tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47015769922445949952024-03-14T10:02:16.144-07:00PARTICL3 PRESENTSFamily Guerilla ProductionPARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-30760022917329172792017-09-03T10:07:00.003-07:002017-09-03T10:07:46.107-07:00THE TEAM: Set Photographer & PA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kay Smith was born in the U.K. and raised in NYC. A multi-media maven, she explores her creativity through photography, videography, design and branding. She created PHOTOKOFA, in an effort to use photography of a means of social justice and bring attention to artists on the fringes. When she is not working on her own projects, she passionately works in collabs and collectives with her artist friends. Kay worked as a set photographer and production assistant for both of PARTICL3 short films, "Pas de Deux" and "Stolen Moments."<br />
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is certified in makeup, special effects makeup and hairstyling from the
MakeUp Designory, NYC. Her work has been seen at Mercedes-Benz N.Y.
Fashion Week, NY Bridal Fashion Week, on television, in web series and
short films. She currently hosts makeup training events and private
lessons at her NY studio. Vernell empowers women by teaching them how to
improve self-esteem and enhance their beauty using make-up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Zui Gomez</b> originally from the Dominican Republic, resides in NYC and is currently on tour with
Ballet Hispanico. Zui received her BFA in Dance from the Boston Conservatory where she
performed classics by Martha Graham and Jose Limón. She has danced with Ballet Hispanico,
Ballet Hispanico Dos, Miami Contemporary Dance Company, DanceNOW! Ensemble, Nejla.
Yatkin, Armitage Gone! Dance as well as Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre. Zui plays the role of
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Maëva Boldron</b> is from Paris, France and now resides in NYC. She first discovered her passion for dance with hip-hop and later trained professionally at the Jazz Dance Institute Rick Odums (IFPRO). At the age of 18, she moved to NY to train as a scholarship student at The Ailey School where she had the opportunity to perform the repertoire of Alvin Ailey. Ms. Boldron was also a part of the works of choreographers Matthew Rushing, Marcus Willis and George Faison. Ms. Boldron is a former member of FJK Dance Company and has performed with a number of renowned choreographers in NYC. Ms. Boldron plays the role of Lily.<br /></span></span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-4088217088267298232017-09-02T08:21:00.001-07:002017-09-02T08:21:03.996-07:00THE TEAM: Director of Photography<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Adrian Miles </b>was
born in Los Angeles, California in 1991. In addition to having lived on
the West and East Coast of the U.S., he also lived in Mexico and
Brazil. Living in these metropolitan and rural areas, and being
surrounded by different cultures, lifestyles, fashion, and music,
broadened his interests and developed his appreciation for art and
diversity. In his work, he attempts to capture quintessential urban city
moments, including but not limited to taste-makers, eccentrics, mavens,
and future icons. He got his start in film-making through DCTV’s Young Men of Color Media Program. His first short "Pas de Deux" was "Official Selection" in four International film festivals. </span></span><br />
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a Graduate Fellow in the Department of World Arts and Cultures, U.C.L.A
while attaining her master's degree in Dance Movement Therapy. She
teaches rehabilitative movement and Kundalini Yoga to seniors for the
Department of the Aging NYC and also is the founder and Director of <a href="http://www.capoeiramucurumim.com/">C</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.capoeiramucurumim.com/">apo</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.capoeiramucurumim.com/">eira Muçurumim</a></span></span>. Currently,
she is writing and producing a series of dance short films about women of color and intimacy. "Stolen Moments" features three poems from her self-published book of Sufi Poetry entitled Stolen Moments: a lover's recourse. </span></span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-74299128753589438722017-09-02T06:07:00.001-07:002017-09-03T09:21:51.670-07:00THE TEAM: Director<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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and photography. Ella is part of the family production team, PARTICL3, along with her brother
Adrian Miles and mother Luz Emma. She served as Creative Director on their first short film,
Pas de Deux, which was “Official Selection” at four international film festivals. She also
contributed to the fine details of production from script editing to wardrobe selection.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Stolen
Moments is Ella's directorial debut and is "Official Selection" at two
film festivals for young filmmakers, Young Filmmakers Film Festival and
Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival. Ella was seventeen years old when she
