Umdansi onguchwepheshe U-Akira Armstrong ngibe nombono omuhle kakhulu ngo-2008 ngemuva kokubekezelela izingcingo eziningi ezingaphumelelanga.
U-Bronx, u-N.Y., ongowokuzalwa, obelokhu edansa kusukela eneminyaka engu-8 ubudala, itshele In The Know ukuthi ukubhekana nokwenqatshwa kaningi ngenxa yobukhulu bakhe nobuhle bakhe kwamkhuthaza ukuthi azenzele owakhe umzila emhlabeni wobuciko bokudlala - futhi ngalokho, I-Pretty Big Movement wazalwa.
Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu embonini basasaba ukwamukela usayizi omkhulu [abantu] ngoba ... sihlukile, kuchaza u-Armstrong. Asibona ubuhle ‘obuphelele’.
Kwadingeka ngilwe nezinto eziningi. Uyazi, kwadingeka ngizibonakalise njalo ukuze ngamukeleke, futhi ngavele ngakhathala yilokho, kusho yena. Ngangazi ukuthi bakhona nabanye abantu besifazane abafana nami abanosizi olufanayo nabadinga inkundla yokukhombisa uthando lwabo ngobuciko bomdanso.
Ikhredithi: Akira Armstrong
Ngokuka-Armstrong, iPretty Big Movement - inkampani yomdanso ebabazekayo, enesibalo esigcwele egxile ezinhlotsheni ezahlukene zokudansa njenge-hip-hop, i-jazz, i-Afrika, yesimanje nokunye - ingaphezulu kakhulu kwenkampani yomdanso: Iyindlela yokuphila yonke.
Kuyindlela yokuphila, echaza. Kumayelana nokunika amandla ngomdanso, ngokunyakaza.
I-Pretty Big Movement isho kimi inkululeko, ukuzithanda, umlingiswa, isimo sengqondo, uthando, ukwamukelwa, ukukhula, inkonzo kamoya, wengeza. Ziningi izinto. Kungaphezu kwami.
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Ucingo oluhle lwango-2007 no UFrank Gatson Jr ., owake wasebenza njengomqondisi wezobuciko ka-Beyoncé, kwaba ukuphusha kokugcina ohambweni luka-Armstrong lokusungula i-Pretty Big Movement.
Ngangimfonele ngemva kokuba nginhlolile enkampanini yokudansa, kukhumbula u-Armstrong, owadlala njengomdansi oyinhloko kumavidiyo omculo kaBeyoncé amabili, iGreenlight nethi Get Me Bodied.
Enye yezinto engingeke ngizikhohlwe angitshela yona - ngathi, uyazi, Frank, ngicabanga ukuthi ngizobuyela eNew York ngoba ayingisebenzeli lapha e-LA, waqhubeka. Kade ngizama ukuthola ukumelwa ezinhlanganweni zomdanso, futhi akekho ozama ukunginika ithuba. Futhi wathi, 'Uyazi ukuthini? Abanawo umbono.’
Lapho esho lokho kimi, kwaba njengomzuzu othi ‘aha’, wakhumbula. Bengithi, uqinisile impela - ukuze ngifinyelele ezintweni ebengifuna ukuzenza embonini nakwemithombo yezindaba ejwayelekile, bekufanele ngizenzele owami umzila. Ngangingenaso isimo noma uhlobo lokufuna ukushintsha ukuthi ngingubani ngoba kwakuyimi lo. Uma ngifuna ukunciphisa umzimba, ngizolahlekelwa isisindo. Bengilokhu ngiyisidudla. Angikaze ngibe usayizi wesishiyagalombili noma ngaphansi kunalokho. Yimi nje. Kuwukwakheka kwami [kofuzo] .
https://www. i-instagram .com/p/CBTdLOml-vV/Iminyaka engu-12 manje, iPretty Big Movement inakho wanikeza ama-workshops omdanso kubantu abanobukhulu obungeziwe emhlabeni jikelele, belwela ukudala indawo yokungahluleli lapho abantu bengazizwa bekhululekile ukudansa.
Ukunyakaza - osekuvezwe ku-a Lane Bryant umkhankaso futhi uqhubeke I-America's Got Talent - ishintshe ngokucacile izimpilo zabahlanganyeli bayo.
Ngitshela abantu ukuthi i-Pretty Big Movement isizenzele yona ngoba nakuba ngiyidalile, i-Pretty Big iyilokhu eyiyo, futhi ishintsha impilo, kusho u-Armstrong etshela In The Know. Ngithola ama-DM nama-imeyili mayelana nokuthi iziguqule kanjani izimpilo zabantu. Bazibambile ukuthi bafuna ukuzibulala. Isiza abantu ngomdlavuza. Le nhlangano ithinte abantu emhlabeni wonke.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9S-K_ZlsyF/Ekugcineni, u-Armstrong uthemba ukuthi ukunyakaza kwakhe kungaqhubeka nokusiza labo abangase bazizwe bedangele ngobukhulu babo ukuthi bafunde ukuthanda imizimba yabo - kungaba ngomdanso noma cha.
Yiba nguwe. Zithande wena kuqala, esho. Ngikhuthaza wonke umuntu ukuthi azithande. Zithande kuqala ngaphambi kokuthela komunye umuntu, hhayi ngomdanso kuphela. Lokho kwenzeka nganoma yini nje empilweni.
Futhi, iphupho elikhulu, wengeza. Ungalinge ucabange ukuthi okwenzayo kuncane. Noma ngabe yini ofuna ukuyenza, uyayenza.
Uma usijabulele lesi sihloko, hlola yethu ama-TikTokers athandwa ngumzimba .
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