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Recently, I went to see a middle schools’ production of a musical. It was one of the Broadway JR series shows – where they do an edited version of a Broadway show and sing along to pre-recorded tracks. I used to teach for a program helping to implement these shows so I am pretty familiar with what the deal is. They’ve become very popular and the program has succeeded in getting a lot more kids into musicals. That’s pretty cool.
When I asked a kid in this production about the dances, she told me that the choreographer had just taught them dances from videos posted on YouTube from another school’s production. She noted that this “choreographer” got mad wherever anyone had any questions. I found myself troubled by this news. In the program, this person is listed as choreographer, despite, it sounds like, having stolen the choreography from another school. What a terrible example to set for the students.
To keep reading Choreography for Kids visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is Episode 441
Song: Dance With Me
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Emily Rainbow Davis
During the Hollywood Reporter’s roundtable for documentary filmmakers, the woman who made a doc about Frida Kahlo said, “There’s a whole universe of people who are incredibly invested in Frida. We heard from a few, making sure that we didn’t call her a “feminist,” because that word didn’t exist when Frida was alive.”
I don’t doubt that a lot of people are invested in Frida Kahlo and I don’t doubt that her feminism is contentious – but “feminist” was absolutely a word in Frida’s lifetime. It had been for many years by the time she might claim or not claim it. It’s possible it was not yet popular in Mexico but at least here in the states it was well known enough to appear in newspapers as early as the 1910s. They dedicated a lot of space to the subject. There were debates here in New York City.
To keep reading Forgetting Feminist History visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is Episode 440
Song: Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone
Image of Members of the 19th Airlift Wing & the U.S. Air Force ‘Wings of Blue’ Parachute Team, which was just deleted from the U.S. Air Force website. (I lifted this from the Mighty Girl Facebook page. No photo credit given.)
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Emily Rainbow Davis
As I stood on the corner, waiting for a walk signal, a tall man in a long coat came to stand next to me. When the light changed, I started to go but then noticed that this man next to me was waving a car to go ahead of him into the street before us. The car hesitated. I suspect the car could see that there were two of us waiting to cross, only one of whom was waving, and pedestrians have the right away. The tall man was insistent, however, and the car drove through the crosswalk, down the street. The tall man strode on ahead, clearly pleased with his magnanimity and I crossed the street, behind him, absolutely furious, glaring all the way.
To keep reading Wave Him Through visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is Episode 439
Song: Walk On By
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Emily Rainbow Davis
In the days before the election, my friend made a LOT of phone calls on behalf of the Harris campaign. He spoke to quite a few people who were truly undecided. They really exist! He told me about someone who said, “I just don’t know anything about the candidates.” And I was so jealous of them! How is it possible to avoid knowing about these people? I do not TRY to learn a lot about these folks – but it feels like it’s just in the air. Are these folks not breathing the same air as me?
But, really, though, it must be nice to be wholly unaffected by American politics. I know people around the world who know tiny details about our political mess – but meanwhile there are people who live here who do not know what’s going on. They go on about their lives with no thought for what’s happening in our government. “Must be nice,“ I think.
To keep reading Not Into Politics visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is Episode 438
Song: The Fox
Image by Tomas Malik via Unsplash
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Emily Rainbow Davis
When I first got a computer, I gave it a name. I don’t remember which one came first, Bertram or Mr. Finkelstein. I believe I named my hard drive in college; It was the Stinky Cheese Drive. I don’t know when I stopped naming my computers but I think it’s been a few years at least.
Then the other day, I told my friend I was going to go check in with my digital world and he said, “Oh, are you going to go look at your Good News Machine?”
To keep reading My Computer's New Nickname visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is Episode 437
Song: Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
Image - Smiley pic by chaitanya pillala and Laptop pic by Devin Pickell via Unsplash
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As ever, I am yours,
Emily Rainbow Davis