Weekend Shots

I'm leaving for California on Wednesday, so I'm trying to stay busy in MD. It's kinda tough with people having jobs, so I must admit I've watched a lot of Netflix in my room at my parent's house. I have gotten to see friends and go dancing a number of times. Here are a couple from the past few days.

Freedom Plaza Milonga

Bentley's Happy Hour

Bailarines Compadritos

Bailarín compadrito,
que quisiste probar otra vida,
y al lucir tu famosa corrida
te viniste al Champaign.

Rod Relucio and Melanie Klaric at Channing-Murray

Terry and Carmen at IndiGo

Faces and R.A.C.E.S.

I went to a potluck today at a classmate's apartment in Urbana. It feels like so long since I've been able to just take shots of people just chatting and sitting around. These are always my favorite kinds of pictures because they're so genuine. I also went dancing tonight--it was a benefit for R.A.C.E.S. (Rape Advocacy, Counseling and Education Service) at the Indi Go Artist Coop in Champaign. Really cool venue. I felt my tango shooting benefits from different venues--it was starting to feel repetitive.

In other news, I'm making my film debut in a MFA Dance thesis film.

Derek Wide-Eyed

 

Tango at IndiGo

Kickin' it at Krannert

It's cold outside, but tango heats you up. Milonga at the Krannert Art Museum.

Chantelle and Mert

Lit Up Outside

Embrace

Ok, it's been a while since I've posted. I'm going to blame the furious laziness that comes with the realization that I have 15 weeks of school between now and summer break. I haven't had much occasion to take photos--I wanted to mark the coldest day of my life (Friday) with a photo, but I didn't want to take off my gloves to tweak the settings, so the day will have to remain in my memory.

I'd talk about how today I attempted to run with my new Garmin watch for the first time or how yesterday Joe and I made a massive beef stew, but this is neither a running blog nor a food blog. Instead you get pictures of Mica's dog and tango.

Aileen & Bodger

Kuru and Windy

The serious art of filmmaking...

I don't think I've mentioned this on the blog before, but I'm participating in a Dance for Camera film that is part of a MFA dance thesis. Last night was our last rehearsal before our big shoot on Saturday.

Quality-testing the dress by dancing in it

The girls being serious while the guys rehearse.

Alejandro's Birthday Tanda

Alejandro and Rae

Alejandro & Chantelle

Más Tango

In Flux

Kindred Spirit

El tango es el tango

Carmen & Alejandro at Cowboy Monkey

Evelina and partner at Cowboy Monkey

Muffins and Tango

Joe and I had extra bananas, so I made muffins (chocolate muffins not pictured).

One of my SLA classmates dancing tango at the Krannert Art Museum