CJay Philip, Dance & Bmore presents a new work that is part music concert, part theatrical production, part concert dance and All The Way Live! The live band and live singers and dancers set in a live radio broadcast debut an album of new music written by CJay that will take you back to what you love most about a live concert jam.

The idea of creating an online entertainment news series came about in the Fall of 2011. I was at a round table about marketing and cross promotion in the arts community. The use of social media and traditional paper media was discussed for a while then I raised my hand and asked " What about television" you would have thought I dropped a stink bomb or something. I mean the face making, moaning and complaining was so deep. What I heard was disappointment and frustration. The feeling of being used as filler if theirs nothing better to report on and God forbid a storm or a scandal comes up cause then your "Bumped".

I went home and told my husband how hopeless these art professionals where about seeing themselves and their efforts aired regularly in a news media formate. I don't even think they saw themselves the way I did at the time but faithlessness was screaming a me and sucking the life out of the room. I walked home that day to clear my head. Artists are some of the most faithful people on the planet, believing in the unseen, having hope in the face of hopeless situation and taking seemingly nothing and turing it into something creative and magical. When we loose our ability to dream beyond what we see in the present, we are loosing the very soil that art grows from.

I decided to dream for all the broken spirits I felt in that room and day dreams turn to sketches on note pads and formats and catch phrases until the right one came out. The Baltimore Arts Scene...yeah that's what it will be. It's not about a show but about an energy and life that already exist and we are just capturing it to show it to people who maybe have never scene it before. I feel like one of those documentary scientist on National Geographic capturing mystical creatures in their natural habitat and sharing their stories and history in hopes they will not become extinct.

CJay Philip directed a new play by Max Garner based on the iconic fame and tragic death of Marvin Gaye. Marvin's Trial premiered at MICA's BBox Theatre in Dec of 2012 and was presented at the 2013 D.C. Black Theatre Festival. Both productions were a tremendous success.

Multidisciplinary Aspect- After thinking up the role of Music who's lines where all sung not spoken, CJay and the newly cast singer DeMerris had to come up with a vocal sound track that match the jumps in time period and style throughout the piece. As an added but subtle time indicator CJay designed the workshop costume plot with actors in shades of grey until 1969 but 1970 on all costumes were in color. This was not an easy task as the play was not at all linear but the talented cast rose to the challenge. CJay also wove accents of creative movement throughout.

Voices & Choices premiere May of 2012 and continues evolve. Originally a structure improve piece paring poets with dancers who would embody their spoken word. I continued to discuss and explore with the company the voices that we each have in our own heads that influence the choices we make every day.

We wanted to allow the audience to participate in the piece bringing their own voice to words they chose or poetry pieces they'd read and see the influence their words make on the movement of the dancers or singer. We've also added improvisational singing to create songs, sounds and feelings from words chosen at random out of a small clay jar. It's as exciting for me as the singer as it is for the dancers and the audience because no one truly knows whats we will create together :-}

Under the direction of Artistic Director CJay Philip, the Dance & Bmore ensemble creates a dynamic yet playful fusion of dance, poetry, live vocals and original music. Their rich and theatrical perfromance style engages audiences while heightening their social awareness.

Five pieces on video which include choreography, some original music and spoken word by CJay Philip:

1. The Birth; exploring the idea of a second birth. When is your creativity born? How is it nurtured and does it relate to community, conflict and lose.

2. Be More or Less; takes a painfully honest look at body image, personal examination and ownership.

3. Present Tense; a poem someone gave me written by a 14 year old boy...profound wisdom at such a young age intrigued me.

4. We Need You was inspired by a new play premiered at Centerstage and highlights the desire for the father figures or our lives at every stage of our own feminine evolution and/or revolution.

5. The piece 5 Minutes originally done in 2007 was set on Dance & Bmore for their debut concert May 2011