directed "Stolen Moments." She is now nineteen.</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stolen Moments is the third in a series of four dance shorts that tell stories of women of color, relationships and intimacy. This story takes place during the Roaring Twenties. From fashion to sexuality, Evelyn is breaking free from societal norms established by the Victorian Era. She is the center of a love triangle with two ladies, Harper and Lily. One love is repressed while the other is realized but not publicly. Like, Pas de Deux, our debut film, there is no dialogue in this short. It relies on poetry and visuals to tell the story. The film features three Sufi poems from the book, "Stolen Moments: A Lover's Recourse," by Luz Emma Cañas Madrigal who also produced and acts in both films. </span></span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-55845383243369825622016-04-10T04:14:00.001-07:002016-04-10T04:14:52.308-07:00DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT: Adrian Miles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">My name is Adrian Miles. My mother is a first generation Mexican American/Chicana. My father is Black, Cherokee, and Irish. I was taught to identify as all that I am, whereas schools and my peers told me otherwise. When you're the “smallest," and youngest, kid in class and become tired of fighting to correct people, you give into societal pressures. In order to survive one's environment, you learn to adapt; sometimes against your own will.<br /><br />Although I was raised by a loving single mother, I was drawn to the gang culture that dominates Los Angeles, California; the city I was born and raised. All my friends throughout middle school, and the short period of time in high school, were either skaters, graffiti writers/taggers, drug dealers, or gang bangers. Some dabbled in everything…which is the category I fell into. At the age of 13, I was “jumped in” to a gang. At the same time, I was introduced to Kundalini Yoga, DJ'ing, Capoeira, and books such as “Autobiography of a Yogi” and the “Autobiography of Malcolm X.” At the age of 15, I found myself at a crossroads: Do I choose to pursue the road that would eventually be the death of me, or choose the higher path that was always beckoning? I chose the latter.<br /><br />Soon after, my mother moved my family of 3, including my sibling, Ella, to New York City. We began training with a Grandmaster of Capoeira Angola and I also began taking an interest in photography. I got my first point and shoot digital camera for my 16th birthday. Since then, I have been documenting everything from punk shows, Capoeira events, music festivals, and protests. To working with freelance models and capturing the essences of international cities and their inhabitants.<br /><br />I owe my love of photography and film to my mother and father. My father is a screenwriter, and my mother wrote, produced, and starred in, Pas De Deux, my directorial debut. Pas De Deux is a story of self-love and self-empowerment. It is about how we relate to each other, personally or romantically, can be seen as a dance. A dance of two; pas de deux. The lesson of this story is to enjoy the most important dance: the solo…the dance with one's Self. There is no dialogue in this short film. It solely relies on the art of visual storytelling.</span></span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-28594933966332548822016-03-10T15:05:00.002-08:002017-09-02T05:53:08.269-07:00THE TEAM: Graphic Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Terese Marie Kelly is an artist mom thriving in the heart of Los
Angeles. She brings a bright creative edge to her consulting work
offering services in copywriting,
content creation and blog management. She has recently added graphic design, photo
editing, and </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"></span>social media marketing to her repertoire. Her work can be seen on our film poster above. She offers free consultations and may be reached at <a href="mailto:tmkpublishingconsult@gmail.com" target="_blank">tmkpublishingconsult@gmail.com</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My name is Luz Emma Cañas Madrigal. I am first generation Mexican American. How I came to be? That is a daunting question I aim to divulge in my forthcoming memoir. But in a word…destiny. In the early 1970’s, because most of the youth had been drafted into the Vietnam War, there was a shortage of medical professionals in the United States. The government invited international doctors to do their specialty at Mt. Sinai Cleveland Clinic, OH. My father was one of the doctor’s selected and it is there I was born and one of the main reasons my family decided to stay in the U.S. When I was five, my parents moved us (my elder sister, brother and I) to Los Angeles after my father was offered a teaching position at UCLA. They eventually bought a house in the suburbs where I soon learned that my family’s economic status granted me access to the finer things but not white privilege. I became politicized the day I was called a “nigger” for the first time. I was 8 years old. Too young and fragile to stick up for myself, at the time, that word was absorbed into my body and became a part of my being. It was then that my identity as a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Af<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ro-Mestizo</span></span></span> began to take form and my need to resist oppression began. I was constantly reminded of my subordinate position in society both overtly and covertly through racial slurs and insinuations. It became painfully obvious that racism existed during my training as a classical ballet dancer. Throughout my training, I was praised for my ability and my physique. And yet, I was not chosen to attend the summer intensive I had trained the majority of my life for. I knew, in my heart, it was because I was not the “right” skin color. I started lightening my skin and my self loathing manifested itself in depression and eating disorders. Finally, I was accepted into the Pacific Northwest Ballet and upon arrival I noticed that I was one of two girls-of-color out of about 200. The other girl was also going to attend the Dance Theater of Harlem. She had options whereas I did not: I was not white enough for New York City Ballet and not black enough for Dance Theater of Harlem. At 16, I altered my dreams of becoming a ballerina and decided to become a Dance Movement Therapist. At the time, my parents were embroiled in a messy divorce that is in litigation to this day, almost forty years, exhausting the family’s financial resources. Like most