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24/7 Dance Convention, Seattle, WA: RESULTS

High Scores by Age:

Sidekick Solo

1st: Ruby Kramer-’Let’s Hear It For The Boy’

2nd: Maylin Munos-’A Million Dreams’

3rd: Mila Dixon-’Lose You’

4th: Ella Gordon-’Bigger Is Better’

5th: Kendall Rafish-’Bigger is Better’

6th: Bria Woodhouse-’Big Noise’

6th: Kaiden Koths-’You’ve Gotta Friend In Me’

7th: Livi Hindmarsh-’Rainbow’

Mini Solo

1st: Finley Ashfield-’My Girl’

2nd: Tiara Sherman-’Cielo’

3rd: Reegan Francis-’Just A Girl’

3rd: Elliana Anbardan-’Runway Walk’

3rd: Keelyn Jones-’Slowly Fading’

4th: Jayden Van-’Champion’

4th: Grace McShane-’Forgive Me’

4th: Peyton Szuberla-’Glacier’

5th: Zaylee Watson-’Primadonna’

6th: Sophia Kim-’Hidden Within’

6th: Daphne Braun-’Solace’

6th: Lucy Cowan-’Viva La Swing’

6th: Cora Woodhouse-’Pulling On a Thread’

7th: Kendall Pearson-’Groove Is In The Heart’

7th: Oliviana Mancini-’The Phoenix’

8th: Piper Perusse-’Shake It Out’

9th: Ava Otto-’Light Sorrounds Me’

10th: Mariel Napenias-’Basic Space’

10th: Eden Utley-’If I Could’

10th: Briella Kapp-’Upside’

Junior Solo

1st: Brynn Kostka-’Answer’

2nd: Lexi Godwin-’Wave’

3rd: Olivia Shelton-’Ahead’

3rd: Kendall Jundt-’Awakening’

3rd: Riley Zeitler-’Breathe’

3rd: Brooke Toro-’From Within’

3rd: Anabel Alexander-’Plans We Made’

4th: Abbi Francis-’Feel It Still’

4th: Maya Loureiro-’Rise’

4th: Ava Rothmund-’Solitude’

4th: Ava Munos-’Still’

4th: Leighton Werner-’The Rose’

5th: London Barron-’Bones’

5th: Aurora Matsudaira-’Brotsjur’

5th: Lucy Cavender-’Formed from Static’

5th: Dakota Frederick-’When You’re Good To Mama’

6th: Malia Williams-’Nature Boy’

6th: Issac Diaz-’This Is A War’

7th: Harlow Pike-’Locomotion’

7th: Tori Chun-’Until The Ice Cracks

8th: Arin Lee-’Amazing Mayzie’

8th: Sophia McKay-’Bang Bang’

9th: Kayla Diaz-’Carry You’

9th: Chloe Alejo-’My Coppelia’

9th: Brooklyn Campbell-’Safe and Sound’

9th: Emme O’Neill-’Through The Eyes of A Child’

10th: Griffin Abrahamse-’Come Around’

10th: Claire Scott-’Found’

10th: Isaac Hsu-Kwan-’Sideways’

10th: Camdon Partney-’Young’

Teen Solo

1st: Hailey Bills-’It’s New York’

2nd: Avery Hall-’If I Think’

2nd: Sami Sonder-’The Practice of Surrender’

3rd: AvaRose Campbell-’All of the Lights’

3rd: Kayla Harrison-’Crumbling’

3rd: Drew Rosen-’Deconstruct Composition’

3rd: Ava Lynn-’Heart Undone’

3rd: Dayanara Vega-’Shrine Tooth’

3rd: Riley Platenberg-’Talking Points’

3rd: Chloe Ohira-’The Rope’

4th: Francesca Ammari-’Escaping Into The Bliss’

4th: Ava Arnold-’Flying and Flocking’

4th: Felix Fulton-’Rome’

5th: Audrey Francis-’Sugar’

5th: Zuzu Duchon-’Twelfth of Never’

6th: Landon Spurbeck-’Enemy’

6th: CJ Hankins-’Save The Last Dance’

6th: Tessa Cosper-’Solo’

7th: Lily Godwin-’Ode to Divorce’

7th: Sydney Tam-’Touch’

7th: Ainsley Ercanbrack-’Unravel’

8th: Auden Gwilliam-’Unwinding’

9th: Tatiyana Cooper-’Beautiful’

9th: Cierra Zoller-’Memoria’

10th: Ava Thorp-’Blue Notebook’

10th: Clara Ricciardi-’Gladiatrix’

10th: Milana Zamora-’Hypnosis’

10th: Sebastian Hsu-Kwan-’My Identity’

Senior Solo

1st: Nathan Allen-’Gole Bi Goldoon’

2nd: Makaila Teagle-’He Needs Me’

3rd: Genevieve Antonetty-’Bird on a Wire’

3rd: Phoebe Campbell-’Me’

3rd: Charlotte Foldes-’You Forget Everything’

4th: Kaili Tam-’Me Museum’

4th: Sophia Sucevich-’Paint It Black’

4th: Brie Laia-’Savage’

4th: Avery Zerr-Them Changes’

4th: Maquinna Wahlberg-’Undan’

5th: Moriah Smith-’Dream’

5th: Abigail Osterink-’Mothership’

5th: Dahlie Levine-’Oh Dear’

6th: Yana Sologub-’A New Day’

6th: Abbie McDaniel-’No Ordinary’

7th: Taylor Lang-’Devastation’

7th: Nicole Lang-’Hypnotic’

7th: Jonah Ledvina-’Luving U’

8th: Margot Johnson-’Black Raven’

8th: Lily Lambert-’Funny’

8th: Amanda Ueltschi-’Il Finale’

8th: McKenna Tester-’I Remember’

9th: Maddie Fleener-’Angel’

9th: Hannah Averbuck-’Got2BReal’

9th: Ava Maciulewski-’More Than You’ll Ever Know’

9th: Raegan Stuller-’Pale Yellow’

9th: Naleah Peerson-’Rain’

9th: Nyah Garcia-’We’ll Be Fine’

10th: Abby Viola-’Cannonball’

10th: Shay Zimmerman-’Madness’

10th: Rennie Jane Dupar-’Medicine’

10th: Emerson Howard-’Ne Me Quitte Pas’

Sidekick Duo/Trio

1st: Freedom Dance Center-’By Night’

2nd: Academy of Dance-’Space Between’

3rd: Freedom Dance Center-’Supermodel’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: Danceology-’Cars That Go Boom’

2nd: Premiere Dance Center-’Fabulous Swing Kids’

3rd: Premiere Dance Center-’Sign of The Times’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: Bobbie’s School of Performing Arts-’This Is Me, Sincerely’

2nd: Accolades Movement Project-’Caught In A Bad Dream’

3rd: Elite Dance Studio-’New Dorp New York’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: Accolades Movement Project-’I Remember Her’

2nd: Academy of Dance-’Before You Go’

3rd: Grand Finale Dance Studio-’Jailhouse Rock’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: Bobbie’s School of Performing Arts-’Refuse’

2nd: Northwest Dance and Acro-’Dangerous’

3rd: Westlake Dance Center-’Cola’

Sidekick Group

1st: The Company Space-’Signed, Sealed, Delivered’

Mini Group

1st: The Company Space-’Dumb, Crazy, Stupid Love’

