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40+ Birthday Wishes for Myself: Happy Birthday To Me! — WishMessage
By: Vaibhav Monga
Tags: Birthday, Happy Birthday, Wishes, Happy Birthday Wishes, Happy Birthday To Me

Intermittently when a friend or family member or associate is commending their birthday, we give them sweet birthday wishes and messages. The following are some cool birthday messages for yourself that you can use to refresh your status on Facebook, Whatsapp, and other online media to cause yourself to feel exceptional and energized while simultaneously telling the entire world that you are just commending your birthday.

Today, probably the best person to walk this world came up. Happy birthday to me and all the best to every one of my undertakings.

I’m now one year more expert. Happy Birthday to the incredible individual I am turning out to be and cheers to another year ahead.

What a chance to be alive? I’m the most joyful person on earth today. Happy Birthday to me!

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Happy birthday to me! I guarantee to continue to carry on with the existence I have in light of the fact that it is genuinely mine.

Leave me alone the first to wish me a Glad Birthday today.

This evening, we going to a party like it’s my birthday… since it is!

Happy Birthday to me! I have an imagination, this will be an amazing day.

Today, I seem as though a monkey and smell like one as well. That’s right, it’s my birthday!

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6 Swoon-worthy Surprises that will Make Your Husband’s Birthday Extra Special in Bangalore
By: Blooming Celebrations
Tags: Birthday Decorations, Birthday, Bangalore, Husband, Happy Birthday Husband

6 Swoon-worthy Surprises that will Make Your Husband’s Birthday Extra Special in Bangalore

Birthday Decoration for Husband in Bangalore| CherishX

As the days pass, planning surprises for your special person gets more and more exciting.

What will they like? What surprises can be the best for them? All these questions are likely to arise in your mind. Every person wants to make their loved one feel at the top of the world on their birthday. This is why we tend to plan all of the surprises so that we can make them feel special and loved.

So, how can you make your husband’s birthday special? Well, little efforts are needed for that. You may want to put your all to get that beautiful smile on his face. There are a lot of things that you can surprise your husband with. Some of the best ones that you should plan for are here-

An Exquisite Candle Light Dinner Surprise

A Candle Light Dinner Surprise can be the most unexpected thing for your husband. Sitting across from each other to have a romantic dinner gives one of the best feelings. In a beautiful city like Bangalore, you can find many restaurants and hotels that offer you arrangements for a romantic candlelight dinner. Hotels like Whitefield, HSR Layout or the Lalit are some of the options you can go for.

Romantically wish him a happy birthday by showering your love upon him. It can be a special moment. You can celebrate your husband’s birthday by spending a beautiful evening with him. So, this time make it a little different!
REMEMBERING RABINDRANATH TAGORE ON HIS BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
By: Sarvagya Jaiswal
Tags: Birthday, Books, India, Blog, Life

Rabindranath Tagore birth commemoration: The country gives recognition to one of its most prominent social symbols on the event of Pochishe Boishakh, as Rabindranath Tagore’s introduction to the world commemoration is adored in Bengali. For those considering what is the meaning of Rabindranath Tagore’s introduction to the world commemoration, we momentarily address why Tagore’s heritage is wonderful and one that rouses a few ages of Indians.

At one of Delhi’s International Book Festivals held at Pragati Maidan, a prestigious youthful distributer revealed to her crowd that she experienced childhood in a home that reverberated with ‘ Rabindra Sangeet’ and it made ready for her choice to turn into a distributer of books that are interpreted generally from other Indian dialects. The choice originated from a creative mindfulness that much is lost in interpretation however one can’t quit making progress toward flawlessness and intersection language boundaries while worshiping extraordinary scribes whose works stand the trial of time. While picking original copies to distribute, she underscored that it is the characteristic worth of writing that she searches for well beyond different contemplations. Along these lines, perusing Rabindranath Tagore’s mind blowing works have profoundly affected a distributer in picking abstract works with breathtaking accounts.

For some Indians around the world, Rabindranath Tagore is an instrinsic part of their regular day to day existence, social personality and presence, especially for the individuals who love verse, writing and music.

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti : Importance

Referred to prevalently as India’s most prominent abstract figure and the ‘ Versifier of Bengal’, Rabindranath Tagore overshadows India’s social and artistic scene such that no other artist, author or artist at any point has. Gurudev Tagore’s significant astuteness has gotten more applicable to the present reality than any other time in recent memory as his heritage keeps on moving specialists, authors, perusers and verse darlings across all circles of life.

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s perfect work of art ‘Gitanjali’ shot Indian verse and writing in English into worldwide popularity. WB Yeats wrote in the prologue to ‘Gitanjali’, for which Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in 1913, compares ‘Mr. Tagore’ to the Indian civilisation itself as he appears ‘substance to find the spirit and give up to its suddenness.’

