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Essay Round up!
Wow! 24 essays published this year. Check out the 2016 work published on the Flow Arts Institute, the Dawn Dreams blog, and The Busking Project! The Doubts http://flowartsinstitute.com/the-doubts/ Clean Tech Part 1 http://flowartsinstitute.com/clean-tech-1/ Clean Tech...
Being Yourself
Professor Adam Grant wrote this essay "Unless You’re Oprah, ‘Be Yourself’ Is Terrible Advice." But it seems this professor misrepresents, and misunderstands this advice, taking it in the most literal possible meaning. What the professor doesn't understand is being...
Paying Attention
Over the years as a performance artist, I have learned that the most important factor in a good performance is paying attention, wholly and fully to every action you make and your audience's response simultaneously. This means being vulnerable, showing up fully to...
Scheherazade short
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsxBhscDZCM Performing to Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade was a grande experience. The ability to perform with a full symphony was so full and rich with emotion and powerful technique. So many people's passion combined into a single...
Scheherazade
Scheherazade is ready for her debut! Last night there was a dressed rehearsal before the debut of the newest show Scheherazade. It's opening night next Sunday in the Kingston Grande Theatre. It's a sold out show, and my parents will be there for the first time seeing...
Gandini’s 4X4 Ephemeral Architectures
https://vimeo.com/117536055 I had the pleasure of seeing the Gandini Jugglers perform the Montreal Premiere of 4X4 Ephemeral Architectures at the Festival Completement Cirque here in Montreal. It is the second time I saw them this year (Win)! The first was their Meta...
The Meaning of Art
Sometimes I wonder what the meaning of art is. I wonder if this is a good use of my life. It is a hoped that one could inspire others to find the awe and wonder in themselves. It is a hope that we could all become like children again, just for a moment. We don't know...
I am back
I am back! Here's a Sneak Preview of Dawn's newest act & tour dates in Quebec and Toronto! View this email in your browser I AM BACK (In Canada) Hey Hey, How are you doing? Things are great here, just wanted to give you some tour dates, a download, and a bit of my...
re-learning
This process of being in France for 2 years gave me some serious understandings of my art. Through a process of re-learning everything, I have re-discovered many things. I had to reclaim my contact juggling through all this training. Re-find my style, my ideas, my own...
What is Flow?
Flow is the essence of spirit, the base of human consciousness, the innocence of a child. It is the full awareness of the moment and yet the slowing of time. It is a healing place, a meditative place, it is a vulnerable place but a place of connection and rebirth. It...
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