2nd: Premiere Dance Center-’Ballroom Blitz’

3rd: The Company Space-’Addicted’

Junior Group

1st: The Company Space-’Maneater’

2nd: The Company Space-’Cardigan’

3rd: Accolades Movement Project-’His Daughter’

Teen Group

1st: The Company Space-’Extraordinary Life’

2nd: The Company Space-’Hold On’

3rd: Premiere Dance Center-’Believer’

3rd: Accolades Movement Project-’Nothing’

Senior Group

1st: Westlake Dance Center-’Sad Day’

1st: Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’The Dance’

2nd: Westlake Dance Center-’Headspace’

3rd: Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’Unity’

Sidekick Line

1st: The Company Space-’Besties’

Mini Line

1st: The Company Space-’The Life of the Party’

2nd: The Company Space-’Objection’

Junior Line

1st: The Company Space-’Work Song’

2nd: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Almost’

Teen Line

1st: Performing Arts Academy of Marin-’Lifeboat’

2nd: Performing Arts Academy of Marin-’Hold On’

3rd: The Company Space-’Hey Big Spender’

Teen Extended Line

1st: The Company Space-’Gimme Some’

2nd: The Company Space-’Dog Days Are Over’

High Scores by Performance Division:

Sidekick Jazz

1st: The Company Space-’Signed, Sealed, Delivered’

Sidekick Hip-Hop

1st: The Company Space-’Besties’

Mini Jazz

1st: Premiere Dance Center-’Ballroom Blitz’ 2nd: The Company Space-’Hit The Road Jack’ 3rd: The Company Space-’Objection’

Mini Ballet

1st: Premiere Dance Center-’En Depit de Tout’ 2nd: Premiere Dance Center-’En Vue’

Mini Hip-Hop

1st: Westside Academy-’Pop Star’ 2nd: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Rich Girls’

Mini Tap

1st: The Company Space-’Dumb, Crazy, Stupid Love’ 2nd: The Company Space-’Swing Batta, Swing’

Mini Contemporary

1st: Premiere Dance Center-’On The Radio’

Mini Lyrical

1st: The Company Space-’Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ 2nd: Performing Arts Academy of Marin-’Small World’

Mini Musical Theatre

1st: The Company Space-’The Life of the Party’

Mini Specialty

1st: The Company Space-’Addicted’

Junior Jazz

1st: The Company Space-’Maneater’ 2nd: Performing Arts Academy of Marin-’Hot Note’ 3rd: Accolades Movement Project-’Poor Unfortunate Soul’

Junior Hip-Hop

1st: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Get Like Me’

Junior Tap

1st: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Rock This Joint’ 2nd: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Karma Chameleon’

Junior Contemporary

1st: The Company Space-’Cardigan’ 2nd: Accolades Movement Project-’Dark Dreams’ 3rd: Performing Arts Academy of Marin-’Plans We Made’

Junior Lyrical

1st: The Company Space-’Work Song’ 2nd: Accolades Movement Project-’His Daughter’ 3rd: Performing Arts Academy of Marin-’Corals Under The Sun’

Junior Specialty

1st: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Starlit Afternoon’ 2nd: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Almost’

Teen Jazz

1st: The Company Space-’Gimme Some’ 2nd: ENCORE Performing Arts Center-’Feel Love’ 3rd: Accolades Movement Project-’Maybe We’ll See’

Teen Ballet

1st: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’I Feel Pretty’ 2nd: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Tea Time’ 3rd: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Midnight Waltz’

Teen Hip-Hop

1st: Accolades Movement Project-’Gurlz’ 2nd: Grand Finale Dance Studio-’Cash Flow’ 3rd: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’

Teen Tap

1st: Premiere Dance Center-’Believer’ 2nd: The Company Space-’Electric’ 3rd: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Fever’ 3rd: Grand Finale Dance Studio-’Pirates’

Teen Contemporary

1st: The Company Space-’Extraordinary Life’ 2nd: The Company Space-’Hold On’ 3rd: Accolades Movement Project-’Nothing’

Teen Lyrical

1st: Performing Arts Academy of Marin-’Lifeboat’ 2nd: The Company Space-’1 + 1′ 3rd: Accolades Movement Project-’For Sally’

Teen Musical Theatre

1st: The Company Space-’Hey Big Spender’ 2nd: Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’Not At All In Love’ 3rd: Performing Arts Academy of Marin -’Juggernaut’

Teen Ballroom

1st: Accolades Movement Project-’Life Is A Dancefloor’

Teen Specialty

1st: The Company Space-’Like That’ 2nd: Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Switch Out’

Senior Jazz

1st: Westlake Dance Center-’Love So Soft’ 2nd: Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’Indestructible’

Senior Ballet

1st: Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’Unity’

Senior Tap

1st: The Company Space-’Make Me’

Senior Contemporary

1st: Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’The Dance’ 2nd: Westlake Dance Center-’Headspace’ 3rd: Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’Don’t Speak’

Senior Lyrical

1st: Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’Chasing’ 2nd: Westlake Dance Center-’The Storm, It’s Coming’

Senior Musical Theatre

1st: Westlake Dance Center-’All That Jazz’ 2nd: The Company Space-’You’ll Be Back’

Senior Specialty

1st: Westlake Dance Center-’Sad Day’ 2nd: Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’New York New York’

11 O’Clock:

Sidekick

The Company Space-’Signed, Sealed, Delivered’

Mini

The Company Space-’The Life of the Party’

Premiere Dance Center-’Ballroom Blitz’

Junior

Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Rock This Joint’

Accolades Movement Project-’His Daughter’

The Company Space-’Work Song’

Performing Arts Academy of Marin-’Hot Note’

Teen

The Company Space-’Gimme Some’

Premiere Dance Center-’Believer’

ENCORE Performing Arts Center-’Feel Love’

Performing Arts Academy of Marin-’Lifeboat’

Accolades Movement Project-’Nothing’

Senior

Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’The Dance’

Westlake Dance Center-’Sad Day’

The Company Space-’Make Me’

Studio Showcase:

The Company Space-’Gimme Some’

Premiere Dance Center-’Believer’

Performing Arts Academy of Marin-’Lifeboat’

Harbor Dance and Performance Center-’Fever’

Allegro Performing Arts Academy-’The Dance’

Accolades Movement Project-’Nothing’

#2021 #24/7 #seattle #washington #dance

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musichackathon · 5 years

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Experiential Music Hackathon Recap

On February 22nd, we explored music beyond the auditory at the Experiential Music Hackathon. It was a fantastic day of talks, workshops, hacking and performances held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard offices of Weav Music.

Talks

Jay Alan Zimmerman, a composer, author, and multimedia artist, came up with the original concept for this event and led the organizing. As a composer who has become deaf, and co-creator of projects like Google’s Seeing Music, his opening talk set the stage for a day that aimed to make music more inclusive by enhancing the experience for everyone.

Kon Tsitsas, Adaptive Music Specialist at Weav Music, described their process for designing adaptive, interactive music experiences like Weav Run.

Allen Riley presented works like Electronic Internet, sonification of internet browsing, and the Dream Car, a sound and light environment inspired by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's Dream House.

He also brought Videofreak, a music and video synthesizer in the form of an arcade cabinet, from its home at the Death By Audio Arcade. Participants explored the “experiential game” throughout the day.

