[Music] [Applause]
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[Applause] so the piece I shared with you old with
so the piece I shared with you old with
so the piece I shared with you old with something that I need now I did mortgage
something that I need now I did mortgage
something that I need now I did mortgage music immediately and obviously I was
music immediately and obviously I was
music immediately and obviously I was inspired by hardly stock as artists I
inspired by hardly stock as artists I
inspired by hardly stock as artists I feel that our imagination is one of the
feel that our imagination is one of the
feel that our imagination is one of the most important things it serves as well
most important things it serves as well
most important things it serves as well and by entering that imagination and
and by entering that imagination and
and by entering that imagination and being one with it and allowing it to
being one with it and allowing it to
being one with it and allowing it to influence us we can tell our story unto
influence us we can tell our story unto
influence us we can tell our story unto this imagination and I being present in
this imagination and I being present in
this imagination and I being present in the moment at that time we make
the moment at that time we make
the moment at that time we make ourselves vulnerable and open I don’t
ourselves vulnerable and open I don’t
ourselves vulnerable and open I don’t know about those things
know about those things
know about those things I’m not politically scientifically
I’m not politically scientifically
I’m not politically scientifically knowledgeable whenever somebody speaks
knowledgeable whenever somebody speaks
knowledgeable whenever somebody speaks about something that is in a dream
about something that is in a dream
about something that is in a dream however it inspires me and sometimes I
however it inspires me and sometimes I
however it inspires me and sometimes I can work with that
can work with that
can work with that to speak and to tell a story that
to speak and to tell a story that
to speak and to tell a story that sometimes moves me I think is that is
sometimes moves me I think is that is
sometimes moves me I think is that is the only thing that works without sin
the only thing that works without sin
the only thing that works without sin solution lives of people
solution lives of people
solution lives of people Aliza humans you general
Aliza humans you general
Aliza humans you general and there are a few things that I find
and there are a few things that I find
and there are a few things that I find as a dancer as an artist that has helped
as a dancer as an artist that has helped
as a dancer as an artist that has helped me not only define my art in my dad and
me not only define my art in my dad and
me not only define my art in my dad and I my place in relationship with the art
I my place in relationship with the art
I my place in relationship with the art but has also helped me define myself as
but has also helped me define myself as
but has also helped me define myself as a human being within a society I think
a human being within a society I think
a human being within a society I think the first one of those things is
the first one of those things is
the first one of those things is vulnerability and when I come up on
vulnerability and when I come up on
vulnerability and when I come up on stage a line down tonight on and I’ll
stage a line down tonight on and I’ll
stage a line down tonight on and I’ll share my thoughts and my feelings I
share my thoughts and my feelings I
share my thoughts and my feelings I opened myself up to me and I am at that
opened myself up to me and I am at that
opened myself up to me and I am at that moment vulnerable I feel that the more
moment vulnerable I feel that the more
moment vulnerable I feel that the more honesty that I could bring into my dance
honesty that I could bring into my dance
honesty that I could bring into my dance I find you being more empathetic to
I find you being more empathetic to
I find you being more empathetic to worry there are times that I have
worry there are times that I have
worry there are times that I have performed and I’ve been completely
performed and I’ve been completely
performed and I’ve been completely dishonest
dishonest
dishonest I mean it’s skilfully beautiful because
I mean it’s skilfully beautiful because
I mean it’s skilfully beautiful because my body is trained and I can do many
my body is trained and I can do many
my body is trained and I can do many things but emotionally I am NOT
things but emotionally I am NOT
things but emotionally I am NOT vulnerable if we take away the
vulnerable if we take away the
vulnerable if we take away the vulnerability we become a display of
vulnerability we become a display of
vulnerability we become a display of skin and at that time candy and all you
skin and at that time candy and all you
skin and at that time candy and all you can of course be appreciative be
can of course be appreciative be
can of course be appreciative be surprised but you will not be empathetic
surprised but you will not be empathetic
surprised but you will not be empathetic towards me
towards me
towards me the arts in general are a big voice in
the arts in general are a big voice in
the arts in general are a big voice in many ways we can connect with people in
many ways we can connect with people in
many ways we can connect with people in ways that words cannot and the thing
ways that words cannot and the thing
ways that words cannot and the thing that we reach for the most
that we reach for the most
that we reach for the most is empathy and how we get that is by
is empathy and how we get that is by
is empathy and how we get that is by being valuable and I think that applies
being valuable and I think that applies
being valuable and I think that applies for us in life in general that when we
for us in life in general that when we
for us in life in general that when we are vulnerable towards our fears our
are vulnerable towards our fears our
are vulnerable towards our fears our co-workers our
co-workers our
