Here is Master Topher and his son Bruce doing a demonstration in Ilustrisimo:

Bruce and Brandon demonstrating:

Master Topher showing me the “fighting form”:



Bruce looks like he’s about to knock his opponent out!

Brandon looks like he’s having way too much fun in the ring:

Brandon gives his opponent some pointers after their sparring match:

And here’s Bruce giving me some pointers during my sparring match.  “Keep those hands up!”
The lovely Catrina Catalano, my opponent that day.  Don’t let the pink gloves fool you, she packs a mean punch!

I’m excited and freaked out at the same time…I’m actually going to be showing my photography at an art show this Saturday!  Giselle Anguizola, founder of GirlJam California, is hosting an entire weekend that celebrates the role of women and their contribution to early American dance, specifically roots jazz culture.  To compliment this event, she is hosting an evening presentation of the arts at the Sister Lodge in North Park, immediately following Ray at Night (an art festival held every second Saturday of the month in North Park, San Diego).

Giselle has kindly asked me, as a local female photographer, to show some of my photographs.  And I am so proud to do so!  If you happen to be coming out for Ray at Night this Saturday, please stop by and say hi!  Or just come out to the show anyway to see my work, a few other local female artists, and learn lots about women in dance history! Here is the info: