World Oceans Arts

***ANNOUNCEMENT for DANCERS!*** The deadline in our online Dancers competition has been extended to November 30th.  If you love to dance, please consider entering this event and be rewarded with references and an evaluation, as well as the chance to win some great prizes and achieve wider recognition. Please write acquawow2017@gmail.com for details.                                                                      ** At World Oceans Arts we have established ourselves as a theatrical and film production company which sometimes does beautiful visual arts projects and live multi-arts events as well. Those live events always include music -- and in 2018 we will watch AcquaTroupe, our live performance and recording entity, come into full blossom. Our rapid entry into the film and video world will continue as...

Although we discourage aggressive competition in favor of teamwork at World Oceans Arts,  we had a couple of contests recently to inspire the best artistry from some of our people. We are excited to announce the results, and also to give special recognition to a vocal group, and to an artist whom the world recently lost. Previously we had announced that CHARLOTTE BAPTIE and  RUTA MARCINKAITE were winners in our Summer all-around Performers Competition. You will be reading more about them soon. Now we are proud to announce a few winners in our SINGERS COMPETITION: MOST PROMISING SINGER-SONGWRITER ASPEN ANONDA ***** ARTIST ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD ANNIE BELLA ***** SHOUT OUT AWARD TEXAS ALL-STATE MEN'S CHOIR ***** MEMORIAL AWARD TOM PETTY   ***** You will be hearing and reading much more about all of these  great musicians on our site in the coming days.   CONGRATULATIONS!      ...

Most of us in the arts love movement: the tempo of music, the rhythm of an actor's speech, the thrill of a chase on screen or stage, the pulse of a chorus line. Putting things in motion does not always have to do with speed. It can refer to energy and impulse, such as helping victims in a hurricane or a mass shooting as they learn how to shed the heavy weight of despair and begin to move forward. Most of us take motion and movement for granted, but there are those who can only watch and enjoy from their seats, whose disabilities or limitations hold them back (see Alisa Erkes' excellent blog which follows this one, about the important project she is headlining for us in combatting Behcet's disease.) At World Oceans Arts we decided to make dance and movement a big priority in 2018. Most of us have loved and been awed by those skills all our lives. My view of all the arts has been greatly enriched by the amazing people I have learned from in the dance and circus worlds, incl...