co-workers our or family members then they have empathy
or family members then they have empathy
or family members then they have empathy to order and as a as an artist I feel at
to order and as a as an artist I feel at
to order and as a as an artist I feel at this quality that I am searching
this quality that I am searching
this quality that I am searching constantly to inculcate in mind down
constantly to inculcate in mind down
constantly to inculcate in mind down every day is something that helps me
every day is something that helps me
every day is something that helps me connect with all of you
connect with all of you
connect with all of you every time the second thing that I find
every time the second thing that I find
every time the second thing that I find that is very very important as an artist
that is very very important as an artist
that is very very important as an artist and also is that we are able to
and also is that we are able to
and also is that we are able to recognize our strengths and weaknesses
recognize our strengths and weaknesses
recognize our strengths and weaknesses if we accept our weaknesses and our
if we accept our weaknesses and our
if we accept our weaknesses and our strengths and then able to build on our
strengths and then able to build on our
strengths and then able to build on our strengths and strengthen our weaknesses
strengths and strengthen our weaknesses
strengths and strengthen our weaknesses when we accept these things then also we
when we accept these things then also we
when we accept these things then also we are vulnerable and when you’re open very
are vulnerable and when you’re open very
are vulnerable and when you’re open very often when I’m teaching there things
often when I’m teaching there things
often when I’m teaching there things that I do know and if the teacher is
that I do know and if the teacher is
that I do know and if the teacher is very hard hard and difficult to accept
very hard hard and difficult to accept
very hard hard and difficult to accept that I don’t know this will follow the
that I don’t know this will follow the
that I don’t know this will follow the students and I’m always ready to say I
students and I’m always ready to say I
students and I’m always ready to say I don’t know I’ll find out when I tell me
don’t know I’ll find out when I tell me
don’t know I’ll find out when I tell me but I think even in that moment my
but I think even in that moment my
but I think even in that moment my connection with them deepens
connection with them deepens
connection with them deepens both as a human being and as a teacher I
both as a human being and as a teacher I
both as a human being and as a teacher I think it’s the same as a as a dancer the
think it’s the same as a as a dancer the
think it’s the same as a as a dancer the performer we build on our strengths and
performer we build on our strengths and
performer we build on our strengths and we strengthen our weaknesses the
we strengthen our weaknesses the
we strengthen our weaknesses the diligence grit and determination is
diligence grit and determination is
diligence grit and determination is something that’s very important many
something that’s very important many
something that’s very important many people say oh you’re so talented and I
people say oh you’re so talented and I
people say oh you’re so talented and I feel like nothing because I don’t think
feel like nothing because I don’t think
feel like nothing because I don’t think I’m talented talent maybe 10% 15% the
I’m talented talent maybe 10% 15% the
I’m talented talent maybe 10% 15% the rest of all hard work I’m very thin not
rest of all hard work I’m very thin not
rest of all hard work I’m very thin not working so I’m not the child who someone
working so I’m not the child who someone
working so I’m not the child who someone saw and said oh my god she’s definitely
saw and said oh my god she’s definitely
saw and said oh my god she’s definitely gonna be a dancer but I was definitely
gonna be a dancer but I was definitely
gonna be a dancer but I was definitely the child who saw and said oh my god is
the child who saw and said oh my god is
the child who saw and said oh my god is gonna work on that for another 20 hours
gonna work on that for another 20 hours
gonna work on that for another 20 hours till she gets it and I think this
divisions and Grich has thought me so
divisions and Grich has thought me so well he lawyers added answer that every
well he lawyers added answer that every
well he lawyers added answer that every time I finished something there’s also
time I finished something there’s also
time I finished something there’s also tons of dissatisfaction I don’t think
tons of dissatisfaction I don’t think
tons of dissatisfaction I don’t think I’ve ever satisfied with anything that I
I’ve ever satisfied with anything that I
I’ve ever satisfied with anything that I do and the sense of dissatisfaction
do and the sense of dissatisfaction
do and the sense of dissatisfaction combined with diligence I think helps me
combined with diligence I think helps me
combined with diligence I think helps me become a better dancer every day because
become a better dancer every day because
become a better dancer every day because we can’t assess ourselves in comparison
we can’t assess ourselves in comparison
we can’t assess ourselves in comparison to somebody else the only caution that
to somebody else the only caution that
to somebody else the only caution that we can affect ourselves in comparison to
we can affect ourselves in comparison to
we can affect ourselves in comparison to is ourselves
is ourselves
is ourselves so am i a better person than I was
so am i a better person than I was
so am i a better person than I was yesterday is what I think I constantly
yesterday is what I think I constantly
yesterday is what I think I constantly like to evaluate myself with and in
like to evaluate myself with and in
like to evaluate myself with and in dance in general the persistence with
dance in general the persistence with
dance in general the persistence with which we need to work as dancers is
which we need to work as dancers is
