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The Dance by Merce Cunningham

An art process in not essentially a natural process; it is an invented one. It can take actions of organization from the way nature functions, but essentially people invent the process.

"If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little,

give of your heart."

And from or for that process they derive a discipline to make and keep the process functioning. That discipline too is not a natural process. The daily discipline, the continued keeping of the elasticity of the muscles, the continued control of the mind over the body's actions, the constant hoped-for flow of the spirit into physical movement, both new and renewed, is not a natural way.

It is unnatural in its demands on all the sources of energy. But the final synthesis can be a natural one, natural in the sense that the mind, body and spirit function as one. *****

"Where Did Our Love Go" By the Supremes

 “To be nobody but myself, in a world which is doing its best, night

and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest

battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”
e.e. cummings

Marie.C.Laderta Reporting:

Divino Ritmo Celebrates SUMMER IN PARADISE!

We BLINKED, and suddenly it's summer - from Memorial Day celebration to summer fun at the Cupola!

Coming up next Tuesday, June 28th, 7-10pm is once again Divino Ritmo's social dance, AND celebration of SUMMER IN PARADISE at the Cupola!  Cupola is on the 2nd floor of the Honolulu Design Center, corner of Piikoi & Kapiolani, at 1250 Kapiolani Blvd.

Admission is FREE and it's open to the public, with pupus and drinks available for purchase all evening!

Where did the time go? It seems like just last week we were packing up our Spring and Mardi Gras decorations.  Now suddenly it's Summer in Paradise!  Ah summer, what does summer in Hawaii hold for us? We cannot believe how fast this year went by.  It was so much fun dancing, learning new steps, meeting new friends, attending showcases,  & for some, competing and strutting their stuff, whatever it was, we had a blast every single day.

Lucas once said, his vision is to have lights strung across the beach, with people in their sundresses and dancing barefoot.  He wanted a place where he & Yanna, his students, & the whole community could come out and dance under the stars. Thus began the tradition of last Tuesday dancing at the Cupola!

All we want to do is invite our students & friends to dance with us.  "We want our social dance to be a place people like coming to, and we love them, and we try to provide music people would continuously dance to, from the first song to the last, and where we have the hardest time getting them to leave..." - this is Lucas' & Yanna's "summer dream," and they invite you to come and make their dream come true at Cupola's Summer dance next Tuesday!

For more information, contact:
Lucas: divinoritmo@aol.com, ph: (917) 568-3173;
Yanna: Yannajs@gmail.com, ph: (732) 499-0407

"Heatwave" By Martha and the Vandellas

Debby and Carlos have been vacationing in California. Could've been a great write up and the readers would eat that right up. Specially the Dream To Dance Studio fans. But it all takes time.

Don't miss Kapolei Chapter HBDA in the latest Platinum Horseshoe blog. Their social really comes across with a good write up from Tim Cubero and plenty of photos to go with good writing.

One of the reasons, Kapolei Chapter is number one in HBDA.  There will be others that will be picking up on this action. Dance Hawaii, you're next. And the Platinum Horseshoe blog? Just click the name in the side bar.