Paule Valerie

 

Host | Dancer | Speaker | Fun Fitness


Dance and Improv Comedy Performances

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you know by now, I'm not terribly shy in front of an audience :)             Below are two other activities which I enjoy.

 

  • Afri-K-Sineras Dance Ensemble

    Pronounced (ah-free-ka-see-ned-oz)

    This performance was from the 2009 Palm Springs Salsa Congress.

    I joined this amazing Los Angeles-based dance group in April 2009.  Afri-K-Sineras is an innovative all female dance ensemble known for its unique fusion of African and Latin dance. Although the ensemble's feature dance style is rueda de casino, the traditional dance of Cuba, the company performs an array of styles including traditional West African dance, Cumbia and Tambor, to name a few.

    The group's name is derived from the words Africa and Casinera: A casinera is a female who dances Cuban style salsa called casino. Our dances are also heavily influenced by movements and dances from throughout the African Diaspora.

    For more background on Cuban salsa, particularly in "rueda" form click here to see my video about this style of dance.

    Can you find me in the above video?

     For more info about the dance group, visit www.AfriKaSineras.com. 

     

  • Improv Comedy
    Doing the honors of opening a Friday night show.

  • The improv game in this video is called 4 Corners. Four actors rotate to the 4 corners of the stage when the emcee cues it. With each rotation is the playing out of a completely different scene.

    In one corner of this game I play a medieval mother trying to kill her son with a dagger. In another I play a sister trying to destroy her brother's pride and joy - his Star Wars cup collection.

     

  • In this game of HATS, each actor rotates in playing 2 characters in one scenario: An alien has just landed onto a farmer's property and oh so desperately needs to get back home. As the scene plays out we have some interesting happenings involving cows and probes. 
  • The game 3 or 4 Couple Spotlight Dance involves the rotation of 3 couples into the stage spotlight. The premise is: What are couples really talking about when they're dancing away on the dance floor? In this game my partner and I play a new romantic couple talking about the upcoming visit to my mom's place. The catch is - my mom doesn't like the fact that my new boyfriend is white. This scenario was prompted from the audience and it's all good fun, folks.
  • You'll just have to watch this one.
  • What do you get when you combine household objects, castmates killing each other off and Arnold Schwarzenegger-like action movie one-liners? You get the game called Arnold.
  • The game Storyteller Quirks involves performers rotating in a circle and assuming the role of "storyteller" while performing various physical and verbal quirks as the story is relayed. Each quirk compounds on the one prior. I was second to last to go so by the time it was my turn in the hot seat, I had quite a bit of quirking to do while keeping the story going.
  • Incorporating some Latin flair into my closing bow.

More Information

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