#performing artists

[ondarianmaximus]

YouTube Collaboration Callout - Amateur Production - Non-Profit Community Project...

TALES OF THE CARAVAN - WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND FAQS.docx

TALES OF THE CARAVAN: WHAT IT’S ABOUT AND FAQS ✨ Interested in portraying a Belly Dancer, or any role, for a fantasy storytelling YouTube

Why Belly Dance Belongs in My World.docx

Why Belly Dance Belongs in My World Belly dance isn’t just movement, it’s storytelling. It’s culture. It’s history woven through generation

I am sincerely committed to this project, investing both my personal effort and resources into making it a reality. As part of my dedication, I have created a video featuring myself performing as Vespasian, a male belly dancer. If you would like to view it, please feel free to message me directly, and I will share the YouTube link with you.

I warmly invite anyone who feels confident and inspired to join me in the role of a belly dancer; my goal is to build a vibrant, collaborative troupe, and everyone enthusiastic about participating is welcome.

Additionally, I am also seeking individuals interested in supporting roles beyond performance—voice actors and other artistic contributors are equally valued. I plan to establish an official IMDB page for the project to ensure all participants receive proper recognition and credit, whether they contribute as performing artists, voice actors, or in any other supportive capacity.

Please note, however, that this is a non-profit passion project, and participation is entirely voluntary and unpaid. Transparency about this from the outset is important to me.

For further details and to gain a clearer understanding of the project's scope and my vision, please explore the full playlist provided here:

Tales from the Caravan - Callout Videos

All the Roles featured in separate videos.

I also have a dedicated Discord server for anyone interested in exploring the project further:

Check out the The Ondarian Monarchy community on Discord – hang out with 12 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

The server is continually evolving, with new sections regularly being added. I've recently updated the "Cities of the Monarchy" section to include Port Nightsong and Port Allyn. Currently, I'm working on developing the history and background of Port Koll.

To gauge interest in this project, I'm including a poll that will run for the next 7 days. While I understand polls are not always entirely accurate and that some who participate may prefer to remain anonymous, I genuinely encourage anyone who wishes to discuss or express their interest further to reach out directly to me.

You are welcome to message me here or email me at:

[email protected]

Please include the subject line "Interest in the Caravan" so I can quickly identify your message. I look forward to answering any questions or discussing the project further with you.

Below is the poll to help me better understand your interest and preferences regarding character participation in this project:

Would you be interested in collaborating on my project, Tales of the Caravan? I would genuinely value your involvement and perspective.

Yes and I'd love to be a Belly Dancer

Yes and I'd love to be a member of the Nobility

Yes and I'd love to be a Merchant/Trader/Business Person

Yes and I'd love to be an Encampment worker/Side Show Entertainer/Bard/Poet

Yes and I'd love to be Mage/Healer

Yes and I'd love to be a City Watch Guard/Peacekeeper Guard

Yes and I'd love to be a member of the Maximite Guild Syndicate

Yes and I'd love to be a member of the Shadow Court Syndicate

Yes and I'd love to be an independant Rogue/Thief/ Cutpurse/Pirate/Priveteer

Yes and I'd love to be Scribe/Scholar/Archivist/Historian/Archaeologist

Yes and I'd love to be an Artesan/Jeweller/Craftsperson/Forge-Master/Weaponsmith

Yes and I'd love to be an ordinary citizen/audience member/traveller

Voting ended onMay 3, 2025

The options intentionally exclude "No" and "Not Interested," as participation is entirely voluntary. If none of the choices align with your perspective, you are welcome to simply abstain from voting.

If you respond to the poll expressing interest in any of the options, I kindly invite you to reach out to me either by messaging me here or by emailing me at:

[email protected]

I would be genuinely happy to hear from you and to continue the conversation.

Please note that I am based in the GMT time zone, so depending on where you are in the world, there may occasionally be a delay in my response. I appreciate your understanding and look forward to connecting with you.

Thank you very much.

[crazycatsiren]

My heart is thoroughly warmed by all the athletes coming together in solidarity with Ilia Malinin, sharing their own tales of Olympics flops, encouraging and supporting one another.

Being an athlete myself and having been a performing artist my whole life since early childhood, I may not be able to relate on their professional level (I'm not trying for the Olympics any time soon that's for dang sure), but I sure as hell can relate on a personal level.

