Introducing myself and my journal: Blue Honey Hive

About Me:
I am an Artivist and cultural worker born and raised in Jersey City, NJ recently returned back home by way of a six year stint in the Bay Area, CA focusing on the "neo" folklore of the African Diaspora. I am a dancer, vocalist, poet, producer and whatever else I need to be to survive as an artist and educator. I am a Medicine Woman Productions Member & Creator of the Mocha Loca web show, "providing simple solutions to hood problems with a back-slap or a prayer". I am a performer with the Ase Dance Theater Collective: spoken word, vocals & dance. Founding Co-director of the Bomberas de la Bahia, the Bay Area's first all women's Bomba ensemble and founding Director of "Cimarronaje", the first trans-national bomba dance theatre production and Executive Producer of the Bomba es Nuestra Project I & II. Associate Producer of the Masteros de la Bomba en la Bahia II. Founder & Artistic Director of the Bembe Collective promoting radical self-acceptance in all dancing bodies through Afro-Caribbean dance. Served as a consultant for Jacinta Vlach's Liberation Dance Theater piece, "Reggaetton" which was presented at Jacobs Pillow in 2010. Formerly a dancer with the Susana Arenas Afro-Cuban Dance Ensemble and actor & writer with the Oakland Improv Collective. I currently teach Afro-Caribbean dance to young people at various community organizations in the NY and NJ area. I have a self-published book of poetry called, "Eat Thorns; Grow Peacock Feathers" and you can visit my blog at http://cynthiarenta.blogspot.com/

My Passions:
Art, Spirituality & Justice

My Challenges:
Staying focused

My Vision for the Future:
A better world with more drums

My Areas of Expertise:
Afro-Caribbean folklore