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  • START from SCRATCH – DO A 5K THIS SPRING

    It’s the perfect day to go on a 20 minute walk!  You are capable of doing so much more than you’ve realized with this life that you’ve been given.  Why not try something new?  Join me in the Private Heath Warner 5K Memorial Run.  http://www.pvtheathwarner.com/running-to-remember/ If you’ve never thought of doing a 5K – Here…

  • COMPARSA redesigned

    This weekend I am re-designing the COMPARSA project that Living Fountain Dance Company did.  The theme of COMPARSA is the metamorphasis of caterpillar to butterfly.   I’m recently contacted about using this theme as a teaching artist at a Plain Local Elementary School.  There is a smidge of time to rethink the project.  I’ve broken…

  • APS Hip-Hop Classes are AMAZING! I love these kids!

    The Akron Public School after-school program is so fun.  The students are rising to the challenges! I Came To Win, To Fight, To Conquer, To Thrive I Came To Win, To Survive, To Prosper, To Rise To Fly

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