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Birthday Party Decorators in Hyderabad
By: Deepthi Raga
Tags: Birthday Party, Birthday, Birthday Party Organisers, Birthday Party Planners, Birthday Party Decoration

How to make your child’s birthday party a great celebration!!

We are the Birthday Party Decorators are eager to help you host a great and trouble-free party regardless of your budget. We are a one-stop destination for all kinds of children’s birthday party theme supplies. From invitations and tableware to our irresistible range of decorations and return gifts, we have everything you need for a fabulous celebration.

Our team uses a unique couture design, a seamless organization to produce the most beautiful wedding/reception/birthday/events or functions you have ever seen. We can help you plan each step and guide you to make that special day even more awesome.

We arrange various events in Hyderabad, we provide our children with birthday parties, engagement events or wedding ceremonies and other types of activities to decorate at very affordable prices, we serve our clients best. Being able to handle all types of events, we offer our help for small and large events.

Kids 1st Birthday Party Decorators are in the upper class and are always working to the satisfaction of our clients and trying to provide the best for them without exceeding their budgets. For birthday parties and other events, we offer a variety of theme options. We can make your events more likely.

Birthday parties

Reception parties

New year parties

Christmas parties

The party has the theme of raising any age and having fun with it. You need to have the right kind of ideas and plans that will make any theme party fun for both the guests and the host. Get ready for your guests ’blessing in hosting a fun-filled party. We offer you the best services in the market. We, birthday party decorators, never disappoint their clients. Our lead is given to the client’s happiness. Our main purpose is to offer clients some special services. Birthday is a special day for any person’s life, making it even more special.

We have birthday party organizers in Telangana. You can contact us at any place, anytime, if you need party decoration. We have already done a lot of celebrations with many colorful decorating ideas. You can find it on our website, Facebook, etc. To see how we enjoy your stay. You will only know about us after seeing it.

The birthday party is not just about cutting cakes and inviting some relatives and friends. It has now become a status symbol for anyone. Many of our friends and relatives are talking about the events that happened. It is now important to organize birthday parties and make events more memorable for you.
Birthday Paradox
By: Muhammad Usman
Tags: Probability, Random, Birthday Paradox, Birthday

To understand this let’s first consider this scenario:

Suppose you are celebrating your birthday with your friends in a crowded restaurant. The waiter came up to you and present you with the bill that you have to pay as it is your treat. As it can be clearly seen from your table that a birthday is being celebrated here, the waiter came up with some creativity. He tell you that if you answer his simple question you get 50% discount on your bill. You happily accepted. The waiter asked you that you have to give the answer within 2 seconds only. The question is “there is 50% chance that one person present in this place right now share your birth date. Now you have to calculate the number of people here within 2 seconds only”

Since it’s really difficult to calculate exact number of people in a crowded place within 2 seconds. You start looking around but 2 seconds have passed and sadly you lose the offer.

Now the question arises what you should have said that could have solved this birthday paradox. The problem had been solved using concepts of probability. There should be at least 23 people in the room to ensure that 2 people share the same birthday. Now let’s see how:

To solve this let’s consider the reverse scenario i-e how many people must be there in a room to ensure that none share the same birth date. There are 365 days in a year (assumption: this problem is exclusive of leap year i-e feb 29)

Suppose two people walk inside room. To make sure that first person has unique birth date we compare them both by:

364/365 = 0.9973

Now the third person walks in and he/she should avoid 2 birthdays. For this purpose:

0.9973 * 363/365 = 0.9918

When the fourth person walks in:

0.9918 * 362/365 = 0.9836

In this manner we have to avoid one more birthday as one more person walks in. By the time the 23 rd person walks in the situation is like:

0.5243 * 343/365 = 0.4927

Which means the probability that no person in the room has birthday twin has dropped below 50%. Which means that now the probability that two people might share the same birthday is:

1–0.4927 = 0.5073 = 50.73%

You see how a simple formula from probability has solved a complex problem very gracefully.

So next time someone asks you this question don’t be afraid to respond in less than 2 seconds!!

Written By : M. Usman & Mauizah N.
Top-5 Phanatic Birthday Games
By: Philadelphia Phillies
Tags: Phillies, Philadelphia, Birthday, Baseball, MLB

Top-5 Phanatic Birthday Games

The Phillie Phanatic’s birthday is one of the best annual traditions in South Philly. It doesn’t happen on the same day every year (which is weird, we’ve been meaning to ask him about that) but it always makes for a great family day at the park.

It’s also, amazingly, tends to be a great day for the Phils on the field. The Phillies are 30–11 in games on the Phanatic’s birthday, dating back to his first celebration in 1979. While get set for another celebration this afternoon (and with fans this time!), take a look at the five best games on the Phanatic’s birthday.

5. 2001: Bobby Abreu caps off nine-run second.

