Thoughts & Footage

My horoscope for today made me smile:

You must devote yourself this time to those whom you love. Everything will depend on the way you'll live with your near ones; if harmony prevails, if aggressivity is banned from your relationships, then things will go all well. Your career situation will be good on the whole; you'll be quite favored despite some small clouds here and there: you'll have original ideas, and you'll be supported and helped by your entourage. Too rich a diet will prove more harmful to you than ever; avoid the foods that may perturb your balance and have negative effects on your blood circulation.

Here's a sneak peak at some new material for our In the Flesh Concert at the Phillips Collection July 23rd... this was our first rehearsal with it - more to come!

blogging, writing, creating and such...

Been in a flurry of busy-ness, business, and dancemaking. I haven't taken much time to document things, but I'm making my way back to it. More to come....

In the mean-time, visit: http://casinoparty.eventbrite.com and RSVP for our Open House & Casino Party on Saturday!

OPEN HOUSE JUNE 20TH!

Contradiction Dance                             

An Exchange Between Life & Dance

 

ALL  LIT  UP

 

 

 

Join us on Saturday June 20

for

Free Classes!

 

– 10am Creative Movement

– 10:30 Parent/Child Dance

– 11am Hip-Hop (7-12 yrs)

– 11:30am Hip-Hop (Teen/Adult)

– 12pm Modern Dance

– 12:30 Staff (Object Manipulation Class)

– 1pm Hoop Dance

– 1:30pm Drum Jam

– 2pm Afro Fusion

– 2:30 Taiji

 

* Classes are limited to the first 15 people

Please pre-register by email at contradictiondance@gmail.com

 

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There’s MORE!

 

 

Join us at 7pm

for

an exciting performance featuring:

 

– Contradiction Dance

 

– Massive Attack

 

– Dance Afire

 

and more…

*Tickets are $25 per person or $40 per couple

Please visit www.contradictiondance.com

Join Jeremy's Cause & Support Contradiction Dance

Contradiction Dance at XinDC, pictured: Jasmine Artis

Dear Friends,

I am writing this note with a mixture of sadness, humility, gratitude and hope in my heart. Sadness for the state of the economy and it's dramatic impact on the arts' community at large - and on dance specifically. Humility for the outpouring of support from family, friends, and strangers for my company, Contradiction Dance. Gratitude for the understanding of those we work with as we navigate the challenges of our financial stress - in particular the owner of the building that houses our studio. And finally, hope. Hope for the future - a future you will help create. Hope born out of a dear friend's willingness to support us through his personal donation, and his call to action. 

Please read the letter below, written by my friend Jeremy Skidmore, and consider taking action. This not simply business, this is my life's work.

Thank you,

k.k. :)

Kelly Mayfield
o-240.450.2420
www.contradictiondance.com

CONTRADICTION DANCE: An Exchange Between Life & Dance

Hello all.

So with greater excitement and urgency, each year I find myself focusing on a different non-profit organization to which I lend time and whatever knowledge I can in order to help the cause they represent. From planting trees to cancer research to my trip last year to Africa, I have been searching for essential ways to get involved with something bigger. But in all my past choices, what has left me feeling a bit unanchored has been the fact that, like Africa, I found myself supporting or traveling to all these different places to do all these different things, but was never turning my sights to doing work in my own community. So this year, I am attempting to do just that: making tangible, simple contributions to my own community. 

Less than a year ago, I moved to the neighborhood of Takoma Park (for those who do not know, it is a wonderful, family dominated community right on the boarder between DC and Maryland). I love it here. Very much. And in my time here I have become aware of an organization called Contradiction Dance. Located just a few blocks from my house, Contradiction not only consists of two professional dance companies, but it also offers an amazing variety of classes in dance, theater, yoga, tai-chi, circus techniques and even summer camps for kids. For a community like mine in Takoma Park, their presence has quickly become essential and serves as a source of pride for my neighbors and local businesses. But on top of all that, Contradiction has been developing its own studio space for all of its operations. What has emerged is something that is difficult to describe. A studio that possesses an energy that nurtures creativity and learning like few other rooms I have ever stepped into. I cannot say enough how much I have come to love this space. Even in my own work, I have chosen to be in this studio whenever I can because as a vessel that holds inspiration for me there is no place I would rather be. I have upped the ante of my own involvement in helping this company and this space by taking on their process of becoming non-profit and incorporated in the state of Maryland. Anything I can do to ensure that this company, and this space, remain right where they are, I will do.

And that is why I am writing to you now. I have just learned that Contradiction Dance has an opportunity to extend and make more permanent their presence in this studio space. The owner of the building is negotiating a unique arrangement with them that will keep them as a part of the community and will keep the space as a studio for a long time to come. Part of the agreement is that a portion of the rent for the rest of the year must be paid up front by June 1st. While the offer itself is generous, the time frame that Contradiction has been given to meet the opportunity is obviously tight. So I am turning to each of you. I cannot say enough how important this organization has become to me. I am putting more of my own time into it than I have in any other organization outside of my own former theater company.

So I am asking each of you to take a moment and visit this link below to donate $10 to Contradiction Dance. That is it. Just $10. Even just $10 right now, before June 1st, will more deeply carve out the possibility of keeping Contradiction Dance right where they belong in their amazing studio space in Takoma Park. And that would make me very, very happy.


http://contradictiondance.com/donate/ 

Thank you very much for your time and your contribution.

Sincerely, and with much gratitude,

Jeremy Skidmore

Deluge

Thunder so loud the rain decided to compete,
Throwing itself against the earth.
Thunder ups the ante,
Rolling in tsunami-like waves of furious sound.
Lightning laughs,
Tossing bolts of white flame at them both erratically for sport.
The perfect storm.

Poetry of the moment by k.k. :)
5/26/09

Got Kids? Get Dance...

SUMMER 2009 – IN MOTION

Dance • Drama • Visual Art
at
CONTRADICTION DANCE

Get your kids IN MOTION this summer at Takoma Park’s Contradiction Dance studio. We offer 8 weeks of summer programs for students 3-12 years. Featuring our “Stories in Motion” curriculum, blending creative writing, drama, story-telling, visual arts, costume making and dance education; Contradiction Dance is “An Exchange Between Life & Dance.“

Full & Half-Day Programs
June 29 – August 21 • 8 weeks:
6/29-7/3 • 7/6-7/10 • 7/13-7/17 • 7/20-7/24 • 7/27-7/31 • 8/3-8/7 • 8/10-8/14 • 8/17-8/21

9am – 12pm, Half-Day Mornings • $250/week
9am-4pm, Full Day (6-12yrs only) • $425/week
To Register:

ONLINE: http://summer2009.eventbrite.com/

EMAIL contradictiondance@gmail.com

The Stories in Motion curriculum was originally created for Montgomery County’s S.A.I.L. Program by Story Tapestries founder, Arianna Ross and Contradiction Dance’s founder, Kelly Mayfield. We are pleased to bring it to you!

Contradiction Dance
7014 Westmoreland Ave, A
Takoma Park, MD 20912
phone – 240.450.2420
email – contradictiondance@gmail.com

www.contradictiondance.com

http://summer2009.eventbrite.com/

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