FOR THE PAST YEAR DANZA VIDA PERFORMANCE ART HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHER SCOTT UMSTATTD. SCOTT APPROACHED ME ONE DAY ON THE STREET , INTRODUCING HIMSELF AND ASKING IF I WOULD ALLOW HIM TO PHOTOGRAPH ME IN AN IDEA HE HAD . THE IDEA WAS ABOUT EVIL AND GOOD. HOW DO WE EMBRACE EVIL , OR OUR OWN DARK SIDES. HE HAD SEEN ME IN PHOTOS AS A MONARCH BUTTERFLY WITH A YOUNG INNOCENT GIRL AND WANTED US TO PARTICIPATE IN A PHOTO SHOOT WITH SOME "DARK" ELEMENT. I KNEW JUST THE GUYS. THE PHOTOS SPEAK OF AN INCREDIBLEUNSEEN UNITY
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EACH ELEMENT CONTAINS SOME OF THE OTHER. THE NEXT COLLABORATION WITH ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE AND WE INVITED ANYONE TO COME TO THE TOWN SQUARE DRESSED IN ALL BLACK OR ALL WHITE. AGAIN THE INTENTION WAS TO ALLOW AN UNFOLDING OF DARK AND LIGHT TO BLEND. WE NAMED THIS INSTALLATION SUMMER SOLSTICE.
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OUR LAST COLLABORATION WAS TO INVITE PEOPLE TO CREATE A FUTURE SELF IN A FUTURISTIC WORLD.
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THIS COMING SUNDAY FEB.4TH AT 5 TO 7 WE WILL BE SELLING TICKETS TO OUR BIGGEST COLLABORATION TO DATE CALLED FUTURE WORLD ART HAPPENING AND BODY PAINTING FESTIVAL.
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THE REAL EXCITEMENT IN CREATING ART OF THIS NATURE IS ALLOWING AND TRUSTING IN A PROCESS THAT EVOLVES OUT OF A CREATIVE MATRIX THAT IS A SHARED EXPERIENCE. YOU ARE PART OF THAT PROCESS . EACH OF US ALLOWS A PIECE TO FLOW THROUGH US AND TRUSTS A COLLECTIVE VISION. THIS IS ART BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY TAUGHT DISCIPLINE. THIS IS INTUITIVE. THIS IS CREATIVE ENERGY FLOWING FREELY. THIS IS OUR TRUE CREATIVE NATURE. BE A PART OF THE HAPPENING.