Crystal Michelle Fallin: Modern/Lyrical

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Steps of the Heart

A man’s heart plans his way, but God directs his steps.

Proverbs 16:9

Monday, April 18, 2022

Dancer Crystal Michelle Fallin - “I Look for You in the Stars”

Only from the heart you can touch the sky and shine like the brightest star.

Crystal Michelle Fallin

Lyrical/Modern Dancer

Heart Light

I look for you in the stars

Wondering how you are

Are you looking on from afar?

How beautiful it must be where you are.

Your heart light always shined bright

Like the brightest star

So I know you’re twinkling in the stars

And everywhere we go

You’re guiding us with your light

within your heart.

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Make Music to Him with Timbrel and Harp

Inspirational Dance Card by Crystal Expressions of Crystal Michelle Fallin modeling a Lyrical Dance costume that she wore at an International Dance Competition, I Love Dance. Inside Card is Bible verse:

"Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp."

Psalm 149:3 NIV

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

“MacArthur Park” - I Love Dance Tampa Pageant Award Modern/Lyrical Group

The La Mirage Jazz Club won 2nd place for Modern/Lyrical Dance at the I Love Dance Tampa Pageant for 12 x 14 age Division. The Pageant was held at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, June 1996.. The team danced to the Donna Summers MacArthur Park Suite.

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

MacArthur’s Park Suite - A Lyrical Dance

Crystal was a member of the La Mirage Jazz Club and the group performed a modern/Lyrical dance to the music of MacArthur’s Park Suite on Saturday, June 3, 1995 at Flagler College Auditorium. The dance was part of the ‘Back to Broadway’ show which also showcase The Theater Street Express choir. MacArthur Park is a song written by Jimmy Webber and first recorded by actor Richard Harris. The disco version MacArthur Park Suite was recorded by Donna Summer in 1978 with over ten minutes of music.

“Spring was never waiting for us,
It ran one step ahead
As we followed the dance

Between the parted pages and were pressed
In lover’s hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants.”

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Danes MacAbre Ballet - International Championship Award

The St. Augustine Academy of Performing Arts competition team won top honors in Ballet for age Division 12-14. They won 1st place in the ‘I Love Dance’ International Championship held in Tampa, Florida at the Tampa Convention Center, July 1996. Crystal was 12 years old in the 7th grade at Gamble Rogers Middle School. The ballet was choreographed to classical music “Danes MacAbre”. It is a tone poem for orchestra written in 1875. It was based on an old French superstition and is considered scary classical music. It was recorded by Camille Saint-Sale.

The competition team also won high honors in Modern/Lyrical dance wining second highest score for age Division 12-14.

Monday, September 6, 2021

Modern/Lyrical Soloist Gold Award - Dance Troupe “Champion of Excellence"

In 1995, Crystal won first place as a soloist in Modern/Lyrica dance at the Champions of Excellence 'Dance Troupe' competitions held in Daytona Beach at the Peabody Auditorium. Crystal selected her music and did her own dance chorography and rehearsed at home in the enclosed patio. We made the patio into a dance studio for her to practice. She worked very hard choreographing and dancing her routine over and over for hours. Crystal was 11 years old in the 6th grade.

About the Artist

This Blog is dedicated to honor Crystal Michelle Fallin's artistic and creative spirit; her love of writing and drawing, and her passion for performing arts and dance. Crystal loved art and was a self-taught artist and color pencil was her favorite art medium. Her techniques of multi-color layering and blending gives her drawings the effects of a painting with intricate details. This is a collection of Crystal's colored pencil artistry consisting of creative drawings of her own unique interpretations of classic Disney characters. The collection includes Chateau de Chambord and Belle from Beauty and the Beast, and Ariel inspired mermaids from The Little Mermaid. Her art graces the covers of Greeting and Handcrafted Cards, Notebooks and Journals. Crystal Expressions© Cards were developed to continue Crystal's legacy as an artist, to give hope and encouragement to the needy, and for the lonely-in-heart. Her coloring techniques, concepts and artwork is the inspiration and vision for the cards. The cards are distributed throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Europe to Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Home Bound Seniors, Foster Children, and many others.

