MYSELF MY WORLD: NYC’s District 75 Program for all schools. I feel happy and I want people to feel surprised and happy when they see my art. Come see the world though my eyes. Image descriptions: Collage of artwork, brightly colored and beautiful. Stay tuned for more information!
Mem Nahadr (pronounced mem na-HAHD), also known as M. Nahadr and simply “M”, is an American performance artist and multi-octave vocalist best known for the performance of the song “Butterfly”, composed by Yoko Kanno and lyricized by Chris Mosdell for Cowboy Bebop. She is also an author, composer, poet, filmmaker, and human rights activist. OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO From the Opera: “FEMME FRACTALE”, by critically acclaimed Performance Artist MEM NAHADR. “Passage” Co-written by C.J.Wright. http://ctwjmusicproduction.com/ Read More »
About: Austin Halls is exceptional. He was born with a rare condition called Moebius Syndrome. Moebius is a neurological condition that causes, among other things, facial paralysis. As a result, for much of his life, 19 year old Austin was unable to smile. After many surgeries, leading to the scars he proudly wears on the sides of his head, Austin can smile. But that’s not what makes him exceptional. Meeting Austin will change you forever. He is warm, funny, open and has the most incredible sincerity about him. He’s the kind of person you could talk to for hours and walk away feeling like utterly uplifted.
Austin’s music is a way for him to everyone know that “Its ok to be who you are and to love who you are.” After all, music is as universal as a smile.
About: Allison Whitaker was born in the wrong body. Born into a life in a world that would never be right, it was never made for her her. Growing up, she never knew how to confront the fact that she was transgender and buried all of her anxiety and depression deep within, focusing her energy into, and obsessing over hobbies to get her mind off of everything she hid from the world.
When finally confident to begin the coming out of the closet as a gay male at age 20, she found no support for her "choice". Rather than live with the burden of lack of support, she went back into the closet, living the next 12 years of her life closeted, seen by the world as a typical heterosexual male, again hiding her secret.
At age 32, living with worsening anxiety and depression, Allison was faced with the decision to either end it all rather than live in the wrong body or to finally come out to the world and be herself. Luckily, she chose the latter. Along the way, she met new friends, has had many new experiences, including some negative ones that have included harassment, workplace discrimination, and sexual assault.
This book is a reflection of her two-year long journey of transitioning from male to female, the joys and pains, surviving, and coming out the other side whole and happy.
Read her first person account of her transition, through coming out at work and surgeries, ups and down, in a raw, honest account of her experience.
About: Since 2014, NYCB Access Programs have provided experiences for children and adults with disabilities to interact with the Company. Watch how ballet can benefit anybody and everybody, including one young girl who got to live her dream of being a ballerina.
About: The mission of Heidi Latsky Dance (HLD) is to redefine beauty and virtuosity through performance and discourse, employing performers with unique attributes to bring rigorous, passionate and provocative contemporary dance to diverse audiences.
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