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CONTENTS The Dancer Issue; September 2017 Gunn Magazine

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CREATIVE OUTLETS A hot glue gun Mess on the 5th floor of FIDM

THE BUZZ

Kenyan coffee farmers protest the rising demand of beans

WEEKEND JUNKETS The surf is definitely up in San Diego, and you can read all about it on p 11

EDITOR’S LETTER Ben Stivers shares his latest and greatest on The Dancer Issue 2017

COVER STORY Dancer Ian Schwaner spills his heart on the struggles and life of a dancer

CANDY COATED What exactly would you do with ten thousand pounds of pure candy?

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:

To start, let me say that I am a magazine enthusiast, a junkie who from my earliest school days has been obsessed with flipping though the pages of magazines, first absorbed in their images and stories, later assigning and editing my own. I really believe that no matter whether a magazine is delivered to your doorstep or to your computer, printed on glossy stock or on cheap tabloid paper, appearing on your iPad or your cell-phone screen, it is still and foremost the work of an editorial team for a discerning audience, a beautiful and meaningful— we hope—package of ideas, words and images that a group of experts prepares for its readers.

While technology efficiently delivers news stories to our desktops, laptops and mobile devices, magazines are all about context—how ideas and images are presented in relation to one another and within a larger point of view.

Magazines are about trust and partnership: We, the editors, will strive always to keep you engaged; you, the readers, are free to engage with us or to reject us. But enough theory: Let me tell you about this September issue of Gunn.

From the Eternal City we travel to the City of Angels, where Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall act out our cover story, shot in downtown L.A. The Mad Men star doffs Don Draper’s perfect suit and tie to get intimate with Hall, the Vicky of Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Having just worked on The Town, a drama directed by and starring Ben Affleck—in theaters in September—the pair complain about the dearth of movies aimed at adults, and address rumors of Hall’s romance with a certain director. Feminine and sexy are back (with a twist) in Alasdair McLellan’s “Sweet & Vicious,” in which Fifties glamour meets vixenish schoolgirl charm, and bright geometric accessories bring a bolt of energy and joy to the magazine’s pages—the perfect cocktail to start the new season.

BE BOLD AND STAY STRONG! -BEN STIVERS

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A HOT GLUE GUN MESS Everything passes through them and in turn by their team.

With this combination of creative and social skills, I felt it to be a perfect fit for my wondering mind. However, what intrigues me the most about this position and mystifies me with the same intensity is the director’s involvement with the creative process. A process distinctly human and free thinking, sometimes random and inappropriate, but always necessary. How creativity comes about in advertising and the means by which it is formed, intrigues me the most about this phenomena. The creative aspect of life which finds its clearest expression in art baffles all attempts at rational formulation. My conclusion: Advertising. Other than the arts, it is an industry which represents a lovely blend between bureaucratic business and colorful creativity. Just my cup of tea.

My brothers and I are odd cases in relation to the rest of our family. We were, for one reason or another, blessed with the abilities to understand and perform music.

Through this innate form of creative expression, I was released to the world of the right brained and found fascination in the act of creation. Due to my need to create something fresh and authentically my own, it made slim my options toward a career choice. I had to do something that would allow me to show my individualism, express my interpreted thoughts in a medium, universally understood, and allow for that idea to be nurtured by not only myself, but by others with similar quirks. My conclusion: Advertising. Other than the arts, it is an industry which represents a lovely blend between bureaucratic business and colorful creativity. Just my cup of tea. Most specifically, I wish to be the Creative Director of an agency, the catalyst to creation.

-C.G. Jung

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BUZZ COFFEE FARMERS PROTEST RISING DEMAND

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WEEKEND JUNKETS

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Written by BRITTANY PIAZZA Photographed by BEN STIVERS

Dancer Ian Schwaner Spills His Heart On the Struggles and Life of a Dancer.

THE DANCER

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Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Pull up, turn out, head erect, toes pointed. Counts and corrections have always been a significant factor in my life. Rather than running and playing with my friends at the playground, I chose to spend the majority of my time in dance class. Dancing to me was more valuable than playing hop-scotch with friends on the sidewalk; it was pure enjoyment, even at four years old. Unfortunately, what every dancer must learn cannot be comprehended from a textbook; it is gained through experience and struggles. Imagine dance as a colossal obstacle course. This helps to illustrate how I have navigated dead ends and wrong turns.