The Phillies got the party started early for the Phanatic at Veterans Stadium in 2001. Trailing the Giants, 2–1, the Phils sent 14 batters to the plate and scored nine runs in the second inning, highlighted by a bases-clearing double hit deep into left-center by Bobby Abreu. The Phillies needed every one of those nine runs as they finished off the Giants, 10–8.

4. 1990: a grand comeback

The Phanatic likes to dance on top of The Phillies dugout in the seventh inning. It’s fun for the fans every game. Sometimes, it can even spark a rally.

On this birthday, the Phils entered the seventh trailing the Dodgers, 5–3. Pinch hitter Randy Ready singled in one and Lenny Dykstra drove in the tying run. Then, with the bases loaded, up stepped first baseman Ricky Jordan. He blasted the first pitch he saw for the first grand slam of his career. The birthday boy had the best seat in the house.

3. 1979: Manny Trillo walks it off

The Phillies began this tradition with a bang. One year before second baseman Manny Trillo, the newest Phillies Wall of Fame addition won the NLCS MVP award on the way to a World Series title, he smacked a walk-off single to beat the Padres and send the Phanatic home with a birthday win.

2. 1991: Phils turn three

In the 20th year at Veterans Stadium, it took some Phanatic birthday magic to pull off the stadium's first-ever triple play.

With runners on first and second stealing, Tony Gwynn lined a ball at Randy Ready. He caught the ball (out No. 1), stepped on second for a force out (out No. 2) and threw to first for another force out (out. No. 3). Ready could have just tagged the runner next to him for what would’ve been the second unassisted triple play in Phillies history, but he decided to spread the love to Ricky Jordan at first base.

Bonus fun: the fans’ neon green Phanatic hats, a giveaway to celebrate the birthday, are hard to miss during the slo-mo replay.

2003: Kevin Millwood’s no-hitter

There’s basically nothing else that can beat this. On a warm afternoon with a packed crowd celebrating the Phanatic, 28-year-old Kevin Millwood had a bad pregame bullpen session. He didn’t think he had a good game in him.

Then he walked to the mound and everything fell in place.
How To Inflate & Deflate Foil Balloons
By: Himanshi Lamba
Tags: How To, Birthday, Event Planning, Party, Decoration

If you have bought foil balloons for the first time and you want to fill it with air then it could be a bit tricky for the first time.

At Propsicle, we have seen many of our customers struggling to fill the balloon and end up damaging the same. After one such incident with one of our customers I decided to write this blog to cover step by step process of filling a foil balloon.

Most foil balloons come along with a straw to fill the balloon and it is easy to inflate and deflate a balloon using the same straw.

Here is the step by step process of how to inflate a foil balloon-

Step 1: Find the color tab at the end of the balloon. This step is the most critical step and often people do this the wrong way which leads to damaged balloon.

Watch the video on how to inflate a foil balloon:

Step 2: Once the straw is inserted you can blow up the balloon and remove the straw. Do not try to overfill the balloon as it may burst.

Step 3: Once balloon is sufficiently inflated, gently remove the straw and press the sealing valve at the tail of the balloon.

Normally, a balloon stays inflated for a week.

Instead of straw you can also inflate the balloon using the air pump.

Most of the foil balloons are reusable. To deflate the balloon, simply insert the straw as shown in the step 1 and gently press the balloon for air to escape from the straw.

Watch the video for how to deflate helium foil balloon:

I hope this article was helpful. Do let me know your thoughts in the comment section.
Turning 25
By: Ebunoluwa Olayiwola
Tags: Life Lessons, Life, Lifestyle, Birthday

I received a call from my sister one hot afternoon, and she said to me, in Yoruba, “Ebunoluwa, O ma ti fe turn 25 ke!” Ebunoluwa, you’re about to be 25!.

I just shrugged it off and continued with our discussion, but the moment the call dropped, I started to ponder on what she said, “Wow, I’m about to be 25, I could have sworn I was 18 sometime ago, I guess that was a long time now”.

You see, all my life, the “little” or not-so little achievements I’ve had has been marked by my age. For instance, I graduated from the university at age 20, should have been by age 19, thank you OAU!🙄

As I thought through this, all I could say was I’m 25 I’ve not achieved anything, Man! I went to panic mode straight up, Lol! Like that would solve anything. I actually tried to google how to stop ageing! Yes! I was going to go through lengths to stop being 25 and just stay at age 24, but as it turns out, Google has so many solutions to many problems, but it couldn’t help me figure out how to stop being 25.

Well, after feeling bad for myself and a few tears ear and dia, I realized that it is perfectly okay to not have your life figured out yet, turns out a lot of people do not! Most of us are just doing this life kini anyway we can. We are just taking it one step at a time, tackling whatever comes our way each day, surviving and enjoying each day.