Johann Diedrick (aquiet.life) described how attuning our hearing to environmental sounds can inspire new ways of music making. From a workshop building aeolian harps to be played by the wind, to projects like the bird classifier at Newtown Creek, mobile listening kit and harvester.

Yago de Quay (meetgraviton.com) described how technologies such as gesture and brain wave sensors can turn the body and mind into an instrument in a live performance context. He shared context behind some of his projects like Lightning Guitar, Brainwave Controlled Music Show, and Interactive Music and Dance.

Rena Anakwe’s talk, “Building Worlds through Sound, Visuals and Scent,” described how all of the senses factor into her immersive performances. Emphasizing the healing power of music, she concluded the talks with a sound-scent bath that was a perfect finale as we transitioned into hacking and workshops.

Workshops

In the first workshop, Jay Alan Zimmerman and David Lu described techniques for visualizing music.

Then, they delved into some of the technical approaches to music visualization that powered their work for Google’s “Seeing Music.”

Kyle Luntz led the second workshop, connecting live audio with environmental sensors.

Participants used open source software and hardware (Pure Data and Arduino).

Kyle is an artist and musician, as well as educator at Beam Center, a Brooklyn-based non-profit who generously lent extra Arduinos for the workshop.

Hacking

With all of the workshops there was still some time for hacking, pizza, and meeting new people.

We hit capacity at the beginning of the day, and our amazing volunteer organizers like Steph, Alan and Vinay helped us handle the overwhelming interest in the event without breaking the fire code.

Demos & Performances

At the end of the day, participants shared what they worked on, interspersed with special guest performances from Viola Yip, Richard Einhorn/Ruth Cunningham, Jay Alan Zimmerman and David Lu. Jay Alan Zimmerman’s performance incorporated sign language and included everyone in the audience. He then provided visuals for a Richard Einhorn composition w/ the performer Ruth Cunningham.

Throughout the performances, visuals projected and reflected throughout the physical space.

Viola Yip performed with Bulbble, a DIY instrument that incorporates a circuit of lightbulbs as an interface for the audio and visual interplay for a performance

A demo of “Tongues,” by Alex Suber, Nathan Miller, Armand Bernardi: an augmented sound experience that classifies the mood and sentiment of speech based on its timbre, and uses this to generate music.

Alex Wang, Dan Cho, and Adam Rahman worked on “Windown”: a sleep aid application intended to be incorporated into a nighttime routine.

Halley and CJ demoed the sound of tattooing an orange.

Concluding the performances, David Lu aka Condrummer, demonstrated his unique audio-visual compositions

We livestreamed the talks and demos/performances and you can view them on youtube. Unfortunately the video framerate is low, but the audio quality is high!

Photos by Inza Bamba, Brenden Hussey, Vinay Raghavan, Allen Riley and Jason Sigal.

Thank you!

Many thanks to all who participated in the event and to everyone involved in making it happen! Thank you to everyone at Weav Music for hosting us, transforming their office to accommodate the event, and putting such care and thought into the planning. Thank you to Spotify for supporting pizza and live captioning. Thanks Stan(ographer) for captioning. Thank you Shagari Guity for graphics. Thanks to all of our incredible guests (Jay, Kon, Johann, Yago, Rena, David, Kyle, and Viola) for sharing their work. And thank you to the many volunteers (Alan, Brenden, Holly, Inza, Jason, Jay, Marium, Shagari, Steph, Taylor and Vinay) who organized on behalf of Music Community Lab!

Please reach out to contact” at ” musiccommunitylab.org if you’d like to get involved with future events!

#experiential music #music #music hackathon #hackathon #nyc #visual music #multisensory music

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daydream-hobii · 6 years

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K-Dance Squad Profile | OC’s

K-Dance Squad consists of Seven Members: Quinn, Em, Jojo, Lavie, Roxi, Zee, and Artie. They debuted on July 30, 2016 onto YouTube by creating dance covers to various pop and K-Pop songs. They reached 4 million+ followers on February 25, 2018. K-Dance Squad joined BigHit Entertainment on December 15, 2017 to be the new choreographers and back-up dancers for BTS. Their managers name is Athena Blackwood, who is 28 as well as Artie’s older sister.

K-Dance Squad Fandom Name: The Squad

K-Dance Official Accounts:

YouTube: K-Dance Squad Official

Instagram: @k-dancesquad

Twitter: @kdancesquadofficial

Facebook: k-dancesquad_official

K-Dance Squad Members Profile:

Stage Name: Quinn

Full Name: Qiyara Patel

Position: Mother of the Group; Dancer

Birthday: January 16, 1994

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Height: 170cm (5’7)

Blood Type: AB

Birthplace: Chatra, Jharkhand, India

Family: Mom, Dad, Younger Brother, Younger Sister

Hobbies: Modeling; Photography; Dancing

Twitter&Instagram Account: @hello_quinn

Quinn Facts:

Quinn was born in Chatra, Jharkhand, India and moved to America when she was five.

She has one younger brother and one younger sister who are twins.

She can speak three languages: Hindi, English, and Korean.

Quinn has a side job as a Model and has appeared in many magazines.

Quinn and Emily have been friends the longest, for 12 years.

Her favorite colors are black and purple.

Education: She went to school for business and has a master’s degree in that field.

Her sexuality is straight.

Her Ideal Type: Handsome, a gentleman, and loving.

Stage Name: Em

Full Name: Emily Isabella Rodriguez

Position: Leader; Dancer

Birthday: March 3, 1995

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Height: 168cm (5’6)

Blood Type: A

Birthplace: Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico

Family: Mom, Dad, Younger Brother

Hobbies: Fashion; Photography; Dancing

Twitter&Instagram Account: @slice.of.emily

Em Facts:

Em was born in Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico and moved to America when she was nine.

She has one younger brother.

Em can speak four languages: Spanish, English, Korean, and Italian.

She really enjoys fashion and often posts her outfit on Instagram.

Emily and Quinn have been friends the longest, 12 years.

Her favorite color is orange.

Education: She went to college and got her bachelor’s degree in engineering.

Her sexuality is bisexual.

Her Ideal Type: Someone funny, knows how to treat her, and someone respectful.

Stage Name: Jojo

Full Name: Jorja Aryn Lykos

Position: Head Choreographer; Main Dancer; Business Leader

Birthday: August 8, 1997

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Height: 165cm (5’5)

Blood Type: A

Birthplace: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA

Family: Mom, Younger Sister

Hobbies: Writing; Photography; Dancing

Twitter&Instagram Account: @jojo-lykos97

Jojo Facts:

Jojo was born in Kentucky and moved to Kansas when she was four, almost five.

She has one younger sister.

Jojo can speak three languages: English, French, and Korean.

She loves creative writing and has been writing for about nine years.

Jojo and Lavie knew each other before and knew each other for three years.

Her favorite colors are green and blue.

Education: She is going for her bachelors in both Biology and Creative Writing.

Her sexuality is bisexual.

Her Ideal Type: No big muscles, cuddly, loving, and a good sense of humor.

Stage Name: Lavie

Full Name: Lavender Belle Kidman

Position: Dancer

Birthday: February 11, 1998

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Height: 175cm (5’9)

Blood Type: O

Birthplace: Olathe, Kansas, USA

Family: Grandpa, Mom

Hobbies: Marching Band; Dancing

Twitter&Instagram Account: @lavie_belle98

Lavie Facts:

Lavie was born in Kansas and stayed there for most of her life.

