The Blue series is a soul wrenching production based out of NYC, ready to travel the world. The Director, Michael Akil Davis, reigns from Memphis, Tennessee.
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Akil Davis grew up with Hip-Hop dance in his everyday culture in Memphis TN. He moved to NY to study, received his Bachelors in Theatre from NYU TISCH School of the Arts, and has worked on many stages. He has received extensive training in 4 different forms of Balinese dance, 3 forms of Thai Classical dance, Modern dance, Butoh, African, Ballet, Jazz, Kabuki, and Noh. Akil subsequently combined Balinese Thai Classical and Hip-hop to create a new dance form; which he has taught at Patravadi Theatre in Bangkok, Thailand.
Akil was one of the first students of AcroYoga and is therefore, by time, capability, and reputation, a teacher of it. He is also the teacher of an extremely rare form of Mask work (only 4 human beings teach it) which has many references to Michael Chekhov acting technique. He is a playwright, a rapper, novelist, a poet, a healer, director, artist, and choreographer.
Akil has taught Theatre and Dance all over America, in over 7 countries, 2 of which are regular and on-going (Bali and Thailand), and is now a Professor of Mask and Art Aesthetic at NYU and SUNY Purchase. He has trained with Brahmins in Bali and Monks in Thailand.
He is the creator of the Projection Exercise: a completely original acting and performance technique. Akil has also given many lectures (More popularly: The Zen of Alvin and the Chipmunks) and worked with psychologists at Pace University, University of Memphis, and NYU on emotional development, Suicide prevention and awareness, and bridging the gaps between classical knowledge and esoteric philosophy.
Akil was one of the first students of AcroYoga and is therefore, by time, capability, and reputation, a teacher of it. He is also the teacher of an extremely rare form of Mask work (only 4 human beings teach it) which has many references to Michael Chekhov acting technique. He is a playwright, a rapper, novelist, a poet, a healer, director, artist, and choreographer.
Akil has taught Theatre and Dance all over America, in over 7 countries, 2 of which are regular and on-going (Bali and Thailand), and is now a Professor of Mask and Art Aesthetic at NYU and SUNY Purchase. He has trained with Brahmins in Bali and Monks in Thailand.
He is the creator of the Projection Exercise: a completely original acting and performance technique. Akil has also given many lectures (More popularly: The Zen of Alvin and the Chipmunks) and worked with psychologists at Pace University, University of Memphis, and NYU on emotional development, Suicide prevention and awareness, and bridging the gaps between classical knowledge and esoteric philosophy.