Meta of the week: Movie Time!

Are you tired of watching Save The Last Dance? Have you seen Center Stage so many times that you're tempted to stab yourself with a rusty fork the next time you hear "Higher Ground?" Are you one of the many people who think One Last Dance was Just Awful?
Well, angst no more. CSDE brings you a long-awaited dance comedy, a mini-documentary we made on the road during our first-ever mini-tour.

So without further ado, we bring you There Goes The Neighborhood: CSDE goes to PA

(We tried to be serious, but we're CSDE.)

Post-benefit webisode

CSDE Webisode 1: After the benefit
In the dressing room after CSDE's benefit, talking into the camera about my insane week.

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GREAT SHOW GUYS

hey guys i just want to say that i love you all and for a show that was thrown together, it was amazing and even if we planned it i dont think it could have been any better. each dance was perfect and worked out better. it shows how great dancers we all are that we can play off each other even the improv was awesome! amy and mels pieces were awesome and they are great for coming up with the choreography! i loved all the dances and of all the people in the world, im glad i got to dance those pieces with you guys! LOVE YALL LIKE A FAT KID LOVES CAKE

'Building Nothing' stills and Big Range Plug

Building Nothing (2.0) 4
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Some teasers from Tuesday's ''Building Nothing' run. Enjoy them, and make plans to see....

Big Range Dance Festival: The Dance Gathering
Sunday, June 8, 7pm
Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex
A fast-paced, widely varied, uncurated evening of 4-minute works by 16 local choreographers, from emerging to professional, representing a multitude of dance genres.

Come see our new 'n' improved 'Building Nothing!'

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New version of an old dance, the life of a rookie company director

Today we had tech rehearsal for the new version of Building Nothing. We were nervous going into it, but we got onstage and the piece just....happened. It was incredible.

I'm really happy with how the new version is coming along. Although we are doing an abridged version for Dance Gathering, it's not officially "finished"-- there is so much more that I want to add to it, choreographically and conceptually, but time got away from us. Regardless, we already have a notable improvement over the original, the footage from today looks great, and we're excited to present it this coming weekend.

We are also having our fundraiser in a few days, and I'm knee-deep in last-minute preparations. We're looking to fund our upcoming performances both in Houston and on the road.
That aside, the director of CSDE (e.g. yours truly) is accepting any and all donations of sanity-- I'm fresh out. I'd like to go into a little more detail here about the oh-so-glamorous life of a dance company's rookie director, but and I need to quit blog-stalling and get back to work, so I'll make this quick. Let me show you what my office looks like right now:

It was worse earlier today before rehearsal. Trust me.

P.S. Lesson of the day is this: The words "Windows Vista" and "film-editing software" should never be used in the same sentence unless you want to spend two hours head-desking. I learned this the hard way.