DEJAN TUBIC

Today is Tuesday, the slowest of the days in the week for us because it often goes as follows:

French class (3 hours), return to the Villa Jasmin, lunch, nap, beach, read (or not). Very nice, if you do it right.

However, today I did not nap. I wasn't feeling particularly tired. Instead, I decided to YouTube a formidable handful of songs by the "folk music project" Timber Timbre (ding) which just finished downloading, starting with "Woman". Check out the pretty artsy video that comes with the song. I expect to listen to their newest album, Creep On Creepin' On, later with my boyfriend. He is a musician. His name is Kyle. He is obscure e.g. from Delaware. He is a stud.

So things are going along nicely and the (*counts*) nine YouTube tabs open are set and ready to be heard but as things tend to go with the Internet, I wind up between Facebook, Gmail, and YouTube (1) and eagerly watching the choreography of the one and only Dejan Tubic. And I have to say, I am "wow"ed every time.

Dejan is a hip-hop/funk/body choreographer living in Los Angeles (2) and, apparently, often bleaches his hair, making him edgy and recognizable. I can image this is good for his dancer-students in class (3). Here are four pieces he has choreographed, the ones I've seen, but you can find all of his fun videos on his website here.

Choreographed to "Whip My Hair" by Willow Smith

Choreographed to "Bloody Mary" by Lady Gaga

Choreographed to "We No Speak Americano" by Yolanda Be Cool

Choreographed to "Outta Your Mind" by Lil Jon and LMFAO ["vulgar"]

You can see for yourself how talented Dejan is and how many people he inspires to move.
Here is his fan page.

Honestly, dance in general is a great way to keep active while having a great time, meeting lively people, and appreciating popular music with a depth not many can achieve, especially since popular music gets the blunt end of the stick from a lot of people a lot of the time. Consider giving a dance class a try, be it hip-hop, swing, funk, jazz, tap, ballet, modern, African, East Asian, Bhangra, anything. Dance comes in so much variety and captures such a wide audience, it's amazing the kind of culture and history you can experience and become apart of just by dancing.

These last few hours just leave me thinking, "Inspiration overload: good thing or bad?" Obviously, both, but there is no time to sort out why. You just have to "go and do something with you life" (Dejan Tubic).

I myself will finish listening to Timber Timbre.

tree falls in a forest... and it lands on my head,
rossi



UNDERSCORES
(1) Facebook, Gmail, YouTube: WARNING. Commence the devouring of at least two hours of your time. Be aware.
(2) I wonder how many people actually say "Los Angeles" with what is probably the correct accent "L-OH-S AHN-JE-LEZ".
(3) Info on classes found here: "Come Take Dejan Tubic’s Class at IDA Hollywood. EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 730pm - 9:00pm. www.idahollywood.com"