Memoirs of a Gaysha

The life of a Stanford student, budding playwright and aspiring dancer.

June 4, 2012 at 10:19pm

Movement (R)evolution Africa: A Story of an Art Form in Four Acts

(Source: daiv.alexanderstreet.com)

July 29, 2011 at 8:26pm

And at 16, I stumbled across another opportunity, and I earned my first acting role in a film. I can hardly find the words to describe the peace I felt when I was acting. My dysfunctional self could actually plug in to another self not my own. And it felt so good. It was the first time that I existed inside a fully-functioning self — one that I controlled, that I steered, that I gave life to. But the shooting day would end, and I’d return to my gnarly, awkward self. - Thandie Newton