Infinite Flow Dance

Happy Birthday Lourdes Mack Founding member of #InfiniteFlowKids Have an amazing year ahead Pictured with Aline Photo Credit: Lisa Tanner via L.A. Parent... Image Description: Latina teenage girl with long dark brown hair using wheelchair and Armenian teenage girl with light brown hair sitting on swing embrace each other in smiles. Background is a beach. #spinabifida #inclusion #wheelchairdance #santamonica #awesomekids #wheelie #wheelchairkids

@miaschaikewitz trial and error figuring out the death drop while quarantined ... don’t try this at home Thankfully no pain or injuries afterwords #bloopers #wheelchairdance #quarantinelife

From @marisahamamoto (Founder @infiniteflowdance ) Happy #InternationalWomensDay Amidst the trauma from the rise of Asian hate crimes and processing years of discrimination as an Asian American, @people named me Women Changing the World for their International Women’s Day edition that you can find on newsstands starting today Fri Mar 5. Past recipients include @oprah @michelleobama @kamalaharris @brenebrown @sherylsandberg . This year, the list includes @vanessabryant @am...andascgorman @camila_cabello @staceyabrams @naomiosaka @sofiavergara @crystalechohawk Kimberly Ladd, and 4 doctors who were champions behind the Covid-19 vaccine: @kizzyphd , Dr Katalin Kariko, Dr Kathrin Jansen, Dr Lisa Jackson. I am beyond honored. I don’t know how I got onto this list But what I do know is this: I survived a stroke, multiple sexual assaults, body shaming, PTSD, and discrimination as an Asian American I devoted the last few years of my life building @infiniteflowdance a nonprofit professional dance company composed of dancers with and without disabilities with a mission to promote inclusion, ALL to arrive at this moment: To help each person and organization who comes my way become more inclusive and rise higher together. I am far from perfect. I’m a work-in-progress who continues to learn and unlearn social justice, disability inclusion, transformative leadership, and so many other things. But if sharing my truth can open one door for you or open more hearts at your organization, then I am here for you. Change requires many parts, and we each can be part of the change in our own way. I’m encouraging all artists, creatives, and intellectuals to use your talent for the betterment of your world and community. If you would like to explore this with me, I’m planning on a community workshop some time next month. Sign up for the Rise Higher Email List in the link in my bio. Thank you to each person who has been part of my journey, and if you are now discovering me, say Hi in the comments. Photo: Umbrella: @schaunchampion With @adelfo_ceramejr : @michaelhansel

Happy Birthday to @nicnoblitt from our Infinite Flow Kids crew Our kids are growing up fast Thank you Nic for always bringing good vibes to our community Have an awesome B-Day This video is from an event we produced in partnership with @apple Santa Monica, pre-pandemic. To stay tuned with upcoming events, sign up for our email list here: ... https://www.infiniteflowdance.org/links

Sometimes you just need a few brilliant minds from the outside to take what you have and put a creative twist to it. -- Special thank you to Red Bull Amaphiko Red Bull for the wings & celebrating Infinite Flow Founder Marisa Hamamoto, a stroke survivor & rape survivor turned ballroom dancer & changemaker for being selected as a Facebook Community Leadership Program Fellow. If you are a leader, studio owner, artist, activist, educator, influencer, super parent, etc interest...ed in working collaboratively with us towards making dance accessible and inclusive to all, join our new Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/InclusiveDanceLeaders/ Booking: [email protected] -- Featured Dancers: Marisa Hamamoto (IG: @marisahamamoto) - Founder, Infinite Flow Piotr Iwanicki (IG: @piotr.iwanicki84) Choreographer: Phillip Chbeeb (IG: @phillipchbeeb FB: IaMmE Crew) Assistant Choreographer: Makenzie Dustman (IG: @makenziedustman) Video: Ryan Fleming (IG: @ryanfleming) Ensemble: Adelfo Cerame Jr. (IG: @adelfos_kitchen) Carly Blaney (IG: @carly_blaney) Shaheem (IG: @shaheem) Auti Angel (IG: @autiangel) Kima Dima (IG: @kimadima) Marc Lafleur (IG: @theintrepidmarc) Lionel Taplin (IG: @lionel_taplin92) Mia Schaikewitz (IG: @miaschaikewitz) Leotard: Capezio Booking: [email protected]

#FounderFriday (New) with @infiniteflowdance founder @marisahamamoto Something I’m finally open to confessing: @infiniteflowdance was ALSO born out of my struggle to find my place as a dancer. Something I wrote down in my journal this week and quoted in two speaking engagements last week: Your pain is an awakening to your most authentic purpose.... During my childhood, I was told over and over that my body wasn’t made for dancing. After getting a stroke in my spinal cord which temporarily paralyzed me from the neck down, I got trapped into believing that my body was broken. And after 3 sexual assaults, with the first assailant being one of my ballet teachers who didn’t believe in me, this led me to feel like I didn’t belong in the world, as a dancer and human being. I found healing by discovering ballroom dancing. In 2012, I moved to LA to start my dance career all over, but when I arrived I found myself again not quite fitting the mold of the Hollywood dancer. For example, I was told on multiple occasions that Asian ballroom and salsa dancers were not needed. After years of rejection and fighting to dance, I discovered my purpose as an artist to help others find the dancer within themselves and use dance as a catalyst to promote inclusion and innovation. I created a company that included me, and a movement to better build a world where we each feel we belong. But now that I’ve come up with this quote, perhaps there is more to serve and discover What about you? Does anyone resonate with this quote?

