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The floor

Thank You!! to all of the supporters of my first evening-length work.

The floor has been postponed till January in order for the work to be at full strength and at its best. I am deeply thankful to The Luminary Arts Center, Regional Arts Commission, Common Thread Contemporary Dance Company, and Charlotte St. Foundation for giving me this opportunity.

I am also deeply thankful to EVERY SINGLE collaborator, performer, and supporter of this work for making this event possible.

Sincerely and With Love,

Cat Mahari

project manager and choreographer of the floor

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SUPPORT THE ARTS!

THANK YOU!! Bill Johnson for your contribution to the floor! You’re making it possible for the floor to be a wonderful evening of dance, music, food and drama!

Don’t forget to send your address so that you can receive your signed print!

LOVE,

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THANK YOU!!

Thank you

Monsanto for your contribution to the floor! You’re making it possible for the floor to be a wonderful evening of dance, music, food and drama!

Don’t forget to send your address so that you can receive your signed print!

LOVE,

the floor

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With this next series of post we will be sharing text from James Balwdin’s masterpiece Giovanni’s Room, that have inspired the direction and energy of the floor. We will also be sharing audio thoughts from choreographer Cat Mahari about what led her to these particular texts.

“...But people can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say yes to life.”

- James Baldwin (Giovanni’s Room)

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Support the Artists!

THANK YOU!! Jamaine Hubbard for your contribution to the floor! You're making it possible for the floor to be a wonderful evening of dance, music, food and drama!

Don't forget to send your address so that you can receive your signed print!

LOVE,

the floor

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the floor inspiration

With this next series of post we will be sharing text from James Balwdin’s masterpiece Giovanni’s Room, that have inspired the direction and energy of the floor. We will also be sharing audio thoughts from choreographer Cat Mahari about what led her to these particular texts.

“You think that my life is shameful because my encounters are. And they are. But you should ask yourself why they are.”

- James Baldwin (Giovanni’s Room)

[thefloor1-blog]

the floor inspiration

With this next series of post we will be sharing text from James Balwdin's masterpiece Giovanni's Room, that have inspired the direction and energy of the floor. We will also be sharing audio thoughts from choreographer Cat Mahari about what led her to these particular texts.

“And yet – when one begins to search for the crucial...the moment which changed all others...through a maze of false signals and abruptly locking doors...”

- James Baldwin (Giovanni’s Room)

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It is both strange and familiar, not so much because their milieu and cultural background may be new to some viewers, but because human beings are mysterious and surprising.

-A.O. Scott