FOUR YEARS OF COMPETITIONS! -ONE DISLOCATED KNEECAP! -ONE RE-LOCATED KNEECAP! -ONE OVER-ALL TITLE AND TROPHY AT A REGIONAL COMPETITION -ONE OVER-ALL TITLE AND TROPHY AT THE WORLD FINALS!!! -THREE PLATINUM AWARDS!! -ELEVEN HIGH GOLD AWARDS!! -ONE SPECIAL AWARD FOR MY "TERRIFIC TIMING" -ONE SPECIAL AWARD FOR MY "BEAUTIFUL TURNS" TONS OF SPECIAL MEMORIES, WONDERFUL COMMENTS ABOUT MY DANCING, PICTURES AND VIDEOS!!!
MY NATIONAL DANCE TITLE!!! THIS DANCE FIRST WON A PLATINUM AWARD AND AN OVER-ALL TITLE AND TROPHY AT A REGIONAL COMPETITION!!! I THEN WON AN OVER-ALL TITLE AND TROPHY AT THE WORLD FINALS, TO WIN MY FIRST NATIONAL DANCE TITLE!!!
MANY OF THE FOLLOWING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY PHOTO-JOURNALIST KAT DUNCAN. I WAS CONTACTED BY MS. DUNCAN PRIOR TO MY SOLD-OUT DEBUT CONCERT: "COLLECTIONS", PERFORMED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS CAMBRIDGE, MA VENUE: THE MULTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER. SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD HAVE ACCESS TO REHEARSALS AND THE PERFORMANCE. I AGREED TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED AND INTERVIEWED BY HER FOR HER ARTICLE IN EXCHANGE FOR THESE WONDERFUL DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS!!! MORE INFO ON "COLLECTIONS" CAN BE FOUND ON THIS WEBSITE'S VIDEO WEBPAGE: http://www.kiraseamon.com/video.html
THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW ME ONLY MINUTES AFTER RECEIVING MY NATIONAL DANCE TITLE AND TROPHY! MANY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW ME RELAXING AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER AFTER ALL OF MY PERFORMANCES WERE FINISHED. THIS GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS ALSO INCLUDES MY TOURIST PHOTOS.
I WENT ON TO PERFORM THIS DANCE IN A HIGHLY EXPANDED FORMAT WHICH INCLUDED TWO SOLOS AND A PAS DE DEUX DURING MY SOLD-OUT DEBUT CONCERT: "COLLECTIONS" PERFORMED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS CAMBRIDGE, MA VENUE: THE MULTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER. FOR THIS CONCERT, I RECEIVED STRONG PRESS COVERAGE INCLUDING A COVER STORY AND WAS FEATURED IN THE CAMBRIDGE CHRONICLE'S "STAY" IN THE ARTS SECTION OF THE PAPER. ON THE DAY OF THIS CONCERT, I WAS ALSO NAMED TO DANCE MAGAZINE'S GROWING LIST OF ACTIVE FEMALE CHOREOGRAPHERS!! MANY OF THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY PHOTO-JOURNALIST KAT DUNCAN.
CHECK OUT MY: "GEISHA BALLERINA"!!! IT WON A PLATINUM AWARD AT A REGIONAL DANCE COMPETITION, GOING ON TO WIN A SPECIAL AWARD FROM THE JUDGES FOR MY: "TERRIFIC TIMING" AT THE WORLD FINALS!!! THIS LOVELY DANCE ALSO WON DANCE SPIRIT FUTURE STAR OF THE MONTH, EDITOR'S AND VIEWER'S CHOICE!!! FOR MORE ON THIS AMAZING DANCE, VISIT THIS WEBSITE'S VIDEO WEBPAGE: http://www.kiraseamon.com/video.html
MANY OF THE FOLLOWING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY PHOTO-JOURNALIST KAT DUNCAN.
MY CHARMING DANCE: "THE ABRACADABRA ARABESQUE" WON A SPECIAL AWARD FROM THE JUDGES FOR: "BEAUTIFUL TURNS"!!!!
"A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME..." THIS MAGICAL DANCE (ENTITLED "THE ROSE") WON A PLATINUM AWARD!! IT WAS PERFORMED SOON AFTER I DISLOCATED MY KNEECAP. I ALSO WAS INVITED TO PERFORM THIS DANCE AT THE FUNDRAISER FOR THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE IN PROVIDENCE RI!!