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For those of you who are interested in resourceful video production:- Did you like the Steven Washer video I sent out in today's newsletter?- Are you interested in video production resources from other people, or just my own articles and videos
If you saw someone drowning in a pool, would you think “I’m not a lifeguard. I’m not qualified to help”? Of course not! You’d do whatever you could to help: throw them a life preserver, jump in and drag them to safety, or at least call 911
(Hint: only one of them is about money. And only sort of.)What is Resourceful Production? Resourceful production means fully exploring the resources available to you, instead of simply opening up your wallet.That involves:Doing things yoursel
(Yes, people really do camp out outside the stores...)You couldn't get me to go to the Black Friday* sales if my life depended on it.Fighting with crowds and standing around in the cold are bad enough. But getting up in the wee hours of the mo
I'm working on a pretty exciting project: The Resourceful Video Production Guide.The Guide will take you through the video production process, from researching your idea to holding your DVD in your hand. As the name implies, we're going to f
Here are direct links to each episode of Taktaba:Episode 1: Repetition and AlternationEpisode 2: Long-Term RepetitionEpisode 3: Timing PatternsThis page only lists official episodes. Other mini videos aren't listed.
Five years ago today, I released the first episode of Taktaba.I wasn't able to get a new episode out in time for the anniversary, but I did want to give you a little something today.This video is a short excerpt from the Improvisation Mastery M
It's been a long time since my last post. Not because I've been busy (although I have!), but because I've been hiding out.You see, I'm injured. Again.For the fourth time in three years. It's not the injury that I'm hidingInjuries happen to ev
I went to a group singing workshop last night, and we sang a song with lyrics by Victor Hugo. (That's the guy who wrote Les Misérables.)Be like the bird, Who halting in her flight On a limb too slight, Feels it give way beneath her, Ye
Without punctuation reading would be really hard you'd have no way to know when one idea began and ended and the words would all just flow into a big sticky unintelligible mass of letters on the page you'd also have no way to know which stateme
When you're learning to belly dance, transitions are an almost mystical concept: a magical ingredient that transforms a bunch of moves into a polished, professional dance. We collect these talismans as we run across them in class or in chore
I created this diagram back in 2009 as a quick visual means of helping distinguish what we mean by "belly dance", "middle eastern dance", and "middle eastern belly dance". I made it in response to a discussion on bhuz.com, and the current vers
When I was an intermediate student, my teacher included performance critiques in class. My friend Lilya is a firecracker, and her piece was really exciting. Her technique and musicality were excellent, and she connected with each of us as she
In my last article, we talked about kitty energy. Kitty energy is important because it brings a confident, elegant quality to your dancing. However, if you find yourself dancing with your nose in the air, and a snooty, prissy demeanor, you mi
The next of the Improvisation Toolkit is now in production! Volume 3 will cover transitions in improvisation. You probably know that clean transitions add polish to your dance, but most dancers don't realize that they also make improvisation
I was having a really bad day. I got stuck at work, missed my bus, and when I got home, I discovered that I forgot to defrost the ingredients for dinner. By the time I was home and fed, I was too tired and cranky to put on my practice clothes
Totally Turkish - Belly Dance(Disclaimer: I received a free advance copy of this DVD as part of a give-away by the producer)I'm a big fan of improvisational dance: I'd rather do it, and I'd rather watch it. But even though I rarely perform c
When you fly in an airplane, you hope for a smooth flight. But sometimes take-offs are shaky and flights are bumpy. In the end, all that really matters is a safe landing.Flying instructors know this, and so their earliest lesson is not how to
Volume 2 just shipped last week, but I'm already starting work on the next part of the series.Volume 3 will cover transitions, with an emphasis on using them in improvised dance. My goal is to get it out by the end of October of this year.I ha
Volume 2 of the Improvisation Toolkit has arrived! It's 7.5 inches long,weighs 3.2 ounces, and has brown eyes. (In the cover photo, that is.)Okay, that's a corny metaphor, but I sure feel like I've had a baby!I'll be picking it up at the manufa
TRANSCRIPT (Approximate)How NOT Winning the Lottery Helps You Get What You WantOne of my family's Christmas traditions is that everyone receives a lottery ticket in their Christmas stocking. When I was little it was fun: you'd play the game, s
Authentic Facial Expression: It's About Doing, Not Being!I was a child actor. Not the kind of child actor who robs a 7-11 in their 20s. Just the kind that does a lot of plays and makes a little money, but never gets even locally famous.One of
I made this video late, late at night, and in my PJs. I filmed it back in December, as an assignment for my article class, and always planned reshoot it in the studio, with natural light, makeup, etc. But the topic of musicality has come up
When you raise tomatoes, you have to constantly prune away the “suckers”, the new shoots the plant tries to grow. If they remain, they’ll suck the plant’s resources into growing new stems and leaves. But when you find them and get rid of them
The winner of the giveaway for Haiti is Tondo of Windsor, Ontario.Tondo made her donation to the Red Cross of Canada, and her prize is a personal video critique worth $125.Congrats Tondo!
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