Mikey Pedroza

Dear Count Basie,

An open letter to the band leader that in my eyes, and ears, defined what it means to swing and still makes people all over the world swing out to!

"I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination. There is a great deal of outer space, distant from our daily lives, where I feel our imagination wanders sometimes. It will find a planet or it will not find a planet, and that is what a dancer does." ~Martha Graham