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The Final Feliz book tour provides a revolving community platform of sincere contemplation of our plight and simultaneously celebrates being alive. Through the medium of artistic expression, in a forum of sound and movement, we create a space that invites creativity and encourages the embrace of your own intuitive desire to be valued and heard. Together we slow the frantic pace and listen to the inner voice of truth.

This multi-generational experience includes a dedicated segment of inspirational letter writing to children of the current project sponsorship country. Everyone can participate as an ambassador of good will and this simple act of kindness rekindles personal innocence and ignites a renaissance of the senses that may lead you to the answers you seek.

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Shaking it up

Danielle Smith and Aja Nichols dance at the Oak Park Public Library on Sunday afternoon during a book launch for Final Feliz put on by local dance instructor Miss Taj. The project brought together noted international and emerging artists for the purpose of examining the art of human communication.
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Global Book Tour Dates 2010
Scottsdale， AZ
Detroit, MI
Dallas / Ft Worth, TX - March
Seattle, WA - Fall
 
Portland OR - Fall
 
Vancouver, CANADA
Las Vagas, NV - November
Honolulu, HI
St. Louis, MO - May 2010

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Vega Kelly Princess of Fun: An Interview with Taj, Ambassador, Dancer, and Author + Contest

Known as the “princess of fun,” Taj is a dancer, educator, world traveler and Vega ambassador with a passion for beauty and human movement. Her performances and workshops take her around the world, introducing her to new cultures and experiences that inspire action. Through her travels, Taj felt a calling to write a book on what inspires her most: dance. But overtime, her vision evolved. The result is her first published work, Final Feliz, a photographic documentary on human movement.

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 Today, I interview Taj as she launches her book and starts her nationwide tour through Oak Park, Honolulu, Santa Monica, New York, and Seattle. For details about Taj’s appearances, visit her website.

What was your inspiration for Final Feliz?
When I first began this journey, all I knew was that I wanted to create a work about “dance.” Little did I know that my definition of the word would forever expand. I started to collect an encyclopedia of images beyond dance stylings and became fascinated with the art of human gesture and the unlimited ways in which we express ourselves in everyday life. My global travels provided valuable research and as the project continued to take shape I grew to understand the deeper meaning of the word “commitment.”

Why did you decide to write a book?
I wrote because if I continued to ignore the inner voice, if I choose to allow fear to consume me, I would never have fulfilled part of my life’s purpose. What may sound an esoteric and grandiose notion is actually a humbling experience that I had throughout the process of watching the pieces slowly come together. I see myself as a messenger for the work itself. It is the work that is the true light. Final Feliz is about encouraging you to “remember who you are.”

What does the title mean?
Final Feliz, means “happy ending” and is a dialogue sharing of silent fear that coexists with our optimism for life to bring us the next “Happy Ending,” thus this is a cycle of life. This humanities study uses sensory emersion to challenge and inspire the reader to dig deeper into present moment awareness and to embrace the duality that dwells within us all. Proceeds from book purchases are donated to global cause.

Who do you believe will relate to the book most?
This work is blessed with contributions from celebrated international artists and powerful emerging talents. The multicultural perspective of the writing goes below the surface of race and creed and delves into the simpler aspects of nurturing human development that we all seek in our own way.

I designed this as a three part sensory journey that includes the currently available book, audio book, and the second book which will be released in September. These three components make up the Final Feliz trilogy experience. I am humbled at having the foreword to Final Feliz be written by Global Yoga Master and Dance Anthropologist Shiva Rea. This is a beautiful confirmation that the work speaks for itself.

Win it now! Taj has graciously offered a copy of Final Feliz just for community members. To enter, share your favorite dance from around the world - inspired by culture like Taj's book. (Entry deadline is Friday, July 31, 2009 at 11:59 PM PDT. A random winner will then be drawn.)

Thanks to Taj for sharing her new book with us!

Join us for an evening of celebrating the joy of being alive through a sensory feast of human communication. Experience heartfelt community interaction with readings by TAJ, author of Final Feliz (which means "Happy Ending"), a documentary portraiture study.

This fresh and original work is an interactive exchange of the parallels between international culture, science and lifestyle, with a focus on gesture and movement. Taj, an engaging and intuitive speaker, will expand and deepen your definition of "dance."

Proceeds from each book are donated to Global Cause.

Thank you so very much for your generous donation to be use for Chimoza Community School in Ndola, Zambia. Your generosity will help our not-for-profit to offer a free education to well over 480 vulnerable children, many of whom would otherwise be on the streets. I often ask myself how our students keep their connection to all that is good and loving in the midst of deadly disease and abject poverty and how do such kids do so with manners, and an open heart and sincere gratitude.

This must be what some call “the human spirit”. Thank you also for sending all the beautiful letters from your children in South America to mine in Africa!!! Marvelous! Good luck on your book sales and how you are doing such great work sharing this with the world.
You Rocked It!!! Thank you for an amazing job as Master of Ceremonies at our cause event to bring clean water to the Maasai people of Kenya. Quite the undertaking with mutiple designers, venders, performers, silent auction and photography exhibit. You made our evening flow like water.


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