long distance relationships

Adventures of Desun and Cuauhtii

Me: we should use this app for long distance relationships

boo: oh yea what's it called

me: COUPLE

boo: -.-

me: yeah lets do it *downloads*

boo: *downloads*

me: you like it? we can #nosekiss with it

boo: there should be an option for poly-relationships

me: oh boo :3 you are always thinking forward :3 I love you

boo: *kiss

glitter pains

We feel the pain we allow ourselves to feel, we touch the glitter we allow ourselves to touch.

Cuauhtemoc Peranda @ UCR

Cuauhtémoc Peranda

cpera001@ucr.edu

Cuauhtémoc Peranda, MFA (Mexica/Aztec & Mescalero Apache) is a First-Year PhD student in the Critical Dance Studies Program at the University of California, Riverside. He is a Benjamin E. Mays Mellon Fellow, and a recipient of the prestigious Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship. He has had to honor of presenting his award winning research on Vogue/Voguing at the Queer People of Color Regional Conference at the University of California, Davis, and the Queer Yo’ Mind Conference at San Francisco State University. In 2009, he studied under Dr. Ramón Rivera-Servera, PhD at Northwestern University through the competitive Research Opportunities Program Fellowship, and graduated in 2010, with Honors, from Stanford University with a BA Degree in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. While training at Mills College for his MFA in Choreography and Performance, he established his art & dance company: Mitote Choreographics. 

Cuauhtémoc’s artistic and academic interests examine Contemporary Dance’s decolonial possibilities by ways of the imbedded Native American dance protocols; additionally, he explores Queer & Quare Fierceness in Voguing as a tool for gender and identity resistance, and a vehicle for healing and preventing suicide. His dance work has been presented throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Seattle, Cambridge, London, Germany, and he has traveled through the United States, Canada and Mexico as a performer. His writings on decolonial dance practices will be published in the forthcoming Queer Chicana/o Xicana/o Spiritualities Anthology. 

Auto-Choreographic Questions

Auto-choreographies. Could this be a thing? Auto-Choreographic? What happens when we choreograph ourselves, or try to dig into ourselves? Is the choreographic something already self described and inscribed?

What of the glitter shaman? Or Ralph Lemon's Geography? Or Adrianne Piper's Mythic Being? With the emergent choreographies and performances, don't we also see the emerging person, the emerging artist? Isn't choreography as much self work as it is artwork?

Dance USA Question

Question

In this much more expensive world of dance training, lack of part-time sustainable jobs, little to no low-income housing, low scholarships and high loan debt, how do prospective dancers become a part of a company? How can they finance training for a specific style, genre, company, or choreographer while also fulfilling personal obligations? In the time before a contact is even given, how do dancers survive? And, even if a contact is given, if it is part-time, or per project, how do dancers sustain themselves and plan for their financial future?

dream

I have a dream.
That one day we can talk about ‪#‎racism‬ openly and with compassion.
That we could look at business, education, policy, law, and any system and openly state: "this is racist. This seems to be built on old racist ideas, let's change this" -- and the rest will say -- "I agree, this irrationally oppresses a group and supports white supremacy, let's change this for the better and work for a more perfect union and collaborative country" .... Without the fighting, killing, and ‪#‎WhiteFeelings‬....

I dream of a day when racism can be discussed freely, without fear...

It is possible, I know it. Because that is freedom!

Adventures

Boo: I think grad school made me more racist. 
Me: confused_rev emoticon 
Boo: well, maybe I can be more racists cuz I learned how to be in school. 
Me: >.> 
Boo: well ummm you know what I mean...
Me: shhhhhhhh

Adeventures

Boo: when you go to LA you can't kiss no more Asian boos. 
Me: FINE! Then you can't kiss any more Latino boos up here! 
Boo: confused emoticon but they're my weakness! 
Me: I know colonthree emoticon

Adventures

Me: do you think we're good together? I mean are we similar enough? 
Boo: we are different..
Me: really? 
Boo: yeah. I'm an ethnic studies historian and in that world. And you're in a wired art thing space thingy scholar whatever 
Me: k.... But does it work? 
Boo: it's hella kawaii
Me : colonthree emoticon

Adventures

Me: do you even know how to eat tacos ? 
Boo: yes, duh, GEEZE GOD!!!
**grabs taco**
Me: NO NO NO NO STOP RIGHT NOW!! 
Boo: what? 
Me: put that taco down. *demonstrates* you see you move some meat to the second tortilla so you get two tacos.
Boo: oh my gosh! Is this Latino wisdom?
Me: yes. Also, this is why you never ask for two tacos, you just say: "TACOTACO"
Boo: OMG is this real life?
Me: colonthree emoticon
Javi : *side eye*

Adventures

The adventures of Desun and Cuauhtii

Me: you got tacos and Latino music! What could be better?
Boo: a Latino boo? Are you my Latino boo?
Me: yes, I'm your Latino boo
Boo: colonthree emoticon

That #UBER Life

That uber life:

Me: welcome to my car
Passenger: OMG are you native?
Me: yup
Passenger: OMG you must have amazing smooth skin. All exotic people have the best smooth skin.
Me: confused_rev emoticon

That #UBER life

That uber life:

Passenger: do you like dick or pussy?
Me: you have to ask my boyfriend?
Passenger: ooooohhhh!!! You gay!!! And Indian!!! That's so rare!!! I'm so happy I found you!
Me: k...

That #UBER Life

That uber life:

Me: okay I'm here
Passenger: where are you. I'm standing outside! Oh shit, I put in the wrong address! Oops
Me: .......

That #UBER life

That uber life:

Me: welcome to the uberpool
Passenger 2: I don't want a pool. I want just an uber. This is so stupid. Can you kick her out?
Me: no. But you can call another uber. 
Passenger 1: confused emoticon

That #Uber Life

That uber life:

Passengers: run them over!!
Me: I can't, they're gaysians
Passengers: you already have a gaysian boyfriend, who cares!
Me: o.o

my Phd

I was raised by an Mexican immigrant farmworker who educated herself and became a feminist Chicana activist psychotherapist and dancer.

‪#‎MyPhD‬

HELP ME MOVE TO LA

I WILL BE STARTING MY PHD PROGRAM IN LA IN CRITICAL DANCE STUDIES, AND I NEED SOME HELP WITH MOVING EXPENSES. IF YOU CAN HELP WITH ANY CONTRIBUTION, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC!! THANK YOU!!