I am pleased to announce that Restoration Stage, Inc. I cannot speak of him in metaphor or symbol. So I don't mind saying I want to be like Mike. Mike Malone taught me about the need to cultivate a family of like-minded artists as evidenced by the many movers and shakers in the theatre world and beyond whose work he continued to support.
SERENA REEDER HOW TO
He taught me to teach and how to live in the glaring light of the educator, ("your students don't wish to see you in the night club, Courtney.") He taught me more than a repertoire, though his knowledge was first rate.
He taught me how to be the only son of an adoring mother when I didn't understand what that responsibility meant. And I wanted to be "like Mike."Īs a mentor, he taught me what it meant to be a Black man in these times. He commanded the attention of the art world through his devotion to historical accuracy and detail and he never let you see him sweat. He trained at least four generations with a bar set high. Committed to developing the talent of the performers young and old who looked to him to shape the dreams they didn't even know they had.And he did that. Truly a genius in his own time-guided by the drum and the Afro-Carribean rhythms that he so loved. His work reached back to the ancestors and brought them all the way through to the 21st century and never apologized for being Black, or special, or different, and absolutely fabulous.Īnd in the years I had the pleasure to serve and study him, I never once saw him allow himself to be defined by any else's sense of who he was. Too refined by breeding to be 'cool,' Mike Malone and his work were the kind of indescribable 'hot' that didn't need to change with the times. I followed in his footsteps to Paris, to the Duke Ellington School and beyond and I am so grateful to have had such an engaging, witty, spiritually connected and smart guide.You see, there weren't many examples for a guy like me. He was my teacher when I needed to be taught. And I thank him.Īlvan Duncan "Mike" Malone was more than my mentor. And through him, and the example he set I fell in love with the work that is my life's blood today. That purpose was the creation of art that told the stories of Black people. As the ancestors had called on him, Mike Malone called on me to use the talents and intellect given me for a higher purpose. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.When I was seventeen, silly and singularly UNfocused about the future I could see for me, I met a man called Mike Malone who changed everything.This Prince of a man who was beautiful and creative and possessed by a deep, broad intelligence challenged me as no other person ever had. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. Serena Reeder was born in the Year of the Pig. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. Ap(Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
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