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About Me

CURRENT PROJECT:http://www.jaccc.org/08soundsandvoices.htmCome check out Tia Carrere w/ Daniel Ho, Jennifer Paz, Mariko w/ the Music Company, Traci Kato Kiriyama, Keiko Agena, and ME (ALISON DE LA CRUZ) at the Sounds and Voices of J-Town Concert on 6/21/08.For over 25 years the Aratani/Japan America Theatre has been a theatre that provided a venue for Asian Pacific American Performing Arts as well as the diverse artists and audiences of Los Angeles.On June 21st, we bring together an ecclectic mix of AMAZING artists to share their voices. Tia is going to be singing from her new album HAWAIIANA. Jennifer is singing from her album AWAKENINGS and Mariko is making her A/JAT debut after having toured throughout the country and in Japan. Keiko, Traci and I have been working with Choreographer Tammy Yamada, Soulspeak and the comedic geniuses that are Jason Fong and Ryan Suda.Please come out for this uplifting and amazing evening!for more information check out the JACCC website: http://www.jaccc.org/08soundsandvoices.htmor call the box office at 213-680-3700

My Interests

Singing. Dancing. Writing. Creating. Dancing at the Echo. Walking in the Rain. Harvesting Bamboo at the Ocean. Wrangling Ti Leaves. Laughing. Laughing. Laughing. Performing all over the world. soulful realism. personal and community transformation through love and art. karaoke. movies.

I'd like to meet:

Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton. LA County Supervisers who can make sure that the HABOR UCLA Hospital DOES NOT CLOSE.I'd love to continue to meet fellow artists and humanitarians, queers and strange bed fellows. I love the naive and wonder about the sinister. I marvel at the hopeful and rejoice in the innocent. I ponder the pontificators and am enamored of the equinox.I am essoteric and insensitive, but only in my sleep or incognito as a fiction writer and superfluous smiler.
Your Element Is Earth
You excel at planning and strategizing. You could be a champ at chess or Survivor.Well grounded, you are able to be realistic and rationalize. On the inside, you have a hard core. It's tough to phase you.You are super productive, and you are able to think anything through. Focused and super charged, your instincts are a good guide for your next step. What's Your Element?

Music:

love all kinds. i think from the womb i began my love of accoustic guitar - which is a natural transition to hawaiian music. i love soul, r&b, neo soul, world, jazz and basic mindless pop - at certain moments. artists to treasure? Bruddah Iz, Keali'i Reichel, Prince, Sade, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Queen Latifah, Bob Marley, Erykah Badu, John Denver, Miles Davis, Solstice, and TLC. On the new introductions: Bilal, Joni Mitchell, David Byrne, Fru Fru. On the up and coming: Native Guns, Invid, Akasha, Visiting Violette and Tulis. Cheesily on - I must cop to a love of Donny and Marie, Martika and musical soundtracks. For real - you know there ain't nothin like a well placed chorus and verse from "It's a Hard Knock Life" from Annie or "Defying Gravity" from Wicked.

Movies:

which major arcana of the thoth tarot deck are you? short, with pictures and detailed results
ART/TEMPERANCE"the creator, the alchemist"You achieve balance and integration through the creative process or by working with the hands; you have a deep love for your creative expression which is inspired by your great perception and emotional insights. You love truth and beauty for their own sakes. You have the ability to balance and blend masculine and feminine, yin and yang, reception and assertion. Remember that the highest art form is that of artful relationships.
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Television:

When I watch - if I do: Ugly Betty. Grey's Anatomy. Heroes. Law & Order (anyone).

Books:

Am Currently Reading: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (Thanks G). I'm also reading a new play formerly called "Consent". The underside of consumer products to check and see if they are recyclable.

Heroes:

my family. my girlfriend. my friends. the universe. the creator. the goddess. god. buddha. probably even you - are we not all reflections of light and the divine?

My Blog

Come Hear them SING! - PT 1

I'm really excited, getting ready for the Sounds and Voices Benefit Concert for the A/JAT. I've been working as the Artistic Curator of sorts and am sooo very excited to have collaborated on this show...
Posted by De La on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:39:00 PST

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME OUT.....

I just wanted to say big lobe and thanks to all those who came out to the Spotlight Stealerz show this past weekend at Highways!!!! It was such a great ride! Thanks for coming to see as the work devel...
Posted by De La on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:00:00 PST

Tantrum Time of Night

It's the Tantrum time of night...when toddlers and babiesfind no rhyme or reason'cept to scream.Scream at the top of their lungsbecause they missed their napor they are hungryor they are ready for bed...
Posted by De La on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:09:00 PST

Vagina Monologues Thank You

Va-jay-jay! This was truly a celebration of the Vagina! Last night’s and yesterday’s fundraiser for CPAF was so much fun! It was such an honor to be another actor in the long line of amazi...
Posted by De La on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:31:00 PST

Running into Dr. Drew

So its one of those quintessential LA moments. You are in a store, a grocery store evenyou turn a cornerand run smack dab into a celebrity. You take a breathyou brush your mental self offand then try ...
Posted by De La on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:48:00 PST

the thread

that . piece that ties it all together pulls taught and trim by the tugging of time trepidatiously terribly or tinidly like that - tied. (tide) (tide) tde....
Posted by De La on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:47:00 PST

the kinda....

the kinda tempo that makes time stop. the kinda breathe that leaves you full. the music that narrators the process.
Posted by De La on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:45:00 PST

one of those crazy nights

one of those crazy nights when the arkipelago makes sense when the fog rolls in and the waves crash and the heinas, wolves cry and a cold wind blows across the lengths of the street north or a'south...
Posted by De La on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:44:00 PST

LA Museums for Free on 10/6

Thought that I would pass on this info!How fun for so many many people!Take your kids, take your friends, take your lovers or simply go andmingle with the strangers of L.A.AlisonBegin forwarded messag...
Posted by De La on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:07:00 PST

Youve Gotta See DURANGO!

Dear Blog Readers,Seriously. Go see Durango. After seeing it I was soo excited. It was such great theatre! It's so cinematic yet live in the 4 dimensional splendor of LIVE THEATRE! To me, Durango was...
Posted by De La on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:23:00 PST