I actually ended up feeling grateful, so, I called a bunch of friends and my sister, invited them to my house the very night before my birthday, ordered for cake that night, got a delicious bottle of wine and soft drinks. Then, completely forgot that I needed to make arrangements for music, but I’ve got awesome people as friends, they forgave me for that. Eventually, I had the best birthday I’ve ever had. Literally!

*cheers to being 25🍷
Another Birthday? Help Me Make This One Count!
By: Spirit Panda Coaching
Tags: Yemen War, Donate To Charity, Birthday, Yemen Crisis, Graduation

Kindergarten Graduation

Circa 1992, I didn’t know what birthdays were until I moved to Puerto Rico to live with my aunt and uncle.

One night my aunt called me into her bedroom to have a ‘talk’. I was so nervous at first. She sat me down on her bed and it felt like a serious conversation was on its way… I was anxious and even more nervous about potentially receiving unwanted news. I was scared my aunt realized she made a mistake in adopting me. Thoughts quickly clouded my mind…

“Oh no, what did I do?”

“Is she angry at me?”

“It’s my fault.”

ALL is well! As it turned out my aunt wanted me to feel welcomed at their home and from that point on for me to call her mother. Her family happened to be there visiting that night. I was overwhelmed and still a little anxious leaving her room. The lights were off and everyone was quiet… I didn’t know what to make of things until I saw a cake and everyone began singing me happy birthday!

It took 7 years of life to become aware of when I was born, and ever since I cherish and celebrate every full cycle around the sun. It was on this day that I realized I belonged somewhere. That I had a day to cherish being alive!

Unfortunately, not all children are lucky enough to have a family member care for them. Not every child has a birthday to be celebrated.

After five years of war, over 12 million Yemeni children live in dire need. UNICEF has been protecting them from malnutrition, violence, and poverty, and helping them learn so they don’t fall too far behind. Please support UNICEF’s work to provide relief that helps keep Yemen’s children healthy — and gives them hope.

My wish today is for you to help me bring a smile, deepen awareness, and provide hope to the less fortunate.

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It’s My Birthday Today - 9th Feb
By: Indubala Kachhawa
Tags: Birthday, Self, Poetry, Medium Poetry, Birthday Poem

Ahoy!

Today is my Birthday and I exalt in a child-like joy

Though born decades back, this day is special in my almanac

The world was beautiful when I explored it with my little eyes

Now it is more beauteous, graced by some precious ties

I venerate this day as an opportunity

To thank God for my existence in eternity

It is all in his Divine Hands

He could have made me a fish or an ant crawling in the sand

But He blessed me with this human form

Out of forty lac genera in this world, we call home

I am forever indebted to my mother

who bore all the excruciating pain of labor

patiently waiting, pinnacle of endurance

If anyone is to be wished, then she is my mother!

What did I do? just came crying,

to be pampered and loved unconditionally!

On my birthday, I express sincere Gratitude

To everyone I met crossing worldly latitude

I remember the coffee from a stranger

Who manifested my faith in love

I remember the fellow passenger

who helped me through the cove

I am grateful, I am blessed

I am bestowed with love, my beloved

I am floating in a sea of fortune

And this is the moment opportune

To appreciate everyone’s presence in my life and salute!

Every year one more heavenly candle the cake adorns

One more year well lived, well loved, it sings this song

I am thankful to all, I love you all

The journey till now has been mystical

Only with the Midas touch of you people

Today is my Birthday and I exalt in a child-like joy!

9th Feb
Celebrating a decade of experimental founder support: Portland startup accelerator PIE turns 10
By: Rick Turoczy
Tags: Startup, Portland, Birthday, Entrepreneurship, Party

Photo by Lucy Heath on Unsplash

I’m always encouraging founders to celebrate small wins. And to take pride in the progress they’re making. So for once, I’m going to follow my own advice and take a moment to celebrate. PIE, the startup accelerator that I helped cofound and continue to run as general manager, is turning 10 years old in August. So let’s celebrate.

Hard to believe, but it’s been a decade of experimentation around how established organizations — like corporations, government, and educational institutions — can better collaborate with the Portland startup community for mutual benefit. Join PIE, PIE Shop, our alums, our mentors, and the entire Portland startup community to celebrate this milestone. As part of the celebration, we’ll be happy to feed you and provide you with a beverage or two. And there will likely be some PIE giveaways, as well.

The event takes place the evening of August 15, 2019. Thanks to a generous sponsorship from SKB, we’ll be hanging out at the new Glass Lab space in southeast Portland. So if you’d like to check that space out, that’s reason enough to attend. (And if you’d like to join SKB and Autodesk as a sponsor of the event, you know where to find me. I’m on the Internet.)

