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WEERD SISTERS, Josephine
Nicholson and Diana Tokaji, are two women so crazy and devoted to their
craft that they’d rather be in an ugly studio rehearsing than go out to
lunch, almost. First encounter of each other occurred when working with
choreographer Cynthia Word of Word/Dance/Theater. Diana saw Jo and thought
ohmygod, that’s my body! We don’t know what Jo thought, but we do know
that both women agreed there should be a law limiting the number of times a
dancer had to fall down to the floor and come back up, certainly an
exemption if your limbs were as long as theirs. The rest is herstory, them
working together and all, and it’s been quite a nice long lunch. |
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Diana Tokaji’s
choreography has been featured in San Francisco at the Cowell Theatre, in London
at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and at multiple venues in the D.C./Baltimore area.
She was an AGMA dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet, danced the roles
of five women on national tour with Dance Through Time, and has performed
locally with Word/Dance/Theater and VTDance at Blackrock, Dance Place, and
Jack Guidone. A published poet/essayist, her feature stories,
parenting essays, prose poems, and poetry have appeared in numerous
anthologies, newspapers, and most recently in the Bellevue Literary Review.
Diana has been blending poetry, movement, and music into unusual mixed
media creations for 35 years, establishing a reputation for work that is at
once
quirky and elegant, humorous and accurate. She is a yoga therapist in
private practice and at Strathmore Arts Center. Her full-length work,
The Gobe Fish and the Blind Shrimp, will premier next year. |
Photos: Tim Brown
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Lisa Buchsbaum has performed on stage with
visual artists, architects, musicians and dancers. With an undergraduate
degree in music, symphony participation, church and temple singing, plena
experience, collaboration with jazz musicians and griots and eleven articles
on music published by the San Juan Star, Lisa creates story-songs, plays in
a small art band and facilitates workshops that highlight authentic
expression. |
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| Elijah Balbed.
Although still young, 16 year old Jazz Tenor Saxophonist Elijah Balbed has
already left his mark in the Silver Spring/DC Metro area as a Jazz
performer. A student of local Saxophone guru
Paul Carr, Elijah has played at
several local venues such as Bohemian Caverns, U-Topia, Mayorga Coffee
Factory, festivals such as the East Coast, Silver Spring, and Takoma Park
Jazz Festivals, and many other jazz venues in the Washington metropolitan
area. Elijah plays in, and also leads his own jazz quartet. For more
information or hiring info, go to
www.elijahbalbed.com. |
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| Marcia Freeman,
MA, our sign language coach, is a Washington, DC-based independent dancer, teacher, choreographer, bodyworker (Alexander Technique and Normal Function), and dramatic sign
language interpreter. Since retiring from Gallaudet University, where she
initiated the dance program at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf in
1975 and produced its annual dance concert, she has performed with Open
Circle Theatre Company, the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, and signed "Betty
Rules" at the DC Jewish Community Center. This fall, Marcia will begin
teaching dance classes and offering private and small group sessions in
bodywork at the New Joe's Movement Emporium in Mt. Rainier, Maryland. |
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Patricia Dubroof was raised in Montgomery County , Maryland and is the
mother of two daughters. Her early education was received through the public
school system. She also attended Jewish Studies at
Congregation Har Tzeon. She went on to develop her
artistic talents at the Corcoran School of Art, Maryland College of Art and
Design, a 3 year apprenticeship with painter, Gene Davis, and then continued
her studies at the University of Maryland. Patricia continues to promote her
artwork; organizing exhibits, events, classes and artist talks.
She is a trained facilitator and support group leader, using her
artistic ability as a modality for healing.
Contact her at
artforyourwalls@gmail.com |
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