Austin's Kinesphere

My blog. It will soon be hosted at wordpress because of their iPhone capatability! Soon the URL www.austinskinesphere.com will redirect there!


Thanks!
Austin

I just got the new iPhone 3Gs, and I wanted to see how well it posts
to blogger with images. Plus I get to show off my new product for my
small business: Eromas

YAY!!!!!! It is AMAZING

Well, I found out today that I will receive a grant to do a new work of choreography from the 'Scholarly and Creative Opportunities Program.' Not only will I receive the grant, but one of the committee members said that this was his number one priority for funding!!!!!
WOW!!!!!

I am overwhelmed with joy, and a little bit nervous about what this will mean (as far as the intense amount of work that I will be putting into this) for my summer!

Not only will this allow me an otherwise unachievable opportunity, but it will serve as my Senior Capstone piece, my submission to the Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research, and my submission to the National Conference of Undergraduate Research!!

This is the purpose statement for my presentation, and the outline of what I will be doing

As a continuation and expansion of my research concerning self expression of minority social groups (which was accepted to UCUR and NCUR 2009), I would like to choreograph a new work that explores society’s views of self expression; especially those of the human body and the hyper sexualization thereof. I will submit this work to both UCUR and NCUR, and will use this as the launching point for the culmination of my studies as a BFA: Ballet Major at UVU as it encompasses dance research, writing, choreography, and performance. The piece will be presented during the UVU Dance Department Senior Showcase. Through my choreographic process, research of written sources, and creative collaboration between the dancer’s involved, I will answer the following questions concerning self and sexual expression through dance and society’s views of that expression.

1.What are society’s views on the human body, morality, and sexuality?

2.How do these views reflect those of the past?

3.How do these views allow for discrepancies, for example, young women performing, and encouraged to perform, sexually charged Jazz or Ballroom choreography, while serious art is often deemed inappropriate or obscene?

4.Does presenting sexual expression through the guise of fun and entertainment allow us to indulge our appetite for expression as a society by allowing a personal disconnection from the performance?

5.Does this disconnect cause us to refrain from questioning and discussing important relevant social issues?

6.When and how does dance remove itself from the realm of “acceptable” self expression, and into the vague, blurred, or even hard line of “obscenity?”

7.How can dance reveal, discuss, and open new dialogue concerning society’s issues around the human body, sexuality, and those of self worth and expression?

Well it has been one hell of a long time since I have updated my blog. A lot has happened since the last time I updated. I recieved a scholarship early this semester, and then last week, was informed that I will have a scholarship for the remainder of my time at UVU!! I performed both at the Northwest Region of the American Colledge Dance Festival, and at the UVU Senior Showcase! I have also applied for a "Scholarly and Creative Oportunities Program" grant to start choreographing a new piece.
This new piece will be about society's veiws on the body; specifically the body in motion. I plan on asking some very tough questions through my research and choreographic process, and the final choreography. These questions may seem mundane for those of you who do not live in Utah, however, in Utah (esp. Utah Valley, these are extremelly taboo subjects, and there is a lot of hypocrisy concerning these issues (something I plan to address).
I have already cast the piece, to speed the process, and I am very happy that all the dancers I wanted are more than happy and willing to do it, and also feel the same way about these issues as I do!! I have one more person to find, a man (preferrably another gay man, or a straight man comfortable with homosexual material)
Well i gotta get back to my crazy life.......


~Keep Dancing~

I have decided not to perform with RBE this semester, as I am planning on doing some personal work. (not to mention with the way I was treated last semester, I don't have a huge desire to do it at all)

I am taking ballet (of course), men's technique, modern, production and lighting, and Kineseology.

So with all of the craziness of starting a new semester, I have another stress to worry about: I am performing with TDC at the Covey Center Friday and Saturday. I also have a dress rehearsal tomorrow.

Well hopefully this will be a better semester than last

Keep dancing....

So Mira's baby is finally OOP (out of pouch) as of December 1.
It has grown so fast. The picture is our little one on Dec. 13 (almost two weeks out OOP)!!!