Now granted, I’ll probably get all nostalgic and schmoopy and write some ten year recap post at some point. But for now, I’m just going to encourage you to come join us. To celebrate the entire Portland startup community. And this small milestone for PIE.

Tangentially related, if you’re interested in being a more integral part of the PIE family, applications for our PIE and PIE Shop accelerator programs are currently open.

For more information or to RSVP, visit PIE turns 10.
Best Birthday Wishes 2019 For Him And Her
Tags: Birthdaywishes, Birthdaystatus, Birthday

Best Birthday Wishes 2019 For Him And Her

*Let’s fall in love again tonight in honor of your special birthday, sweetheart.



*The entire world loves a lover. Enjoy the world on your birthday as it enjoys you, lover.



* If the sun never shined again and the storms never went away. As long as I still have you I can truly say, I am blessed. Happy birthday, baby.



* I may not be physically present to stand by you while you cut your cake, but you’ll be in my thoughts today! Happy Birthday.



*May every soul you touch bring comfort and peace. May every friend you hug bring joy and solace. On your special day, my wish for you is to have everything that your heart desires because you are worth it. Happy Birthday I love U.



*I’m really blessed to have you in my life, as nothing could be more special than the day when you came into this world. So thank you and a very happy birthday to a very special person.



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It is easy to fall in love with you. And staying in love with you is even easier. I love celebrating birthdays with you, and I am looking forward to celebrate another one next year. Happy Birthday my all.

Best Birthday Wishes 2019 For Him And Her

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LA: Unihiekka…sleep sand
By: Nopro Newswire
Tags: Los Angeles, Dance, Horror, Np Newswire

LA: Unihiekka…sleep sand

When: Tuesdays nights in June

Where: Studio location in Highland Park

Price: $50

Tags: #dance, #intimate, #horror, #ContactAdvisory (see below)

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Alex Floyd’s horror dance troupe creates an intimate piece for just five participants at a time.

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Journey through an immersive dance horror interpretation of a collection of historic lullabies from across the globe with OdDancity’s Unihiekka…sleep sand. Only 5 participants will witness the mental and physical shattering of motherhood from the 1700s and on from the freezing depths of Iceland to the poverty and famine of Japan.

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o que resta // rastro
Tags: Impermanence, Dance, Creative Writing, Art, Artist

Rastro was conceived as a series of questions about impermanence.

Something that ranges all the way from Van Gogh and the misunderstood genius, to the over anxious young adults of our generation. Success, failure, fiasco…what is my part on this play? Will I leave anything behind? Will I be missed? Remembered? I think I might be invisible.

We dwell on the great questions of the universe but can’t seem to get the smallest ones in our lives straight. The macro is only as mysterious as the micro. 42 is not the answer.

These questions on impermanence were incepted in my brain when I first came across the photography of Michael Wesely. The lack of human figures on his very long exposed shots made me dread our ephemerality.

While in deep quarantine when we were first hit by covid, I found myself on a weekly drunken haze with my sister on the apartment I spent my childhood and teenage years in. More specifically, in the living room where fifteen year old me spent countless insomniac nights having one panic attack after the other while everyone was fast asleep in their rooms. In retrospect, this living room was the perfect place to shoot rastro.

We shot it almost on a whim — or at least this is one of the many excuses I came up with for not working harder on an idea I believed to be good. I decided the film was a flop after enrolling it in about twenty film festivals in one day and not being selected to any.

So the film was a flop; the idea was good. I made my peace with this conjunction.

About ten months later I reinvented rastro in my head. I decided to put my writing ambitions out, as until today they have been hidden in my small notebooks that look more like teenage diaries as I have never shared them with anyone. The new rastro would not be a series of questions, rather a series of answers. It is a collection of artists and people and the trace they left or are leaving behind. As a living thing, this new rastro is also ephemeral, but looking on ephemerality on the spectrum of constant change. Impermanence is not just or necessarily vanishing, it is also moving, and at times, evolving. That is the poetic way — or just a loophole I invented — I found to say I will probably change my mind a gazillion times along this process and write many texts that will not seem to fit the concept. But then again, if you think about it, not fitting is the rastro itself.
The Birth of Tiny Tina Gee
By: Lara Marks
Tags: Videos, Dance, Hellofresh, Art, Visuals

My love of shadow dancing through trippy visuals started back in 2008 when a boyfriend gifted me his unwanted projector. I’m not sure where the idea came from originally but I found myself hosting preparties before gigs where I’d project the iTunes visualizer on the wall. My friends and I would dance through the colourful shapes with joy. This was accompanied sometimes with glow bracelets and always with cheap vodka. I loved the projector and would play my favourite music videos of the time including a remix of Yelle’s A Cause des Garcons, a tektonic dance masterpiece.

