"All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world."
-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Name:
Martin Delgado
AKA:
Marty
Hometown:
Diamond Bar, CA
Hobbies:
Design | Hang Out | Dance | Inspire | Be Inspired | Teach | Learn | Live
Affiliations:
PrimeD Danceteam
Executive Director
Inside the Box Dance Crew
Member
Hangout Boys
Member
Infinite PASAbilities
Alumni
Spring09 Artistic Director
FunkyFootSteps
Founder
Carpe Noctem
My Lifestyle
Groover
My Being
Link to my: Twitter
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Undefined.: The Modern Dance Community
Last night, our director had a talk with us in regards to the current dance community. In summary, it went a little something like:
The dance community has progressed and grown into a repetitive movement. Every set is a swag set and every slow piece is about fucking instead of loving… You have…
=] didnt know that what was said would be impactful… thanks dude
COLOR: A color matching game.
A game that will help you understand color properties and harmonies.
(Source: irememberrr)
Typographer's Glossary
A Quick Introduction to Letterform Anatomy & Typography Basics
Here is the official trailer for CSUF PASA’s 25TH ANNUAL PCN: ENGKANTO.
Tickets are now available for purchase! Presale is $12 and $15 at the door. Admission for CSUF students/employees is free and you can pick up your ticket on the day of the event by simply showing your Titan Card at the door.
There is only 16 DAYS LEFT! We hope to see everyone there!
Official Facebook Event HERE.
YEAH BUDDY
STFU about the Mayan calendar and leap year
please stop with the comparison of the mayan calendar and the calendar we use. How its not accounting for leap year. Leap year is just a dumbed down and easy way to track our earths progress around the sun. Our earth would have to be given about 6 hours more every year to make a COMPLETE revolution around the sun or something. but instead of complicating things by having a year consist 365days + 6 hours, an extra 24 hours is added ever 4 years.
The mayans were revered by scientist to be ahead of their time when it came to astrology and how the planet moves. Their calendar is one of the most accurate and complex time keepers.
Comparing the two is like comparing metric (meters) and the US measurement system (feet). both do its job and both are accurate. but if you are totally ignorant of the other, you would think it was wrong.
God… people are too easily swayed by tumblr or viral posts. Is credibility of information now measured in how many shares or reblogs it has?
BoyzIIMen are timeless. Still amazing voices. 90s kids talk about TV shows they used to watch and all that, but the 90s arent anything without BoyzIIMen
Wish i kept all my ticket stubs. Especially the one of Popsicle in the bay
Is the FB and Tumblr community that gullible?
Im referring to thos “play at your sympathy” post. Where most of these post are about subjects ranging from the military, children, other people, poor,distraught, abused, or even animals or some other, going through some unfortunate situation. Tacked on is some picture to go with said unfortunate situation to play at some readers conscience and also there is a message filled with compassion that reposting and sharing would somehow help them out of their situation cause those acts will obligate fb or tumblr to donate. Really? Whats funny is that these posts gets shared and reblogged thousands of times. Whats even funnier is that when you track it down to the source, its from some little kid with no credibility or connections to tumblr or facebook.
Do people honestly think that facebook or tumblr will donate a certain amount of money for each and every person who shares or reblogs those sympathy posts? do you think that they would track something like that? Do they even have the technology to track down those posts (well yeah they have the tech but do they even care)?
Im all for getting word out concerning the atrocities of the world, but my advice for you all, stop pretending to care by sharing and reblogging and actually take some action that includes real effort. Sorry to be a downer and a little jaded, but come on. If you want to save, help, or change the world, it takes more than just clicking on the “share/reblog” button.
Donate to St. Jude to stop cancer
Donate or Volunteer to prevent teen suicide
Donate to Make a Wish Foundation
Donate to Operation Once in a Lifetime
Or if above links dont pique your interest of good will, then maybe googling something that does and taking action
Oh goodness. what a dope set
SOPA/PIPA and the dance community.
I urge those in the dance community to do your part to stop these two bills. You are extremely blessed. Less than a decade ago, we got to watch our favorite crews only by going to shows/jams or share low quality DVDs/VHSs with each other. Now we all have access to HD videos of our favorite choreographers, dancers and crews. We also have been introduced to talents we wouldn’t have normally been able to and had our own talents recognized around the world.
we dont want to lose that…
Its easy enough to repost other peoples pictures or posts that express passionate and adamant opposition of these two bills, however, a more direct action is needed. Take the next step…
Google is giving an option to electronically sign a petition, but many other sites are offering the ability to write or even call your senator. Take the steps to be actively involved with YOUR government. Call or write to those who are suppose to represent you. Express your distaste for these two bills before the ability to express is taken away from the internet.
theTOUR “Community” commercial: San Diego Edition
This video has much more meaning to it than what you see at first glance. In that night that we put this together, there was more than the 5 hours of rehearsal, the choreography we had to learn, or the character we had to portray. The meaning goes much deeper. I’m writing this blog, to share with you what it was.