She is an only child and has her Mom and Grandpa.

She can speak five languages: English, German, Spanish, Korean, and Thai.

She was in marching band for years playing the Mellophone and even made Drum Major for two years.

Lavie and Jojo knew each other before and knew each other for three years.

Her favorite color is purple.

Education: She’s going to school for her bachelor’s in biology and is still trying to find a specific field.

Her sexuality is straight.

Her Ideal Type: People who are free to be silly and have good teeth.

Stage Name: Roxi

Full Name: Roxanne Nadeen Williams

Position: Lead-Choreographer; Lead Dancer

Birthday: July 20, 1998

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Height: 165cm (5’5)

Blood Type: O

Birthplace: Bennington, Vermont, USA

Family: Mom, Dad, Older Brother, Younger Sister

Hobbies: Singing; Dancing

Twitter&Instagram Account: @foxxy_roxxi98

Roxi Facts:

Roxi was born in Bennington, Vermont and moved when she was

She is one older brother and one younger sister.

She can speak four languages: English, Korean, Japanese, and Russian.

She’s really good at singing and has done some covers on their YouTube channel.

She knew Emily and Quinn for five years before K-Dance Squad was created.

Her favorite color is blue.

Education: She’s going to school for her bachelor’s in nursing.

Her sexuality is bisexual.

Her Ideal Type: Someone whose cute and is okay with her clinginess.

Stage Name: Zee

Full Name: Zaylee Viola Zimmerman

Position: Visual; Dancer

Birthday: December 21, 1999

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 162cm (5’6)

Blood Type: A

Birthplace: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Family: Dad, Younger Sister.

Hobbies: Modeling; Photography; Dancing

Twitter&Instagram Account: @alien-zaylee

Zee Facts:

Zee was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and moved to America when she was seven.

She has one younger sister.

She can speak six languages: English, Afrikaans, Korean, German, Romanian, and Spanish.

She’s a part time Model and is specifically known for her Victoria Secret ads.

Zee and Artie have been best friends since she was seven and Artie was six.

Her favorite color is red.

Education: She’s going to school for her bachelor’s in photography.

Her sexuality is pansexual.

Her Ideal Type: Someone goofy with a crazy personality.

Stage Name: Artie

Full Name: Artemis Lynn Blackwood

Position: Lead-Choreographer; Lead Dancer

Birthday: June 12, 2000

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Height: 162cm (5’5)

Blood Type: AB

Birthplace: Long Beach, California

Family: Mom, Older Brother, Older Sister, Younger Brother

Hobbies: Singing; Drawing; Dancing

Twitter&Instagram Account: @goddess_artie

Artie Facts:

Artie was born in Long Beach, California and moved when she was 15.

She has an older brother, an older sister, and a younger brother.

She can speak five languages: English, Korean, Mandarin, Latin, and Swedish.

She’s the best singer of the group and often sings covers either by herself or with Roxi.

Artie and Zee have been best friends since she was six and Zee was seven.

Her favorite color is pink.

Education: She’s going to school for her bachelor’s in psychology.

Her sexuality is pansexual.

Her Ideal Type: Someone competitive and kind to people.

Authors Note: These seven OC’s are my own characters I have created, however the pictures are of real people. The people I have chosen to play them will be said and linked on their Instagram's once those are posted. I DO NOT own any of these pictures, and full credit goes to the owners/photographers.

I hope you all like these characters! I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about their personalities and looks~ ^_^ I can’t wait to bring them into the world by writing their stories~ <3 Based on the profile, which girl is your favorite so far? ^_^

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emiliogordoa · 2 years

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events 2022

09-10.12 w. Sarmen Almond, (voz), a.o. at Tabano Jazz Festival, Zipolite, MX.

03.12 w. Rodo Ocampo (dr), Ernesto M. Andriano (sx), Adriana Camacho (db) at Café Jazzorca, Ciudad de México

25.11 w. Nicola Hein, Robert Dick, Steve Heather at Sowieso, Berlin

20.11 w. Euphorium Nontet at naTo, Leipzig

21.11 w. Anil Eraslan (cello), Michel Doneda (s.saxophone) and Merve Salgar (tanbur) at PAS, Berlin

11.11 w. Oli Steidle (drums) & Dj illvibe (turntables) at Sowieso, Berlin

22.10 w LE UN + SPLITTER at Uppercut Festival, France

22.10 w. S. Lebrat, A. Dörner, J. Noetinger, C. Heenan, R. Hayward, J.-L. Petit, A. Parkins, C. Pruvost, R. Heggen, E. Gordoa, D. Regef at Uppercut Festival, France

21.10 w. Splitter Orchester at Uppercut Festival, France

17.10 w. Viola Yip (self-built inst), Kriton Beyer (daxophone) at Labor Neunzehn, Berlin

22.09 w. Otomo Yoshihide (turntables, guitar), Tizia Zimmerman (accordion) & Chris Pitsiokos (saxophone) at KM28 Berlin

15.10 w. Annette Krebs (Kostruktion#4) at Ausland, Berlin.

03.10 w. CYMBALISM (Burkhard Beins, Sofia Borges, Yorgos Dimitriadis, Luigi Marino, Els Vandeweyer & Michael Vorfeld) at Morphine Raum, Berlin

22.09 w. Otomo Yoshihide (turntables, guitar), Tizia Zimmerman (accordion) & Chris Pitsiokos (saxophone) at KM28 Berlin

14.09 w. Land Stages (Sabine Vogel & Emilio Gordoa) at Hošek Contemporary, Berlin

04.09 w. Splitter Orchester at Meakusma Festival, Belgium

03.09 w. Splitter Orchester at Meakusma Festival, Belgium

02.09 w. Vibraphone Solo at Meakusma Festival, Belgium

27.08 w. Splitter Orchester at Akademie der Künste, Berlin

26.08 w. Splitter Orchester at Akademie der Künste, Berlin

13.08 w. RadiationiX & Jérôme Noetinger at Sanatorium of Sound, Poland

12.08 w. 1:∞ Rastros-Installation at Sanatorium of Sound, Poland

09.08 w. RadiationiX & Jérôme Noetinger at Kleiner Wasserspeicher, Berlin

16.07 w. Don Malfon & Joni Sigil at Jazz à Luz Festival, France

10.07 w. Splitter Orchester & Mazen Kerbaj’s Synesthesia at Wabe, Berlin

09.07 w. Splitter Orchester & Mazen Kerbaj’s Synesthesia at Wabe, Berlin

11-29.06 | Casa del Lago UNAM, Mexico City La Tizne - Multimedial installation. more info: https://vanosonoro.com/

11.06 | Au Topsi Pohl, Berlin

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Achim Kaufmann - piano John Edwards - double bass Emilio Gordoa - vibraphone Dag Magnus Narvesen - drums Harri Sjöström - soprano & sopranino saxophone

12.06 | Galerie Wolf & Galentz, Berlin

Tony Buck - drums John Edwards - double bass Emilio Gordoa - vibraphone Harri Sjöström - soprano & sopranino saxophone

17.06 | Ausland, Berlin

Mariá Portugal EROSÃO Percussion Trio:

Burkhard Beins – percussion Emilio Gordoa – vibraphone, percussion Mariá Portugal – drums, percussion

24-26.06 | Werkhalle Wiesenburg, Berlin

Sound Installation UNTERSEQUENZ I.II : A Cloud Chamber :::: Berlin/nrw Audio-visual Embodiment .

