Dance Workshop photos

School's over, and people are uploading their DW photos. I'm putting some from various sources into semi-coherent slideshows.
Dolo's piece, "Inadvert"

Make a Free Flash Slideshow

I just started this, so I don't know how to keep it from being weird and zoomy.

Hip-hop video

Dance Movie

Still working on editing my final project. I have a lot of takes to sift through.
Here are some still frames.

Tales of Victory, Tales of Woe

Tales of Victory: I finished deep-cleaning my room in preparation for moving out in a couple of weeks.
It was a disaster area to be proud of.
Tales of Woe: Doing so did not uncover my cell phone, which has been missing for a week.
I hope it's not wedged between my desk and the wall.

There goes my Saturday

Logan and Seth came with me to the mall to shoot a short dance for camera.
We found the perfect dress for Logan, and Seth looked great in his suit & tie.
I started setting up a shot of the escalators, and security was dispatched within a minute to kick us out.
Dillard's. More like Dullard's.

3rd dance film

2nd dance film

Here is my second dance film.


It won nine thousand awards for artistic direction.

1st dance film

Sugar Coated: A Tektonic Ballet

Other DW

Here are the other Dance Workshop pieces I danced in.




I'm in the blue.

Dance Workshop

I have the video recording! Unfortunately, it is taking forever to convert. Here are some screen shots while we wait.

The Birds follow the Children

Video delay

The DVDs came out with some errors, so the order is being reprocessed and I'll be posting the video next week.

Final tomorrow. Then block break. Hooray!

Dancey Updates

DW

The Dance Workshop DVDs come out on Monday. A bunch of the choreographers went to Peggy's place (Peggy will likely be my Dance minor advisor) to watch the beta DVD and critique each other. It was nice to, finally, get some criticism.
That said, my dance was cool. They taped the Friday show, and I am quite satisfied with how it turned out. I will take a break from studying for finals to put it on Youtube. Soon!
Prepare yourself, though, for the crazy and the weird. It's a couple bus stops past irreverent. Fittingly improper, in my opinion. Don't say I didn't warn you. I let my dancers push the envelope - I did the choreography, but left much of the emotion, intensity, and motivation up to them. They're all great actors, and I like where they took it. (Dude, I couldn't stop laughing last night. I was really seeing it for the first time.)

Next block: Block 8: Dance and Film

Super excited for Block 8: Dance and Digital Technology. It's all about making dance for camera.
So excited, in fact, that I've already begun choreographing.
I want to do a few projects that will require planning ahead and scheduling rehearsals.

So . . . I just did the first video shoot. Woot. I used Jazmyne, who was great in my Hoodie dance last semester (in the video she's in the grey sweatshirt second from the left.)

She's kinda blurry here, but this is what she was wearing.

Despite some late-night dance-partying, we were both up at 9:30 on a Saturday morning.
It was raining.
We went all around the cruddy places downtown, using the environment.
I had her shadowboxing, kicking things, walking, walking and locking, walking hip-hop, and just walking looking thug.
Preview:

Later I'll edit it and produce it music video style.

Like Patrick's! (Patrick my cousin, of course.)

New photos!

Public transportation

Took the downtown shuttle to the bus station, got on a bus, made one transfer. Then I walked for 15 minutes in some powerful wind and snow, got fitted for new ballet shoes, and made my way back home with no mistakes.
Not an exciting adventure, but at 4 hours combined time, $3 in travel costs, and the braving of some nasty weather, it was an adventure nonetheless.

you little girlie things better be worth the hassle