new york city

Het Financial District
Dit district ligt in het zuiden van Manhattan. De beurs van Wall street werd in 1792 opgericht en is het belangrijkste middelpunt van de aandelenhandel. In dit district ligt ook het gebouw van de Amerikaanse bank. Hier ligt 11.000 ton baar goud opgeslagen.

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A couple of months ago I announced I was about to do a consulting assignment in NYC. I've been doing this gig for just about two months now, and my last day is tomorrow.

I'd love to say that my leaving is a mutual understanding, but in reality it's not. I'm leaving because the guy who's supposedly in charge is a major league jerk, and I gave notice before he had the chance to cancel my contract. I can't really say we didn't get along because we didn't spend all that much time with each other. I will say that he was one of those guys who wouldn't listen if I gave him an answer he didn't like, that he was a guy who would do some very sneaky stuff without telling anyone, then not give people the tools to fix his mess, and was one of those guys who would ask you this and that and want you to do this and that, then would wonder why something else wasn't being done. And, to top it all off, when I told him I was leaving, his first words to me were "I wasn't sure if the company that subcontracted to bring you here oversold you or whether my expectations were too high"; so much for grace, eh?

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The Movement Collective presents
From the Ground

The Movement Collective is back and proud to present From the Ground dance showcase, a look into the eccentric minds of some of NYC hottest up and coming choreographers. From the Ground hits the catwalk with an explosion of energy bound to have audiences on the edge of their seats. The Movement Collectives very own, Alaine Handa,

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For immediate release
May 14, 2007

Contact: Alaine Handa

The Movement Collective presents…
From the Ground

The Movement Collective is back and proud to present From the Ground dance showcase, a look into the eccentric minds of some of NYC’s hottest up and coming choreographers. From the Ground hits the catwalk with an explosion of energy bound to have audiences on the edge of their seats. The Movement Collective’s very own, Alaine Handa, Sarah Milosevich, Molly Campbell, Briana Fails, Anne Lukaska, and Roger Dunson, bring you through a tour of virtual reality, political and social satire, tornados, wildly hot and bawdy burlesque, disturbing recollections of sexual abuse, and censorship. Along with The Movement Collective’s choreographers, From the Ground will also showcase four guest choreographers to celebrate the diversity of dance in New York City. Among them are Shelley Hardin, Ariel Grossman (York Danceworks), Amy Secada (Kinetic Junglist Movement), and Graham dancers/choreographers (Laura Beneitez, Carolina Marquez, Esther Eiras).

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Yesterday I had to go back to work around 6pm (I'm a personal trainer, so i go back and forth to the gym when I have clients). So I hop on a crosstown bus during the height of rush hour. Yesterday it was pouring raining, so people who would normally walk were taking the bus so it was pretty crowded. Luckily I get on the bus before it gets to crowded so I had a front row seat for what was about to happen.

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Audition Notice for dancers who want to perform & choreograph!

Do you like to choreograph dances?

Do you want to perform? Do you like to dance?

Then The Movement Collective wants YOU!!! (we are looking for 5-7 dancers Male and/or Female)

When: Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Time: 8-9 pm
Place: Mark Morris Dance Studios
3 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Must be available for rehearsal Wed evenings 8-9 pm & Tues mornings from 10-1

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Open Floor Dance & The Movement Collective presented GO! This weekend at Dance Forum. Due to my extreme involvement to the show this review will have a bias. My choreography debuted in New York at this show as well.
"Everyday" is a piece in which I blended video and dance together. The piece explored the non-relationship between strangers on the street. We pass by so many people everyday without or very little contact whether physically or with our eyes. What you are going through in your life is probably going to overlap or in parallel with that person sitting across you in the subway/bus/etc. I shot scenes of people standing, crossing the street, walking, etc. as well as some dance/choreographed sequences combining dance and pedestrian movement for the video. While the dance is going on the video is projected onto a screen behind the dancers. I had fun choreographing the piece and shooting the video sequences.

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