We are back from the playa! We had a wonderful burn this year, and what an exceptional group of campmates this year. Fantastic real estate too, right on the corner of 9:00 & G streets directly across from “Distrikt” Day-Rave! We almost never had to leave home, as the party came to us daily!
But for a brief chilly rain on Monday, the weather was outstanding all week long. It couldn’t have been more perfect. We reconnected with all of our wonderful n playful playa friends, and even served as bridesmaids on Friday for a beautiful wedding. Congratulations again, Lisa and AstroPop!!
Click on the image below to be transported to more of our 2010 album of photos & videos:
For the next two weeks I’ll be offline as we’ll be out in the desert for the Burning Man Festival. I will see you on the other-side!
Post Artown, I’ve been busy busy with preps and the reconstruction of my Vardo – sort of a glorified wagon for carting out our camps’ bikes & sundry gear… We are collectively known as the Reno Housewives, and this year we number 18, so between all of our gear, we needed a trailer just to cart out our bikes for the lot of us. Look for us at 9:00 and G streets!
Here are a few snaps – still under construction – of “Nata” Vardo 2.0. She needed a lot of re-build after last year’s adventures:
Still have a lot more to do, but the roof is back on and I’m feeling excited, so I thought I’d share while I still have some energy.
The Knitting Factory is proud to host the official Burning Man Film Festival/Playa Launch Party on Thursday, August 19th from 4 -10pm. Proceeds Benefit The Installation of DUEL Nature By Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF), And Burning Man’s Regional Tribe.
There is lots to be excited about this year! Like MORE of everything!!!
Free to the public, although if you want a chair for a nominal $5, Controlled Burn will again feature premium seating. Excited to be offering MORE vendors this year too!
Where: Downtown Virginia Street from Mill Street to 1st Street will be closed for the event.
As part of the annual Artown Festival, CPAC presents Opus Reprise, an evening length dance concert incorporating a variety of styles from jazz and hip hop to lyrical and modern from the areas best performers and choreographers.
Through a combination of physical and trust exercises, partnering and movement combinations, and flying lessons, Diavolo classes challenge and enhance individual physical and emotional limits and emphasize the values of trust, teamwork, collaboration, physicality and artistry. We call it “Learning to Fly.”
Diavolo is founded upon trust and teamwork. As Artistic Director Jacques Heim states: “Building a team that allows for complete trust has been essential to creating a kind of work where dancers are inspired to leap, fly and fall”. The Education and Community Outreach Program has two goals which directly serve the Mission and the Artistic Director’s vision:
1. To generate a deeper understanding and appreciation of the art of dance.
2. To use the kinesthetic power of dance to develop trust, teamwork and collaborative skills, to encourage creative thinking and personal growth, and, where applicable, to enhance students’ understanding of history, social studies, math, sciences, and the language arts.
In order to achieve these goals, Diavolo has developed numerous educational workshops, residencies, and interactive school concert performances, that have reached over 100,000 students and adults in communities nationwide and in the Los Angeles Area. The workshops and residencies use specific techniques and exercises to develop trust and teamwork skills. In school settings, students can learn to apply these skills towards curricula based goals.
The BIGGEST Bay Area Tribal Fusion Belly Dance urban retreat – SF Mecca Immersion!
It’s called SF Mecca Immersion because San Francisco is the heartland of American Tribal belly dance and of Tribal Fusion belly dance, and the Mecca of where it all began. It is also home to some of the world’s most sought-after talent spanning the mediums of dance, music, costumery, stage production, and fusion creation, who are coming together for one big blow-out event to bring you the most cutting-edge, ‘next-level’ immersion experience.
Featuring:
Zoe Jakes *Kami Liddle *Jill Parker *Carolena Nericcio* Jamila Salimpour* Deb Rubin * Cera Byer*Damange Control Dance Theater *Lee Kobus *Faisel Zedan *Dena Martinez *Medina Maitreya*RUPA & THE APRIL FISHES *MWE *L’anonyme Collective *DJ Dragonfly*and Tobias of the YARD DOGS ROAD SHOW! www.sfmeccaimmersion.com for all info, tickets to the show, and workshop registration.
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Sep 08 2010
