As many of you know I'm a dancer. It is one of the biggest passions I have in this world. For the past 6 years I have been a professional dancer for the NBA team the Sacramento Kings. December 16, 2009 I was involved in a freak accident during a performance on court. I tore my MCL, ACL, and Meniscus. Yea I know ALL BAD. I still remember when I was released home from the hospital I came home and cried. No joke. I cried because the thing I loved doing the most was taken away from me. I'm not trying to get sympathy just trying to bring you into my world. Well it was obvious that I was out for the rest of the King's season. (Thinking back on it, that accident was one of the best things that happen to me.) Fortunately I was giving the opportunity to become a Stage Manager. A Stage Manager is basically a behind the scenes person. Within a few weeks I started to get a hang of things when it came to the job and I started to like it alot. The reason why was because rather than being told how to dance or where to dance I was actually the one suggesting where and how. It was great! For a lack of words...I felt like a puppet master! I felt that my creative side was getting more recognition then me dancing. If your a dancer you know how hard it is to have someone on your ass telling you to dance now and lets do it one more time again countless times. I felt as if I was Peter Parker. Spiderman for you non Comic Book nerds. I felt as if I had great power and "With great power comes responsibilities." I felt as if I was a voice for the dancers. The voice that could finally speak up for a dancer that was too scared to say anything because they thought they would lose apart due to their defiance. A couple years past and I was in love with being a Stage Manager. I still danced every now and then but I started to lean more towards the behind the scenes stuff. My injured knee did play a big factor also so let me not act like it wasn't. But I started to think of a life after dance. This role started to gain me more creative thought. I started to think outside the box more. I wanted more of a creative role though. By this time I was venturing out. I started event planning and stage managing private parties and dance competitions. You would think that by then I would be satisfied on where I was. I wasn't. Now don't get me wrong I loved doing what I did. Stage Managing and Event Planning was a creative outlet for me. But I'm human and I wanted MORE!
I decided to take a step toward faith and make it a goal for me to start my own production company. I packed up and moved from Sacramento to the Bay area. Now of course it hasn't been the best adventure. Every day is a day for me to seize an opportunity to meet someone who is in the entertainment field and is willing to give an up and coming producer a chance. Has that day happened you ask. My answer ...no. But I still don't give up. I spend hours of day calling and emailing people about myself hoping to get something. And I have actually. Nothing like a job but I have gotten advice and you know what I cant be mad at that because at least its something. After a few months of not connecting with a major role player in the entertainment field in the bay area I felt as if I was never going to get that chance but today I had an Epiphany. Why do I need to look for someone? Why cant I be that someone???? My dumb ass never thought of just doing my own work. Producing my own entertainment. Just thinking of it now makes me feel like an idiot. But you know what sometimes you gotta feel dumb to do smart things. I hope that made sense to be honest. As soon as I thought of the idea of creating my own entertainment my creative juices started flowing again! Just as when I 1st started being a Stage Manager. I started to think of music videos, parody videos, dancing clips, and other things that shall remain on the DL. Cant give away everything that easy. For now I can say that this summer will be an amazing summer for me and many of my supporters. Prepare to be entertained. Pffttt I should of done this months ago! A person is smart, people are dumb.
Good for you Team!
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