Sound on An excerpt from Scoops of Inclusion Link in bio to watch the rest #scoopsofinclusion short film and learning platform celebrating diversity and empowering kids to take part in creating a more inclusive world Characters in this excerpt: @marisahamamoto @adelfo_ceramejr @scarlettkateferguson @rfgf100 @mamapeligrosa (Kai), Henry Ferguson... ASL Interpreters: @rosapenate Angellé Thomas Editor: @rarrucci Animation + Backgrounds: @featherstone_creative Exec Director + Producer: @marisahamamoto DP + Producer: @kenzo.dp Art + Production Design + Producer: @ziggityzell

If you agree, comment Yes and tell us why. 1 in 4 Americans have a disability. Over 1 billion people in the world have a disability.... Accessibility should be considered first, not last. Before you put out anything online or offline, consider if what you are doing is excluding anyone. What many people don’t know is that INCLUSION INSPIRES INNOVATION, and so many innovations have come out of solving for accessibility. For example, in the early 1800s, a woman by the name of Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzano was losing her vision at a time when the only way to write a letter, as if she dictated her words verbally, and someone else transcribed it. But, if it’s a love letter, you definitely didn’t want anyone else to overhear your words. The Countess was friends, and according to some sources a lover of Italian inventor Pellegrino Turri. Together they developed a machine that became the first iteration of the typewriter, which has evolved over time into the modern keyboard. #accessibility #accessibilitymatters #inclusion #inclusionmatters #inclusiveeducation #inclusive #humanrights #disability #disabilityawareness #disabilityinclusion #disabilityadvocate #disabilityrights #ada #diversity #knowyourrights #disabilityrightsarecivilrights

Today @infiniteflowdance was brought into @nbcuniversal and @comcast for virtual screening and panel for Scoops of Inclusion as part of a series of events to celebrate 75th anniversary of Disability Employment Awareness Month. It was positioned as a family event, so some employees tuned in with their kids. Thank you NBC for this opportunity. I’m looking forward to continuing partner to promote inclusion and increase the representation of people with disabilities at work and... on the media. Scoops of Inclusion is a short film and learning platform that premiered a couple weeks ago, celebrating diversity and empowering kids to actively take part in creating a more inclusive world. Link in bio to watch the film

Repost: Can’t wait to see Kima Dima in this commercial Kima was born and raised in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He trained in Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Jazz Funk, and built a professional dance career in Russia, which included working with Anita Tsoy, Vintage, and Egor Kreed. In 2016, he was granted asylum from the US and left Russia to avoid persecution for his sexual orientation. A few months later in January 2017, Kima lost his lower left leg as a result of an accident but that... did not stop him from dancing. He trained hard to stand, walk, and eventually dance with his prosthetic leg. His journey with Infinite Flow began when he was introduced to Marisa via Facebook while recovering from the trauma. It took some time ‘til he was ready to jump back into dancing, but Marisa continued to check in, and in Sept 2017, he finally said yes. Since then, he has been involved in flash mobs, dance videos, and even choreographing for performances. Kima loves collaborating with new friends and posting videos on social media. He is an avid Instagrammer and he hopes to use it as a platform to motivate and spread positivity. Infinite Flow stands out to Kima as unique because of the support and love everyone has for each other. The organization has brought more smiles and laughter to his life. Catch Kima in Scoops of Inclusion, a short film we released last week celebrating diversity and empowering kids to actively take part in creating a more inclusive world www.scoopsofinclusion.org

First #scoopsofinclusion live Q&A with 550 students from Linwood E Howe Elementary School Our film is live at scoopsofinclusion.org Check it out - Link in bio ... #schoolassembly #pivot #diversity #inclusion #assembly #elementaryschool #culvercity #zoomclasses #disabilityawareness

Our film Scoops of Inclusion is now LIVE at scoopsofinclusion.org Check it out! Here is the finale dance: The Ice Cream Rap -- Earlier this summer, I was furious to learn about the racist origins of the commonly played ice cream truck jingle.... Released in March 1916 by Columbia Records, Turkey in the Straw the song repeats the phrase Ni**** Love A Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha! and continues to mock Black people. WTF? This is absolutely unacceptable and wrong!! So for our film Scoops of Inclusion, along with talented Black disabled artists Jay Manuel and Joey Noble, we created a new ice cream song called the Ice Cream Rap. What do you think? Should this replace the existing ice cream truck song? Happy to announce, after a successful virtual premiere this past weekend, our film Scoops of Inclusion is now available to stream at scoopsofinclusion.org #scoopsofinclusion by @infiniteflowdance is a short film and learning platform empowering kids to celebrate differences and be part of creating a world where we each feel we belong Made for kids, schools, and families. Easily integrated into classrooms. A fun and meaningful learning activity. And totally FREE Accessibility: ASL, captioning, audio description Safely produced under Covid-19 Guidelines