teens, I acted out. I threw my tutu to the wind and became a dancer in MTV music videos. I partied with R & B and Hip Hop artists that were<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>famous in the early 90’s then became pregnant by the time I was 19. My family and society brushed me off as a statistic: an unmarried teen mother. It became my personal mission to prove everyone, including myself, wrong. After two years at a junior college, I transferred to UCLA and received my undergraduate degree in Chicano Studies at UCSB. From there, I became a Graduate Fellow and received my Masters degree in Dance Movement Therapy at UCLA. I became a pioneer in the use of Dance Movement Therapy in Early Intervention and wrote about my experience in my book, “Kinnecting: Healing the Difficult Child with the Creative Arts.” Writing has always been a way for me to process my emotions and experiences. I began writing poetry as I went deeper into my spiritual practices. I continued to explore other movement modalities which included West African Dance, Modern, Yoga and Capoeira Ang<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ola</span>. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art disguised as a dance because it became a means of liberation of enslaved Africans from colonial oppression. My passion of the art led me to move to New York City and eventually to Brazil where I met my husband, my last Capoeira master. He was murdered almost five years ago and I have been writing to process the fallout surrounding his death. Before he was killed, I started writing him poems in an attempt to start a different dialogue between us. After his passing, I published a book of poetry, “Divan of the Infidel.” I have been giving continuity to Capoeira he passed onto me through the founding of Capoeira Muçurumim. Our group became artists-in-residence at the infamous Ground Zero Mosque, which in actuality was an Islamic center. We served as liaisons between the religious and secular community during the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. Currently, I am a teaching artist in Capoeira for the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute leading cultural arts workshops for the Department of Education, NYC, and I am a mentor for homeless LGBTQ youth at the Reciprocity Foundation. After all that my children and I have been through, writing has been a means of self-reflection, validation, and healing. There are some things that one goes through that can only be confided in blank pages, until one is ready to share them with the world. </span><br />
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<br />PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-1259889489500076872016-02-20T05:30:00.001-08:002016-02-20T05:37:54.620-08:00THE TEAM: Photographer & Production Assistant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Stephen Mondesir</b> is a cinematographer, photographer, and graphic designer. Freelancing across New York, he manages Colorway Productions, a team of independent media producers and artists. Majoring in television and film production, Stephen strives to be a narrative film editor. Currently, he's working on a short film for Campus Moviefest and filming the feature film, “Seasons".</span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-3176765633656047992016-02-20T05:19:00.003-08:002016-02-26T09:09:41.142-08:00THE TEAM: Make-up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Vernell Spann</b> is certified in makeup, special effects makeup and hairstyling from the MakeUp Designory, NYC. Her work has been seen at Mercedes-Benz N.Y. Fashion Week, NY Bridal Fashion Week, on television, in web series and short films. She currently hosts makeup training events and private lessons at her NY studio. Vernell empowers women by teaching them how to improve self-esteem and enhance their beauty using make-up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">To ring the bell of love in the hearts of those with ears to hear" was the founding intention on which "A Race of Angels" was built. <b>Yeofi Andoh</b> (singer/songwriter) dances with a revolving cast of partners in this musical collective. Originally from the UK and currently residing in Los Angeles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">M</span>ore on<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Y<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eofi and A Race of Angels <a href="http://araceofangels.com/">here</a>. </span></span> </span></span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-13547242712927080542016-02-20T05:07:00.003-08:002016-02-26T07:14:02.487-08:00THE TEAM: Original music <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Todd Simon</b> is a Trumpeter/Arranger/Producer who's worked with the likes of Kelis, Lauryn Hill, TV On The Radio, Ziggy Marley, Madlib, The Gaslamp Killer, Quantic, Quadron, RHYE, Quantic, Antibalas + many more. His personal project, the African - Jazz ensemble Ethio Cali (ethiocali.com), has taken LA by storm with their interpretations of Ethio-Jazz and Afrobeat! Todd’s recent mixtape project, Jazz On 45, is currently featured on OkayPlayer and Wax Poetics.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>N'Tirzah al Rephaim</b> is a healing Performing Artist. A classically trained vocalist & pianist, N'Tirzah combines her passion for music with her gifts of composition, dance & choreography, poetry, prose, teaching, and vocal therapy/coaching. N’Tirzah is currently in production working on her EP Entitled. "For Real," due to be released in the Spring of 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Mor<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e on N'Tirzah al Rephaim <a href="http://www.ntirzah.com/">here</a>.