Once again A Reasonable Alternative will be graced with the presence of super-dancer and Fairfield Art of Dance Studio ownerTiffany Sanner. She's been a guest on the show once before, just prior to March's Local Music Dance Gala when she talked about her experience working on a contemporary partner dance with none other than ARA's own Michael Halley (me). The result was something truly special, a blending of dancers, music, and choreography forming a living piece full of feeling and beauty. Pictures and video can only hint at the experience of a live performance, yet of all the pictures taken of our performance this photo by Werner Elmer comes closest to capturing its essence.

Tiffany and I hope to create magic once again at the upcoming May Art Walk Art of Motion showcase on Friday, May 6th, 8:00 at the Sondheim Center.  We won't have Darla Murphy's soaring vocals or Phil Rabalais' brilliant beats to guide us, but we've come up with something that we hope continues the evolution of our dancing partnership. This time we've picked a song from the Twilight: Eclipse move soundtrack, which led to a certain vampire theme for the performance. Without giving away too much detail I can say that the combination of music, costume, and vampire-inspired themes created a flowing, visually-interesting dance that we're both proud to have choreographed ourselves.

Tune in to hear some great music and meaningful discussion about the creative process of taking a dance performance from idea to reality. I'll play the song that we'll be dancing to on the 6th to whet your appetite and allow your imagination to run "wild as the wind blows." If you want to come to the Art Walk event to see nearly 30 original dance pieces of all styles, that's cool, too. :-)

Friday, June 4 is the annual "All Things Italian" Art Walk.  It's always one of the major events of the year in the Fairfield Town Square.  Dick DeAngelis, il capo, will fill us in on all the terrific events set to take place that evening, and we'll focus on the FOOD. 

Tune into KRUUFM.com or 100.1 FM in Fairfield this Friday, January 8 at 1pm Central Time to hear Sherry Ellis talk about her new book, Now Write! Non-Fiction. This is an essential handbook for non-fiction writers, featuring the trusted personal writing exercises of today's masters of creative non-fiction, including Gay Talese, Reza Aslan, John Matteson, Tilar Mazzeo, and many more!

During the second half-hour of the show, we'll talk with John Sorflatten about the upcoming Fairfield Art Walk Film Expo, February 5-6. This will be Fairfield's 6th Annual celebration of Iowa film-making and script-writing. If you missed the interview, you can listen to it at Writersvoices.com