Dance moves

The Reebok, The Roger Rabbit, The Running Man, The Wop, and many others…

Alice Guy-Blache- from secretary to first female director of motion pictures
- the pressure of staying creative
- began her own studio film (1910’s)
- ground-breaking
- first to use plot and colour
- created short films (1-2min)
Kathryn Bielow- from painter to first female Academy Award Winner for Best Director
- not one but many genres
- “The Hurt Locker” - Zero Dark Thirty
- open to change, critique
Katherine Hepburn- Academy Award Winner for Best Actress
- her brother committed suicide, she pretended her brothers birthdate as her own
- “Box Office Poison”
- loaning herself to other movie roles
- always spoke her mind / being who she is
- career span 66 years
- fierce personality
Alison Bechdel- creator of the Bechdel test, originally meant as a little lesbian joke in an alternative feminist newspaper
- “Russo Test”?
Actresses in Politics / Activism- Malika Sherwat / Emma Watson / Whoopi Goldberg / Lucy Lawless.
Parris Goebel- dropped out of school at age 14 because it wasn’t working for her
- New Zealand choreographer and dancer
- dance crew: ReQuest
Salt n Pepa- prominent female rap group
- challenging existing biases in the rap industry