Yordana Rodriguez

Solo Research Day 2

Today was the second day in the studio to work on my solo. Since the last time I was at Nowhere, I did not have the time to continue this work outside of the studio. So today I entered the space without any further preparation. Working with Shailesh ...

Solo Research Day 1

My dear friend Usha Kanagasabai pushed me to finally start with this solo that I planned with my project with Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie. And to no longer wait for whatever reason. I gave myself one month to do research about my subject and ...

Iron Lotus – Phantom of the Roboticah

I came to the Bay Area to learn more about the history of popping and meet elders of the community in Oakland, San Fransisco and Richmond to hear their stories. I went to the city San Francisco to learn from Lonnie Green (aka Poptart aka the Fillmore Kid) ...

Flying to the States

Yesterday started interesting. The day finally arrived, this day my journey in the States would start. Waking up at 4.30 to make sure that I would be on time for the flight which was departing at 9.50. I immediately went to the check-in so I ...

Part of my process

Another week has passed, and I am already 4 months in this research. There are days where I am filled with inspiration and I just want the time to stop. Because I need every hour, every minute, and if possible also every second to continue my quest. I am ...

Directions

This research helped me in having a clear purpose to work towards to which really helps directing my days, my weeks, actually just my overall time management. And because of writing about it, speaking about it, being coached on different levels, I am more ...

Fathership, the value of integrity

I would like to continue in my quest of acknowledging my mentors, and how they have contributed in my life. One month ago I wrote about how my mother has empowered me. The other person that came to mind as soon as I started to think about this topic, is ...

New encounters

This week I have been in Tilburg for 5 days, cause I was part of International Choreographers Week. I felt that this was a good addition to the research in my development as a choreographer. Being able to meet new choreographers, dancers, researchers from ...

How to make space for growth

During my research* I am making a mind map* about authenticity. So I can understand its definition better and see which key point are involved. By building this into a framework, it gives me the opportunity to test its potential in my quest to get to know ...

Mothership, building your legacy

In my last Skype session I spoke to Rashaad (who is one of my coaches in this research) about mentorship. To better understand the meaning of it and also to observe which pillars he was referring to and why. So I could apply those to reflect on my own ...