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it is best not to think of you
as a promise.
you are an invisible book of
illustrated stories.
a wildfire of
speculation.
you make me thirsty.
you make my body itch
with curiosity.
i want to taste your tongue.
i want to know your secrets
and how you take your coffee.
i want too much
too soon.
i want to shy from you.
i want to run.
i want to climb inside your pocket
hidden
and listen to your days.
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several years ago, when i was still performing with my band, i became pregnant. my (at the time) partner and i decided not to keep the child.
after i terminated the pregnancy, i wrote this song on the back of the crinkled print out of my first ultrasound.
i only performed it once.
i used to have an mp3 of it, but now i cant find it.

tonight, for some strange reason, it came to my mind - complete and whole, melody and lyrics. i dont know why.
save for the 1 live performance of it, i've never shared it before.

so....here it is.

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angel eyes, angel eyes
today is your unbirthday
and forgive me
for looking the other way
this will hurt you
more than it hurts me

accident, accident
today is your unbirthday
and forgive me
my missing faith in you
you were only
going to hurt me

this will hurt you
more than it hurts me
this will hurt you
more than it hurts me

this was only
going to hurt me

[i'm not really in here.]

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I NEED 10 RELIABLE DANCERS/PHYSICAL ACTORS/ PERFORMERS TO PUT TOGETHER A PHAT PIECE IN 10 DAYS.

rehearsals weekday afternoons and other equally inconvenient times (but hey, it's only for 10 days). No cash, big show, big client, huge fuckin fun. We start thursday. If you want more details, email.

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perfect taurusscope for today:

You're happy with yourself. You always have been, and there's no reason to think that you won't continue to be. You have, however, been thinking about introducing a new and improved you to the world. The thing is, you'll have to create this person before you throw his or her coming out party. That's the easy part. Believe it or not, it's deciding when to do it that takes the real work.

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Summer Performance Workshops - July 6-August 28

It's that time of year again. Our performance workshops are a great opportunity for you to show your friends and family what you've been working on in your classes at Shoebox!

Over 8 weeks, your favorite classes will build a short choreography for you to perform in a live showcase for your friends. The show will be held August 28th at the Dark Room Theater in the Mission.

Participating classes:
Hip Hop Bellydance Fusion w/ Brittney - Mondays, 7:30-9pm
World Fusion Contemporary w/ Cera - Tuesdays 6:30-8pm & Fridays 6-7:30 (we will do the same choreo for both classes)
Zumba w/ Claire - Tuesdays 8-9pm
Fusion Bellydance Levels 1 & 2 w/ Cera - Saturdays 11:30am-1pm
Hip Hop w/ Cera & Treassure - Thursdays 7-8pm
Lebanese Bellydance w/ Najla - Thursdays 8-9:30pm

Show:
August 28th, 8pm

Workshop Cost:
$100 for all 8 weeks ($25 Discount off of Drop in!)
or $15 drop in

NOTE: You may still drop in for all classes during the Performance Workshop weeks!
Current Music:
Echo-Gorilla Zoe-Don't Feed Da Animals (Deluxe Version)
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with my lips trembling i wait for your two smooth palms to spread my body across cold continents.
you make mountains of me.
please god, make me a stone;
that i could hush this chatter, calm this fevered ache.
i live scorched earth and desert miles in the waiting.
please god, a stone.
my heart is a rusty trap.
it holds the memories of your blood
in its hinges.
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the slumber party starts tomorrow! still a few spots left! hafla tix available online as well.
if you cant come but still want to donate to CAVE, please donate on the reg page. If all goes well, by this time next week we'll have a venue + a date!
http://dcdtslumberparty.eventbrite.com/
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from my baby brother's newest track:

"government love rap, who you think sponsors it?
our own music is what keeps us outta politics;
our own music is what keeps us outta colleges;
on every continent our music kills competence;
our own music is what keeps us out the positive;
our own music glosses over broken promises;
our own music is feeding into the obstinance;
honesty is the antidote to apocalypse.

and this is clark kent reporting from metropolis
our musics capable of more than just selling shit"
-isayu

out on a UK comp next month. i cant wait till i can leak it to you guys. it's so good i'm crying.