Finally!!! After a successful premiere this past weekend, Scoops of Inclusion, the film, is LIVE at scoopsofinclusion.org !! Head on over, on your computer (not your mobile device) and watch the film!! #scoopsofinclusion by @infiniteflowdance is a short film and learning platform empowering kids to celebrate differences and be part of creating a world where we each feel we belong Made for kids, schools, and families.... Easily integrated into classrooms. A fun and meaningful learning activity. And totally FREE Safely produced under Covid-19 Guidelines Link in bio - But definitely watch this on a device that is bigger than your phone Team: @marisahamamoto @t_malone3 @shaheem @adelfo_ceramejr @scarlettkateferguson @rfgf100 @_.dd.plays.ukulele._ @lamommyofthree @mamapeligrosa @natalietrevonne @forrestwalsh @theintrepidmarc @tony_nunez85 @lionel_taplin92 @miaschaikewitz @shaheem @kimadima @caleyversfelt_official @molly.__.pug @nicnoblitt @lourdes_mack @elizanoblitt @joshuakoh10 @ziggityzell @allirosen @miniproducer @kenzo.dp @thedereknguyen @chassesnlattes @imtiffanyyu @matty_ray18 @imanderss @theschust_98 @reginasaldivar @rosapenate @magentakristen @alanmeraz27 @x7achlee @rarrucci @courtneyahndesign @lailaggray.mp4

Big THANK YOU to @artistsfortrauma for sponsoring the virtual premiere of Scoops of Inclusion Happening in less than 12 Hours Head to the link in our bio to register More Info + Registration - See Link in @infiniteflowdance bio or go to www.scoopsofinclusion.org ... #inclusion #diversity #inclusivedesign #diversityandinclusion #inclusionmatters #inclusiveleadership #diversityequityinclusion #leadershipdevelopment #educationalequity #educationforall #film #creativity #innovation #culture #accessibility #accessibilityforall

Happy to announce that we will be integrating @flipgrid into #scoopsofinclusion. Flipgrid connects millions of educators, learners, and families across 190 countries. Simple, fun, and free from @microsoft Join us for the virtual world premiere of Scoops of Inclusion, a short film and learning platform, led by multiracial dancers with and without disabilities, celebrating diversity and empowering kids to take part in creating a more inclusive world.... More Info + Registration - See Link in Bio. #inclusion #diversity #inclusivedesign #diversityandinclusion #inclusionmatters #inclusiveleadership #diversityequityinclusion #leadershipdevelopment #educationalequity #educationforall #film #creativity #innovation #culture #accessibility #accessibilityforall

Sneak preview of our #scoopsofinclusion - a short film celebrating diversity and empowering kids to take part in creating a more inclusive world. Shot on green screens in social distance both at a studio and remotely at cast members homes. World premiere + Live Cast Q&A this Saturday Oct 10, 9am pst / 12pm est on Microsoft Teams Live.... Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scoops-of-inclusion-public-pre

History of Scoops of Inclusion 2016 Our first in-person school assemblies at Gabriella Charter School and Linwood E. Howe Elementary School. ... 2017-2018 We receive 30+ inquiries for school assemblies. We find out most schools don't have a school assembly budget to bring us. DEC 2018 School assembly at El Marino Elementary School. Infinite Flow Founder Marisa Hamamoto re-realizes the power and impact of the school assemblies and commits to finding funding for disadvantaged schools during 2019. OCT 13, 2019 Marisa launches a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for sponsored school assemblies at disadvantaged schools. OCT 28, 2019 Marisa and Piotr make a guest appearance on Good Morning America 3rd Hour: Strahan Sara Keke. During the show, they get a surprise $10k donation from Capezio. Marisa receives 100+ inquiries for school assemblies from educators and parents across the country within a few hours. NOV 21, 2019 Infinite Flow receives a $20k donation for the school assembly program, from Farmers Insurance during a corporate speaking & performance engagement. MARCH 11, 2020 Los Angeles goes on lockdown due to Covid-19. All schools transition to a virtual classroom and all assemblies are canceled. OCT 2020 Recognizing the need for more DEI education following current events, we decide to take our school assembly program online. Scoops of Inclusion is born. See more

We’ll be introducing the characters that appear in #scoopsofinclusion throughout the week. Let’s start with Tony Adkins - AKA Dancing Physician Assistant Join us for the virtual premiere of Scoops of Inclusion on Sat Oct 10 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scoops-of-inclusion-public-pre