A few years back, both my parents and my brother threw in to get me a moderately fancy projector, a new one. The OG projector never made it to Australia but I always missed her. My new one arrived and indeed it was fancy. I lived in sharehouses so it was mainly used to watch movies and tv series. Depending on the house, it was used semi-regularly but sometimes hid under the bed for months.

Fast forward to March 2020: I had been working in events and entertainment and was forced to take leave without pay indefinitely. As a temporary visa holder in Australia, I received no government support. At all. I was also unable to seek out alternative work as I was only legally in Australia on an employer-sponsored work visa. A rock and a hard place you see. The point is I no longer had an income. However, I had a shit ton of free time on my hands.

I started projecting trippy visuals on the wall after dark. I chose whatever I could find on Youtube that looked appealing and I began to dance. I made playlists and I started playing around with ways to record myself. After some trial and error, I found a way. And the videos were pretty cool. I played music from my shitty speaker and recorded videos with my iPhone. As the pandemic pressed on, I was making videos every night.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CC2bkixpf3P/

An earlier work by Miss TTG

During this time and since I wasn’t working, I was always looking for ways to save money. One way was scamming free food through through Hello Fresh. I found a way to screw the system and acquired multiple free food boxes. They have a first time trial offer, which I used with my name and address initially and then I started making up names and using neighbour’s addresses. There were quite a few but my favourite fictional persona was Tina Guarez from Apartment 1. Her email was tinytinagee@gmail and I just loved the idea of this imaginary petite Latina living downstairs.

Months go by and I continued dancing every night and making videos. I decided I make an online portfolio and picked Instagram as the platform. @tinytinagee was born.

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As I’ve moved out of my apartment and am transitioning into vanlife, I’ve lended my treasured projector to a friend. I hope to keep Tina going in some way or another.
Eurocentrism and It’s Effects on Dance
By: Peter Pattengill
Tags: Dance

From a young age, my experience in dance has been largely Eurocentric. Not only did I begin dance taking what is widely considered “classical” training, but I also made a conscious decision to begin dancing after falling in love with the art of ballet on stage. Without realizing it, I had just entered myself into the Eurocentric mindset that has largely consumed the way that we interpret dance. I was taught that no matter what style of dance I choose to do in life, it was important that I had ballet training alongside it. I was told that dancers who choose to dance modern and contemporary works only do so because they were not strong enough to make it in the ballet world. For a long period of time in my life, I completely believed them because, from my perspective, there was no reason not to. Upon transitioning from ballet training, I felt ashamed. Overall, I was much happier and felt much more artistically fulfilled when training in a way that is considered non-classical, however, there was a part of myself that still felt like I was letting others down. I had and still have a large amount of anxiety about what my former peers think of me now that I am portraying an abstract character on stage and no longer a prince.

I may feel this way, but that doesn’t mean that I should. Because of the way that we treat dance, there is an unspoken hierarchy among different trainings and styles. The title of ballerina has been given much more power in society than the title of dancer. When a ballet dancer makes the decision to perform in a “non-classical” way on stage, they are treated with praise for stepping out of their comfort zone, however, when a non ballet dancer attempts to perform the same work, even if they are performing at a much higher level, will have a much smaller audience, perform for a much smaller pay, and often receive less critical praise. Whether it be conscious or subconscious, the way that perceive dance is largely unbalanced and biased toward certain techniques, and in my opinion, this needs to change. More emphasis and care needs to be given to dances that do not fit the eurocentric mold. We need to recognize and give respect to dance as it has been practiced around the world for as long as society has existed. We must forget the idea that dance began in a French Ballroom. We must spend more time appreciating new artists who are creating dance that has never been seen before. This is not to discredit the art of ballet, but to give credit where credit is due to the dancers and dance makers who have been seen in the public eye as though they are lesser than because of the art that they create.
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Tags: Dance

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The idea of decolonization and provincialization allows me to understand the dance history and having a pluriversal perspective allows me to open my mind to other styles from different countries. Yet, I am also weary of what is being taught. Listening to lectures, watching performances or even reading papers on dance history throughout the world is skewed by what the writer, choreographer, dancer, or government. Emily Wilcox brings up a good point, “In historical accounts of dance, whose dancing bodies are remembered, and whose forgotten? And why are the memories of some dances or dancers preserved, while others are erased from the pages of history?” Wilcox

For me, dance history is not about themes, movement style and techniques, but it’s about learning from the mistakes we have made. “For many, the ‘global’ overcame problems inherent in an older concept of ‘world dance’, which had seemed to promote a ‘West and the Rest’ dichotomy for investigating dance history.”Wilcox. We need to rethink our dance world and rid the attitude towards other artists throughout the globe. As performers we have the opportunity to create and make our own history to “rethink their world or ethnic dance panels and enables future scholar to engage with the impure traces of dances that emerge out of unfamiliar bodies, illegitimate archives and forgotten histories.”Purkayastha