11-29.06 | Casa del Lago UNAM, Mexico City

"LaTizne" Esta instalación multimedia para sitio específico, a cargo de la videoartista Yanieb Fabre y del músico y artista sonoro Emilio Gordoa, se basa en los ritos funerarios presentes en algunas comunidades del sureste mexicano. Mediante esta pieza, Fabre y Gordoa exploran las posibilidades simbólicas de las ceremonias luctuosas, no tanto apelando al sistema de creencias que las sostienen, sino enfocándose en las posibilidades poéticas que brindan sus elementos materiales. Los tratamientos lumínicos y las capacidades resonantes del lugar son las estrategias para redefinir los procesos de desprendimiento de la vida y los pesos culturales que asociamos con la muerte.

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Even More Fandoms And Characters I Write For!

Mortal Kombat

Cassie Cage

Takeda Takashi

Jacqui Briggs

Hanzo Hasashi

Sonya Blade

Johnny Cage

Kitana

Kuai Liang

Jade

Jax Briggs

Skarlet

Kung Jin

Code Lyoko

Ulrich Stern

Yumi Ishiyama

Jeremy Belpois

Aelita Schaffer

Odd Della Robbia

Tamiya Diop

William Dunbar

Milly Solovieff

Triple Frontier

Frankie Morales

Santiago Garcia

Benny Miller

Will Miller

Harry Potter

Luna Lovegood

Cedric Diggory

Hermione Granger

Remus Lupin

Nymphodora Tonks

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Ginny Weasley

Harry Potter

Fleur Delacour

Ron Weasley

Narcissa Malfoy

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Marlene Mckinnon

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Trauma Center

Markus Vaughn

Valerie Blaylock

Derek Stiles

Angie Thompson

Gabriel Cunningham

Elena Salazar

Erhard Muller

Naomi Kimishima

Stranger Things

Robin Buckely

Will Byers

Nancy Wheeler

Steve Harrington

Max Mayfield

Jim Hopper

Joyce Byers

Dustin Henderson

Jane Hopper/Eleven

Jonathan Byers

Lucas Sinclair

Narnia

Mr Tumnus

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Peter Pevensie

Lucy Pevensie

Prince Caspian

Edmund Pevensie

Marvel

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Steven Grant

Misty Knight

Gambit

Susan Storm

Luke Cage

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Shang Chi

Domino

Spider Man

Gwen Stacy

Ben Grimm

Kingdom Hearts

Sora

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Riku

Xion

Roxas

Kairi

Terra

Aqua

Ventus

Miscellaneous

Mason "Mace" Brown

Lu Fox

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Casi

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Rodney Copperbottom

Dani Rojas

Jonathan Levy

April O'neil

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Suki

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bluebuzzmusic · 5 years

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Easy Viola Songs For Beginners [All-Time Hits]

Famous violists like Niccolò Paganini, William Primrose, and Tabea Zimmerman were once beginners as well.

Whether you simply want to play an instrument or to become a famous violist someday, vigorous practice and determination are needed for you to become an expert.

And if you’re a beginner who wants to learn to play viola, you can be easily motivated and eager to learn if you start learning some…

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R. Kelly Believes He Can Fly But I'll Bet His Ass Won't Walk

R. Kelly Believes He Can Fly But I’ll Bet His Ass Won’t Walk

I’d be an even bigger hypocrite than I am – and trust me, I’m already a considerable hypocrite – if part of me wasn’t cheered by the news that singer R. Kelly is finally about to face justice for having fucked all those children a long while ago.

I’ve been morally torn about the issue since his first acquittal.

Of course, I’m completely anti child-fucking, believing it’s perhaps the worst among a…

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#Carolyn Bryant #Doubt (movie)#George Zimmerman #I Believe I Can Fly (song)#Michael Jackson #R. Kelly #The Godfather (book)#Viola Davis

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Two beautiful Black boys’ faces kept looking out at me from my social feeds last night: Trayvon Martin’s, whose vicious killing by George Zimmerman five years ago today triggered the Black Lives Matter movement, and Alex Hibbert’s as young Chiron in Moonlight, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Trayvon’s face moves me to tears of anguish. Hibbert’s face moves me to tears of joy, because I can’t ever recall a sweet Black boy’s face on a movie poster being the face of the Best Picture Oscar. In fact, I can’t remember a Black boy’s face being seen and celebrated as sweet in popular culture hardly at all.

I am stunned that Moonlight won the Oscar, and not just because the White mediocrity of La La Land (and the weird way it imagined a White savior of jazz when, as Seve Chambers wrote at Vulture, jazz is alive, well, and Black) threatened to overshadow it. There’s no better analogy of how White mediocrity can deflate Black excellence than the controversial way La La Land was initially announced as the winner, fueling speculation its rightful win was stolen by the Black film. After Adele beat Beyonce at the Grammy’s two weeks ago, and news of how the Grammy’s secret committee can override its membership, the La La Land screw up may overshadow Moonlight’s well deserved win.

Partly I am stunned that Moonlight (budget: $1.5 million) won because being original, bold, and better than your competition is no recipe for being rewarded in America by an institution as racist as Hollywood; bland fare like La La Land (budget: $30 million) always had the upper hand.

But looking at Trayvon Martin’s face on Twitter during the Oscars (and Mike Brown’s, and Tamir Rice’s, and Freddie Gray’s), I am reminded at how much America hates Black boys. To see the humanity of how Barry Jenkins humanized Chiron and his relationship with other boys and men onscreen was enough. But to see that vision championed by the Academy as a story worth celebrating as our best American art gives me the slimmest measure of hope about how America may be able to view Black boys differently.

The Oscars individually celebrated two of the Black geniuses behind Moonlight: screenwriter Barry Jenkins, for adapting Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play, and Mahershala Ali (the first Muslim actor to win) for his performance as Chiron’s friend, Juan. Ali’s performance as Chiron’s father figure, cradling Chiron in his arms in the sea, is one of the great characters in one of the great scenes of the cinema.

But the Academy also honored one of the great Black mother figures of the theater and cinema: Viola Davis as August Wilson’s Rose Maxson. Where Moonlight’s Chiron and Juan are prophetic in deconstructing assumptions about Black patriarchy and masculinity—illustrating how gentleness and tenderness are what constitute the connections between Black men—Fences’s Rose is prophetic in showing the burden Black women face, and the humanity they create, in living with Black patriarchy.

OJ Made in America also won. I would have been sad if it had been the only Black subject film to win last night, because the OJ Black predator “mandingo” narrative is well known in America. Indeed, I’d have been happier if the excellent James Baldwin documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, had won, or even Ava Duvernay’s incarceration documentary, 13th. But the OJ film’s director, Ezra Edelman, was one of a record four Black directors nominated for the Oscar.

Indeed, when you step back and look at the films about the Black experience and made by Black filmmakers—Moonlight, Fences, Hidden Figures, 13th, OJ, I Am Not Your Negro—it is a most beautiful spectrum of our range. The need for “diversity” doesn’t mean just having a Black person here or there, it means having a diversity of stories told. The OJ doc means more because it isn’t standing in for “the” story of Black America, but alongside Oscar winning stories of a Black mother married to her complicated sanitation working husband and of a young queer boy growing up in Florida trying to relate to the world.

