Elisa’s Neighborhood

Must read the customer comments on this.

Nigel and some of the boy dancers, specifically.  Oh, and the costumers.

First Nigel tells 18 year-old Cassie that she wasn't dancing the Argentine Tango "sleazy" enough as the cameras showed a young boy in the audience.  Have fun explaining that one, parents.  Then he demonstrates how he should properly grab his crotch in a sufficiently butch manner while crumping so that it wouldn't look like he wasn't asking his mommy to go pee-pee.  Crude, sexist and inappropriate much, Nigel?

Then, in the pre-dance packages the dancers were asked to name the best and worst qualities of their partners.  All of the girls and half the boys named character and personality traits or dance abilities.  Half the boys said things like she's pretty, she has beautiful eyes I get lost in, her nice smile.  One of the guys even said that his partner's best quality is that she is pretty and her worst quality is that she is so pretty she has a boyfriend.  Um, I thought the point was to dance with her not hook up with her.  Sigh.

However I did love the barefoot contemporary Viennese Waltz except the flow-y dress that covered up her legs and his face when lifting her.  Also the popping routine by another couple was marred by the baggy outfits and jackets that prevented you from seeing any isolations and crisp, sharp pops and locks.  It only further hampered a not-so-great routine when the dancers might have benefited from better outfits.

I also loved the hobo Broadway routine and was thrilled to see the hip-hop dudes bring it tonight.

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Shout out to all Bay Area nerdcore crew
Doctor Popular
MC Slutsky
I see you
I'm'a see you
And we have a plan.
Seen!

(inspired by Sarah Dopp)

If gender hath its own geometry,
its Euclidean arc the eye can mark,
then the non-Euclidean girl or guy
may also some new queer discussion spark.

If boddhisattva be what you are called,
it's not a label I'd consider dumb
for those Nirvana-bound are not at fault
for existing in that continuum

So those who classify and catalog
all people as they live and love and play
with every Twitter or post to their blog
they doth inform and lighten others' way,

thus broader bound be how we all exist,
how we are kith and kin, but also kissed.

The fabulous MizzJenny from Three Kid Circus who lives life big, grand and fun asks (in exchange for an entry to win a Wii from Three Kid Circus and Nestle Crunch) how you celebrate The Kid In You?

I have several strategies for keeping in touch with my inner 12-year old girl.

1. My current workout - my trainer has me jump rope, play catch, walk on a balance beam and lots of other exercises that remind me very much of Jr. High when I was a gymnast and figure skater

2. Boy bands - one year I saw live in concert Backstreet Boys, *NSync and O-Town.  And I went without an 8 year old beard.  Just middle-aged and proud!

3. Playing with my dog - that's her up in the corner.  Growing up we always had small dogs and now having one reminds me so much of growing up.  She's not alway fond of the silly games I try and get her play but she enjoys the belly rubs and ear skritches.

So there you have it. Music, Movement and Mutts. Keeps me young in body, mind and spirit.  And with that, I leave you with a little *NSync.  Well, I would have but embedding is disabled. But here is a link.

You might have noticed the AT&T Wireless Ad that set to Daydreamin' by Lupe Fiasco and featuring Jill Scott.  It was quite the infectious earworm.  It made me wonder about the origins of the song.  Thanks to the wonders of YouTube I found a performance by the original artist, Belgian band Wallace Collection.  Check it out - it's quite the 70's acid trip.  And as a bonus, Daydream In Blue by I Monster which is a bridge between the original and the Lupe Fiasco version.

This year's Bike To Work Day wouldn't've been the same without her.

Dora Doe

Hat tip Karoli