How many times the moment I walked onto a stage the only thing I could hear was my mind telling me I needed to get the hell out of there, and of course, I couldn't, impending meltdown be damned. How many times in the middle of a performance, out of nowhere my body just froze and broke out in cold sweat, and I had no choice but to keep going even though I was no longer in control of what I was doing or not doing.

How utterly exposed, vulnerable, and lonely it can feel, under all those bright lights with all eyes on you, I still can't use words to describe. We were put on pedestals when we were too young to even grasp the scale of the pressures, the expectations, and the weight of the world on our shoulders, when we should've been kids with childhoods like our peers. It was as if we needed to be superhuman as we were growing up, with our identities wrapped in our successes and failures, even our tears and breakdowns were for the public to scrutinize. Gods know, how much all of that have fucked me up over and over again as an adult.

[a-little-revolution]

Sharing some inter-abled love up in here!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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Katrina Kemp just got engaged to her partner Tosha Sherman!!! Here's the links to their instagram videos about it, the first showing the proposal and the second is a montage of their relationship!!

Katrina (@kueenkatrina) is a little person, a performer, and artist. She has long curly brown hair and brown eyes. Her partner Tosha (@misstosh) is average height with 50s style curly blond hair and green eyes, often rocking a bold red lip. She is burlesque dancer and performing artist.

[env0]

I don't remember if I posted this yet.

[brooklynmuseum]

What words would you use to describe these three drawings? If you were to sketch this quickly, what kind of movements might you use to draw it? What is the relationship between the three drawings?

For me the words that come to mind are “swirling” and “floating.” Curving lines fill each of the three panels; each composition extends from the lower left corner to the upper right. When I tried to sketch them, I found I needed large, quick strokes of my pencil to even approximate the fluid lines seen here. 

The Russian Jewish artist, Abraham Walkowitz, was inspired by the choreography of the dancer Isadora Duncan. Duncan was one of the most famous dancers and choreographers in the world in the early 1900s. Her philosophy of dance was a departure from the traditions of ballet, focusing on freedom of movement and expression rather than adherence to what she felt to be rigid and routine techniques. Duncan turned to the natural world for inspiration, as well as philosophy and ancient Greek art. She danced with loose hair, bare feet, and flowing, voluminous garments - all revolutionary in their own right, earning her the moniker Mother of Modern Dance. 

Duncan became the subject of many artists’ interest, but perhaps none more so than Walkowitz’s. Walkowitz saw Duncan dance in 1907 on a trip to Paris and was so captivated by her work that he produced thousands of drawings inspired by her movements. As Duncan never permitted her work to be filmed, many suggest that Walkowitz’s depictions provide the best documentation of the movement of Duncan herself. Look closely again at the sketches, and perhaps try to put your body in each of these three poses. Imagine what movements might link the three together. What might it feel like to move through this sequence?

Allegedly, upon seeing his work, Duncan told Walkowitz, “Walkowitz, you have written my biography in lines without words.” Duncan inspired not only visual artists and other performing artists, but also literary artists. Author Gertrude Stein, too, produced a portrait of Duncan, not in lines, but in words. This work, Orta, or One Dancing, reads in part:

This one is the one being dancing. This one is one thinking in believing in dancing having meaning. This one is one believing in thinking. This one is one thinking in dancing having meaning. This one is one believing in dancing having meaning. This one is one dancing. This one is one being that one. This one is one being in being one being dancing. This one is one being in being one who is dancing. This one is one being one. This one is one being in being one.”

How do Stein’s words reflect the fluidity of movement in Walkowitz’s drawings? What aspects of movement and expression can one medium (drawing, writing, or dance) capture that the others cannot? What is the relationship between visual, performing, and written arts? Share your own reflections in the comments, tag us in your own experiments in movement based on these drawings, and explore more of Walkowitz’s drawings in our collection.

Posted by Christina Marinelli Abraham Walkowitz (American, born Russia, 1878-1965). Dancing Figure (Isadora Duncan), n.d. Black ink and graphite on cream, medium-weight, moderately textured paper, Sheet (mount). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 39.473b 

[thegoodmexican]

11-year-old Mexican pianist conquers international music competition

The Music Competition Online is an international opportunity for young musicians to enhance their skills as performing artists

[ainabaina]

Guys that’s 5/5 for MAMA

Let’s go boys