</span> </span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-91112164997143070682016-02-20T05:04:00.001-08:002016-02-20T07:05:07.913-08:00THE TEAM: Dancer/Actor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Michael Bishop</b>, graduated from Belhaven University in 2011 with a BFA in Dance and Choreography. He started his training in ballet, modern and choreography at age 21. Michael was a recipient of the Bezalel award for outstanding artistic achievement. He moved to New York upon graduation and began training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and toured internationally with the European tour of West Side Story. At present, Michael has plans of opening up his own company and outreach program that brings the arts to impoverished children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Lee-Ann Arjoon</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>is a Production Designer, Set Designer and Stylist who has worked on short films, art films, fashion shoots, stop motion animation, TV and a feature film. In 2015, she served as festival producer for the stateside launch of Paris-based short documentary film festival, Megacities Shortdocs, in NYC. Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, where she first acquired a taste for culture, art and nature, her childhood was immersed in the colorful hues and sounds of the Caribbean. Now splitting her time between New York, Paris and the West Indies, she is working on a passion project; documenting the struggles, beauty and diversity of Caribbean life and culture through photography and film.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">More on Lee-Ann <a href="http://mocojumbi.tumblr.com/">here</a>: </span> </span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-34280192595981111222016-02-20T05:01:00.001-08:002017-09-02T06:12:21.844-07:00THE TEAM: Creative Director<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Home-schooled since the age of six, <b>Ella Quinn</b> was able to focus on her passions: music, film and photography. Ella uses film as a form of escapism because in film "anything is possible." Ella will be trying her hand in directing a short in the Bedtime Story<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">series</span></span>. Ella served as <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">C</span>reative <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">D</span>irector on Pas de Deu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">x. C</span>ontributing to the fine details of production fr<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">om </span>script editing <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wardrobe selection.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span> </span></span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-91132098124304379332016-02-16T15:22:00.000-08:002016-02-26T07:12:22.456-08:00THE TEAM: Writer/Producer/Dancer/Actress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Luz Emma Cañas</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>was a Graduate Fellow in the Department of World Arts and Cultures, U.C.L.A while attaining her master's degree in Dance Movement Therapy. She teaches rehabilitative movement and Kundalini Yoga to seniors for the Department of the Aging and is also a teaching artist in <a href="http://www.capoeiramucurumim.com/">C</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.capoeiramucurumim.com/">apo</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.capoeiramucurumim.com/">eira Angola</a> </span></span>for the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute. Currently, she is writing and producing a series of short films for her body positivity program, <a href="http://www.boudoirballet.com/">Boudoir Ballet</a>, that integrates her knowledge of yoga, dance, Pilates and Capoeira.</span></span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-10079792416160918542016-02-16T15:13:00.001-08:002016-02-20T06:06:57.477-08:00THE TEAM: Director<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Adrian Miles </b>was born in Los Angeles, California in 1991. In addition to having lived on the West and East Coast of the U.S., he also lived in Mexico and Brazil. Living in these metropolitan and rural areas, and being surrounded by different cultures, lifestyles, fashion, and music, broadened his interests and developed his appreciation for art and diversity. In his work, he attempts to capture quintessential urban city moments, including but not limited to taste-makers, eccentrics, mavens, and future icons. Almost ten years later, he is exploring film through DCTV’s Young Men of Color Media Program. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">More on Adrian Miles <a href="http://www.adrianmiles.com/">here</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span> </span></span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701576992244594995.post-59752346504703011112016-02-16T14:52:00.000-08:002016-02-20T05:31:39.446-08:00THE SYNOPSIS: Pas de Deux<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">PAS DE DEUX is the first in a series of short films entitled BEDTIME STORIES celebrating women of color experiencing personal transformation through dance within the privacy of their boudoir. PAS DE DEUX is defined as: 1: a dance or figure for two performers. 2: an intricate relationship or activity involving two parties or things. The literal French translation is a step for two. This story follows Gigi, a free spirited woman, that moves through NYC as a trumpeted “being” accompanies her. During a lunch meeting with a girlfriend, she is called to “dance” by a lover, who ultimately does not follow through on an afternoon tryst. But all is not lost because she discovers that the best dance is danced solo. This story is about self-love and reveling in the ecstasy of one’s own company. And yet, from the interaction between Gigi and her personified cherub, are we ever truly alone? </span></span>PARTICL3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06820721654163120730noreply@blogger.com0