Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Artist Statement

When most people create an artist statement, they refer to painting, photography or a more traditional method of art. My less traditional medium is dance. I began dancing when I was three years old. People tend to express themselves through a form of art, and personally dance helps me do that. When you watch me dance you can tell what mood I am in, what story I am trying to tell, and what message I want the audience to grasp. 

My dreams and ambitions all begin with that word, dance. I want to dance for a purpose, dance for big artist, dance to express myself, dance to support myself, dance to show my uniqueness, dance to one day teach people my style, dance to share my story with the world. 

You can tell a lot about someone by primarily their body language. Whether or not that person tells you how they feel, you usually can get a good sense by examining that persons movement of the body. I am so intrigued by how a person moves and what allows them to do so. The dynamics of a specific person interest me because it helps me as a dancer to grow and learn different styles. Everyone has their own uniqueness to them and people best portray it in their art work. I started dancing at a young age because my older sister was in dancing school already. My mom always said I always had a bottle in my mouth and bouncing up and down to whatever music playing. As I grew, my love for dance grew as well. 

There is something about the beat of a song that makes me want to go. As well as writers, there are more than one style in this art form. Personally, I enjoy hard hitting beats that go with my hard personality. Visually I think dance is one of the most beautiful things in the world. Film allows you to capture the motion, and movement of someone. In the big world, there are various of artist that have influenced me. I admire artist such as Missy Elliot, Chris Brown, Beyonce, Michael Jackson and their different styles of dance. I hope to take way some sort of explanation of what visually is appealing to the eye on film.