Botanic Garden

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I hesitated to put this one up for a while. It was, until a few moments ago, over 2 minutes long and that felt wrong. I was looking for color and thinking of a post by Amanda on the DC Dance Blog. So, I added some color and made the video shorter. I was at the Public Gardens exhibit at the US Botanic Gardens

Melvin

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Rob introduced me to Melvin who is from the Netherlands. We hung out for a while and visited the Lincoln Memorial, stood where MLK stood when he delivered his "I have a Dream" speech and walked along the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall. We also danced by the cherry blossoms on the Potomac River.

Real Goldsworthy

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A month ago I made a version of an Andy Goldsworthy piece. Today I am dancing in front of a real Goldsworthy, not the white piece in the front but the stones in the back.

Wind

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This dance is brought to you by the Smithsonian Castle, wind and leaves. Remember there is no Smithsonian Museum but the Smithsonian Institution which has many museums and a zoo. It is called the Air and Space Musuem not the Aerospace Museum and don't be alarmed that the Museum of the American Indian is not called the Native American Museum.

Sylvana

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It was an early morning because Sylvana had the great idea of doing a sunrise dance, the only problem was that it was raining. We did not see the sun but that did not stop us from dancing across the streets of historic Mt Rainer. Gael is gonna watch this one over and over and who knows maybe one day he will do one.

Russia House

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I was hanging out with Jessica and Marty in Dupont Circle. Marty suggested that we try the Russia  House. I had always wanted to know what it was like to go there but I was intimidated by the place. I am not sure why. We go in and I had the best time that I have had in a long while. Jessica took a moment to do a dance while we sat at the bar drinking shots Imperial Vodka. So smooth! Michael was the friendly guy who took care of us and we appreciated that.

Capitol Christmas Tree

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This year the Capitol Christmas is from Vermont, (Thanks Tiffany and Marty). Todd, Delante and I had dinner at Rosemary's Thyme and then we headed over to the National Christmas Tree but it was dark. I was there earlier for the lighting but I had to leave because I was at work. So we headed over to the Capitol Christmas Tree and as soon as we got there the police car that was there circled around us, which scared us, and then took off. Delante agreed to do a dance by the tree and here it is. David Morneau took a look back at our first collaboration which you can see and hear here.

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The First Snow

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It finally snowed here. Not that I was waiting for snow mind you. I enjoy dancing when things like snow happen because it gives me a different environment. I was working and I jumped off my trolley to dance in the snow. I gave my camera to Margo whose voice you hear. My trolley guests clapped when I returned. That was very nice!

Kicking Leaves

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Happy Hanukkah!

I made a similar video for my video dance mid-term. For this dance I kick some leaves and stomp.

My New Pre-Futurist Obsession

I found this dance clock while visiting the video dance forum. I love it. I know it is connected to a site that sells clothes and that is their main business but four things I really love about it are:
1.The movement is simple enough to learn but changing camera angles and number of dancers keeps it interesting.

2. There are services (the time, performances) being provided.

3. Lots of variety depending on the time of day. On the hour instead of seeing women dance for 5 seconds, you see two men dancing for 30 seconds.

4. The music is fun.

I watch it all the time. I love that they dress simply and do other things besides dance but the dancing is just very nice to see. It is very pre-futurist because it puts dance in the culture. It is not a dancing clock but a clock that shows people dancing on the internet. You can get it for the clock or for the dancing but you are still seeing dance every five seconds and repetition is nice.

http://www.uniqlo.jp/uniqlock/

I am a tree

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Sometimes when people imitate dancers they become a tree. I am not sure why, in fact it makes little sense. Trees may sway but they don't locomote. Their movement vocabulary is limited. I was playing around with some sounds and Todd came over and yelled at me for some unknown reason and made me put the sound with this video which he had not even seen and. . . it worked. I banished him from my room and but decided to post it. I am a tree. Watch me sway.

The Ohio State University, Dept. of Dance- Big Ten Network

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Profile of the Dance Department at The Ohio State University, featured on the BIg Ten Network

Dumbarton Oaks Park

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At the back of Dumbarton Oaks is a staircase that leads into the park. The gate is locked. You have to pay to walk the grounds in this place where the United Nations Charter was created in 1945. You can enjoy the park for free and dance.

This is tennis

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On the court and across the net- I lobbed, reached love and returned what came at me. I played until it stopped bouncing

OpenSpace

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Ok so as time goes on the solo dance in a new location is becoming less interesting to me. I have done many that I just could not post because I felt that I have just seen it too many times. However, it is not possible for me to make what I call double solo's everytime or at least not very interesting. But then again I am not sure. Anyway I will work with effects when I have solo dances. Today's effect is called noise.