Two Weeks of Daily Dances

Today it has been two weeks since I started posting a dance-a-day. Two days ago someone commented on one blog that the future of dance as I see it will not happen. I think is is happening as I see it because I am making it happen. I call the movement Pre-Futurist because I believe in taking action now not in the future. We don't need the Internet to live but we sure do use it. If we use it well it can help us. I believe that we have to continue to innovate and grow. The Internet has changed things and we should not ignore the possibilities.

Dance-A-Day

I started making new dance everyday for about two weeks now and it is going very well. I decided to make two dance a day blogs because I had so much material. danceaday and boriswillismoves It has become a ritual for me to take my camera out everyday and tape myself dancing. It is amazingly rewarding to make art and to make it available for the world. My friends also make dances and contribute to the site. Mostly I have been improvising my movement but sometimes like the video I made yesterday, I thought of a concept and made it happen. Today's video on danceaday uses some stop motion and I continue with the double solo idea. Because the movement is improvised there are times when I don't like what I do or the energy drops so I cut it out and make a transition. I try to keep the videos under two minutes and vary the dances to get out of my movement habits.

New Blog

I started a new blog this week http://danceaday.blogspot.com because I realized last week in class that I was not making art just commenting on it. So now I am making art everyday and I look forward to it every evening. I made my first post on Friday May 11 based on a presentation I did for a history class. I even have my friends involved in making daily dances. I am not sure how to handle all of the videos at this point. Do I only post one dance a day or do I post several dances a day by different people. I also have a problem with the descriptions of the daily dances not showing up in iTunes.

More Karaoke

 

 

 

Ok so here are some photos of me singing with Dr.G. I did some Living Colour and Terrance Trent D'Arby last night. Just after I left the place post performance depression started to set in. PPD is that thing that happens after a show. We worked for 7 months and performed it three times and we will never do it again. It can make you sad when the work is done and you don't have something to look forward to to.

Spin Jam

 

 

 

On some Monday nights the party continues with Spin Jam at Little Brothers which is soon to close its doors for good. This is just a sample of the dance related things that happen there; poi, hula hoops and stilting are good for the mind.This event is sponsored by HighJinks

The end of the night

 

 

At the end of the night after getting rejected by every woman in the place, it is just the guys hanging out, talking about what could have been and eating fast food.

The After Party

 

 

 

 

After we perform of course we go out and dance all night, then we sleep all day.

After the show

 

 

 

 

We go out to meet and greet with our friends and fans--if we have any, after the show. When you are a rock star you get surrounded by pretty ladies who want to meet you. When you are a dancer you get surrounded by pretty ladies who tell their friends to watch out for you.

The Photo

Here I am with the man himself, Vernon Reid just before he signed my Living Colour cassette. Last night's show was on fire and it is still burning.

Window

 

The view outside my window. Just beyond the trees is the Olentangy River. I love it.

What the audience does not see

 

 

 

Before the show we get ready by cleaning the floors, warming up and rehearsing.

Backstage again

 

 

 

 

This is what really happens backstage before the show. Exciting huh!

Dancers

 

 

 

These are photos of dancers in various stages of readiness.

Set and Reset/ Reset

 

 

 

 

Photos of Laurie Anderson and Trisha Brown's piece Set and Reset/Reset.

Dancers getting ready

 

 

Sitting in the house before the show many dancers stretch out and warm up even in small spaces.

Backstage

 

 

 

A view from backstage during dress rehearsal.