02/28/2024
Paint Loudoun Red (2/2/24) was a phenomenal event!! I had the opportunity to be a part of this awesome moment and as Founder/Artistic Director and CEO of , Iโm not only a business owner but a scholar and archivist of dance and performer!
I recall early in my career I was asked what I wanted to do with dance and I would say: โdance, teach dance and write about danceโ โฆ Iโd get a frown, some confusionโฆ even dismay โฆ โyou have to pick one!โ, a typical response โฆ During my doctoral studies in dance I was told: โscholar or an artist, you have to choose!โ That never made sense to me โฆ how could I dance, understand movement, culture (every culture has movement and dance) and allow myself to think through dance, make sense of the world through movement without wrapping my mind around it in ways possible?! I never lost sight of what made sense to me in my body and in my brain about movement and dance and that being a tool for expression and understanding.
I was grateful to have been a part of this event with my family and with the community โค๏ธโค๏ธ! Honored to be invited and share my story through words and movement.
Awareness. Advocacy. Actionability. Itโs been 11 years since the discovery of the holes in my heart and what the journey was to discovery, repair and post repair has been something I still cannot believe Iโve gone through. โฃ๏ธ๐ฅฐ I aim to live everyday to the fullest!