It occurs to me, too, that Fences, OJ, and Moonlight’s protagonist all go to prison at some point, and we get to see them as fully human, not simply as “convicts,” and in the full diversity of humanity which people who have been incarcerated possess. Indeed, combined with seeing women space mathematicians in Hidden Figures and a literary genius in I Am Not Your Negro, Hollywood has given us the widest representation of Black characters in any single year. (We would do well to thank April Reign and her #OscarsSoWhite campaign for forcing Hollywood to redress its lack of diversity at the box office in general, and Seve Chambers for killing La La Land’s momentum at the Oscars specifically.) For me, trying to survive the beginning of the Trump administration with my mind intact, this diversity has made the cineplex a place of mental health respite. It has been great to duck into a theater and to see the full range of Black life when it is so often under assault in the news.

Which brings me back to Trayvon. The assault against Black boys in the U.S.—already a national tragedy in terms of policing, incarceration, HIV/AIDS, and school suspensions in the Obama years—stands to get worse under Trump, who cries “law and order” and has repeatedly called for the execution of the (innocent) Central Park 5. While the Academy isn’t representative of the whole nation, it does represent the zeitgeist of important culture makers. And culture always shift public opinion and society more quickly than politicians.

And so, it gives me a little hope that as the Academy has embraced Moonlight, America may, one day, better embrace the stories of our sweet Trayvons and Tamirs and Freddies (and of all our Black boys) with the same pathos, love, and generosity with which Barry Jenkins embraced Chiron.

Our board member Steven Thrasher is a columnist for the Guardian, and a graduate student in American Studies at New York University.

#moonlight #black masculinity #oscars #trayvon martin #black lives matter #OscarsSoWhite #african americans #us race relations #race in america #steven thrasher

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Experiential Music Hackathon

Flyer by Shagari Guity

Explore new ways of interacting with music, beyond the auditory. Music we can taste, smell, touch and see. Interactive and immersive music that alters our experience of reality. From real-world applications and installations to the augmented and virtual. How can we utilize technology and other tools to create new music experiences?

This non-competitive hackathon will include talks, performances, and workshops featuring open source tools.

Hosted at the new Navy Yard offices of Weav Music, a startup building adaptive music experiences.

Free and open to all (with RSVP—capacity is limited). Come learn, explore, create and share!

Saturday, Feb 22, 2020 11:30am - Doors Open 12:00pm - Talks 1:30pm - Workshops & Hacking 7:00pm - Demos & Performances

Weav Music 141 Flushing Ave Building 77 Brooklyn, NY 11205 Suite 1212, 12th Floor

Talks (12pm)

:: Rena Anakwe, interdisciplinary artist & performer: "Building Worlds through Sound, Visuals and Scent" (aspaceforsound.com | twitter.com/djladylane | twitter.com/aspaceforsound | https://soundcloud.com/djladylane)

:: Dr. Yago de Quay, multimedia artist: "Biometric Art: How to Make Music using Gesture and Brainwave Interfaces" (meetgraviton.com | youtube.com/yagodequay)

:: Johann Diedrick, artist, "A Quiet Life: attuning our attention to environmental sounds" (johanndiedrick.com | aquiet.life | instagram.com/johanndiedrick | twitter.com/jdiedrick)

:: Allen Riley, video artist and game designer, Death by Audio Arcade: "Audiovisual Synthesis & Video Games" (allen-riley.com | videofreak.tv | @twoeggshomefriesryetoast)

Workshops (2pm & 3:30pm)

:: 2pm - 3:30pm: "How To Create Visual Music with Code and in Real Life" w/ Jay Alan Zimmerman, deaf composer & visual music artist, and David Lu, electronic musician & media artist.

Introducing the principals of music for the eyes, visual music standards and tools, and specifically how to use the Seeing Music app and code to create new visuals and new code.

Participants do not need to bring anything but are welcome to bring their devices and open the app online and/or download the code on github.

:: 3:30pm - 5pm: "Sensitive sounds: Connecting live audio with environmental sensors using Pure Data + Arduino" w/ Kyle Luntz (@kyleluntz), artist, educator & musician.

Participants are asked to bring headphones and a laptop with the following free software downloaded in advance: Pure Data (PD Vanilla), an external library called Pduino and the Arduino IDE. Optional: Arduino (or equivalent), breadboard, jumper wires, variable resistors (photocells, potentiometers, piezos...)

Performances (7pm)

:: Jay Alan Zimmerman, deaf composer & visual music artist (creatability.withgoogle.com/seeing-music | deafmusical.com)

:: David Lu, electronic music & media artist: David Lu (aka Conundrumer) is a software engineer, electronic musician, and media artist. He has been developing generative visuals and expressive interfaces with a focus on live, expressive, and visual electronic music. His performances involve digital and electroacoustic instruments accompanied by a tightly synchronized visual representation of the music. (davidlu.me)

:: Viola Yip, composer & performer: Bulbble is a DIY instrument that incorporates a circuit of lightbulbs as an interface for the audio and visual interplay for a performance. (newmusicusa.org/profile/ispeakmusic/)

:: Richard Einhorn, classical music composer (richardeinhorn.com)

Plus demos! Demonstrations of new projects created by attendees during the hack day!

RSVP

#music #nyc #nyc events #hackathon #vr #ar #music performance

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Music Tech Production Analysis

Song: You Are the Reason by Calum Scott

Producer: Fraser T. Smith

Mixing - Phil Tan

Mixing Assistant - Bill Zimmerman

Rob Brinkman - record engineering assistant

This song uses acoustic instruments and voice. It starts off with a solo piano introduction. Calum then comes in and it’s just him and the piano. Half way through the first verse, a single cello enters. At the chorus, other string instruments enter. They are all low, so probably more cellos, maybe viola. Calum, the piano, and the strings are all together on the second verse with the strings being more prevalent. At the second chorus, a female and male choir comes in. At the bridge, Calum’s voice joins the chorus while he also sings another part. It ends with the strings and piano.

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Glen Coco’s Top 10 Films of 2018

As with my Oscar Predictions, I’m just going to forgo a flowery prelude and dive right into this nonsense. But first, I’ll list the runners-up and the traditional bonus track. There’s always a bonus track.

Runners-Up

-Annihilation

-At Eternity’s Gate

-Avengers: Infinity War

Full Review: http://thefilmsnob.tumblr.com/post/173652439630/avengers-infinity-war-12-out-of-5

-Can You Ever Forgive Me?

-First Man

-Game Night

-Grinch, The

Full Review: http://thefilmsnob.tumblr.com/post/180497247345/the-grinch12-out-of-5

-If Beale Street Could Talk

And here are my top 10!

#10b. (Bonus Track) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Director: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman (Three directors. Jesus.)

Starring: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld

At first glance, this seems like an unnecessary endeavour, especially since we’re not hurting for Spider-Man films. Yet, although the final act is a bit of a blur and there’s some clutter here and there, this a gorgeous, innovative and hilarious spin on the Spider-Man mythology. We follow Miles Morales, an Afro-Latino teen who becomes another universe’s Spider-Man and must unite with even more alternate-universe web-slingers to save the day in the classic comic book tradition. Miles and his supporting cast are beyond likable, especially Spider-Ham who has the likeness of a little pig. It’s also refreshing to see some eye-popping animation that diverges from the standard Disney/Pixar fair. It even changes styles with various characters. The cherry on top of this cinematic desert is the humour which includes one of the funniest throwaway lines you’ll ever hear regarding a bagel.

