by Amanda on October 23, 2009

“I wrote stories from the time I was a little girl, but I didn’t want to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress. I didn’t realize then that it’s the same impulse. It’s make-believe. It’s performance.”
- Joan Didion
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performance,
quotes,
writing
by Amanda on July 8, 2009

The title of this post is not meant to suggest that the Fringe Fest is, itself, a freakshow (though it very well may be, and I say that as someone with a lot of love for freaks in my heart!). Rather, Freakshow is the name of one of the dozens of shows in the Fringe Fest lineup this …
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dc_artists,
fairs_and_festivals,
performance,
weird
by Amanda on May 16, 2009
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I hope to have a video of my Ignite DC presentation any day now, but for now, here’s the presentation itself. Note, the best way for me to share it online was to post it to a site called Slideshare.net, which unfortunately doesn’t yet support animation — so you won’t see the delightfully cheesy animation embedded in each slide. But something’s better than nothing, so here you go:…
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dogs,
ignite-dc,
performance
by Amanda on May 14, 2009

I’ve been meaning to see a BosmaDance performance for at least a couple years at this point – some friends of mine are part of the company - but every time I hear about one of their shows, I have a schedule conflict. Well, not this time. This weekend, I will be going to see one of their …
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dance,
dc_artists,
performance