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Susana

THE ART OF MOVEMENT.............

About Me


Born and raised in MEXICO CITY (Distrito Federal). Started ballet training when 4 years old,studied modern techniques with "Ballet Nacional de Mexico" and later with "Ballet Independiente de Mexico" where I danced professionally and toured "The Mexican Republic", Central and SouthAmerica. I worked extensively in experimental and living Theatre productions with many international directors and appeared in many theater productions and films . I moved to New York City to continue my dance studies with The Martha Graham School, Alvin Ailey, and the list goes on. Performed with several companies of dance and theater in New York City. I moved to Cleveland with Tom,my partner and husband and our terrific son Max. We founded our Dance/Theater Company and we have gone through so many collaborations, stages, travelling, changes....you know, all what one has to go to in order to become a mature and experienced artist whom many skills are needed.We have travelled with our work nationally and globally receiving rave reviews, and the wonderful reward that comes from our hardship work is unfortunately hard to describe with a few words. We have won many awards of excellence in choreography and several fellowships from Arts Councils for Education in the Arts, as a couple that works together, and Co-Directors, but also as individuals with our own and each style and vision. I have received wonderful reviews all over the world from Press and wondeful Audiences ....from my own country which is a wonderful satisfaction._______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ___Visit our official site www.dancevert.org
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My Interests

My interests are basically visual arts, theater, design, dance of course, but activelly. But my main interest is music. All genres....all cultures, my ear is very well developed, I have been listening to all genres since a little girl. In my school in Mexico, we had a great music teacher who was a professional orchestra player, my parents had always great music playing at home....much jazz, and of course in Mexico, all over the streets music is constantly playing. One can hear great Latin music coming out of windows, in the market, at the butcher, in the bakery etc....it is a very different culture in that we learn how to listen since babies, and with the heart, and we are not inhibited ( well I am not). I had a great exposure to great musicians also because my family always had plenty of visual and performing artists in the family, and a very sophisticated taste for good music. I love indigenous music which I also listened much of as I travelled to small towns and heard many local groups singing and dancing in its own language and styles. Also in Mexico City, as I was growing and studying arts(dance primordially), many great bands would come to the most beautiful auditoriums and theaters in the city....and I got to hear many great ones live! such as PACO DE LUCIA, DAVE BRUBECK, JETHRO TULL, CELIA CRUZ, TITO PUENTE, etc etc etc....and of course, Sunday in the park would be symphonic time! as the Mexico City Symphonic Orchestra would play outside in the beautiful Castle were Maximiliano (The Emperor) lived centuries ago. Therefore my musical development and education is pretty vast and I am extremelly discerning when choosing or looking for specific music for productions................................................. ................. Like The Duke said: there are two kinds of music:::::::: 1) Good and ///////////// 2) Bad.

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet and work with Ennio Morricone.....and Fellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini ( eventhogh transitioned to another realm) and several LatinAmerican and European Masters of FILM. Fotunately I know already some of these Masters: Alejandro Jodorowsky who I met when I was a young girl through my cousin who was his partner and unfortunalety died in a bad accident as they were finishing "EL TOPO", I also know Alfonso Arau who started with "Like Water for Chocolate", also a Mexican artist........ I have done very little cinema, however, I have this burning desire to produce, write and act... I hope one day that will be the case, and there is much in my journal in order to create a decent script (dance is my main art-form...but I believe it needs to be yuxtaposed and collaborated with all the fine arts.... cinema is one which can connect them all.....May this be so!!!May The Horse Will Allow"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Books:

I HAVE READ A LOT OF LITERATURE FROM ALL OVER SINCE VERY YOUNG,MANY PHYLOSOPHERS AND MANY PSYCOLOGISTS, POETS, DRAMATURGS, SHAKESPEARE, CERVANTES DE SAAVEDRA.....ETC ETC.... HOWEVER THE LATIN AMERICAN POETS ARE MY FAVORITE FOR FICTION, POETRYAND THE UNIQUE GENRE FANTASTIC REALISM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I HAVE READ FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS THE LITERATURE, THE WISDOM TEACHING OF MY BELOVED HEART MASTER THE GREAT SAGE AVATAR ADI DA SAMRAJ. HIS LITERATURE IS SO VAST AND INCLUDES EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE....WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTION. A GENIOUS, AN ARTIST, AN ENLIGHTENED INDIVIDUAL, UNIQUE AND SPECIAL TO ALL. HE HAS WRITTEN APROX. 70 BOOKS IN 34 YEARS, AND HE KEEPS REVISIONING EACH ONE. HIS MOST IMPORTANT BOOK WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF HIS TEACHINGS IN A MATTER OF ESOTERIC AND SACRED WAY IS "THE DAWN HORSE TESTAMENT"..........JUST TO NAME A FEW IN CASE YOU ARE INTERESTED: THE BASKET OF TOLERANCE, THE KNEE OF LISTENING, ELEUTHERIOUS, EASY DEATH, INCARNATION OF LOVE.....ETC.ETC.ETC.ETC.BUT IF INTERESTED AND WANT TO KNOW MORE, YOU CAN GO TO HIS SITE BY CLICKING IN THE FIRST OF MY 24 FRIENDS...OR WRITE ME , I WILL BE GLAD TO TALK ABOUT HIM...MY FAVORITE THEME.....

Heroes:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THE AVATARIC GREAT SAGE ADI DA SAMRAJ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My Blog

THE ART OF MOVEMENT: DANCE AND SEEING IT NOT LIVE

IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT OUR OWN STUFF RIGHT? WELL THIS IS ABOUT THE ART-FORM THAT I AM INVOLVED IN SINCE A LITTLE CHILD...(ACTUALLY FOR MANY MANY LIVES..AND I KNOW THIS IN MY HEART). BUT IF YOU REALLY GET ...
Posted by Susana on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:06:00 PST

"FRIENDS"

Some people read my former blog and misunderstood all...or I might have not be cleared at all, and the response I got was offensive and really ugly.  I decided to just briefly explain what I feel...
Posted by Susana on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:32:00 PST

CINEMA/ A GREAT FILM TO SEE

I JUST WENT TO SEE BABEL FOR THE 2ND TIME.....IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET, AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE LET YOUR EYES AND HEART ENJOY AN INCREDIBLE MASTER PIECE.....FORGET ABOUT BRAD PITT....(WHO ...
Posted by Susana on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:59:00 PST

GOD

WE ALL THINK THAT ALL IS FINE, THAT GOD IS UP THERE AND WILL SAVE US, AND HE CREATED US. WELL.....THAT'S EXOTERIC  OR DOWNTOWN RELIGION...CHILD-LIKE-PATERN RELIGION. IN THIE WESTERN WORLD WE HAVE...
Posted by Susana on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 05:43:00 PST