"there is a need to dance the cosmic joy of shiva. yet we seem to have cut the possibility of doing it out of our lives and to have fed ourselves with ersatz pleasures. we sacrifice joy for pleasure, and try to entertain ourselves with very puny things indeed. things that are really very soul killing. the real breakthrough of joy only happens when we are moved to the core of our being- when we are shattered by our encounter with meaningfulness."
"...anything that makes you lose your confinement in your ego consiousness and makes you feel part of something greater than yourself- that's what ecstacy is."
"we could all become wonderful people- and what is more, we should. and we will."
- 'the call of the dervish'
pir vilayat inayat kahn
i am interested in the dust that settles when worlds collide.
i'm interested in being shattered by my encounters with meaningfulness. becoming a wonderful person. feeling part of something greater than myself. ecstacy. mild piracy and some drunken plundering also acceptable.
Music
i write some. some of it's on this page. check out the glass bead game's myspace spot for more.
Movies
Bird, by cera, Damage Control Dance Theater
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
i managed to find a video of dbdt. they performed this piece today.
i cried during the show, and for about an hour after. i still feel pretty...unable to communicate in words.
god i love them. ailey, dbdt, odc. that is the holy trinity of modern dance in the cera pantheon
any time you'd like to take me, please email. i'll probably go with you.
Television
no, thank you.
Books
currently:
3/25/07
decolonizing methodologies - Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Heroes
"See, my mother, she worked for the CIO [Congress of Industrial Organizations]
as a labor organizer, and she made sure that we had appropriate heroes, flesh-
and-blood people. She would clip columns out of The Cleveland Plain Dealer, a
good labor paper in its day, [and] paste 'em in scrapbooks. We could take it
to school to share with other kids at the equivalent of show-and-tell.
Scrapbooks were mainly filled with clippings about bank robbers. She seemed to
favor bank robbers. Called them class heroes. Didn't understand at the time
what she meant - I do now."
San Francisco State University
San Francisco,California
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Dance Performance and Choreography
Minor: Dance Ethnology, World Music and Dance
a report from the trenches of art:
i've just come back from the front line. they are writing poems there, staying up all night, kissing like fools, and trading clothes. they are wearing down pencils to the nub and talking a mile a minute. they are celebrating the landing of humans on the asteroid Eros and making funny faces. there are shiny things everywhere and the flesh makes a mournful, sweet sound that travels along cables and veins and makes everybody goofy. it's tough there.
also, sometimes i speak in tongues. you can hear my band, The Glass Bead Game, here.
Who I'd like to meet: i'd like to meet people. i'd like to meet animals and minerals. i'd like to meet a wealthy arts patron willing to devote themselves financially to the development of my artistic vision so that i can spend more time wandering in the fields and sweating at the barre and screaming on the stage. but who wouldnt?
while there is a great chance that i'd like to meet you, please dont send me anonymous friend requests. send me a message first letting me know who you are and what we have in common. otherwise i'll just respond to your friend request with "do i know you?"
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Hi Ms.Cera. Here are the pictures from dance class. &I was wondering, i have a B in your class right now. By the end of the 1st quater will it be an A? 1st quater ends on the 19th.
hellos moms...im back from socal with the keys yay!!! oke so mondays yes no? let me know...im all better and well yay me!!! miss u moms oh and i have so much to tell u...im ready for all ur crazy stories
would you be at all interested in getting together for tea and stories of cuba? i am thinking of going, and would love to hear about your adventures there.
lol i wish i cud go mommas but stoopid work sux and got in the way of it...so i practice for hours at home and all that...lol...but its oke...im trying tah teach my self tricks...its kinda hard tho..oh and i hella bought a giant ball thing and the bands...i hella fell off the first time...its oke tho...but dont worry me and licy gonna hit up the studio soon...i need some hours neway
Victoria Theater
2961 16th Street
Mission District
San Francisco
Go to http://rollingmovie.com for more info.
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