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A lovely evening of dance….

Post graduation run ins with old friends generally turns me into one of those annoyingly smiley, giddy girls who’s voice flies up at least two octaves. I found myself happily squealing away during the beginning, intermission, and end of MMC classmate, Andrea Gise’s TYPE3 dance concert at Triskelion Arts in Willamsburg. Seeing Andrea’s work and [ READ MORE ]

photos from our performance @ PS/21: The Tent in Chatham, NY

Kicking off the new season at one of our favorite performance spaces: PS21. Thank you Judy for another amazing year of performances and welcoming us back home! Check out photos here![ READ MORE ]

Performance Pressures….bring it on!

Inspired by: Rick Pitino, with Bill Reynolds “Success is a Choice: Ten steps to overachieving in business and life” ….it’s been awhile since I’ve posted but here’s for some ruthless gumption! My boyfriend (at the time….unfortunately a long story) lent me Rick Pitino’s “Success is a Choice” when I was craving a motivational, self-help if [ READ MORE ]

Outreach @ Terence Cardinal Cook Care Center

Julie Blume, veteran Parsons dancer, has an ongoing relationship with Eileen Fogarty who works at Terence Cardinal Cook Health Care Center (found on fifth avenue between 105th and 106th streets) and has repetitively and graciously organized a performance for the patients suffering with Huntington’s Disease.  This year, I was gratefully able to participate in this informal showing where we did [ READ MORE ]

Day One of Parsons Dance!

Today was my first official day as a Parsons dancer!  No more apprenticeship or understudy position – ahhhh, feels super!  How did day one go?  Well, I attempted to be studious with the idea of hitting the sack early and packing my bag before I started drooling on my pillowcase to insure a calm, orderly [ READ MORE ]

Inspiration from a Dear Friend: Conquer Choreographic Fears

Those you surround yourself with have such an impact on your actions and thoughts.  My dear friend Kate Griffler serves as a constant motivating force.  In between gigs and rehearsal processes, I need to keep close with friends who will plow through the disconnected feeling these NYC summer months create right alongside me.  The summer [ READ MORE ]

Can you train your body’s cells for more awareness of your performance space?

While in between reads, I often pick up Sandra and Matthew Blakeslee’s The Body has a Mind of its Own.   I was initially turned on to this book thanks to fellow dancer, Helen Hansen, and gratefully so because it’s entirely fascinating and relevant for professional movers.  Throughout this detailed account of the interwoven mind-body relationship, [ READ MORE ]

JKOHS students dance to impress

Back in 2009, I received the opportunity to teach a residency at Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School on behalf of Buglisi Dance Theatre and their outreach affiliation with the NYC public schools.  I restaged excerpts of Jacqueline Buglisi’s Caravaggio Meets Hopper. Honestly, teaching these students was such a treat for me and I am eager [ READ MORE ]

How she do that? De-mystifying the job landing process.

With college dance programs graduating a cornucopia of talented, eager dancers and only a handful of established dance companies, with of course a limited number of artists on payroll, how the hell do you make sure you are one of the fortunate few? There seems to be two schools of thought – you either 1) [ READ MORE ]

Photos from Take @ DTW

Here are some performance photos from “Flight” with Take Dance at Dance Theatre Workshop.  Photo credits are courtesy Kokyat.  Go check out Oberon’s Grove for some highlights and commentary on these particular performances and for future commentary on dance and art. Wishing I had some backstage photos to share, but too caught up in the pre-performance rituals [ READ MORE ]

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