The Journey to Art With A Purpose

In life, as in art, we need to keep finding new ways to inspire our hearts and our work. Music is a huge part of that! It could be the old dance track that always moves you around the house, or the incredible amount of new choices you might find from places like Pandora, Spotify, YouTube , life, etc... But the truth is there is music everywhere, and we need it in our lives. Music fine-tunes our Spirits, music moves our soul and music can indeed inspire great new ideas. Every human being has music and we "tune" our selves into that... When selecting a new show for Salgado Productions , I need to feel its music even when it's not a musical. I need actors reading the scripts out loud and I try to experience every rhythm that particular piece of art has as potential. If I feel the "lyrics" (text, content) matter or the "musical journey" (conflict, tension, arch, release) takes me on a ride, then I go on and have more conversations about the work. If

 Today’s topic is simply BALANCE, at least that's what's in my head at the moment.
 Life as a whole needs balance and so does Art, Producing, Creating, Living. The stage needs balance, a dancer needs balance to hold to his/her pirouettes, the perfect meal needs BALANCE!
 As I start focusing more and more on Salgado Productions and the quest of developing new work I feel a huge need to find the proper Balance in my life in order to give the best to every project.
 
As an individual artist/performer, I have a constant demand to be in training of every area of my career; singing, dancing, acting, choreographing, directing. Everything requires time, focus, dedication and determination. 

In the ongoing practice of these thing, you at times forget other basic needs that make everything else better. This week I faced this reality, when taking a ballet class, having not taken ballet for over 5 years and my body showed it and oh boy, I felt like a mess. These realizations ar

In the Beginning there was inspiration... and then, Action! Seeking the right inspiration and taking action towards your dreams and goals is what makes a better life and Great Art. Right now, for example... I just had the idea of making our own blog of stories and inspiration... How do I do it? Where do I start? TAKE ACTION! And thats why you are here now. This is only the beginning of what will soon be the official Salgado Productions Blog and we in Salgado Productions and (I) want you to be a part of it all. WELCOME to, The Journey of Art with a purpose...  Now that we are starting this; I ask to YOU to please tell us how many times a week would you like to read our blog? What kind of topics within the Arts, Purpose, Artists, Life and Production would you like to read about? Inspire us and we will be there serving the process and creating for you! Last but not least, sign in for our Newsletter and Social Media networks on Twitter and Facebook . You can do it as wel