Maile Makaafi

rocking out w @jontaylorphoto !!! ⋆｡°✩⚡️⚡️

this feeling!!! i crave this!!! so deeply embodied and so exhausted. heart cracked wide open!!! this was my first time learning from @jessicaleegoldyn and definitely not my last 🙂‍↕️🩵 @jacksonvideography @stepsonbroadway

full body FUN by @catrendic ✨✨ tysm!! so grateful to see this footage today to remind myself of this feeling! inspo to hold it all and keep on dancin fr fr fr 🥲🙂‍↕️

work + play thanks to @missdonnahood :)

so excited to be reunited with some of my favs @thenewjackcoledancers for @jazzdanceconferencewest !!! come see us may 23 + 24 🍊 bts from the CLUB ACT back in february :)

@legacycreativela

spring equinox round up bc i’ve been loving dance SO much, and bc grief + gratitude are not mutually exclusive 💘 i love winking at an audience from the stage and i love dancing (safely) around steadicam ops. i love taking a lizard-hour-lunch in the sunshine and treating myself to the nearest cortado. i love auditioning irl and i even love coating myself in bug spray to film a self tape in my outdoor garage. i love learning from all the submissions and interviews that i pour my heart into but don’t book !! i love the wigs and glam !!! i love taking classes and i LOVE teaching them !! i love the people i’m around and i love who i’m becoming !!! this is my lil 💌 letter to all the people who keep me afloat: the curious advocates and integrity-obsessed dancers i’ve met over the years, and my sweet, extensive family that gives me a soft place to land over and over again. i feel a renewed sense of ownership of my body and my life, and i love the ways that that’s been reflecting thru my work :) i’m more proud than ever !!! my dreams are so wonderfully fluid. all i want in this life is to revel in the physical + psychic warmth that dancing gives me, and to be able to share that feeling with anyone who will listen !!! it’s my core belief that dancing belongs to everybody and every body. it is our inheritance !! it’s a gift that we simply must share, and i plan on doing just that in every possible way… and i hope whoever reads this will join me too 🗣️

it really is, isn’t it ?

is there anything better than this feeling ?? 🙂‍↔️❤️‍🔥 jamming w @robinthicke + the girls + the band !!! choreo by @michaellmunday + @hannahdlaine seen here btwn @its.miss.kriss + @alyxandrushuk @rologajate on percussion, @diisko.is.here on bass, @tastic8va on trumpet, @dhayessax on sax, @iamlawrencebreaux on drums, and MD @thereallarrycox on keys !!! rockstars !!!

a weekend at @playatgila w @robinthicke ?!! yes pls !!! my first time performing in arizona (hometown reveal) and i genuinely couldn’t stop smiling 🥹 choreography by dream team @michaellmunday + @hannahdlaine 💐 @capturestudiogroup @captureceo thanks for taking such good care of us !!! and ofc a big thanks @asheelovee @cleartalentgroup :) dancers @caryn_m @alyxandrushuk @iam.klove @joc.martinez @its.miss.kriss @bellabhungary @anessa_zivic

🐈‍⬛🦚 THE CLUB ACT 🦚🐈‍⬛ this section was so satisfying to learn and lean into - the build up to get to this point in the act, the calm command w my fellow peacocks, the constant conversation w the music and our felines, the acceleration thru to the end !!! i’m so grateful @thenewjackcoledancers !!! @camloeser @mattie_walkerr !!! Choreography by Cam Loeser in the style of Jack Cole Assistant Choreographer Mattie Walker Orchestration/ Music Direction by Kyle Schweizer Technical Production by Mahlon Kruse Presented through CDI Dance and LPAC’s Little Theater dancers: @evyvaughan @jordannpow @_maile_ @jaryd_farcon @truhala @robertofacchin_official musicians: @kmsmusic82 @dougthepercussionist @janicefriedmanmusic @naragonparagon @pablo_eluchans film: @burkehutch

still beaming from my latest trip to new york w @thenewjackcoledancers :) everything about this residency was so meaningful to me + i can’t wait to share more !!