#10. Green Book

Director: Peter Farrelly

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini

You could argue that it’s been done before or that it’s a little too corny in places or that Viggo Mortensen’s performance verges on caricature. Or you can accept the minor flaws and enjoy this beautiful story of friendship and its undeniably charming characters. Frank Vallelonga aka Tony Lip is tasked with driving pianist ‘Doc’ Don Shirley through the racially intolerant American deep south of the ‘60s for a concert tour in a film that’s important and informative, especially in today’s sociopolitical climate. But, what makes it so charming is the friendship that forms gradually between two polar opposites--the boorish, ignorant loudmouth, Tony, and the sophisticated, articulate gentleman, Don--a friendship that’s completely engrossing and a wonderful example of how people can and should look past their differences. It helps that Mortensen completely transforms himself as Tony and Mahershala Ali gives a pitch perfect performance, maybe the best of his career. So, ya, there’s some sap, but maybe we can use a little of that right now.

#9. Isle of Dogs

Director: Wes Anderson

Starring: Koyu Rankin, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson

2018 was a great year for animated features and like Into the Spider-Verse, Isle of Dogs moves away from the Pixar model to give us a uniquely textured and imaginative look at a dystopian Japan of the near-future. By turns charming and unsettling, the story follows a young boy named Atari who searches for his dog Spots on Trash Island after the species was banished there following a canine flu outbreak. He’s helped by a group of dogs voiced by a who’s who of Wes Anderson favourites including most of the actors listed above. The dogs are already well developed and fun to watch, but these familiar voices make it that much easier to identify with them. There are plenty of intriguing social and political themes at work for a cartoon and Anderson adds his signature quirky tone and deadpan humour, but it’s the impeccably detailed stop-motion animation coupled with some truly inspired action sequences that make this movie come alive.

#8. Roma

Director: Alfonso Cuaron

Starring: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira

One of cinema’s greatest qualities is its ability to challenge society and its ugliest of tendencies. Whereas men like Donald Trump would try to convince you that Mexicans are all drug dealers and rapists, director Alfonso Cuaron and his film Roma introduce you to the real Mexico and an ordinary group of people not so dissimilar from you and me. But, because Cuaron’s at the helm, the commonplace becomes a thing of beauty and, with the help of newcomer Yalitza Aparicio, an ordinary maid to a wealthy family becomes a hero, a transformation that sneaks up on you before taking your breath away. As you begin to watch, you may struggle to understand what all the fuss is about, but gradually you become almost hypnotized by Cuaron’s slow, smooth, contemplative camera pans and crisp black & white presentation that feels more colourful than most films. These qualities factor into some of the most quietly powerful scenes you’ll see in film like the beach sequence, devoid of the usual pyrotechnics yet destined to become iconic.

#7. Widows

Director: Steve McQueen

Starring: Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Liam Neeson

Director Steve McQueen follows up his 2013 masterpiece 12 Years a Slave with another extraordinary film about a group of resilient women who take up the work of their husbands who died in a botched robbery and steal a large sum of money to pay back a crime boss in order to finance his electoral campaign. Did you get all that? If not, you will during a viewing because, though screenwriters McQueen and Gillian Flynn weave a complex web of crime, revenge, political corruption and social injustice, ultimately it’s easy to follow and even easier to enjoy. This quartet of ladies is a pleasure to watch in action, especially the Oscar snubbed Viola Davis, facing numerous threats including a truly sinister villain played by Daniel Kaluuya and a few corrupt politicians in a movie that has no shortage of plot twists and turns. The best shot of the movie, thanks to McQueen and cinematographer Sean Bobbitt, places our vantage point on the hood of a limo during a fabulous extended take. The wealthy politician played by Colin Farrell discusses business with his assistant within the car as our eyes remain fixed on the neighborhoods around them that start out impoverished then become gradually wealthier until they reach their headquarters. This one shot tells us so very much. Widows is more plausible, insightful and nuanced than most heist films and one you really ought to see instead of Ocean’s 8.

#6. BlacKkKlansman

Director: Spike Lee

Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace

This is one of the most bizarre stories told this year and would be so unbelievable if it wasn’t based on real events. In a return to form for writer/director Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman recounts that crazy time when the first black detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department, Ron Stallworth (played with boundless charisma by John David Washington) infiltrates a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. The only thing is, that plan would be insane. So, fellow detective Philip ‘Flip’ Zimmerman (Adam Driver) acts as his surrogate when ‘Stallworth’ has to meet the Klan in person. This old story, right? In this briskly paced film full of snappy dialogue, Lee does the impossible and finds the humour in the situation. He walks the finest of lines and keeps his balance, imbuing the film with a light tone and some actual laugh-out-loud moments while refusing to allow the comedy to undermine the serious nature of the issues he raises. The movie works as a comedy, drama, thriller and, with the help of Terence Blanchard’s nostalgic score, a ‘70s style action flick. Honestly, Topher Grace portraying the nonchalantly evil ‘Grand Wizard’ David Duke is worth the price of admission.

#5. A Star is Born

Director: Bradley Cooper

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott

How is it that a film that’s been remade 57 times starring a woman who’s never headlined a movie, directed by a man who’s never directed is one of the best films of the year? It’s due to writer/director/actor *huff puff* singer/producer Bradly Cooper who’s made the familiar gritty, more contemporary and painfully honest, enlivened by stellar performances, both musical and dramatic. The old story of the the scruffy, alcoholic veteran singer (Cooper) who meets, falls in love with, mentors and harms the career of the vivacious undiscovered prodigy (Lady Gaga) feels surprisingly fresh. We know Cooper is a great actor and Gaga can sing like an angel, but who knew the former could sing and the latter could act? When the duo sings ‘Shallow’, the best original song of the year, it starts out great, but when Gaga takes center stage and belts out that chorus, it’s purely sublime. This film really benefits from its authenticity; not only is this true of the acting and dialogue, but of the musical performances as well. Each one feels like an actual live event and, in fact, some were even filmed at real music festivals like Coachella and Glastonbury with real audiences. And, yet, they feel deeply personal, despite the grand scale which is true of the film as a whole.

Full Review: http://thefilmsnob.tumblr.com/post/179054198000/a-star-is-born-out-of-5

#4. The Favourite

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Starring: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz

If you’ve overlooked The Favourite out of fear that it’s a stereotypically stuffy historical drama, you might want to reconsider because this isn’t your grandma’s period piece. This film has everything: crazy monarchs, duck racing, gun-toting duchesses, rooms full of bunny rabbits, aristocratic love triangles and even some insane 18th century breakdancing. And that’s not including the deliciously alluring plot involving Queen Anne’s (Olivia Colman) advisor Sarah (Rachel Weisz) and her impoverished younger cousin Abigail (Emma Stone) vying for the affections of the queen in order to become her ‘favourite’ with the schemes growing more ruthless as the movie unfolds. The goal of this farce is to highlight the ridiculousness of unlimited power and those who’d strive for it, especially amidst an unseen war occurring in the background. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better trio of performers in 2018; the three lead women are sensational and deserve their Oscar nominations. You’d also be hard-pressed to find a more peculiar looking film. Director Yorgos Lanthimos and cinematographer Robbie Ryan use some truly bizarre yet stunning lenses and camera pans. At certain points, it’s as if we’re looking through a telescope, observing these snobs and their shenanigans like a twisted social experiment, luckily from a safe distance.

