WORK IT! (kiddos home?)

3/18/2020

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Trying to adjust to working from home and have the kiddos running around? Here are a few tips!

Schedule, schedule, schedule! Try as much as you can to get kids up and dressed for the day. Have a schedule for homework to be completed daily and then free time. This will help you know when you can work as well as keep your kid off TV, TikToK and Instagram all day.
Let your kids know you will be working throughout the day and set them up in another space if possible.
Take breaks every 45 minutes (or as needed) to check in with the kids.
Prepare their snacks/lunches to have on demand.
Create your schedule so you time to walk away from “work” to hang out; maybe even go for a walk.
Have all the toys, games, puzzles ready!
We know screen time might increase. Forgive yourself! Try and find some interactive lessons online like Scholastic. https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
You can adjust your work schedule to include some evening hours after the kids are asleep.
Work when they nap! (Or nap when they nap for your break).
While video conferencing or conference calls, let your co-workers/clients know there might be some interruptions and kids flying by your screen.

BREATHE!!!

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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH!

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Kicking off Women's History Month, we're reflecting on Rihanna’s message at the NAACP awards where she gave us all a clear call to action:

“...if there’s anything that I’ve learned it’s that we can only fix this world together... So when we’re marching & protesting and posting about the Michael Brown Jr's and the Atatiana Jefferson's of the world: Tell your friends to pull up.”

Our takeaway is to do way more together! LOHH has long been an advocate for creating change. We continue our mission adding more opportunities for conversation around the tough & the fun issues on our new podcast! Take a listen to our first episode. Let's make change together!

+ LOHH COLLECTIVE

NEW WORKSHOP SERIES! ⁣

SUNDAYS 4:00-6:00 PM
March 15 | April 26 | May 17
LOHH is helping to build a strong base of dancers in the New York Hip-Hop dance community. With this in mind LOHH is partnering with @alieyextension to offer a ROTATING series of classes focused on basic movement & drills. The series is open level... for those more experienced that want to refresh their foundation and for beginners looking for an authentic entry point into different styles. Open to kids, ladies and gents. Come dance with us!⁣

REGISTRATION

SUBMISSIONS STILL OPEN!

SOLD OUT!

Our showcase sells out every year so for the first time, LOHH will present two showcase on June 27 at 4:00PM & 8:00PM showcase. We are looking for girls and women to perform. Submit your work for a chance to perform at our 2020 LOHH showcase or exhibit your artwork at the festival throughout the week.

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ART SUBMISSIONS

STAY TUNED!

Follow our @ladiesofhiphop on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook for 2020 LOHH Festival for announcements about judges, classes & event details.

Make sure you stay tuned as we spend the month highlighting some of today's prominent women such as Lena Waithe, Rapsody, MC Lyte, Robin Thede, and Alexandria Ocasión-Cortez.

We will also continue sharing Session One of the BLACK DANCING BODIES PROJECT Make sure to check it out!

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Save the Date! LOHH New York Festival June 23-28, 2020

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BIG T

3/4/2020

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TARA

Tell us who you are & what you do... My name is big tara. I am a dancer, an NYC culture keeper, a health /wellness coach and an herbalist.
When did you start dancing? Why? I started dancing when I was 4. Well that was when my ma first put me in jazz, tap and ballet classes. When I was 6, I started breaking since that was how we danced in my hood and I loooved Beat Street. Since it was a social thing, it transitioned with time to more hip hop and I could learn hip hop easier from friends and tv.

Do you feel like black women are represented in mainstream and underground dance culture? I actually don’t. We fought to get our Black Girl Magic recognized but we still don’t get full credit for our contributions. I feel like certain types of black women are more easily represented and embraced. I don’t feel like there are so many black women like me who are bgirls and women who are more natural (natural hair, light to no make up). I would love more variety in terms of our individual stories. This is supposed to be art. When I first started I couldn’t get by with my natural hair, without tons of make up and being sexualized. I just wanted to dance but not under those conditions. It took away from my enjoyment and freedom. Social media and people learning to embrace different types of beauty have improved things but I think it’s still distorted. I do think there is colorism, ageism, and too much catering to industry standards.

What are the typical beauty/image standards synonyms with black women dancers? When I think of black woman dancer stereotypes, I think of Ciara, Megan, Teyana so generally speaking it’s that kind of build like a toned stripper, long hair or weave, big booty, in their 20’s or 30’s and ready to slay. Meanwhile dancers come in all types of shapes, shades of skin, sizes, and ages. I recently was learning this dance piece to Arianna Grande’s “God is a Woman” and while the message of the song said one thing the choreographer chose to only cast a certain “look” and age to be part of this piece. It was a great learning experience to see how closed minded people are when it comes to casting and also how scared people are to take risks when it comes to thinking outside the box and having a real vision that can include more than one type of woman.

Does social media take away from the authenticity of dance? I think that social media takes away from dance in the sense that it provides more of an opportunity to spread wrong information, more opportunities to plagiarize, and it sometimes takes away from the integrity of a dance if it’s appropriated in the process. Social media does have its pros. You can connect with and discover awesome dancers, learn more dances from all over the world and it is a healthy outlet to share your gift.

What do you want people to know about black dancing bodies? When it comes to Black dancing bodies, it would be great if people loved black lives, black bodies, and the black history that created the black dances everyone is so excited to learn and emulate.

Any last thoughts? I would love for us to keep strengthening our community, protecting the integrity of all the culture that black dancing bodies create and for black people and all that they bring to be honored with dignity and love.

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WORK IT! (kiddos home?)

Women's HerStory Month!

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH!

NEW WORKSHOP SERIES! ⁣

SUBMISSIONS STILL OPEN!

SOLD OUT!

STAY TUNED!

BIG T

TARA

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