CultureShock LA

So I was going to be subbing a class at a nearbye studio in LA, but then that fell thru so after comforting myself with some more vintage shoppin in Hollywood i decided to dare my way to UCLA with public transport. Was a nightmare waiting for the bus, but once on it, it drove me straight down to the massive and illustrious UCLA campus - that place is like a CITY in itself! I walked into the Ackerman Union Building just as CSLA finished performing for their charity event. But meeting the CSLA team and their director Arnel more than made up for the trip. He even gave me his CSLA T-Shirt as a souvenir! Had a really inspiring conversation with him, he filled me in on the local politics between dance troupes, as well as enlightening me about his dreams in terms of community outreach and using HipHop in a really focal way to benefit youth. Over noodles I got to spend more time with the whole administrative team of CSLA and then we walked around the area, got scouted by an MTV casting director for a show and then was driven home by 'Boogiewalker' from CSLA, a real top guy. All in all, a brilliant evening bonding with CultureShockers from another city - reminded me how great the CultureShock forum is, where u can meet and relate to other dancers who work/study and dance as a passion in their sparetime...

Noodles with the CultureShock LA team...