My name is Leeanne M. G-Bowley and I’m thrilled to be a member of the Dance/NYC Junior Committee.  I’ve been impressed by the Junior Committee since I first learned about it at last year’s Dance/NYC Midwinter Symposium.   (This year’s symposium is less than a week away.  I’ll be posting about that later this week!)

This week I’ll be blogging for the Junior Committee as well as updating our twitter (@DanceNYCJComm).  I’d like to start off the week by sharing a video that inspires me.  This is a video from an international breakdancing competition and features the USA vs. Korea.  It captures what I love about dance—it reaches people.  I am the artistic director of a contemporary dance company that is proudly based in Queens, the borough where I live.  I love Queens due to the great potential held within the most diverse borough in our incredible city.  Through our work, I have an opportunity to see how dance draws people into live performance.  It creates a community through a bond of engagement in the movement.   This video represents my borough’s potential as well as the pure power of the art form.  Breakdancing reaches  people around the world, not because it is promoted by big corporations or by governments, but it organically inspires young people and is typically taught peer to peer or through mentorship.  That is the powerful.

I could watch this for hours.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jbHLRql7Ng&feature=related

More inspiring dance videos to come on the Junior Committee twitter and blog!