Sunday 9 October 2022

Summer 2022 Timelapse

Usually, I like to my daily dances in different spots. Making dances and exploring new spaces is part of the fun. For some reason, I decided to do the opposite this summer. I chose one spot and danced there every day.  I got bored of dancing in the same spot and almost changed my plan at the one month mark. But, even though the mosquitoes were swarming every dance, I continued on in hopes of making a cool looking video. Speaking of video, at first there was a chair in this spot. It was an old plastic chair. I placed in a spot so I could use it as a camera stand for each day. A few days later the chair was missing. (It is a spot where people go to drink, I think... evidence of drinking is in the bush.) I found the chair but a leg was broken off. I found the leg and I balanced it back together. A few weeks later, the chair disappeared for real. I found some stones or rather broken flat broken pieces of cement. I stacked them on the log. My camera blew off that a few times. The chair was good because it had the back on it to prevent it from blowing over. I stacked the cement off the log and made a backing. That worked for a while. There was a run through this area - some sort of race and all my cement "bricks" were used to outline the path. I collected them and stacked them up again. All of this is to say, that my camera angle did not stay exactly the same as planned. I should probably invest in a proper tripod at some point.. but I like just having the Osmo pocket in my pocket, my headphones around my neck, and my phone in the other pocket. I don't want to have a whole bunch of stuff and make a big deal. I want to be ore ninja dancer. Stealth. 

Here is the video: 


Sea to Sky Dance Collective Summer 2022

 I spent my first summer in Squamish moving and grooving with The Sea to Sky Dance Collective. We performed at the Squamish Arts Festival and Into the Wild Festival. At first we met on Sunday evenings, then we met on Mondays, and in August we added extra rehearsals on Thursday evenings. I got to help make some choreography and lead a class which was fun. The best part was making new dance friends. I look forward to moving and grooving with this crew again and I am thankful and grateful for having them welcome me into the dance family. 

Squamish Chief


Tuesday 4 January 2022

Task Tuesday 2022

 




January: Elements

Task Tuesday #121: January 4, 2022: Earth

Song: Sha by Michael Wall

Task Tuesday #122: January 11, 2022: Air

Task Tuesday #123: January 18, 2022: Fire

Task Tuesday #124: January 25, 2022: Water

 

February: Directions

Task Tuesday #125: February 1, 2022: Up and down

Task Tuesday #126: February 8, 2022: Side to side

Task Tuesday #127: February 15, 2022: Diagonals

Task Tuesday #128: February 22, 2022: Squiggle

 

March: Textures

Task Tuesday #129: March 1, 2022: Rough

Task Tuesday #130: March 8, 2022: Fuzzy

Task Tuesday #131: March 15, 2022: Sharp

Task Tuesday #132: March 22: 2022: Slippery

Task Tuesday #133: March 29: 2022: Sticky

 

April: Speeds

Task Tuesday #134: April 5, 2022: Slow

Task Tuesday #135: April 12, 2022: Medium

Task Tuesday #136: April 19, 2022: Fast

Task Tuesday #137: April 26, 2022: Reverse

 

May: Concepts

Task Tuesday #138: May 3, 2022:  Magical dancing shoes

Task Tuesday #139: May 10, 2022: Someone keeps changing the song on the playlist

Task Tuesday #140: May 17, 2022: A happy barista

Task Tuesday #141: May 24, 2022: Video game

Task Tuesday #142: May 31, 2022: Playing a guitar

 

June: Moves

Task Tuesday #143: June 7, 2022: Jump

Task Tuesday #144: June 14, 2022: Slide

Task Tuesday #145: June 21,2022: Shake

Task Tuesday #146: June 28, 2022: Roll

 

July: Shapes

Task Tuesday #147: July 5, 2022: Circle

Task Tuesday #148: July 12, 2022: Triangle

Task Tuesday #149: July 19, 2022: Square

Task Tuesday #150: July 26, 2022: Octagon

 

August: Patterns

Task Tuesday #151: August 2, 2022: Move, Freeze

Task Tuesday #152: August 9, 2022: Slow, Fast

Task Tuesday #153: August 16, 2022: 4, 8, 4, 4

Task Tuesday #154: August 23, 2022: Loop: Shake, Stack, Slow, Triangle, Down, Fast, Drop, Hold

Task Tuesday #155: August 30, 2022: ABBA

 

September: Numbers

Task Tuesday #156: September 6, 2022: 11

Task Tuesday #157: September 13, 2022: 25 divided by 5

Task Tuesday #158: September 20, 2022: 1000

Task Tuesday #159: September 27, 2022: 1+1=2, 2+2=4, 4+4=8, 8+8=16, 16+16=32

 

October: Body Parts

Task Tuesday #160: October 4, 2022: Finger

Task Tuesday #161: October 11, 2022: Head

Task Tuesday #162: October 18, 2022: Right Shoulder

Task Tuesday #163: October 25, 2022: Left Hip

 

November: Pathway

Task Tuesday #164: November 1, 2022: Over something (find a bridge)

Task Tuesday #165: November 8, 2022: Home to ?: school/work/store

Task Tuesday #166: November 15, 2022: Up across, up across, up across: Like stairs

Task Tuesday #167: November 22, 2022: Spiral

Task Tuesday #168: November 29, 2022: A trail through trees/nature

 

December: Animals

Task Tuesday #169: December 6, 2022: Brown Bear

Task Tuesday #170: December 13, 2022: Owl

Task Tuesday #171: December 20, 2022: Puma

Task Tuesday #172: December 27, 2022: Manta Rae