Thoughts and Ideas 11/22/21

Conversation Starter

List everything that you have NOW that enables you to pursue your art. Make a list of what you don't have that would take your art to another level. Return to the NOW list. Circle the most important three things without which you could not dance. Do the same for the WANT list. Have your peer's do the same. Compare lists. Discuss how to support each other and what could be done to make the WANT list a reality. Express appreciation for what you have.

Creative Experiment

Make a holiday music play list. Create a dance movement for setting the table. Create a dance movement that could be done while attending the stove/oven. Create a dance movement for a champagne toast. Create a dance movement for making a pastry. Throw some dance into your thanksgiving! For a little inspiration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg8q1VjjeWo

Escape and Inspiration

• Curious about the newest event center, the historic Lobo Theater? They are hosting Friendsgiving Fest Wednesday Nov 24, 7:30-10:30 featuring music from Joel Luevano, Samantha Harris & Camilo Quinones. Neon Nativez (DJ) https://loboabq.com/event/friendsgiving/ to raise money for Locker505. Vaccination or negative COVID test required. Tickets $10 through Ticketmaster

• The Rio Grande Arts and Craft Festival is this weekend Fri, Sat, Sun at Expo New Mexico in the Luhan exhibit complex https://riograndefestivals.com/holiday-show/

• 516 ARTS and The Guild Cinema are presenting a one-hour screening curated by Basement Films featuring nine short films by national and international filmmakers who use the camera to explore different perspectives on maps http://516arts.org/programs/events/screening-video-experiments-in-perception-basement-films

• Get out doors for National Native American Heritage Day Friday. Take the afternoon to walk at Tijeras Pueblo Archeological Site just south of I-40 off NM 337 http://www.friendsoftijeraspueblo.org/home/

• Yes, there are Nutcrackers this year. the first appears this weekend and next at Popejoy, https://newmexicoballetcompany.com/event/the-nutcracker-ballet/,

• Happy Thanksgiving! Close your eyes and imagine leaves falling all around you.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Snibuh7fk and dance through them.