Let me take you back to the Southern California dance community before the Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, or any social networking days. Where the only way to watch each other was being at the actual show, or watching it on DVD. For any dancers that was around that time, they can tell you that they have a collection of DVD’s or even VHS from several of the shows. Here was where you saw amazing teams like Culture Shock San Diego, Urban FX, Funkanometry LA, Unity, even before the Jabbawockeez were called Jabbawockeez, they were Mindtricks, and several others. All great memories for those who were a part of that era, and great history to learn about for those who are a part of this current era.
I can go on and on about this, but I’d like to dive into the San Diego dance community. To me, San Diego has been a vital life line to our dance community. Many of the styles, and creativity that you see today stem from SD’s past. I’m sure many who were a part of the past generation and the current generation can agree. As you saw in the commercial there were 2 people that walk out in the beginning. One named KJ Gonzales and the other Anna Sarao. You probably had no idea who they were or are a bit confused on what was going on.
Anna, as most of us that know her will say, is the “Yoda” of our dance community. She was artistic director for Culture Shock San Diego for a period of time and really changed the game with what she did with them. They had such an all-star group of dancers and had several Jabbawockee members as well. Today she still is very involved with our dance community, judging several of the dance competitions that you know about today. She also is the co-creator of BODY ROCK.
KJ, is a complete innovator of his time in the dance community and is a huge inspiration for some of the “new” styles that you see today. He was artistic director for Urban FX(San Diego) and they completely affected the way people performed, choreographed, dressed, what songs they danced to, etc. KJ’s energy, power, speed, and performance changed the game and it still shows in dancers’ work today. He was my first dance teacher and mentor, and many of us today have learned so much from him. Today he no longer dances, and is currently happily married(living like an old man :) ).
Several of the pieces that they created inspired me to start dancing and did so for many of the well known names that you hear about today.
Going back to the commercial you will notice they start by watching old videos of CSSD and UFX. Then it transitions into current SD teams watching newer videos of Choreo Cookies, 220, and Super Galactic Beat Manipulators. An intro to sort of pay homage to our past and how much they’ve influenced us, and a moment to be grateful for where we currently are.
Which brings me to my next point…
In our current day and age we have all the instant access you can ask for. The ability to know what ones doing, where they are(scary), and, in the dance world, what all the latest dance craze is. All this is available in the click of a mouse, trackpad, or touch of the finger. Yet there still resides studio rivalry, unhealthy competition, a huge amount of individualism and more. Some people are so focused on being the next big name, being the next big choreographer, or even the next big crew, when the word “community” is slowly drifting away. Even today when I perform at a show or event in our California dance community I barely know any of the dancers that we share the stage with, when in the past everyone knew each other and it would feel more like a reunion. Our current generation has so many resources that we have yet to tap into the best of it to benefit each other.
In this commercial the part of the San Diego community came together on a scale like this for the first time. The first time! And we’ve been around for MANY years. Even though the scale felt large for us it is still small compared to how many of us dancers are in San Diego, let alone the world. To me that night was even more special because as I looked around the room it wasn’t “big name” dancers that filled the room, or even people that have dance as a career. It was ordinary people that have school, work, families, children, and more. It showed that you don’t have to be the biggest name to make the biggest impact. There’s power in numbers. If we can come together studio by studio… team by team… city by city… then there’s no telling what can happen when we get to country by country, continent by continent, and planet by planet(haha kidding).
In all seriousness that night did something very special for us and I’d like to challenge YOU to do the same for your community so OUR community will only benefit. You don’t have to be famous or even have to have dance as something you’re pursuing. You just need each other. Whether that’s representing your city and coming to the mLtour, sessioning, or just taking class it all is effective. The SD dance community came together to make this commercial happen, imagine what can happen if yours does too!
As said in this famous Henry Ford quote;
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
Let’s come together and do exactly what the word “community” says… come unite.
Thanks for taking the time to get this far into my blog. I know it’s long(I tried to make it as short as possible), but I hope you feel any type of motivation after reading this. I’m sure I’ll see you somewhere along the journey :)
Godspeed
-Keone
