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 , I’m 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: “dance, teach dance and write about dance” … I’d get a frown, some confusion… even dismay … “you have to pick one!”, a typical response … During my doctoral studies in dance I was told: “scholar or an artist, you have to choose!” That never made sense to me … 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 ❤️❤️! Honored to be invited and share my story through words and movement.
Awareness. Advocacy. Actionability. It’s 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 I’ve gone through. ❣️🥰 I aim to live everyday to the fullest!
