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Rumi Jeraj

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Making music with my feet. Tap Dancer 💜
Wiggly contemporary dance too
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In honour of my lost camera, here are some film photos from that last year I shot on it. Beutiful people and moments.

#35mmfilm #kodak by @rumidude15

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19 days ago

🪑 BENCHMARK
performed at Studio 6 @thestudionorthto

A playful collision of street dancers and contemporary dancers on a humble park bench. Celebrating these two worlds and the features that I believe define them both: curiosity, freedom, rigor, and openness of exchange. It’s all just dance!

Choreography by Tyler Quincy Yan @tylerqyan
In collaboration with:
Bibin George @bibz_g7
Rumi Jeraj @rumidude15
Shona Kiyama @shonakiyama
& Tiffany Leung @deepfriedtiff

🎥 Filmed by Kate McDonald @katyspacebird
🎧 Music by Sourmash & Spektre @spektrelive

I’ve been gushing about this process and these people for this whole past week (because that’s when we started the piece…) but I can’t get over how it felt making this one.

The intention of this set went from an overwrought commentary on dance accessibility to… pure joy and playfulness. LOL. After 20 mins of cyphering during our first rehearsal, it was clear we were just whimsical characters who love to dance. And we dove right into that instead! It felt right.

And the double entendre of it all! Studio 6 has been an informal 🔆benchmark🔆 of my own dance journey. My work from the past two editions were fuelled by trying to prove something (to the world, then to myself). But for this one, knowing I couldn’t go bigger than last year, why not strip it all back to both my roots and the movement that currently inspires me most? Beyond fulfilling.

Grateful for this cast for letting me try new things with the most open minds and offering so much to the table (or bench). They made this piece. They ARE this piece. I merely provided a skeleton and the movement became the substance, meat, potatoes, lifeblood of the world.

Truly just scratching the surface of this benchberg, and it was a beautiful dive. 🧡 taken in Studio North Toronto by @rumidude15

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2 months ago

We are so happy to welcome everyone to JazzInToronto’s late night sessions at The Emmet Ray, including #Toronto’s vibrant #TapDancing #community! Here is @rumidude15 taking a sweet solo last night on a tune with @adam_dilouya! #jazzintoronto
🎥 @alison.drums taken in The Emmet Ray by @rumidude15

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a year ago

Can't believe this was already a year ago.....and that it took me a year to post about it!

Eternally greatful for this experience and in awwe of all those involved. Especially @_hannakiel for always pushing for the work to be more! Sometimes this dancing thing can be pretty good!

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2024

@sidance_festival

Choreography: @hbedance in collaboration with the dancers

Dancers: @ryanamaze @jeffrey.lapira @claraclown01 @k22shaw @rangmillion @team0juu @mini_roll0 @esl_moomplay @tromhy_v

Music: @adumbcamel

Costumes: @yeon._.studio

Lighting design: @simon_rossiter

Rehersal director: @nicole_decsey by @rumidude15

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a year ago

Shoe Dreams by Rumi Jeraj

Tap Shoe exhibition on until June 29th

Gallery Open 11-4pm

@dancemakersto
@rumidude15
@batashoemuseum taken in Bloorcourt Village by @rumidude15

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a year ago

EntryWaves artist Rumi Jeraj (@rumidude15) , finds himself working in two different contexts. As a contemporary dancer he creates his own work, dances in the works of more established artists and loves to train and collaborate with his peers. As a Tap Dancer he engages with the local Jazz and other music communities to improvise, listen and make music through his dance.

This residency furthers his research into a body percussion work which brings together dancers of different percussive dance forms such as Tap, Gumboot, Flamenco, Bharatanatyam, and contemporary dancers, to create a work where the score is made completely by the body. With equal consideration for dance and music, this work aims to be as visually interesting as it is musically complex.

With collaborators Hannah Shikatani (@hannahshikatanii), Adrian Russouw (@adrian.russouw), Rachana Joshi (@rxchjoshi), Sofi Gudiño (@sofidances), Cori Giannotta (@corigiannotta).

Funding for this work has been generously provided by the Ontario Arts Council (@ontarioartscouncil)

#TDT #TorontoDanceTheatre #CanAsianDance #artistinresidence Six dancers hunch over their knees adjacent on the floor with their left arms raised in front of them in unison while in a dance studio. taken in Winchester Street Theatre by @rumidude15

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2 years ago

🤗 Finally got around to posting this!

Throwback to Talent Show last August when Rumi @rumidude15 and I wanted to give our community/our friends the opportunity to perform in a different arts discipline.
It turned out to be such a lovely, wholesome night 💗 with an open and receptive audience; friends supporting friends. ✨ Catch mine and Rumi’s cameo!

Thank you to everyone who participated 💗
@kendraepik
@jakefeeney
@tegandietsch
@livelaughluddite
@steven_noronha
@adrian.russouw
@just_michael_w
@mal_kowski
@caileighsuline
@snovemgodem
Sierra
Emory Mitchell by @rumidude15

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3 years ago

Oh yeah, and there was some dancing this summer! Throw back to warmer weather and sweet sweet sounds🤎🤎

Featuring:
@adrian.russouw on bass
@d.avidhodgson on sax

📸: Dahlia Katz
Big shout out to @duskdances for making the magic happen! taken in Withrow park by @rumidude15

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3 years ago

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2023

Shout out to my personal photographer Kevin Yin taken in South-East Asia by @rumidude15

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3 years ago

I swear I'll post some photos from this year later. But untill then here's some guys eating Chilli in the same outfit.

Happy new years. by @rumidude15

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3 years ago

vixu & rumi
improvisations by @rumidude15

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4 years ago

Is this what the kids are calling a photo dump?
Feat: @gaw.kayla dressed as me

My dad and I mid way through 30k

2 perspectives of a nyc rooftop

Pirate vibes in Ottawa

My style icon and I after my grad

More rooftop shenanigans

@luke2chenz on Madison ave

@bakemun, Kevin, @luke2chenz and I dissapointed at not having found Jason Schwartzman yet by @rumidude15

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4 years ago