'm not a
    highly acrobatic dancer. I'm a soft dancer," said Eileen, who starts each day with strengthening and
    classical barre exercises, a cappuccino and a croissant.

    Kramer spent her life in various locations including New York, India, Paris, London and West
    Virginia. In 2014, at 99, she returned to Sydney, Australia. "I wanted to hear a kookaburra. I wanted
    to smell a gum tree," she told ABC News.

    In February, Kramer was invited to be an artist in residence at Bundanon Trust, Australia, in their
    Arts- in-Residence program. She's spent her time there choreographing "The Early Ones," a modern
    dance piece made in collaboration with rehearsal director Julia Cotton and composer Nicholas Lyon.
    Despite being blind in one eye, Kramer created all the sets for the performance and designed all the
    costumes.

    "She's such a beautiful creative spirit and also a really physical body still at 100 years old," said
    dancer Anya McKee, "so that idea that you need to stop dancing in your 30s -- like I am -- or your
    40s, and you have to get everything done before then, is just gone."

    "Dancing; it psychologically strengthens me," said Eileen. "I like looking at myself in the mirror. I
    like people to tell me that what I did was beautiful."

    For very obvious reasons, Kramer is officially our new heroine, both for her creative devotion and
    hypnotic talent, not to mention the fact that she's putting stereotypes about aging to serious shame.
    To live a long and happy life a la Eileen, try following her simple advice: "Try to do creative work,
    because if you're dealing with creative work you're doing something new all the time."

    QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN YOUR JOURNAL:

    1. Aside from being 100 years old, what Is magical about Eileen Kramer?
    2. What would the current Eileen Kramer tell her 22 years old self?
    3. Given the chance, what would you tell Eileen Kramer in persons?

    References:
    http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/dance/one-hundredyearold-dancer-eileen-kramer-still-taking-to-the-stage-
    20150305-13ve5f.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/05/eileen-kramer-100-year-old-dancer_n_6802534.html

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