A girl by any other name...
Feb. 9th, 2005 04:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
parasitegirlIf I were a DJ I probably wouldn’t take on a DJ name other than my own. I don’t think that is simply the legacy of days with dj Mitch. I have nothing against Dj names, but I’m rather attached to my name. As names go, it is flexible. I am hardcore enough and would feel silly advertising it with a name change. And there is also something to be said for the “I’m indifferent to my image, I just spin the shit I want to spin” aspect of keeping your mundane name.
I would write under my own name...unless I wrote romance novels and then my pen name would be Jasmine Van Emman. I sign my art under my own name. My own name would serve me if I acted.
But, I’m not a dj or a published author. I do dance. Actors get to take the names of the characters they play. A dancer takes on a persona which requires her to act as if she’s just being her faaaaabulous/mysterious/sensual self. To see a dancer drop the persona while still on stage or in costume is to be betrayed. A good name prepares the audience before they even see you, it can convey an image.
I’m writing because I may be reaching the point where a dance name is a thing to further wrap my mind around. I’d like to hear from the Dj’s and Dancers about your feelings on taking on a dj/stage name.
Yet I am hesitant to truly take a dance name. I’ve found one, but am unsure if my hesitancy is due to it being unsuitable for me or if my hesitancy is about the change of name itself. My own name? Let’s face it-Kayt or Kathryn-you remove the name from me and, well...I’m not pretending NOT to be a glow-in-the-dark gaijin...but to advertise it?
Thus far I’ve been leading toward Fahada, which I am told means Leopardess. I knew at first glance that names translating into flowers, dainty animals, meanings such as pure, chaste, and feminine or descriptive terms such as mirage, illusion, or so on just weren’t suited for me.
I should also look into obscure terms and names related to beetles/scarabs as well..
Imput asked for.
I would write under my own name...unless I wrote romance novels and then my pen name would be Jasmine Van Emman. I sign my art under my own name. My own name would serve me if I acted.
But, I’m not a dj or a published author. I do dance. Actors get to take the names of the characters they play. A dancer takes on a persona which requires her to act as if she’s just being her faaaaabulous/mysterious/sensual self. To see a dancer drop the persona while still on stage or in costume is to be betrayed. A good name prepares the audience before they even see you, it can convey an image.
I’m writing because I may be reaching the point where a dance name is a thing to further wrap my mind around. I’d like to hear from the Dj’s and Dancers about your feelings on taking on a dj/stage name.
Yet I am hesitant to truly take a dance name. I’ve found one, but am unsure if my hesitancy is due to it being unsuitable for me or if my hesitancy is about the change of name itself. My own name? Let’s face it-Kayt or Kathryn-you remove the name from me and, well...I’m not pretending NOT to be a glow-in-the-dark gaijin...but to advertise it?
Thus far I’ve been leading toward Fahada, which I am told means Leopardess. I knew at first glance that names translating into flowers, dainty animals, meanings such as pure, chaste, and feminine or descriptive terms such as mirage, illusion, or so on just weren’t suited for me.
I should also look into obscure terms and names related to beetles/scarabs as well..
Imput asked for.
