Hi Internet. It's been a while, I know. The life highlight is this: so long Syracuse, bye bye Boston, felicitations Florida. More to follow. Let's move on to something I've been tossing around in my brain for the past couple weeks. Before I left Syracuse, I had a conversation with a couple dancer friends about [...]
Tag: music
Feminist Reggaeton?
Hi Internet, So those of you how know me IRL will know that I have a particular love for music with a strong, syncopated beat--and by that I don't mean Swing, I mean Samba. And Reggaeton. Obviously Samba is originally Brazillian, and has been in the Ballroom musical lexicon for many years. Reggaeton is newer, [...]
Hamilton, Amadeus, and the Lie of the Individual
It's happened, Internet. I knew I couldn't escape it forever. And this weekend, having an unusual amount of free time, I broke down. And bought the Hamilton Cast Recording. Why have I waited so long, you ask? This is post-viral, post-Tony's, post-any reasonable amount of time to catch up on the cultural phenomenon that is [...]
Trumpets in the Quart: My First Music Video
I'm a skeptical person. It doesn't take long, when walking into a new situation, for concerns to seed, grow, and flower into doubts regarding the success of a project. It's not that I'm eagerly waiting for people fail--I've just seen it enough times that I've developed a healthy caution for ambitious undertakings. But at the [...]
A Weekend of Dancing
Hello readers, and welcome back to my life! This past weekend was slightly crazy, even by my standards--and next weekend is going to be even more nuts. Stay tuned. Since I don't want to pick just one event to discuss, let's do ALL of them. On Friday, the SU Ballroom club held a social dance. I [...]
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