Joe Meduza
Co-Producer Water Ballet 2008
I am a Fluid Movement Veteran of one Land show and four Water Ballets, three of which I have co-directed, along with a past in performance, acting, writing and directing. I love the thrill of putting a show together and then putting it on. My motto with Fluid Movement shows is “All Are Welcome”
Jane Shock-Osborn
2008 Water Ballet Co-producer
I am a big show off and Fluid Movement gives me the opportunity to do just that. I love dancing, music and being part of the performance process, from concept through rehearsals to opening night. I fell in love with synchronized swimming as a young girl when I attended the Black Rock YMCA Water Ballet show. Seated outdoors on a hot July night I watched in amazement as the lifeguards and swim team transformed into elegant showgirls floating in star formations, each extending one perfect ballet leg into the air as they sank out of sight.
I am a veteran of seven FM productions including four synchronized swimming shows and three other productions where I learned the basics of flamenco, tap, juggling and belly dancing. I love FM’s inclusiveness. Anyone can take part in these shows and share in the glitter, the hard work, and the fun.
Regina Shock
2008 Water Ballet Co-producer
I am a swimmer and a sewer. Fluid Movement provides me the opportunity to do both. I love to float and glide in the water, which are staple FM synchronized swimming moves. When I swim, I always wear a bathing cap. The FM productions are perfect opportunities for me to design, make, and wear extravagant yet functional water-proof head gear. I appeared in last year’s water ballet as a war dog and the year before as a tadpole. I made my head costumes both years. This year, I am a producer of Mother Goosed: The Nurseryland Campaign Tales. I love the Fluid Movement spirit and the way the synchronized swimming productions speak to the public. I hear a lot of positive feedback from my friends who attend the performances. My favorite comment is “I can’t believe there is a group in Baltimore putting on performances like this!”
Emily Burt
2008 Water Ballet Scene Director
I produced last year’s water ballet War & Fleas and have directed scenes in two previous productions. My first show with FluidMovement was Earth, Wind, and the Baltimore Fire and after playing a glittering water hero that rides a 100 foot slip and slid down the pagoda hill at Patterson Park on to a stage of flamenco fire dancers I knew I was hooked. I love Fluid Movement for their commitment to bringing glitter, love, and goofiness to the world.
Amanda Richardson
2008 Water Ballet Scene Director
Mandy is a first year scene co-director in the 2008 water ballet. She is especially fond of Fluid Movement and all activities that encourage adult playtime. When not directing and performing water ballets, she can be found tap dancing on 34th street, teaching middle school science, and wearing balloons on her head in local parades. She has a fondness for costumes and generally makes excuses to wear them around town. She likes pina coladas and getting lost in the rain.
Sarah Hughes
2008 Water Ballet Scene Director
Tiny bubbles in the sea make me feel happy make me feel free!
Holly Rawson
2008 Water Ballet Scene Director
A card-toting member of US Synchronized Swimming (http://www.usasynchro.org/), Holly began her water ballet career as a competitor at the College of W&M, and now coaches with Maryland’s Potomac Valley Pearls (http://pvp_laurel.home.comcast.net/~pvp_laurel/). Holly is looking forward to her fourth water ballet, her first-time directing, and another glitter-filled summer!
Ted Alsedek
2008 Water Ballet Scene Director
A lover of sculling since he was knee high to a woodpecker, Ted Alsedek is pleased as punch and proud as he can be to be a part of Fluidmovement’s Water Ballet for a fourth year in a row! He is also Greggy Glitterati, the host of the Fluidmovement spawned evening of wonderment, Glitterama! Perfomed this year at the Creative Alliance on May 24, 2008.
Jobi Zink
2008 Water Ballet Scene Director
I saw “Water Shorts” in 1999 and said, “I have to be a part of this group”! I skated in “Poe on Wheels”, Frankenstein & Nessie, Line danced in “Hoedown” (and met my husband!) and eventually got over my fear of public pools to swim in “Postcards”, “Wonderful Species” and “War and Fleas”. I love being in the spotlight and flashing an Esther Williams smile. “Mother Goosed” will be my directorial debut.
Rick Wilson
2008 Water Ballet Scene Director
As my fourth year with Fluidmovement arrives, I have decided to spend it as a director. This will be the highlight of my summer and spending your 50th birthday in a unitard is really kinda fun. I love glitter, glamour and rainbows and of course Ham!
Elaine Steese
2008 Water Ballet Scene Director
girl from baltimore
loves glitter, music, swimming
Yay, Fluid Movement!
Valerie Perez-Schere
2008 Water Ballet Scene Director
I’ve loved being part of Fluid Movement for nine years now, and I can’t wait to see this show come together! It’ll be nice to be involved un-pregnant this time around!
Mary Shock
2008 Water Ballet Scene Director
I am thrilled and honored to be a part of the directing team this year! As I started working with Fluid Movement when I was 15, the organization has really influenced me, instilling me with a lifelong passion for sequins, false eyelashes, and the drama. Bring It!