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Achinta’s 2017 Choreography Reel Available on YouTube

Blue13 Artistic Director, Achinta S. McDaniel choreographs not only for the company but also for the film, TV and commercial industries in Hollywood, specializing in Bollywood dance, Bhangra, contemporary, jazz, and more.  You may have seen her work in The Strokes Threat of Joy Music Video, on New Girl, Speechless, in Madden, Snapple, and Heineken commercials, and more.  Achinta is also a professor of dance at USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance in Los Angeles, and teaches around the globe.  Shoot us an e-mail at [booking at blue13dance dot com] for more information.

Ever Seen a Beatles Baraat?

ACHINTA’S BEATLES BARAAT

Blue13’s Achinta  created some pretty unique and incredible concepts in June for her brother’s big wedding in Greenwich, Connecticut!  Never one to be part of the status quo, McDaniel created a Beatles song Baraat (the groom’s traditional procession filled with dancing family and friends en route to the wedding), with choreographed moves, live drumming and a stilt walker.  Even The Huffington Post India picked up on the excitement.  Video by Vinnie Chhabra.  Music: Love me Do, The Beatles.  Dhol: Sonny Brooklynwala.

4 Performances by Blue13 for Western Arts Alliance

Blue13 will perform in three independent showcases for the Western Arts Alliance conference in Los Angeles, August 29th-31st.

LA DanceFest Monday August 29th, 9pm at Downtown Dance & Movement, just a few blocks from J.W. Marriott.  Greeters will be in the lobby to walk with presenters to the performance venue.  Open to WAA attendees only.
Also performing: BrokusRED, Anais Dance Opera, Down Around Brown Town, and more.  Food, Drinks, Merriment included! CLICK FOR CALENDAR LISTING.

Downtown Dance Showcase Tuesday August 30th, 8:30pm & 9:30pm at Downtown Dance & Movement, blocks from J.W. Marriott.  Greeters will be in the lobby to walk with presenters to the performance venue.  Free and open to the public, though WAA attendees will take seating preference.
Also performing: LACDC, Ate9, Jacob Jonas Company.  CLICK FOR CALENDAR LISTING.

DRC Homegrown Wednesday August 31st, 8:58pm at Los Angeles Theater Center.
Transportation: Shuttle buses will be available from REDCAT, after the Juried Showcase, as well as from the J.W. Marriott Hotel. Other options: Uber, discount code (up to $22) for first-time riders is Feeling22; by foot from the hotel is about a 30min. walk via W Olympic and S Spring Street; by car from the hotel is about a 9min. drive. FREE badged WAA attendees, $15 public, $10 DRC members. CLICK FOR CALENDAR LISTING.
Also performing: Helios, Pony Box, Antics, Versa Style, Troupe Vertigo Circus and more.

Achinta Off to Michigan to Set a Piece on Young Ballet Dancers

I’m so excited to fly to Michigan tomorrow morning bright and early (send me good traffic vibes, LA).  I’m honored to be setting a Bollywood piece on a group of talented dancers from the Young People’s Ballet Theatre in Flint.  My family/friends from the Grand Rapids Ballet, Nick and Laura Schultz, asked me to come out and choreograph the grand finale of their student group, and I of course, happily accepted.  Can’t wait to work with this young dancers, and to show you all the finished product.  Look out for my tweets and instagrams all weekend!

-Achinta S. McDaniel