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Kamatoy Media Group Summer 2013 Update

As the Summer comes to an end we wanted to give you a quick update of what’s been happening...

The Summer of 2013 has been both rewarding and exhausting for the KMG team. From corporate events to entertainment and the martial arts, we have been working hard to help keep the wheels rolling for our many clients. We wanted to share just a few of the many events we have been working on.

The summer began early as KMG’s David Kamatoy and producer/musician Tony Woodroffe collaborated on the musical direction for Kroc Junior Theater’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS. The show included young actors from elementary school through college age and was presented at the Joan Kroc Theater in East San Diego. With direction by Laura Hodge, this talented young cast brought the antics of T.S. Eliot’s frenzied felines to life for appreciative audiences. The KMG team also provided marketing and media assistance for the production.

Moving on into the summer, we had the opportunity to partner with AMB Publicity to cover the 2013 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Pacific Southwest Chapter Emmy® Awards at the Red Rock Hotel Casino Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Kamatoy and Jason Carlage worked the red carpet, speaking with presenters, nominees and sponsors of the 39th annual event, including Master of Ceremonies Barry Shabaka Henley. Several video interviews have been posted from the event.

With summer comes travel season, and clean car is a happy car. We helped to organize and promote the grand opening of the Sorrento Valley Soapy Joe’s, the newest location for this San Diego-based family-owned line of car care centers. David Kamatoy was joined by actor/producer Mark Christopher Lawrence (NBC’s Chuck and Mark Christopher Lawrence Presents) and UFC fighter Joey “The Mexicutioner” Beltran. Also spending time at Soapy Joe’s were radio personalities Chio from KISS FM 95.7 and Nathan Frost from Channel 93.3, celebrity photographer Gabriela Stark and Dan “The Balloon Man” McClellan.

Summer also included the Fourteenth Annual Masters Hall of Fame Awards Banquet, held at the Costa Mesa Hilton on Saturday, June 22. This was the fourth year that KMG has worked with the Masters Hall of Fame to promote the event, which honors top martial artists every year such as Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock and Kenpo legend Bob White. This year the event honored Women in the Martial Arts and featured Full-Contact Muay Thai Champion Lisa King, aka “The Black Widow,” as guest speaker.

Closer to home, David Kamatoy and Mark Christopher Lawrence took on the 2013 Comic Con at the San Diego Convention Center, covering the action in their own unique style. The pair interviewed participants, celebrities and fans at the annual celebration of all things geek. Former triple-jump Olympian-turned-Media creator Von Ware and friends joined them to document the action.

Right after the Con Mark Christopher Lawrence was asked to present at the First Annual Geekie Awards which oddly had a lot of our friends involved in the industry. It was a good way to end the events of the summer. (Pics coming soon)

We are still wrapping up various videos and media from all the projects and will continue to post.

“We’re very excited about everything that’s been going on these last few months,” said Kamatoy. “We’ve seen some great projects really take flight, and we’re looking forward to taking on some new projects in the next few months. We have a number of very cool concepts in the works and are hoping to expand even further.”

For more information about how we can help you with your business or project, please contact Kamatoy Media Group at [email protected] or call 619-573-9456.

Respectfully,

David Kamatoy & Stephen Prendergast

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Dear Family, Friends and Fans of Patrick Swayze,

Patrick will be missed. His talent and training has always been an inspiration to me. From the dancing background to playing manly men in Roadhouse to writing a top charting song, "She's Like the Wind."

To continually push himself to do things both independently like Once Last Dance and the craziness of "Too Wong Foo With Love" and finally a Dark "The Beast".

On a lighter note...

I had the chance to work with John Fujioka who worked with Patrick Swayze in Steel Dawn he shared with me a great story...

There was a scene in which John Fujioka character passes away and is in a body bag. Patrick's character has to lament his death. The shot was at night, it was cold. John was in a body bag of sorts and to make it comfortable for him they put a sleeping bag in the body bag. Needless to say playing dead in a sleeping bag, John kept falling asleep and snoring.  So Patrick would have to lovingly kick or nudge John in the body bag basically saying...

"Wake up your supposed to be dead."

I wish that it was that simple for Patrick now. But I think somewhere in a mysterious ghost like heaven place maybe God is kicking Patrick right now and saying the same thing.

To Lisa...

There is an empty space in the world now but it can't compare to the void that you and the family is dealing with personally. Just know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. You lost a partner and that's something that not all of us can truly understand.

Just watch this video and send some light and love the Swayze family way....

Light and Love...

Respectfully,

David Kamatoy

Congratulations to Rebecca Gardner & Jennifer Begley great review of, "Ballet Ariel's 10th Anniversary Concert"

Denver, CO- World Dance Review's Donald k. Atwood MFA, Ph.D. recently reviewed Ballet Ariel's 10th Anniversary Concert. The review was extremely supportive of the company and the show. You can read the entire article by clicking below.

Ballet Ariel Sometimes Struggles But Is Always Charming

Our friend, Rebecca Gardner got a few well earned praises.

