2012 was a rollercoaster to say the least, but I have a feeling that 2013 is gonna treat me better, because it's already off to a good start!
First, I'm happy to say that I've been awarded an International Residency Grant from the Ontario Arts Council! I will be taking up my summer in New York this year to do in-depth research into African-American social dances, in which my focus will be on vernacular jazz and it's connection to hip hop culture. Extremely excited to dive into this because Moncell Durden aka iLLKozby will be my mentor throughout this process. If you don't know about this man check him out here! I brought him up to Toronto this past summer and he offered some great insight into social dance practices. Thank you so much to the Ontario Arts Council for supporting this project!
And secondly, myself and Jasmyn Fyffe have been selected to co-produce and present a dance production as part of TD Then & Now Black History Month Series! Together we are choreographing a new dance-theatre production titled "Gimme One Riddim" featuring a cast of some of our favorite male dancers. We will be doing a school tour in the month of February, as well as public performances March 13-15 at Winchester Street Theatre! Check out the blog for all the show details..
As for my knee...it's getting there! I just need to push a little harder (well...a lot harder) to get it's full use back!
Thanks for reading! Have a good night! Or day depending on what time you're reading this at :)
