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Corinne Blum is a professional actor,
dancer, dance instructor and choreographer. She graduated from the
Marin Dance Theatre,
performed with the San Francisco Ballet from 1998 to 2002, and has been honored
with prestigious awards from the NFAA and
the USA IBC.
As choreographer, Corinne continues creating new works, many of which
are highly acclaimed, such as Romeo & Juliet, a Fire Ballet, Expanding
the Grid, and On
Two Feet. She is also founder of Next Movement Dance. Reviewers have rated Corinne's art as "the most musical and deeply moving of the
new generation of choreographers" and "aggressively contemporary in a
William Forsythian vein." Corinne's acting credits include roles in the feature film Rent (2005), directed by Christopher Colombus,
the theater production of Tape, by Stephen Belber, and Duende,
a short film by Michael Locicero. She received rave reviews for her performance
in Berkeley
Repertory Theatre's Fete de la Nuit.
Corinne has
described
her life,
"My goal is to take everything in life, the many spectrums of existence, its
ugliness and its beauty, its suffering and its joy, and transform these
to create healing and beauty. Life will do everything
to destroy your soul, art will remind you that you have one." She welcomes mail at
nextmovementdance at gmail dot com. We are happy that Corinne takes
the time to write. You can browse through
Corinne's complete
historical blog archives here.
This is really inspiring. We're moving into a time where it's the individual that can make a difference.
The old way of thinking, being, politically, sociologically, etc., is no longer working - that has become very clear. But it's an amazing opportunity to see and feel the power of the individual rise, not in a self righteous way but in a form that actually creates a stronger community, society and hopefully, planet.
I watched this video and found myself literally without words by the end of it; and in tears. There is anger, disgust, sadness, rage, blame, unfairness... and at first it was all directed towards these soldiers (obviously Bush) but in essence it's really the sadness of the situation as a whole.
I keep on trying to look at it from a higher, and higher perspective. It's easy to blame these soldiers for their abominable behavior, yes it is shameful, but I can only imagine the trauma and wounds that they are suffering being catapulted into such a vile environment at such a young age. How to look at Bush in this situation is truly challenging.
But his presence is also karmic and this is the role he's playing. I couldn't imagine being hated so much. You wonder if he feels that. The hopelessness in me wonders if he even feels at all? What is so wounded in him that he has lost all sense of humanity?
I absolutely cannot believe this. It's hard not to have anger. It seems to be something that inevitably lies within the human race whether it be about sexuality, race, gender, class, etc. There are always some who think they are the "superior". Unfortunately it always seems to boil down to the white man, and the irony is that the white man is the minority in this world.
It scares me to know that this still exists - but of course it does, this is earth. I remind myself though, that it is easy to dwell in all this sadness and negativity, but the best we can do is spread knowledge and love and sincere compassion.
There will always be a counter part (I don't wish to use the word 'enemy'). Light cannot exist without the dark, good without evil - but hopefully we can live our lives in the pursuit of spreading the light and the goodness that this human race is capable of. Take a look, if you're so inclined...
I’m in a raw state right now, feeling alive and emotional with the great need to express, write, share, connect, cry, smile, give someone a hug, say all the things that want to be said within me.
It’s an excitement, a bouquet of emotions and feelings, an energy, a great love like falling in love except with life, with the human experience, with the rawness of suffering and joy, feeling, being, breathing...
I was reflecting on life, how time passes and we feel we need to constantly be filling it with something because if we don’t, we’re “wasting” time. When I stop and really think about that theory it seems utterly absurd. If you look through the lens of quantum physics you could say time is unquantifiable, it can’t be compartmentalized, measured by any means, because essentially it is elusive. Really what is time? It isn’t dense, it isn’t matter, nor does it have form. It isn’t even really energy.
The sucker punch to the melon is that it’s totally and completely relative! I don’t believe that there is a steady measure of time. It travels at different speeds according to the environment and state you are in. An afternoon of boredom feels like eternity. But a week (or even a month) filled with work and to-do lists and social engagements, feels like it goes by as quickly as those bad infomercials preach “in juuuuust minutes!” And sometimes it’s even just the geographical location that carries different MPH (minutes per hour). Six months in San Francisco or New York is the equivalent to one month in Southeast Asia. Or is it the other way around? Oh no, I’m confused now. Time has me in a tizzy.
Everyday Citizen has been selected as one of only 55 blogs nationwide
to be "embedded" with convention delegates at the 2008 Democratic National Convention
in Denver, August 25th to 29th. Plus, Everyday Citizen is among only
120 total blog sites credentialed in the nation.
Also thanks to wonderful hosts in Denver like ProgressNow and
other orgs, many of our EC authors are looking forward to some great networking
with other activists and grassroots
organizers in the Big Tent in
Denver. The Big Tent is a precious
resource for our budget conscious and travel weary activists!
Our group of Everyday Citizen authors will be blogging from the Big Tent,
blogging from the caucuses, and enjoying some unprecedented and
unfettered access to the delegate
floor, above and beyond the privileges provided to traditional media. We hope
you stay tuned right here for your ongoing,
close-up and ringside blog coverage of this historic convention!