Biography

Crystal Michelle Fallin was born in Newnan, Georgia on June 19, 1984 to Douglas and Peggy Fallin. Crystal grew up in St. Augustine, Florida where she attended St. Joseph Academy and First Coast Technical College where she received her high school diploma in May 2002. She attended St. John's River State College, majoring in business. She worked in the hospitality and retail industries in St. Augustine and Auburndale, Florida. Crystal was a lover of Performing Arts, dancing and listening to music. As a child and youth, she was a member of the St. Augustine Premier Ballet Company and Academy of Performing Arts. She danced in the Nutcracker Ballet for seven seasons and won multiple dance awards at international championship competitions held in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Daytona Beach, Florida, and Columbia, South Carolina. She was a member of the award winning APA Group “Theater Street Express” and the musical theater ensemble, “The Stage Door Players.” She performed in musical theater productions such as Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Robin Hood, and The Chorus Line. Theater Street Express won multiple awards for Song & Dance and Production numbers: “Patriotic Tribute, Café De La Trebein, Gangster Drag, and A Salute to America.” She was creative, artistic and loved art. In school, she was awarded a Certificate of Academic Achievement in Art. She became interested in color pencil drawings in her twenties. She was a self-taught artist in color pencil drawings and techniques and it became her favorite art medium. She shared her love of colored pencil art and writing with her beloved grandmother Mary. She often exchanged her drawings with her friends and grandmother. She collaborated with her mother to design greeting cards; particularly ones with nautical and mermaid themes. Designing greeting cards, drawing, and writing notes to family and friends were her favorite pastimes. She developed a love of Disney characters as a child and practice drawing and coloring them throughout her life. She used her art to show love and support to her family and friends. Crystal was caring, kind-hearted and always reaching out to people in need.

Dance Biography

Crystal Fallin was outgoing, independent and had an indomitable free spirit and loved dancing. She received her dance training at the St. Augustine Academy of Performing Arts; Master Workshops at Santa Fe College (Gainesville), European School of Ballet (Ormond Beach), FloArts (Palatka), and Master Classes at International Championship venues (Orlando, Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale), and at the APA summer dance intensives. Her choice of dance genres were ballet, tap and Lyrical dance. She was a member of the St. Augustine Premier Ballet Company and the La Mirage Jazz Club. She performed multi-roles in the classical ballet 'The Nutcracker' for seven seasons: Spanish Chocolate Soloist, The Solider Doll, Harlequin Doll, Arabian Coffee Soloist, The Arch Angel, Snowflake Demi-Soloist, Marzipan, Waltz of the Flowers, and many others. Each season, the Premier Ballet Company performed two full length performances for the community as well as six condensed performances of “The Nutcracker” for St. Johns and Putnam Counties school children. Twenty-Five schools from both the public and private sectors attended the performances. Crystal and her dance troupe performed on stage at Flagler College Auditorium, Kirk Auditorium at FSDB, and numerous community venues throughout Northeast Florida. She was a senior member of the Academy of Performing Arts competition team. The dance team completed annually in "I Love Dance" International Championship Competitions in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, Florida, and in Columbia, South Carolina. They also competed in Champions of Excellence by "Dance Troupe, Inc." in Daytona Beach. Crystal and her team won awards in ballet, jazz, tap and modern/lyrical dance in all major categories as well as top honors in “Song and Dance” and group ensemble theater “Productions.” As a Soloist, she won multiple awards at International Championships in Ballet, Lyrical and Student Choreography, and Gold Awards at “Champion of Excellence” National and Preliminaries Competitions. The Inspirational Dance Collection emulates her free spirit and love of dance. Inspirational dance symbolizes the freedom of spirit and captures the joy of worship: “Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.” Psalm 149:3