Because I want to remember. (What it means) to be a dancer.
Here’s to another day of creativity…
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Day 347: Twelve.Eighteen.13
The Jump Off Party @ SoHo DC every Wednesday night. Ft. Dj Toxsick & this week’s spotlight Words Beats & Life. Artwork by Juan Pineda. We got down.
The Jump Off Spotlight: Words Beats & Life
The Jump Off: Artwork by Juan Pineda
Here’s to another day of creativity…
Day 333: Twelve.Four.13
Never is it a good idea to be gone for an entire week right before the first edition of a major event you are trying to throw.
But somehow, despite the sleep-deprived and crazy-running, it gets pulled off.
The Jump Off (Weekly Wednesday Night Party)
The Jump Off: Art by Juan Pineda
The Jump Off: Dj Toxsick
The Jump Off: Art by Juan Pineda
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Day 311: Eleven.Twelve.13
I spend a majority of my time these days thinking about space. My space. Community space. Other people’s awesome space. Most specifically, how we are going to convince people with space to give us that space. So we can turn it into awesome creative community space for all to benefit from.
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Flash backwards a few weeks; my boss offered his space – a bar and restaurant – for us to run a weekly party. No begging. No coaxing. No strings attached. He just, well, tried to convince us we should take it.
I ALMOST SAID NO.
I’m not a promoter, I thought.
I don’t know enough people who will come out on a Wednesday night and spend money at a bar to make this viable, I thought.
This isn’t my ideal space, I thought.
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Flash forwards a few weeks; our party starts Wednesday, December 4th and I’m SO excited about it.
After talking to my collaborators, it became clear how insanely dumb it would be to pass up free, no strings attached space.
So what if it’s not exactly what I envision my space to look like, I thought.
We will make it exactly what we envision a creative party to be like, I thought.
We will find the people to come because it’s a great enough concept to get them there, I thought.
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It will include all the ‘d’ things that make a party great – DJ, dancing, drink specials… Ours though. Ours will be focused on the ‘a’ things – the art and artists that make this city special. With a little out of the box thinking we have turned a usual thing into something that makes us at ReSourceArts all geeked out – highlighting all the awesome that’s coming out of the creative community in DC, sharing that with the DC community at large, and having everyone benefit from it. (Think art being sold, deals and specials on cool stuff being offered, raffles on one-of-a-kind pieces and experiences, all while there is great music playing and friendly bartenders pouring your favorite drinks…)
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And the biggest lesson I have learned as I grow into my youthful years of wisdom; I don’t have to do all of this all alone. I’m amassing a small but mighty team with the skill sets to make this awesome.
More info on the party will be available HERE.
Here’s to another day of creativity…
Day 308: Eleven.Nine.13
My student’s dance performance at Bullis went so fast. All of the nine weeks of teaching and planning and yelling for a room full of high school students to be quiet… all of it was over in what seemed like just a matter of minutes. They did a really great job.
It’s crazy how quickly this temporary teaching gig became just a part of my routine.
And now, it’s over.
I don’t know how it happened, but I was completely blindsided by the ending.
What happens now?
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Day 306: Eleven.Seven.13
This whole social media #tbt (#throwbackthursday) thing has gotten me. I tried to resist, but now I post away with the worst of them. Ugh.
Today’s selection was taken at a photoshoot a little over a year ago. I was living in Philly, was wishing I was dancing, and was wondering how I was going to get out of my current life situation.
It was a nice reminder of how much has changed. How much I have changed.
Photo by Aanya Photography. Styling by Styled by Ali
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Day 305: Eleven.Six.13
My teaching stint is coming to an end.
Today was tech for the Stevie Wonder tribute show the students will be performing in this weekend. I have been working on this show, with these students, for the past nine weeks, thanks to my awesome friend who runs the dance program and brought me in as a guest teacher/choreographer.
I didn’t realize how awesome the show is going to be until I was sitting in the audience watching it all come together. Don’t get me wrong, it’s high school-quality performing. But the overall production is so well done. Not that I’m surprised that she would pull this off. It’s just, I had been in the middle of it so long I didn’t realize it was all happening around me. From the blending of the jazz band and the dance company in shared pieces, to the costumes and video… it’s going to be one hellofa night.
I’m also realizing how much I am actually going to miss this teaching thing.
In any event, this has been exactly what I have needed and I’m so glad my friend realized it – way before I did.
Here’s to another day of creativity…
Day 304: Eleven.Five.13
A Facebook friend shared this link with me. Not necessarily groundbreaking in the performance/art world, but certainly a bold move for a designer at a Paris fashion show.
The Video:
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Day 301: Eleven.Two.13
The ‘cinematic short’ dance concept video I was recently a part of, created by Crishon Jerome and with direction and videography by Nadia Itani, is now finished. What a superbly talented group of people – glad to have been able to be a part.
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Day 298: Ten.Thirty.13
Some awesome videos that made me really, super-duper happy (even on a day where I’m feeling pretty much blah). They are worth the combined fifteen or so minutes it will take to watch them, promise:
Spell Block Tango by Toddrick Hall
Virgin America Safety Video
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