Regarding “La Vivandiere”

"A stand out in the work was a short variation by Rebecca Gardner, whose stature gives her a magnificent presence and who seems to inherently know where her body is at any one moment and where it should go next."

Regarding "Echelons" about the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Rebecca Gardner’s dancing, and sense of place and character, which made her depiction of Cassius not only real, but a delight to watch. Gardener’s sense of focus makes her eyes as important as her considerable movement technique.

It was a grey day in the middle of April that I pulled up to the Cleo Parker Robinson theater about 10 minutes before the show a little travel weary to see Ballet Ariel's performance. After finding a cubby hole for my luggage I splashed water in my face in the bathroom. Took a few deep breaths a shot of caffeine and then the lights dimmed.

When watching a small company's concert you really have to watch not knowing but accepting where the performers are coming from. A variety of different skill sets, limited rehearsal time, limited resources, etc.

That being said you can also see raw talent, promising talent, developed talent and if your lucky enough an ensemble coming together to take you to another place so that you forget all the above.

Ballet Ariel gave us a little bit of everything that afternoon.

Raw and promising talent was seen from a young chorus member Vivian Villagrana attending the Denver School of the arts, presence was a graceful standout. I hope that she continues to train and perform.

Damara Titmus is a powerful dancer that is working on redeveloping her skill set through training and performing with Ballet Ariel.  She has power and lyrical finesse to her movement shown in a solo section in "La Vivandiere" and the dead stabbing lift in 'Echelons" where she played Julius Caesar was quite effective. (Think about trying to do a partner lift while performing death.) Damara is heading in the right direction if she continues to develop she will find herself in a larger company again very soon.

Gregory Gonzalez stage presence is a gift to the performers he works with it was great to see his partner work with Jennifer Begley. I found out later that a nagging injury flared and actually took him out of the rest of the show. I was able to watch some past footage of Greg and realize now that he had a lot more to show us. Gregory also choreographed "Storm" the contemporary piece which I totally dug.

Ryan Seate is new to the dance world, a good solid skill set and a promising future. Here's a little secret in the dance world, any competent guy in the dance world knows that he is a well sought after commodity. Which is why It's so easy for guy dancers to develop ego's larger than their dressing rooms. This guy has the talent and I'm not saying he has an ego I don't know the guy. However, It is my hope that he gets in front of the right teachers and mentors to improve himself. There are a few things in his technique that need to be addressed by the right people. I want to see this guy in a few months and see where he's at.

Every performer has a "blind spot" an underdeveloped part of us that we hide over with other skill sets and ego. It is our ultimate challenge to find the teachers and mentors that can share those weaknesses and turn them into strengths.

Jennifer Begley has a unique look and a strong presence onstage, ranging from the elegant to animal like qualities. One of those performers that you can't seem to take your eyes of off especially when it comes to her contemporary work. My hope is that the ballet world does not miss a chance at developing her talent and that eventually she expands her skill set beyond ballet. I think she has talent that deserves recognition. Right now she should mine the ballet world for all it's worth.

There are several moments when you notice Rebecca Gardner and Jennifer Begley move  beautifully and effortlessly together, sometimes it's in a choral movement with other dancers surrounding them and it's obvious when the two were onstage together.

Rebecca Gardner is a standout because of her developed talent, presence and time onstage. Her extensive classical training is obvious to me especially the way her body worked with the music versus against it or dancing to it, her movement was part of the music.  Knowing how much time and thought goes into her performance for a "two show" run is one of the reasons that she is a standout to Mr. Atwood. Her dedication to the "craft" is something that you can't fake.

You can't fake 10,000 hours as in Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers: The Story of Success", the book's premise is basically mastery comes at about 10,000 hours. Rebecca Gardner's review is a result of time spent in application and development of talent.

When we work with artists we constantly say if you want to be a professional you need to know how to perform consistently at an 8-10 because on a bad day you give an adequate performance (6-7), on a great day you give a magnificent performance and can go off the scale at (9-12). A weekend warrior can come into a show and have a good day and hit a 7 or 8 and think there a god, but when it's bad they go below 5 and crash hard.

That being stated Ballet Ariel is filled with varying skill sets which is why it was so amazing to the audience when the ensemble came together in "Echelons" to tell the story of Julius Caesar, gender reversed so well that the audience fell into the story and the tragedy of the performance. That was the moment that the company hit its stride.

I would love to see Ballet Ariel do more of that. Take us to another place.

Congratulations to a great company of vibrant dancers. Ilena Norton for 10 years, Patricia Renzetti and Gregory Gonzalez. I wish you continued success.

David Kamatoy is an Entertainer, Entrepreneur and Email Marketing Master. He took his first dance class at 5 and then continued to dance in various musicals and theatrical settings. Training for a few years in ballet and jazz brought him to work for the last 18 years in Alexander Technique with Ari Gil. He and Ari continued to apply Alexander Techniques "correct optimized movement" to his juggling, martial arts, performance and musical skill sets. David Kamatoy is currently working with Ari Gil to promote his techniques centered around the Alexander Technique. More Information Click Here. 

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