#3. Leave No Trace

Director: Debra Granik

Starring: Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie

For a film that’s the second-most reviewed motion picture with a rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, you’d think more people would know about it or at least give it some recognition at awards shows. But, that wasn’t in the cards for this incredibly touching indie film about an Iraq War vet, Will (Ben Foster), suffering from PTSD and living with his 13-year-old daughter, Tom (Thomasin McKenzie), in a public park in Portland, Oregon. They live in fear of being discovered and forced to live in society. Both actors give such raw and convincing performances within this heartwarming, at times heartbreaking, father-daughter relationship. This, combined with director Debra Granik’s naturalistic approach and Michael McDonaugh’s vivid photography, makes the movie feel almost like a documentary. Consequently, some passages feel so intense that the characters’ anxiety becomes palpable as when the two are lost in the dangerously cold forest with only minutes to build a shelter. Writers Granik and Anne Rosellini do a masterful job at exposing the agony of mental illness and the awful treatment of some veterans yet refuse to paint Will as a saint and the authorities as evil. We understand the perspectives of everyone involved who are just trying to do what’s right for the young girl born into someone else’s pain.

#2. A Quiet Place

Director: John Krasinski

Starring: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt

Like Bradley Cooper, John Krasinski is way out of his comfort zone, taking on triple duty as writer, director and star of a horror film despite his mostly comedic background. In a genre whose output is usually pitiful, Krasinski excels by eschewing the standard group of disposable teens for an intelligent and loving family for whom we care deeply and instantly. The premise, involving the few survivors on Earth trying to avoid creatures with impeccable hearing by staying virtually silent, might seem gimmicky at first, but Krasinski explores its full potential as it evolves in ways that are so creative and complex that you could argue it’s one of the best allegories for our current political climate or dictatorships in general. The film also looks and sounds gorgeous with crisp shots from Krasinski and cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Chistensen that are rich in information and sheer beauty, accompanied by the wonderful score from Marco Beltrami. The acting is great all around, but Blunt is on another level, expressing terror in some of the most nerve-wracking sequences imaginable, exquisitely staged by her real-life husband. And the ending is pitch perfect; at once revelatory and obvious, it makes complete sense with regards to the film’s established rules yet makes us look at what preceded it in an entirely new light.

Full Review: http://thefilmsnob.tumblr.com/post/173081465380/a-quiet-place-out-of-5

#1. First Reformed

Director: Paul Schrader

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric Kyles

*I promise this is the last time I’ll talk about this film. It’s the start of a new movie cycle and I’m looking ahead. You will not here another word out of me about how this movie and Ethan Hawke were robbed of accolades as I cried myself to sleep 27 times since the nominees were announced......anywho:

Paul Schrader is responsible for writing some of history’s most lauded and iconic movies like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The Last Temptation of Christ, and now he’s written and directed First Reformed, a movie that rivals even those classics. It’s tragic that no one’s heard of it. In possibly his most demanding, powerful, complex and, ultimately, greatest performance, Ethan Hawke plays Ernst Toller, reverend of the First Reformed Church that mostly serves as a tourist attraction. Already dealing its declining attendance, alcoholism and the death of a his son, he now has to deal with a crisis of faith after speaking with a despondent radical environmentalist who challenges Toller’s beliefs, causing the reverend to mentally and spiritually unravel throughout the film while battling physical illness just for good measure. Obviously, this isn’t a popcorn flick, yet it’s so profound, topical, haunting and mesmerizing. Cinematographer Alexander Dynan helps Schrader create an almost horror movie feel which is appropriate for dealing with issues like a deteriorating man and the end of the world. There are so many striking, if not shocking, images on display and at times the film enters into the realm of the surreal. This is truly a work of art that challenges you to think critically about the world and where we’re headed. When you add these heavy themes to the stellar acting, directing, writing and overall grandeur of the film, you get the one true masterpiece of 2018.

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@violadavis cumple 53 años √

Viola Davis cumple 53 años de edad. Nació el 11 de agosto de 1965 en Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA. Está casada con el actor Julius Tennon (1 hijo). / Fuente inf. IMDb / Wikipedia / Imagen via: Paul Zimmerman/WireImage/ Getty Images

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USA: Richard Sussman The Evolution Suite

RICHARD SUSSMAN “THE EVOLUTION SUITE” For Jazz Quintet, String Quartet, and Electronics For Your Consideration Best Jazz Instrumental Album A Compelling Integration of Jazz, Contemporary Classical Music, & Electronics featuring: RICHARD SUSSMAN-composer/piano/electronics, SCOTT WENDHOLT-trumpet, RICH PERRY-tenor sax, MIKE RICHMOND-bass, ANTHONY PINCIOTTI-drums, The Sirius Quartet: FUNG CHERN HWEI-violin, GREGOR HUEBNER-violin, RON LAWRENCE-viola, JEREMY HARMAN-cello with Special Guest: ZACH BROCK-electric violin Richard Sussman's ground-breaking Evolution Suite for Jazz Quintet, String Quartet, and Electronics is a five-movement, hour-long composition, funded by a Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant, and premiered and recorded live on December 20, 2015, at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space in New York City. Released on ZOHO Records, October 2016 (Eligible for 2018 Grammy Awards). Long acknowledged as an accomplished and innovative jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and educator, Richard Sussman has been passionately exploring the inner and outer frontiers of contemporary musical expression throughout his entire career. The music for “The Evolution Suite” draws on Sussman’s many varied influences and areas of expertise, including straight ahead jazz, electronics, contemporary classical “New Music”, and elements from contemporary pop music. The ensemble features some of the best musicians on the planet. The result is a truly cutting edge blend of highly original music with a completely contemporary appeal.

“Pianist Richard Sussman is among the most ambitious composers on the jazz scene today. His latest project, the epic Evolution Suite, exemplifies this creative outlook with dignity and self-assurance.” - Brian Zimmerman, Downbeat Four Stars! ✮✮✮✮ “A cohesive work displaying his mastery of composition and improvisation. Filled with diverse rhythms and themes, a palpable excitement, fascinating electronics, and very beautiful moments – the effect of all of this is thrilling.” - Laurel Gross, NYC Jazz Record "An amazing and very impressive work! Bravo & Congratulations!" - Rufus Reid “Beautiful piece, Richard. Congratulations!” - Kenny Werner "I checked out your “The Evolution Suite”. WOW!! Great! What an ambitious project. Bravo!!" - Ed Neumeister Best of 2016 AllAboutJazz.com - Dan Mcclenaghan's Best Releases Of 2016 http://ift.tt/2hSfBjSdan-mcclenaghans-best-releases-of-2016-wadada-leo-smith-by-dan-mcclenaghan.php The music keeps moving forward, evolving to higher levels. My search for the best jazz recordings of 2016 led me to these marvelous CDs. Richard Sussman: The Evolution Suite (Zoho) Jazz Views With CJ Shearn: Best albums of 2016 A lot of impressive albums this year, if not all have been reviewed on the blog, they certainly have been listened to. Here’s what I consider to be the crème de la crème this year. Richard Sussman: The Evolution Suite (Zoho) CD REVIEW(S): by Mark S. Tucker Richard Sussman: The Evolution Suite (Zoho) is going on my Best Of 2016 list... posthaste!

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