which we need to work as dancers is incessant our weaknesses are always
incessant our weaknesses are always
incessant our weaknesses are always there and no matter what you do you find
there and no matter what you do you find
there and no matter what you do you find another weakness you know that till you
another weakness you know that till you
another weakness you know that till you account
account
account and then you find another one you work
and then you find another one you work
and then you find another one you work on that one and then another one pops up
on that one and then another one pops up
on that one and then another one pops up so then this is incessant it’s constant
so then this is incessant it’s constant
so then this is incessant it’s constant and sometimes we think of work or I mean
and sometimes we think of work or I mean
and sometimes we think of work or I mean dance is my work in mind what I do I
dance is my work in mind what I do I
dance is my work in mind what I do I don’t think we should think of finishing
don’t think we should think of finishing
don’t think we should think of finishing the tasks for the day but I think I
the tasks for the day but I think I
the tasks for the day but I think I usually think of finishing my tasks at
usually think of finishing my tasks at
usually think of finishing my tasks at the end of the day make sense the tasks
the end of the day make sense the tasks
the end of the day make sense the tasks continue until I policy Oh can’t stay
continue until I policy Oh can’t stay
continue until I policy Oh can’t stay awake in me so with whatever we pursue I
awake in me so with whatever we pursue I
awake in me so with whatever we pursue I think if we have that intention or
think if we have that intention or
think if we have that intention or passion in what we do
passion in what we do
passion in what we do I think successful inevitable is
I think successful inevitable is
I think successful inevitable is something that happens and even if we’re
something that happens and even if we’re
something that happens and even if we’re not successful in them the way the word
not successful in them the way the word
not successful in them the way the word is perceived in today we are successful
is perceived in today we are successful
is perceived in today we are successful for ourselves because we are still
for ourselves because we are still
for ourselves because we are still better than what we want yes city and in
better than what we want yes city and in
better than what we want yes city and in work itself there is the journey in the
work itself there is the journey in the
work itself there is the journey in the world itself where we try and try
world itself where we try and try
world itself where we try and try repeatedly to get to that place where we
repeatedly to get to that place where we
repeatedly to get to that place where we are never going to get to there is joy
are never going to get to there is joy
are never going to get to there is joy there is joy in movement in finding
there is joy in movement in finding
there is joy in movement in finding things that I do not have yesterday
things that I do not have yesterday
things that I do not have yesterday finding newness and finding new avenues
finding newness and finding new avenues
finding newness and finding new avenues of expressing just that itself is enough
of expressing just that itself is enough
of expressing just that itself is enough the third thing that I feel has
the third thing that I feel has
the third thing that I feel has certainly one which is very difficult in
certainly one which is very difficult in
certainly one which is very difficult in today’s age of technology is trying to
today’s age of technology is trying to
today’s age of technology is trying to be present in the moment
be present in the moment
be present in the moment dance helps me do that because while I’m
dance helps me do that because while I’m
dance helps me do that because while I’m dancing I cannot think of anything else
dancing I cannot think of anything else
dancing I cannot think of anything else it is like a meditation in its own and I
it is like a meditation in its own and I
it is like a meditation in its own and I know that is the same for anybody who is
know that is the same for anybody who is
know that is the same for anybody who is engaged completely what they are doing
engaged completely what they are doing
engaged completely what they are doing it is not specific to a particular type
it is not specific to a particular type
it is not specific to a particular type of work it’s that’s just how it is with
of work it’s that’s just how it is with
of work it’s that’s just how it is with anything but if someone’s writing or
anything but if someone’s writing or
anything but if someone’s writing or reading or working on engineering or
reading or working on engineering or
reading or working on engineering or building I think that single-pointed
building I think that single-pointed
building I think that single-pointed concentration of the mind itself or
concentration of the mind itself or
concentration of the mind itself or being present in that moment is very
being present in that moment is very
being present in that moment is very essential and in some ways it’s so
essential and in some ways it’s so
essential and in some ways it’s so beautiful because you’re suddenly free
beautiful because you’re suddenly free
beautiful because you’re suddenly free and I’m free from all other thoughts all
and I’m free from all other thoughts all
and I’m free from all other thoughts all other possibilities because I am right
other possibilities because I am right
other possibilities because I am right there at that moment it also helps us
there at that moment it also helps us
there at that moment it also helps us assess the reality of who we are because
assess the reality of who we are because
assess the reality of who we are because at this moment I may be in a different
at this moment I may be in a different
at this moment I may be in a different place than I was yesterday
place than I was yesterday
place than I was yesterday and yesterday and I may have performed a
