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"We can laud the blood sweat and tears of our work. But that is not ultimately why we are hired. That is not why we create. We create because we cannot help but express what is happening in the world.” - Ane Crabtree

Photo © #KimberlyMWang / eardog.com / On the Handmaid’s set, Toronto, Canada 🚫Please no reposts without permission 🚫

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Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 Debuts on @Hulu April 25. Another opportunity to witness the work of this award winning cast and crew, and especially the work of the incomparable costume designer @AneCrabtree  

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The inspiring, electrifying, Ingrid Silva, the ballerina on a mission to empower women to lead and create positive change in the world. @dancetheatreofharlem ⭐️ Photo © Kimberly M. Wang / eardog.com ⭐️ Two more nights (and One Matinee) left to catch the incomparable ballerina @IngridSilva and her Dance Theater of Harlem colleagues perform at NYC’s City Center, April 6, & 7. 

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On the 5th, #IngridSilva, #StephanieRaeWilliams and #LindseyCroopcaptivated the crowd with #DianneMcIntyre’s ’Change’, which honors the strength of black women through history. The evening also featured a stirring company revival of Dougla, by #GeoffreyHolder, and a program chock full of dazzling performances. 

Huge, lit by Neon. Midtown, NYC.

Night snow in Tribeca. The Odeon, NYC

The jewelry box on Howard Street, Soho NYC. Roman and Williams Guild. 

Ballerina Ingrid Silva of the Dance Theater of Harlem. In rehearsal.

Resist. Raise Your Voice. Vote.

Women's March 2018, NYC.

The Grief Tourist in Bronxville. 

Ingrid Silva en pointe. Frida Kahlo the Frenchie, in repose. At the Dance Theater of Harlem. NYC. 

Photo © Kimberly M. Wang / eardog.com

A little less than a year after this moment, captured at Carnegie Hall, the great mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato received yet another Grammy nomination for 2017 Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for : "In War & Peace".

It's a moving, daring work that lovingly conceived by this multi-Grammy award winner, with a mission and message that's more timely than ever. If you were fortunate enough to see Joyce, the dancer Manuel Palazzo and the orchestra Il Pomo D'Oro perform together, then you know why this nomination is so well deserved. Music does indeed, have the power to create change.

Joyce created her makeup ('War' for Act I, 'Peace' for Act 2) every night, with her own hands, in the pressurized rush between acts. The makeup itself, was a work of art.

Congratulations to an artist with a heart as enormous as her talent! Here's a link to one of the gorgeous singles from the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrJTmpt43hg

Joyce is currently on tour in Europe. Catch her anytime you can. www.JoyceDiDonato.com to learn more. 

Huge, Moving Forward. West Village, NYC 

My collaboration with the inspiring, electric, and incredibly talented ballerina Ingrid Silva, of the Dance Theater of Harlem, was a joy to shoot for Four and Sons Magazine.

Hailing from Brazil, and a New Yorker since the age of 18, Ingrid thrills audiences with her artistry and passion. Behind the scenes, it's her French Bulldog, Frida Kahlo, who is one of the secrets of Ingrid's creative process.

The Four and Sons story features words and pictures by me. Charm and brilliance, courtesy Ingrid and Frida.

Learn more about Ingrid's story and pre-order Issue 8 of the magazine here:

http://fourandsons.com/product/issue-eight-autumn-2017/