Aliyah Ballerina

So every­one who knows me knows that I love Michael Jack­son and I strongly believe that Smooth Crim­i­nal is either #1 or #2 for best chore­og­ra­phy ever­rrr. I go back and for­ward between that and Thriller. MJ has always admired Fred Astaire and its not hard to see why, He was fab­u­lous! Not to men­tion the ‘ogra­phy is still really hot. But any­ways, I thought I’d share a cute mashup the BF sent me from YouTube.

If your hav­ing trou­ble, watch here: Fred Astaire in Smooth Criminal

Hope you enjoy! Ciao♥

Tonight I’ll be watch­ing my best friend Natasha and Liz (from LaDiego Dance The­ater) per­form at The Jeremy M. Par­rish Memo­r­ial Dance Schol­ar­ship in Barona. ♥

When: Sun­day, May 31st @ 3:00 — 6:00 pm

Loca­tion: Barona Val­ley Ranch Casino, El Cap­i­tan Sequoia Suite Room #6028, 1932 Wild­cat Canyon Road,Lakeside, CA 92040

I’ll be there rep­re­sent­ing LaDiego Dance The­ater and sup­port­ing all the chore­o­g­ra­phers and per­form­ers. This is a great event that sup­ports young, gifted and dri­ven dancers in hopes of pur­su­ing their goals.

Visit web­site for more info.

Infor­ma­tion about The Jeremy M. Par­rish Memo­r­ial Dance Schol­ar­ship Award

Mis­sion Statement:

This schol­ar­ship is pre­sented each year to one or more stu­dents from South­ern Cal­i­for­nia.  Each can­di­date must show finan­cial need, out­stand­ing tal­ent, com­mit­ment, and artis­tic goals and must attend a col­lege, uni­ver­sity, accred­ited pro­fes­sional com­pany or pri­vate insti­tu­tion allow­ing them to study, train, and/or demon­strate their skills in the many fields asso­ci­ated with dance.

Can­di­dates are required to sub­mit an appli­ca­tion, an essay describ­ing what this schol­ar­ship would mean to their career and a DVD high­light­ing their skills.  The recip­i­ent is selected by a panel of judges which include mem­bers of the Board of Direc­tors of The Jeremy M. Par­rish Memo­r­ial Dance Schol­ar­ship, Inc. and Artis­tic Advi­sor, Ms. San­dra Foster-King, a world renowned dancer who now teaches mod­ern dance & bal­let at the San Diego School of Cre­ative and Per­form­ing Arts. Final approval of the recip­i­ent is made by a mem­ber of Jeremy’s family.

The Dance Con­ser­va­tory is cur­rently rehears­ing for our upcom­ing pro­duc­tion “Redemp­tion of the Dart Heart.”

The show is directed by Tracy Van Baalen and co-directed by me. This is our 2nd year and so far its off to a great start. I couldn’t be more prouder of all the students.

We are per­form­ing at The Joan Kroc The­ater June 12th and 13th, 2009 (Fri­day and Saturday)

6845 Uni­ver­sity Ave
San Diego, CA 92115

I am chore­o­graph­ing the Pirates, Sea Bat­tle and other parts here and there. This show is crazy, fun, a lit­tle dark but absolutely fas­ci­nat­ing. Stay tuned for more details. I’ll post more deets later. ♥