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As Artistic Director of Grounding Point Dance Company, I look for inspiration in many ways.  Yesterday was a big adventure.  I had an out of town guest from Germany visiting me.  She had never been to Los Angeles.  We had 36 hours for our journey.  Los Angeles is a BIG city; however we managed to see all of these things in one day: Redondo Beach / Hermosa Beach /Downtown LA / West Hollywood / Beverly Hills / Sunset Boulevard / Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades / Malibu / Santa Monica / LAX (3 times!)

I was really taken back by how vast the city is and how different people and communities live.  To see all of those places in one day was stimulating.  My roots are in Arizona and I love the beauty of the desert; however, the longer I stay in Los Angeles the more I begin to love being around so much activity and diversity.

As Artistic Director of Grounding Point Dance Company, I feel very blessed to have the opportunity to teach and coach dancers.  Having the discipline to go into the studio and work out a combination that later becomes art is very satisfying for my soul; however, my body is always really sore the next day.  I usually spend about 4 hours of preparation for a class, thinking about intention of the movement and the music I want to use.  I feel really lucky to have the time available to continue my artistic process in hard economic times.

Besides dancing I am a devoted teacher of Pilates (STOTT Certified) and I am learning yoga from (YogaWorks).  I plan on becoming a certified yoga teach through YogaWorks.  I love the balance of Pilates, Yoga, Dance, and long walks on the beach.

So when I wake up with a sore body, I know I have pushed myself to the edge, isn’t that what it is all about?

Grounding Point Dance Company has hired Every Angle Media to design and implement website with videos from Grounding Point Dance Company’s premiere season in 1999 through 2008.  The website will also be a source for weekly videos of GPDC’s current projects.

Grounding Point Dance Company’s Artistic Director, Carrie Smaczny, is currently working with Crystal Truesdell ( principle company member since 2006) on a re-staging of an excerpt of a piece entitled, RED, premiered in 2002.  Smaczny is re-creating the piece for video specifically geared to premiere on GPdance.com in November of 2008.  Stay tuned for more great work