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Shooting this was way fun. Holly Morris was hilarious and my Saartjie sisters were on it with their beautiful organic dance while Nia and I sang. My daughter was there and being a big girl by not calling my name out in the middle of taping which I was so afraid she would do, lol. She's five. You can imagine my fear. She wanted to dance with Binah! If you can't see the video above, click here: http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/mornings/holly_live/072009_holly_morris_capital_fringe_festival http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/mornings/holly_live/072009_holly_morris_capital_fringe_festival

It's after midnight already, but I'm just waking up now. Lol. I crashed upon arriving home. Today was a long day, ending our three-show run of the show Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty in this year's Capital Fringe Fest. The house was packed and the adrenaline was pumping. So was the heat, which had me sweating buckets-- I'm sure almost literally. The audience response was very positive as it has been since the show's debut in the Capital Fringe Fest, so we were glad to go out with a bang. Loved reading this feedback from an audience member HERE. Looking forward to appearing on FOX 5 in the morning with Holly Morris to talk about our experience in the Capital Fringe Fest and show excerpts from our show. It is wonderful to have the opportunity to share with the viewing public information-- if only bits-- about the life of Saartjie Baartman, the woman known as the Hottentot Venus.

So, today, I learned of a review that was written yesterday in the Washington Post by Post writer Nelson Pressley about the Saartjie Project show "Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty" that we performed this past Wednesday. First off, let me tell you, the Wed show was incredible! The energy we felt back stage and onstage was amazing. I think we were a lot more well-rested than we were on Friday's show of last week which began at 11pm and didn't end until almost 1 am in the morning. Wed's show was fluid and the packed audience seemed to really enjoy us. The review is a favorable one in which it encourages folks to come out and positively highlights some of our favorite pieces-- Binahkaye Joy's solo piece "Bare" which is based on her work as a nude model and Farah Lawal's monologue "Exotic Beauty". Some of his negative criticisms rested heavily on the piece I penned, "Changing Muse" which depicts the four sterotypical images for...

So, right now, I am very, very, very tired. But I feel great! I am so tired that my legs are stretched out and I can barely move them. Maybe it has to do with my three-hour stay at the pool this afternoon with my family at friend's pool party and my non-stop flipping & diving off of the diving board. Maybe. But, I'm sure it has more to do with yesterday's fast-paced flurry of activity that ended with a late night performance with my sister circle The Saartjie Project at the Warehouse Theater in DC as part of this year's Capital Fringe Fest. That performance capped off a day that was pretty perfect in the way so many open projects and dilemmas closed with finesse. I also sold two copies of Liberated Muse Volume I: How I Freed My Soul ! Yeay! To begin, my car, has been in the shop since Monday. It's a 2007 Suzuki model, and, apparantly, according to my mechanic, Suzuki's are dying breeds and the maker is hard to get a hold of when parts are needed. So, for the...

So, what a wonderful surprise to wake up with word from Jessica Solomon, the founder of the Saartjie Project, that we have been featured in the Washington Post. The article mentions the Saartjie Project show "Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty" which will be in this year's Capital Fringe Fest. The photo above is the only featured photo in the article. ( I am standing far right ). Capital Fringe strives to provide outlets and opportunities for artists to self-produce in a nurturing and supportive environment while exposing their work to patrons and the local, national and international media that they would never be able to garner on their own. Capital Fringe is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in the summer of 2005 with the purpose of infusing energy into performing arts in the Washington DC region. As part of the Fringe movement that began in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1947 and continues today, Capital Fringe joins a host of counterparts around the world. The Saar...

I'm looking forward to performing with the Saartjie Project this summer in the Capital Fringe Fest. Tickets are on sale now. You can visit http://www.thesaartjieproject.org/ to purchase your tickets and get the dates. The photo shoot to create the photo above was fun as I got to participate with my kids. My photo is deconstructing the myth of the "perfect" mother when today's mom is usually working hard for the money and lucky to see her kids as often as likes.