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we will be dancing to an all MJ + Jackson 5 soundtrack at hip hop tonight. Come dance it up, pay your respects.
7-8 at shoebox.
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i know i'm WAY overdue for a real update, with like, words and stuff. but in the meanwhile, here's some clips of me dancing with the loves of my life.

my combo:



charlotte's combo:

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DCDT Hafla, THIS SUNDAY.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Epicenter Cafe
764 Harrison St, btwn 3rd & 4th

Come join us at the end of our Slumber Party weekend for a rockin Hafla!

This is a benefit for CAVE, it's only $10, it's at a yummy cafe, it's the end of pride weekend, there will be beatboxers and hot chicks shakin' it...Really, what more could you ask for!?

Featuring:
Ariel Norwood (Egyptian Bellydance)
Rosanna McGuire (Flapper Fusion Bellydance)
Brittney Laleh Banaei (Hip Hop Bellydance Fusion; Instructor at Shoebox =)
Cody Gianotti (Beat Box Flautist)
Crystal Silmi (http://www.crystalsilmi.com/, if ya dont know, now ya know!)
DCDT (World Fusion Superheros)

...More TBA

$10
Pay online here: http://dcdtslumberparty.eventbrite.com/
Or at the door.

Event will be at Epicenter Cafe (http://www.epicentercafe.com), delicious food, wine, beer, coffee, and desserts - NOM.

Hope to see you all there!

(If you'd like to perform at this or any other DCDT event, please email Cera.)

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from kosmos:

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As some of you may know, Shoebox was named Best Dance Studio in SF Weekly's Best of the Bay issue this month.
Now that we've been named "Best Of" in one magazine, we want all of em!

Please take a moment to vote for us in the SF Guardian's readers poll:

Best Dance Company: Damage Control Dance Theater (page 2, #4)
Best Dance Studio: Shoebox Studio (page 3, #5)
Best Personal Trainer: Cera Byer, Shoebox Studio (page 3, #10)

Vote here: http://www.sfbg.com/bobpoll2009/

Thanks friends!

(please repost far and wide, every vote helps!)

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she has noise in her.
sometimes the hum is
nearly deafening;
shrieks and howls - a
cacophony of utterances -
she can never be sure if they are
requests or demands.
her arms the two plucked
strings of her hearts
harp, hips booming timpani,
frail legs that pound
marches, waltzes, mazurkas, gavottes,
she crashes like
a row of cymbals against the world.
the soft rustling of her eyelashes
against her cheek are
breath over reeds,
the moment before a
terrible wail.
her lips part, wet and slick,
receptive,
a gesture born of years of practice -
close your eyes, open your
mouth, and
wait -
there are moments where
it all gets quiet,
like god has wrapped her tightly
in a heavy blanket,
hushing her, holding her
still,
but always she can hear the players rustling:
the shifting of their seats, the clearing
of their throats,
the delicate fluttering of pages being
adjusted on their aluminum stands,
and always she is poised for the sudden
collective
gasp
that will signal the beginning
of the next song that will play her body like a plastic toy,
the next symphony
that will dance her all apart.

above it all, faint and dim,
there is this constant steady beat,
a febrile and intangible metrenome
that can sense its
own
end. it is the conductor.
only it
knows when to stop.
above the noise in her,
above the shifting of restless players,
she listens for its signal,
and
waits.

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i love the internet:

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needs cleaning, but done.
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June 27th & 28th:
Another AWESOME Slumber Party Workshop with DCDT
Roots & Wings - Tradition, Innovation, and Expansion

Day 1, the Roots:
Dance Conditioning
Traditional Lebanese Bellydance w/ Najla
Introduction to African Diaspora Movement w/ Cera
Developing Fusion w/ Cera & Najla
Short Fusion Choreography

Day 2, the Wings:
Dance Conditioning
Performance Quality, Developing a Stage Persona, Finding your dance personality
Performance Coaching
Putting it all together

At the end of Day 2 there will be a small hafla at a local theater

All proceeds support DCDT's upcoming evening length show, CAVE.

Cost: $150
Limited to 12 participants, so sign up now!
Location: Shoebox Studio, 855 Folsom St. #112, San Francisco, CA 94107
Lodging, snacks, water, and coffee will be included
(if you *dont* want to sleep on the floor of the studio, we are happy to recommend local lodgings)

REGISTER NOW ON EVENTBRITE!
http://dcdtslumberparty.eventbrite.com/

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this is one of the combos i'll be teaching at kosmos in my world fusion modern class. only 10 days away!

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really good video of mermaids:

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'Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.’ ~ Rumi
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