The award winning piece 5 Minutes originally done in 2007 voted on by Broadways who's who and showcased for the League of Broadway Producers was set on Dance & Bmore for their debut concert May 2011 at Creative Alliance. There are no breaks in this piece, this is the real timing and the dancers do a fantastic job.

In The Birth CJay portrays the mother of creative creatures as they discover an intriguing yet sometimes dangerous world.

This is a photo from the WOW festival hosted by the BSO March 2012 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. A highlight of this weekend of events was a Saturday night concert directed and choreographed by CJay Philip featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rain Pryor, Dance & Bmore and over a hundred Baltimore artists.

This is a spring 2012 photo of some of the dancers in Dance & Bmore. One of the things I find interesting in the dance world is "typing" which is combining groups of dancers together based on common physical attributes. Typing can go beyond the physical to more abstract common bonds like style and energy. One of my tricks as I auditioned in NYC in my 20s was to keep my eye on the choreographer. Most where older (My current age) and had young spry assistants demonstrating. While everyone watched the assistant to get the counts and steps, I kept my eye on the choreographer (Who was barely moving). When it was time to show the combination I'd almost always get asked to stay and dance some more. I wasn't the strongest, most technically sound or flexible dancer in the room but I'd always get asked to stay. The secret to my success? (Long pause then look to the sides). In the short time we had to learn the movement, I spent most of it studying the movement of the choreographer then I would perform their movement as their younger self and they couldn't quite put their finger on why they thought I was so special...ego. Who doesn't like looking in a mirror and seeing themselves in their prime. Sometimes after I was hired they'd even say, "You remind me of myself back when I was dancing". Interesting how several very different people could see themselves in me, I was quite a chameleon (Shhh). Times are changing but back in the day so many companies had a "type". All the Graham girls looked alike, Cunningham, Limon boys etc. I'm older now but I fall into the same ego trip. I see myself in Every dancer in my company, no really. Now the thing is, since they are all so different, what does that tell you about me.

After choosing a company name with obvious double entendre, the not so obvious was what it should looked like. This was a fun few days of day dreaming and writing on napkins or scrap paper. I don't draw well but my graphic designer Brian Branch says he loves the written details I give to help solidify visual concepts (I think he's just being nice). First I got into my leotard and tights, stood against the bedroom wall holding in my stomach as my husband took the picture. Thirty minutes back and forth from pose to camera to see. I had my right leg curved around and crossing my left like an ampersand. Beads of sweat forming on my back, finally a, "Whew child, I think that's the best we gone get" We sit down on the coach and stare at all the shots... suddenly an epiphany! Another scrap paper sketch later and the limits to my flexibility are gone and out comes half dancers half &. I love it! Thanks Brian and Boo

This post-show performance in the lobby at Centerstage was based on themes within a new work by Marcus Gardley, Dance of The Holy Ghost. It came from my interpretation of the relationships between a father, daughter and grandson.

Poet -April Kersey Singer -DeMerris Dancer -CJay Philip Present Tense; a poem someone gave me written by a 14 year old boy...profound wisdom at such a young age intrigued me so I put this together.

Be More or Less; takes a painfully honest look at body image, our response and responsibility.

When were you born and when was IT born? Two days so different indeed. The first here on earth, so common yet still miraculous as the first breath, the first cry, the first squint of the eye. The other more obscure in a place near the soul where creativity is born and first starts to grow... Cue music