Vanessa Neva - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I moved to LA seven years ago for my dancing. I was supposed to stay six months and ended up staying longer....It has been a blessing to share and learn everyday from different people with different backgrounds. Graduating from World Arts and Cultures at UCLA has been the accomplishment of the first mission. Right now, I am developing dance curriculum for LAUSD, perform with my B ladies, the Get Down Dolls, and teach breakin, Hip Hop, Yoga, House and Middle Eastern dances in various schools, work on documentaries, thrwo events... I love travelling, meeting people and I've had the chance to check out the Hip Hop scene wherever I go. I started graffiti at the age of 13 and then got into bgirling two years later. I have researched and practiced traditional dances since and tried to find how they relate to what we do now in breakin, lockin, poppin, house, Hip Hop, dancehall and all the other contemporary dance styles that one can name. Hip Hop and Deep House are my life. PeaceLayout made by gayleamy

My Interests

Damn too many things Dancing is the most important one but there are other things too Eating world food, music, graffiti, reading, cultures, psychology, travelling, hanging out and gettin high sometimes..........on tha beat

I'd like to meet:

Anybody interested in the Hip Hop culture, art, dance/ theatre and anything related. People who wanna see and create change...

Music:

anything that grooves :hip hop, RnB, reggae, dancehall, world music -especially middle eastern-, deep house, breakbeat, funk, jazz, Soul...I can't name all of them

Movies:

my documentaries LOL

Television:

I hate it but sometimes I get into a TV mood once a year when I rent all kinds of independent movies and watch 10 of them in 3 days...it only happens once a year though. I look like a little child at my peops house 'cauz I haven't seen the screen for so long and therefore I am amazed by the bullshit going on...

Books:

Keep on reading, there are too many good ones out there, just gotta find them one of them: Ask and it is Given

Heroes:

My momie Genny, my extended family, Maman Acogny, people who smile and teach others

My Blog

Rhythm and Feel, a quarter of a century dance celebration

My mom produced a dance performance for her 25th birthday, I was 4 at that time and fell in love with Dance.I wouldn't see my life without moving my body every day to the rhythm of my heartbeat, the d...
Posted by Vanessa Neva on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:54:00 PST

just a thought

Y en a marre.La reviens de Palestine ou j'ai passe trois journee tres interessante mais je ne peux pas apprecie l'histoire ancienne due a l'histoire presente. Comment des millions de personnes peuvent...
Posted by Vanessa Neva on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:04:00 PST

got some work done in the Performing Arts in JOrdan

Ahlaan,How are you all doing?Last night, I finalized something quite big here in Amman Jordan. I directed the first dance concert by Jordanians at Terrasanta Theatre (500 seats, pretty nice theatre). ...
Posted by Vanessa Neva on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:17:00 PST

highs and lows

WHat up u all?So, it has been over one month, more exactly 37 days that I have been here. Well, since last week, I finally have a permanent room of my own in a cheap hotel and I walk by myself (shhhhh...
Posted by Vanessa Neva on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:17:00 PST

women and men around the world

Ahlaan Everyone,Yesterday I walked my first block by myself after two weeks and I felt in heaven.For the last two weeks, I go from home to dance studio to home by car everyday without seeing anything....
Posted by Vanessa Neva on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:43:00 PST

first advvvvvvventure in Petra, Jordan

Dammmmmmmmmmn whata crazy night last night. The folks I work with at the dance studio took me to a crazy party in Petra. Since I got here 5 days ago, everyone had been talking about it and I was curio...
Posted by Vanessa Neva on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:44:00 PST

frames of the world

Part II: some frames. The big picture: as a general rule, kids who eat too much have to find ways to complain when kids who don't eat the minimum required just try to think they will surv...
Posted by Vanessa Neva on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:58:00 PST

a picture among others Part I

Part I: some history A picture among others is a comment on what I have seen for the last two months in West Africa. Since I have been a kid, I have had a passion for West African cultures not ...
Posted by Vanessa Neva on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:08:00 PST