Boris Willis Moves: December 2010

Friday, December 31, 2010

December 31, 2010

Thank you to everyone who has participated, watched and commented on Dance-A-Day 2010. I have loved sharing it with you and I hope you continue to watch, get inspired by and make art. Big thanks to Tiffany Thompson for letting me use her music for this final video. Thanks to Todd and Kate for their help with editing.

I say goodbye to my favorite project but I will be working on new ones and while there is much to say I won't try to say it here and now. I do hope you enjoy this dance a day video and I hope you come back and visit http://www.danceaday.com from time to time.

Peace,
Boris

Thursday, December 30, 2010

December 30, 2010

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What lies next in your path? Only time will tell but you have the power to control your life. Don't allow sadness and anger to dominate, they have their place in a small slightly used corner.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

December 29, 2010

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Standing naked before God. No shame. It is how he made me, just as I am. Feeling a bitter, sweet, sad and a glorious meloncholy.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

December 28, 2010

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To realize that the past is gone is to come back to yourself. Dancing with yourself. Being alone. That truth of perception when alone is among many people.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

December 26, 2010

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The trees at the Botanic Gardens are so lovely it makes me want to dance with them twice. Happy Kwanzaa

Saturday, December 25, 2010

December 25, 2010

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Ice Skating at the National Gallery how lovely for a Christmas day.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

December 23, 2010

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A little dance by the Capitol Christmas tree.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

December 22, 2010

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There comes a time at a holiday party when drinks have been flowing, time has passed and someone puts on Prince. That is the time of the night when the dancing starts and the cameras come out of hiding.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

December 21. 2010

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The historic Willard Hotel is a lovely place to see at this time of year.

Monday, December 20, 2010

December 20. 2010

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This makes me so very happy. Zack is an awesome guy and he plays the sax around the area. I met him a few years ago in Alexandria when he was playing at by the Torpedo Factory but on this day he was at the Vienna/Fairfax metro.

To see our first dance go to this link
http://danceaday.blogspot.com/2008/05/zack-and-his-sax_04.html

Sunday, December 19, 2010

December 16, 2010

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Rocking out at the Artisphere with Fort Knox 5.

December 17. 2010

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It snowed!! So of course I had to dance in the snow. I walked down to the former ice skating rink in Pershing Park and danced among the snowflakes.

December 18, 2010

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A dance by the National Christmas Tree and a lot of kids passing by. The one kid looked stunned at what I was doing, he it the one who says "look out for the man" ; it was a good time.

August 21, 2010

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Doing a little dancing with Namaad at Joy of Motion

December 19, 2010

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A stroll through Union Station and their train set and Christmas tree

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

December 15, 2010

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Part 2 of a party at the home of the lovely Philippa Hughes. There comes a time when people stading around talking is just too much for me and I must dance. I think Philippa was encourging me.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

December 14, 2010

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A party at the home of the lovely Philippa Hughes. There comes a time when people stading around talking is just too much for me and I must dance. I think Philippa was encourging me.

Monday, December 13, 2010

December 13, 2010

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I almost forgot about this video shot at Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity. A dance among the throngs of people by Boris and Todd

Sunday, December 12, 2010

December 12, 2010

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I was delighted to get to work and see this playing in the Art and Design Building. David Wojnarowicz's "A Fire in My Belly" which was removed from an exhibit at the National Museum of American Art after a few protests because it showed an image of a crucifix with a couple of ants on it. It is a dangerous thing to censor art as now the artist's work becomes seen by more and more people who will wonder what the fuss is all about. Then protests will happen on both sides of a made up arguement about morailty. Conservatives will find a way to raise money by calling on institutions that get government funding to stay away from controversy while making non-controversal things an anathama to the uneducated masses who will parrot everything they are told about how their freedom is being taken from them when someone other than them is allowed to be free. They will raise millions by making people believe the world is ending because the mighty artists has destroyed their future and taken away their America. Funding for art was slashed because of such protests in the early 1990's, let art live.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

December 11, 2010

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A performance in Columbus, OH called Afternoon Delight. I was invited by Coco Loupe to perform at Wild Goose Collective. For this I talked about dance a day and had the audience turn on their phone speakers call a couple of numbers and scroll through the menus as I danced. I recorded a narrative about things I found unique about Columbus on my phone and played it back.