Here is a video from the Jerboa show called “Back from the Brink”. I’m not dancing in this video, but it gives you an idea of what is in store if you come see Jerboa’s ALL NEW show called “Continuum” where I WILL be dancing.. a lot. “Continuum” opens June 4th and 5th in Seattle.  ”Back from the Brink” will be shown again in September.

June 4 – 5, 2010

ACT THEATER
700 Union Street
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 292-7676
www.acttheatre.org

Running Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes

Jerboa Dance, the Seattle-based modern dance company that brought you Back from the Brink in 2009, presents continuum, a new full-length modern dance production. continuum is an exploration the complexities of human relationships and the patterns we fall into, both good and bad. In Jerboa Dance’s style, it is an acrobatic, energetic work relying on raw emotion and the strong technical background of the dancers to draw in the audience. Rather than a story with a clear beginning and end, continuum is a window into the moments of our lives.

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Student tickets are available for $20. This is a guest production, not produced by ACT. Buy Tickets at www.acttheatre.org

Performers:
Sean Calavan, Sarah Champion, Morgan Houghton, Kristin Kissell, Meghan Shepard, Renado Tozer, Finn von Claret, and Jaime Waliczek

Armando Betancourt – Photography
Kent Bozlinski – Videography
Peter Bracilano – Lighting Design
Nell Hoffman – Costume Design
Katie Sawicki – Stage Management
Gary Waliczek – Music

I love to make music, not just perform it.

So after 8 months of searching and interviewing, I found my accomplice, his name is Marc Tweed.

Marc and I have been hard at work writing songs, recording and drinking copious amounts of whisky afterwards.  I really enjoy songwriting and finding all the different places my voice can go.  I feel like I really get to grow in this new environment. I can’t tell you how important that is.

I had the idea to name the band “Imaginary Daughter” because of my mother.  I went to visit her earlier this year, and she had several friends that had never met me.  She would tell them about me, and all the crazy things that I was doing. In jest they would call me her imaginary daughter.  I told Marc the story, and he loved the name too.

We are working, playing and hopeful.  We are already collaborating with friends that some of you probably know.  I’ll update more as we go along, but for now wish us the best of luck.  Our goal is to play our first show at the end of the summer in Seattle.

-Finn

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Sean “Sto Holla” Watson and did the most amazing shoot with him. The shoot was for his online magazine called “Peer Pressure”. Initially the shoot was supposed to be for the Valentines Day edition, emphasizing  love, and romance.  But we found once all dolled up and in front of the lens, that I wasn’t having the most romantic day, or week for that matter. So instead of pushing all the wrong buttons and ending up with a bad shoot, Sean encouraged me to embrace what I was feeling that day. It manifested in hot pink makeup, ripped tights, huge pants and fucked up hair. I climbed on the walls, and all over a graffiti-ed chair. It was therapy.  It is a really brilliant and rare thing to find other artists that are able to see process that way. Its not an obstruction, its construction. Enjoy!

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