As I try to learn to be more pluriverse about dancers from other countries and their history many questions arise in my head. Is movement history imperative to dance as I see it today? The history of dance pioneers is interesting , yet my mind takes me on another road of my own. As a dancer I need to experience the dance as part of my life force. I move for my body needs. As to whether I am remembered or forgotten is not important to me as an artist, it is what I do and feel everyday that fuels me.
Pattern or Personality: When Language and the Body can Create Change
By: Dr. Lori Baudino
Tags: Dance, Mental Health, Parenting, Children, Development

“Don’t talk out of turn, listen when the adult is talking…He is always impulsive and hard to calm down.” (Bryan, age 6)

What if a child’s personality, the way he acts in the world was actually a pattern developed out of a need? What if he was acting out because he was feeling uncomfortable and this was the one way to escape and get a free pass out of the group dynamic? What if he had brilliantly developed a pattern that worked seamlessly?

Bryan was this master…he had familiarized himself with the notion that from the first time he talked louder than others, he was immediately given the title of “difficult.” He knew if he grabbed at the toys fast enough, he was “impulsive.” But yet, what other options did he have?

Then came therapy with me…I told Bryan that he was brilliant, that he had figured out the most elaborate plan and pattern that worked to get him safely out of the unknown situations of group dynamics, of parent discussions, and of waiting his turn. I admired his determination and perseverance, time and time again to predictably respond the same way.

Meanwhile, the adults in his life were shocked each time he presented in these “same” patterns. As soon as I helped his parents see the similar way Bryan moved before entering a group, how he quickened his speed and how he got to avoid conversation, then Bryan’s patterns shifted.

When his parents no longer said he was “impulsive, and hard to calm down.” Bryan was then given opportunities of what he was allowed to do. We said, “Bryan, do you want to talk first?” Bryan did you want this piece?” “Bryan, you moved so fast when we passed out the games. Can you help teach your friends how to have a turn moving first and fast too?”

He smirked and realized we had understood his needs, we had accepted him and that he had choices. He began to wait his turn and listen. He communicated that he felt seen and that he didn’t need to push or run away from situations. He wasn’t defined by one personality but rather that he had a way to change his patterns for the better!



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Please Note: These stories are based on real moments but all names, ages, and identifying information has been changed to ensure confidentiality and safety for all individuals involved. The events are a composite of related scenarios used to illustrate the work; bringing understanding to the benefits of supporting children through a mind/body connection.
Decolonization and Provincialization in Dance
By: Eliana Krasner
Tags: Dance

Growing up in a small dance studio studying tap, jazz, and ballet, led me to believe that that was all that dance has to offer for me. I had never heard of modern, let alone any kind of cultural dance forms until I started attending a performing arts school in the sixth grade.

I knew from a young age that I absolutely had to train in ballet if I ever wanted to be “good” at dance, but no one ever talked about the importance of modern. When I took my first modern class, my immediate thought was something along the lines of “this is really weird”, and when I went back to my studio and told them I was starting to train in modern they looked at me like I was crazy. The eurocentric idea of ballet being the superior form of dance and really the only important form of dance was very ingrained in my head. Tap and Jazz was just fun, and maybe one day I could use those styles in the commercial world if I do well enough in competitions. Concert dance never struck an interest because I was so sheltered from everything that wasn’t ballet. Prarthana Purkayastha writes that the “creation of a collective national memory comes with a cost of erasing some dancers’ bodies and their work”, meaning that my Eurocentric education limited me to so much dance knowledge and history that I wish I could’ve understood sometime sooner than my sophomore year in college.

Throughout high school I learned more about modern dance history including different techniques and pioneers including Ruth St. Denis. We praised her and Ted Shawn for their creation of the Denishawn School. At this point I thought I was really beefing up my dance education and it was awesome. Now that I know that Ruth St. Denis did a lot of unequal and unethical things like appropriating different Asian cultures (Purkayastha), I’m starting to feel guilty. I want to understand more about dance history, not just ballet and modern dance history in Western culture.
Global Dance Evolution
By: Chase Fittin
Tags: Dance

Dance can be found being practiced, performed, and taught all across the world; every country on our planet has dancers and artists that move. The beauty in dance is that fundamentally, there are standards to technique, however, each person can be influenced to move in whichever way they choose. Since dance also remains on an extremely large spectrum ranging from hip hop to ballet to even folk dances, I believe that dance must be “critically examined as place-based forms that promote culturally specific values” as it evolves from a pluriversal perspective (Wilcox 163). Even though most countries practice standard techniques to specific styles of dance, many countries also have their own styles that originated in their own country from their individual experiences and past. These styles such as West African, Capoeira, and Indian dance all lay influence on these “standardized” styles such as modern and ballet. Elements from each style can be connected to one another as they all are a type of movement with the body.

