Just Show Up
An absurdest take on self-introspection and keeping up with today's fast-changing times.
Based on The Last of the Best

In The Mix!

IN THE MIX! is an evening of eclectic, high-energy dance, featuring artists at the top of their game from a variety of fields.  It is dance for a new age, juxtaposing styles and crossing boundaries.  IN THE MIX! mixes it all up:  ballet, jazz, tap, cheerleading, rap, social dance, gymnastics, circus arts, martial arts, and live music.  Take art and make it entertaining; take athletics and make it art—that’s the heart of its appeal.  IN THE MIX! is a fresh, fun, fast-paced 90-minute celebration of movement that exudes energy and pulses with excitement.  And beyond that, it aims to educate, exposing audiences to a world of dance from angles never before imagined.

The first incarnation of this show was created and performed in 2001 - and called “The Variety Show - Jugglin' Styles”.  

In The Mix promotional/information documents

Promo Reel
Quicktime 5+ required, 43sec, 2MB

Dance Project:
The Green People and the Purple People
A ballet, and dance/theater piece based on a poem written by Duke Ellington. It was originally a part of a show he wrote in 1963 called "My People", with original choreography by Alvin Ailey.

Project - "Bringing Performance to Life"
A one-week workshop at Rancho La Puerta 2007

Title of Class and Description:
MOVE! Get Out of Your Own Way

MOVE! Get Out of Your Own Way, was created for non-dancers to experience the transformational powers of dance and performance. The class teaches three levels of focus that dancers and actors use to perform; principals of ballet technique for mind-centering and body awareness, and easy dance moves that culminate in a simple piece of choreography. Students will receive an insight into the inspirational and motivational forces behind a dancer's process and learn three important success tools for manifesting a goal - concentration, commitment and completion. The process will be fun, inspirational and motivational. There will be warm up stretches to elongate the body and lengthen the muscles at the beginning of the class, and in the end, the experience will be as aerobic as one chooses. Bring a goal to class that you want to achieve!

Teaching and Lectures 2006 - 2007

Teaching:
Kaatsbaan International Dance Center Summer Program
Ballet de Monterrey Summer Program

Lectures: NYU The Future of Dance; Pillow Talks, Jacob's Pillow on the Joffrey Ballet