Contradiction Dance @ Echo Park

Echo Park Contemporary Ballet Centre is now.... drum roll, please....

Contradiction Dance @ Echo Park

It's official, Contradiction Dance has a studio!  Now, we need to fill it up w/ students :) Please check out the link above for news and updates!

That's a wrap!

We wrapped yesterday... wrapped what? The film "Other Life" that myself and Chop Shop Studios have been making! Here's their blog with photos from the shoot :)

Today I am exhausted physically and drained mentally & emotionally, BUT I am thrilled at what we did. Based on the footage I've seen so far, I think we made something truly beautiful and true to ourselves. I am already looking forward to the next project... perhaps an Objects of Hope piece?


Poetry of the Moment (Sunday eve)

Dancing through
my time with you
Senses tickled,
giggling like
water flowing
Sunset purple
bright
Memories ignite
Reason leaves
quietly
tip-toe past that
silly little doubt
whispering shhhhhh...
Not now
today
or tomorrow
Now is quite
present.

(gifted, twisted... like a pretzel.) - a.k.'s addition :P

- 5/25/08

props and such...

OMG. I love this process. Here are some props... footage to come :)

little army guy

We are filming "Other Life" at the Atlas Theater all week... so far a wonderful experience that has me thinking I have stumbled upon a great partnership in art and friendship for life w/ Austin & Emily who are Chop Shop Studios. They keep me laughing at myself....

Yesterday was intense - especially at the Obama event. Wow. They went along for a crazy ego ride through someone else's bizarre sense of delegation. All in all, we got through it - I owe them a home-made margarita & tex-mex night to repair the damage to all our psyche's, but hey, them's the breaks.

Here's the wonderful little army guy who keeps our favorite convenience store on H Street safe from the tiny invaders we can't see.

Today... passenger scenes!

Other LIfe: DAY ONE

FIRST, come to the fundraiser tonight.

5/21: Art & Contradiction Dance for Obama - 6:30 pm
RSVP: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4hlr

And now... here are some pics from day one of filming... we filmed the duet and some scenes with Doubt aka Jasmine.

pice1: ID TAGS. sweet. The Atlas has given us much!

Pic2: Story-board of sorts :)
Pic3: Austin & Emily of Chop Shop Studios in deep thought.

"Other Life" Rehearsal Footage

We're making a film... here's some of the raw footage from rehearsals... enjoy :) The first two use the mirror as front (watch the reflection) the last faces the camera.

Kelly Mayfield, Boris Willis, Emily Arden, Jasmine Artis, Dustin Kimball, Josh Gilmore

News, Happenings, & pics!

Photos by Daniel Clarke, 2008

I've been away for awhile.... resurfacing slowly.

I moved.

I have no internet at home, yet. EEK!

Many performances SOON. (Below)

Took some pics yesterday. (Above)

5/21: Art & Contradiction Dance for Obama - 6:30 pm
RSVP: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4hlr

5/31: WE HEAR YOU - 8pm
F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater
603 Edmonston Dr

6/6: ARTOMATIC - 8pm

6/8: ARTOMATIC - 2 pm

7/1-3: Source Festival
http://www.sourcedc.org/sourcefestival/html/july.html

zzzzzzz

I have refound sleep. I moved... my new place gets COMPLETELY dark at night w/ a whole lotta early a.m. sun to wake me back up. For those of you who know me well or have chronicled the insomnia here or elsewhere... well, I've had 2 amazing nights of sleep and I'm sooooo happy! (sigh) FINALLY!

Considering all the Post's recent coverage on the sleep deprivation in the District, it's a timely blog post :)

Reggie & I are performing tomorrow at the Dinner Party... ticket info here.

making music

These are the hands of Terence Nicholson of Five Rings Arts & Entertainment Services. He's a now-frequent collaborator on new projects. Today we began working on a film tentatively titled "Other Life" with Emily Gallaher and Austin Elston of Chop Shop Studios. Terence is one of those brilliant on the spot souls who makes beautiful things happen with what appears to be the greatest of ease. I am so thrilled to know him and to work with him.

We are premiering the film in the Source Festival's "mash-up" series July 1-3.

Links:

http://www.sourcedc.org/sourcefestival/

email: ringfive@gmail.com

http://chopshopstudios.com/

http://chopshopstudios.wordpress.com/