People across the world often associated class and hierarchy with dance and abstained from welcoming other styles to other cultures. For example, according to Wilcox, Xia Yu claimed that modern dance was “‘essentially foreign’” and was too high of class for it to be included in Chinese studies (166–167). This specifically attributes to the sense of decolonization that the dance community needed to experience throughout history. The decolonise process is considering what we know as dance and decentering ourselves from our previous knowledge and learning to be acceptive of other factors. Rather than have dance be considered universal and originating as a Euro-American artform, it should be considered a global artform originating and forming multiple styles. Dance is broader than people believe it to be as it is continuing to grow to this day. Dances are constantly being influenced and morphed together as each person has their own flair or style in which they move their body. All in all, dance should be viewed from more of a pluriversal perspective as it encompasses all types of movement from various locations across the world.
Fire of BEAUTY : BE-YOU-TO-FULL. What does Beauty Feel like?
Tags: Poetry, Beauty, Dance, Fire, Sensual

So:

How do we conduct power properly?

What is the correct way we can direct power that is not cutting the Self down?

It is quite a philosophical process… indeed.

When we back off of trying to look, be, act, or move a certain way… we can accept who we ARE! We immediately are transported through a portal into the present! We then can go through the amazing experience of DISCOVERING and RE-MEMBERING! This is where true connection takes place: within!

***WHEW! Glad that’s over… it was getting a little difficult to keep up with acting & ‘being’… so far outside the present moment! The senses will start to be lost (loss of smell, vision,feeling, circulation etc..)to keep up that direction… Spiritual Vertigo is what I experienced..***

Now, we can SEE, FEEL and BE that RAW power that emerges from the depths. We can DIVE into Feeling, Sensing, and LOVING.

Nature. I am Nature. You are Nature. We are Nature. And life does not stop here: in fact — we are undergoing an important process which is developing a deep part of the relationship with divinity and Self. We are just getting started.

Once we surrender to who we truly are: we can ground raw power: in this we awakening the sexual and erotic nature! It sounds wildly taboo, I know… but it is the crux of being: Womb-Man, the force of creation. Nothing can compare to what this is for us ALL: in every angle.

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Family difficulty?

Trauma- of any kind?

Sexual Trauma?

Relationship issues?

Low-self esteem challenges?

Career/ Purpose lost?

Lifestyle insecurity?

Health Issues/ Circulation Issues?

Depression struggles?

Parenting uncertainty?

Fear/Anxiety/ Relaxation deprivation?

UNCERTAINTY OF ANY KIND

There is a way to reset our ENTIRE CIRCUITRY… in one moment. One quantum moment will allow us to remember, download, AND embody everything that is: simultaneously.

We Dance with this energy.

It is a sacred Union!

The body is wealth: technology: a supreme entity in itself!

We are not ‘broken’, we do not need to be ‘fixed’.

We need to be TAUGHT! We need to TEACH OURSELVES!

The funny thing is that the body already KNOWS! It is our minds that get in the way, and disrupt it from following it’s innate primal nature.

We are going for longevity…once this fire of energy is ignited: it will burn within and be carried and tended to wherever we go with it. It is the fire of health, purity, and life itself! We then go and light other’s dry and barren lanterns.

We light those whom have forgotten who they are. Who have chosen to forget. Lost at Sea.

We are here to serve the purpose of guarding and guiding the sacred dance of fire.

This language is innate. It is the most effective form of communication.

The body: the elements: the movement: the energy: the sound: the coordination. Primal, fundamental, natural, pure, certain, bold, strong, passionate, LIFE!

I am welcoming and inviting this forward in full force! Will you join me?
Decolonization
By: Clare Naughton
Tags: Dance

It could be argued that the story and practice of dance has been influenced by nearly everything from culture to nature to a dorm room. Analyzing this relationship between dance and its counterparts allows us to clearly distinguish its origins, therefore allowing us to more authentically move.

Interdisciplinary in dance history has helped to discern in other studies. In Prarthana Purkayastha’s essay, “Decolonising dance history” states “Historical writings on dance have not been limited to a study of why, how or when people danced, but have shown how dance history can provide us with important tools, conceptual and methodological, to help understand other fields of knowledge.” Not limiting dance to simply movement but rather an exploration of the self, the mind, and the connections between these and the body, provide us with the power to allow other tools to develop.

Transnationalism within the dance world allows for many ranges of movement to develop, while simultaneously denying and allowing change to occur. Prarthana Purkayastha says, “In recent years, there has been a noticeable shift from the idea of dance as an embodiment of ‘pure’ or ‘authentic’ culture to the notion that dance forms often reflect or signify the flow and exchange of movements and ideas across nations and cultures.” It is so relevant to keep in mind how at times the dance world seems like a completely other realm than the typical politics, geography, and language in the world today, it still holds influence from the societal pressures and values.