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.elemental.

Photos by Steve Thompson

.i.am.exhausted.

...and with good reason.
Tomorrow is the opening of my solo show, subtitled "I dream of Science" at the Base Gallery in downtown KC. I can't really say the actual title of the show, because I decided to be graphically clever and make a non-word...

I'm also exhausted because I've been prepping dance-wise for Elemental, a theatrical bellydance production by the BDU, at Union Station on Saturday.
It's a lot to do!

I'm so glad I took the day off of my day-job tomorrow.
I need to sleep in before all of this goes down...

.updates.and.rambling.

The workshop this past weekend was an excellent experience - I had a blast with the ladies of Project Vagabond, met so many nice dancers...it was lovely. My class went really well, though I may have a tad too much material for a 2 hour long workshop - three hours might be better to cover everything that I wanted to cover. I missed a few talking points, and we never got around to push-ups, sit-ups, or the second combo.
But there is always next time.

And you ladies, who were in my class on Saturday - you owe me push-ups.

Because I've gotten requests for it, below is a list of songs that I like to use during practice, particularly drills and combo practice:

• Sordid - Amon Tobin
• Always - Amon Tobin
• At the End of the Day - Amon Tobin
• Ark - Fridge
• Spondee - Matmos
• Burn it Down (Interpartysystem Remix) - AWOLNATION
• The Clock - Thom Yorke
• Sema - Acid Queen
• Fir Bolg - Kila
• Wax On - Kodo
• Battle - Beats Antique
• Let the Wind Erase Me - Assemblage 23

This week I have to find music for the next Bellydance United show, and prep for Club Bellydance at the Uptown. And I'm dancing at the Renaissance Festival on Saturday. And I started jogging.
And then there's art to finish...and FaerieCon costumes to construct.
I also got a new crop of Springbok Hair Sticks finished, and will hopefully be able to post them up to etsy some time later today...

Spectrum - White

My critique of my own dancing is here.