and yesterday and I may have performed a
and yesterday and I may have performed a stunningly beautiful piece and it was
stunningly beautiful piece and it was
stunningly beautiful piece and it was fabulous but today I am nothing again
fabulous but today I am nothing again
fabulous but today I am nothing again and so I walk from where I am again
and so I walk from where I am again
and so I walk from where I am again today and neither are
today and neither are
today and neither are our victory is known as failures of
our victory is known as failures of
our victory is known as failures of yesterday are carried on because we work
yesterday are carried on because we work
yesterday are carried on because we work from where we are today at that movement
from where we are today at that movement
from where we are today at that movement and I think that is very essential as an
and I think that is very essential as an
and I think that is very essential as an artist and we develop this skill of
artist and we develop this skill of
artist and we develop this skill of trying to be a it’s something that I
trying to be a it’s something that I
trying to be a it’s something that I feel can be cultivated and we develop
feel can be cultivated and we develop
feel can be cultivated and we develop develop the skill of being present and
develop the skill of being present and
develop the skill of being present and in the moment in order to accept what is
in the moment in order to accept what is
in the moment in order to accept what is given to us what is thrown at us because
given to us what is thrown at us because
given to us what is thrown at us because an artist’s life is never constant it’s
an artist’s life is never constant it’s
an artist’s life is never constant it’s never consistent we will do many things
never consistent we will do many things
never consistent we will do many things this month and next month we don’t
this month and next month we don’t
this month and next month we don’t perform at all and so while we are not
perform at all and so while we are not
perform at all and so while we are not performing it doesn’t make us any less
performing it doesn’t make us any less
performing it doesn’t make us any less of an artist or a dancer because our art
of an artist or a dancer because our art
of an artist or a dancer because our art and dance is really you know and that is
and dance is really you know and that is
and dance is really you know and that is what is essential also when we are
what is essential also when we are
what is essential also when we are present in the moment we learn to
present in the moment we learn to
present in the moment we learn to respond to situations at that moment so
respond to situations at that moment so
respond to situations at that moment so like the piece that I that I just did in
like the piece that I that I just did in
like the piece that I that I just did in the beginning I wasn’t going to make it
the beginning I wasn’t going to make it
the beginning I wasn’t going to make it about water all about what are they
about water all about what are they
about water all about what are they spoke about I let the music start but
spoke about I let the music start but
spoke about I let the music start but that was running in my mind then I moved
that was running in my mind then I moved
that was running in my mind then I moved in then the rain fell and when the rain
in then the rain fell and when the rain
in then the rain fell and when the rain fans didn’t float and then there was no
fans didn’t float and then there was no
fans didn’t float and then there was no name and then I the imagination
name and then I the imagination
name and then I the imagination continues and allow it to influence your
continues and allow it to influence your
continues and allow it to influence your thoughts because the world you create
thoughts because the world you create
thoughts because the world you create around you is easier and that is what is
around you is easier and that is what is
around you is easier and that is what is allows you to gain empathy I think is
allows you to gain empathy I think is
allows you to gain empathy I think is being in the moment also when we
being in the moment also when we
being in the moment also when we collaborate with other artists as a
collaborate with other artists as a
collaborate with other artists as a classical dancer the live musicians the
classical dancer the live musicians the
classical dancer the live musicians the live music we play together we play with
live music we play together we play with
live music we play together we play with each other and sometimes they give me
each other and sometimes they give me
each other and sometimes they give me something that I have to accept and I
something that I have to accept and I
something that I have to accept and I give them something that
give them something that
give them something that so it’s a constant play it’s something
so it’s a constant play it’s something
so it’s a constant play it’s something that happens in the moment and in that
that happens in the moment and in that
that happens in the moment and in that process we find joy so I hope that we
process we find joy so I hope that we
process we find joy so I hope that we can all find things that bring us to the
can all find things that bring us to the
can all find things that bring us to the present moment things that drive us
present moment things that drive us
present moment things that drive us incessantly striving with determination
incessantly striving with determination
incessantly striving with determination and in some ways madness to become a
and in some ways madness to become a
and in some ways madness to become a better version of ourselves
better version of ourselves
better version of ourselves and lastly to find the vulnerability to
and lastly to find the vulnerability to
and lastly to find the vulnerability to share our true selves with other people
share our true selves with other people
share our true selves with other people thank you
thank you
thank you [Applause]
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