I had to blog this for all the studio rats out there. One of my favorite dance instructors Andy Michel S. giving a drop-in @ Urban-Element Dance Center, on his super sexy choreography of Kelly Rowland, Lay it On Me.
First winter in 3 years I decide to stay in Montreal hoping that the ‘soviet cold’ would keep me inside to write! And its been going well till last week but right now its 5 celsius in the middle of February and that’s totally unfair!!!
Seriously, we have to get back down to -20 asap! Otherwise, this city’s infinite and overwhelming fun will in no time wipe out the last drop of focus from my mind! I’m not strong enough! I’ll have to move back to Europe!! (oh, no!)
I don’t even want to go outside right now because I know exactly what I’m going to see, all the café/bistrot terrasses filled with people in shorts and flipflops going euphoric! Its what happens every year when the temperature goes above tow point in Canada. Its kind of embarrassing because its really not that warm after all (yet), but at least the phenomenon doesn’t usually set on before April. Its so bad, that now you get fined in the Old Montreal if you’re a man not wearing a top! So much for trying to look normal in front of the tourists!
A breeze from the 50′s is blowing through the ranks, from the new Prada Spring/Summer commercial to the latest Madonna video. Looking forward to finally wearing the plated skirts my grandma left me…
Actually what’s really cool about the Madonna video besides featuring the hottest female rappers in the world, Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., is that its all about the cheerleaders while the athletes are used as props. I’m so happy that Madonna keeps on keeping on. And she’s only getting more beautiful as time goes by.
Meanwhile at a gas station in the deep South, Prada shoots a campaign, strangely the video also has a brief Nicki Minaj evocation!
This morning, still half asleep, I decided to warm up with Born This Way on my Glitteratti team in Crew Challenge on Dance Central 2 and the unbelievable happened… I was taken into a space-ship where I had to battle two cyph bots in a dance marathon and not like I had much of choice… 5 of the hardest dances, one after the other, 3 of which (Run, Get Your Freak On, Baby Got Back) its been weeks I hadn’t had a chance to break down.
I fought like a hero, 5 stars in all 5 dances (gold stars in two of them). The reign of evil is dead. My dance skills have scrambled the cyph-bots sinister programming. I have unlocked countless achievements and now the credits of the game are defiling in front of my eyes, like its the end.
I can’t help the tears in my eyes. Do I have to wait another year for the next game or do I get out and fight evil in the real world! Not that I haven’t been, but unlike the game, in the real world you don’t get new outfits when you bring a slimy fraud to justice… you just get into more trouble with the bad guy’s family that got used to living on embezzled funds.
I promise, no more secrets! This video channel documents my dance struggles against the machines and my adventures inside the tv screen… 
Of course dancing for a sensor that is filming your every move is a totally different dynamic than learning moves in a studio with another 50 human beings inspiring each other. Human interaction will always beat the machine. But times have changed haven’t they. At this day and age, nobody needs to spend a fortune if they wanted to dance a few hours every day. And so many kids are posting their performances online. Now we can see how they do it in Brazil, in Russia, even in China… The world has become a big dance studio.
This is not the end but only the beginning!
And this is how we get through a Canadian winter:
getting better with the green screen, too!
I’m behind schedule in developping a supernatural character for a script. Its an angel per se. An angel that helps hackers… Since last month I’ve been pondering on what an angel is and how to integrate it without borrowing from any religious references. We only hear about angels’ good deeds, but I’m pretty sure that they must have a twisted side to their character and that’s why they fell in the first place.
One thing leading to another, I got entangled into Star War Game Forums where gamers’ dilemma is which side to identify with, the dark or the light. Not surprisingly most gamers are sold to the idea that playing out the dark side sith is the right thing to do.
Here I’m posting a great piece of writing by someone who actually picked the less obvious route, playing out their light side sith.
I my case, I believe that one side can’t exist without the other. My dark angel hacks and uses weapons, and my light one fights through dance among other things. Both to be played by the same actress.
When dancers are behind each and every one of their moves, operators are behind their cameras and have a verb for what they’re filming, then we’re in business. Even the most chaotic reality location can work out. That’s why I expect a crew to be sober on set for at least a couple of hours but its not a requirement. Experiencing altitude can be a good thing, too if you can use it… just, make sure I don’t catch you!
Split screen sequences in this case help to remove unnecessary elements from the decor and amplify emotion. Another elegant solution to chaos!
Les Twins breaking hearts on the dance floor…
Music: Diana, Dirty Diana House Remix, Dirty Diana Hip Hop Remix featuring H.B.Y
Cinematography: Nadia Kichkina at 0:24 Sony HD(best dressed camera operator holding a champagne glass and dancing while filming), Pavel Pogorzielski Canon5D (all Hollywood Shots), Ekatherina Stoyanova Sony HD (specialist in framing of action on very high heels and fashionista shots), Jean Marc Abela Canon 5D (Jean Paul Gaultier Designs Shots), Rossita Dove Canon 7D (Dancing Camera Experiment)
Directing and final cut: Rossita Dove
Dancers: Les Twins, Mansour, Gio and the best looking crowd ever.
Shot at the Windsor Station, Parc Avenue ( Mont Royal Cross), and the Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal 2011
Thanks to Cirque du Soleil, Gloria Ferrer, One Drop, Grand Sud Wines, The Spirit of Montreal, MBAM, VIOS Prod, CACQB and Canada-Culture.tv
make up your mind which seat you want to take!
I couldn’t get into that new pair of hot Guess jeans, so I decided to weigh myself and noticed I’ve gained 5 kilos since the the last time I weighed myself in May 2011. To investigate further, I took my measurements and I confirm my waist has stayed exactly the same but bra and derrière have increased by 1.5 inches. Finally, I feel like Sophia Lauren!
Just saying, you don’t have to do this!
Hack beauty, hack inspiration, but doing it behind my back is like shooting yourself in the leg or the best thing that ever happened to you. I know talent when I see one, you have a little bit of time to change your mind
Monitoring and intercepting signals not intended for you is not right. Not because Microsoft is doing it does it give you the right to…
I know its not fair but please understand, this is bigger than you and me. Having a superpower doesn’t mean you can abuse it!
You wouldn’t be the first hacker I helped to move from the dark side into a 6 figure job (dental, benefits and 2 week vacation on your first year!). Or the last… Not like you have much of a choice, love!
Its a matter of minutes before you get that knock on your door and the right to remain silent…
so its up to you, clean up! or this might be the last thing you listen to on that ride to jail, baby!
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for the rest of you that got no idea and its none of your business, don’t even try! Microsoft are totally responsible for this situation because being so out of ideas they started encouraging hackers to solve their creativity problems… nice video guys, but come on, Microsoft… before you detect any of my emotional responses with Kinect 2 I’ll turn into an elephant or as we say in French, the chickens will have teeth!
oh, and I just got a message from Adriaan from XBox in the UK (?!?!) responding to my achievement problem situation a few weeks ago, telling me I should give him a call but forgot to include his phone number. Apparently Adriaan is replying to the following message written by me!!! Really, I the xbox user, wrote all this shit to you?
Again, come on, Microsoft! Get real!
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