It was a surreal and full-circle moment because as a little girl, and a little girl of color, the pinnacle was always dancing for the Ailey company…. Then coming back and now teaching the company, running rehearsals, and setting choreography on the company and some dancers that I have been idolizing since I was a young girl… I had to really get my nerves together the first time I walked into the room because it was just unbelievable. The goal was to get in the room with them not knowing that I would be at the front of the room.
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He said it was about patience and I thought that art was always a thing about patience and it didn’t matter that it hurt you, it was about the outcome of this beautiful thing. I fell in love with the process despite being so uncomfortable with it. I started drawing from there, then I realized I could sculpt things, which was even better because I could create things with polymer clay - things I saw in my dreams that I can bring to life. I could do anything, I was unstoppable.
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For me, surfing is the freedom to play. It’s like dancing on water. Right now I am learning how to walk the nose on a longboard, and it has given me the freedom to have fun and relearn “surf.” I think my style is not the traditional aggressive type of style. Mine is more relaxing… the feeling… the energy. It feels like there is just always a lot of play.
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I did it partially because I was going to graduate and I wasn’t really sure what my money situation was going to be like. I ended up getting the van two months before graduation and I also started watching a lot of videos about it. It seemed a lot more sustainable because I don’t think we actually need that much space to live… so space-saving solutions are very interesting.
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