I have learned that in order to become what I strive to be; trust, commitment, and passion must lead the way.

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FAILURE IS NOT FATAL In life, “Success is not final…” in the dance world, success is never final. Aspects of an individual’s life are constantly changing. I have been dancing at my studio for thirteen years and during that time I grew into a confident dancer. I did not see myself as the best dancer, because I always knew there was room for improvement and growth. The feeling that I could go anywhere and be in any company I wanted was building up. For thirteen years I have been working hard to reach my full potential, and I am not planning on stopping anytime soon. Blood still soaks into my newly washed tights, sweat slowly drips down my cheek bones, and challenges are still presented to me.

Nevertheless, I am determined and confident I can become the professional dancer I envision in my future. However, the successes I enjoyed in dance were once called into question. “…Failure is not fatal…” I believe it can only survive on the power and energy one continues to provide it with. I realized this during my summer intensive spent studying at Alvin Ailey in 2009. Seeing the other dancers sharing the same dream as myself was comforting, until the placement classes began. I became absorbed by the perfect bodies, flawless lines, and mesmerizing feet. My sense of self worth was shaken and I felt completely defeated. I was thankful and happy that I had an opportunity like this, but overwhelmed and frustrated at the same time. I did not feel that I was good enough. Once I returned home from Alvin Ailey, I was ready to give up on dancing all together. However, for thirteen years I essentially lived at my dance studio, giving up on my dream and moving on to something else, something totally different, would have been the hardest thing because dance is all I have ever known.

My continued love and passion for dance shows me that I have the courage to face challenges, no matter how difficult the situation may be.

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I have realized there will always be brick walls along my journey. It is my tenacity to climb over these brick walls that got me where I am today. Dance will always be a part of my life.

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moving on to something else, something totally different, would have been the hardest thing because dance is all I have ever known.

My continued love and passion for dance shows me that I have the courage to face challenges, no matter how difficult the situation may be. I have realized there will always brick wallsShirt along myBRAND journey.

Thisbe photo and below: LUCKY It is my tenacity to climb over these brick walls that got me where I am today. Dance will always be a part of my life.

I have learned that the art of dance is more beautiful than there are words to describe it. Although there was a time when intimidation got the best of me, I recovered in time to see that the bond I share with dance can never be broken. I will always strive to be the professional dancer I envision. As I reflect back on where I began as a young dancer, I am completely in love with the idea of dancing for the rest of my life. Without trust from within, becoming a professional dancer would be next to impossible. I’ve come to realize that although everyone has weak moments in their lives, what makes one better is to learn from what it is that brought you down. I have done just that. I vow that, perfect turnout, feet, and extensions will no longer cause me to feel worthless and defeated, but rather challenge me to improve and grow. Winston Churchill said it perfectly, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” I will continue reaching for my dream. Five, six, seven, eight! ~ B. Piazza

In life, “Success is not final…” in the dance world, success is never final. Aspects of an individual’s life are constantly changing.

I have been dancing at my studio for thirteen years and during that time I grew into a confident dancer. I did not see myself as the best dancer, because I always knew there was room for improvement and growth. The feeling that I could go anywhere and be in any company I wanted was building up. For thirteen years I have been working hard to reach my full potential, and I am not planning on stopping anytime soon. Blood still soaks into my newly washed tights, sweat slowly drips down my cheek bones, and challenges are still presented to me. Nevertheless, I am determined and confident I can become the professional dancer I envision in my future. However, the successes I enjoyed in dance were once called into question. “…Failure is not fatal…” I believe it can only survive on the power and energy one continues to provide it with.

I realized this during my summer intensive spent studying at Alvin Ailey in 2009. Seeing the other dancers sharing the same dream as myself was comforting, until the placement classes began. I became absorbed by the perfect bodies, flawless lines, and mesmerizing feet.

My sense of self worth was shaken and I felt completely defeated.

I was thankful and happy that I had an opportunity like this, but overwhelmed and frustrated at the same time. I did not feel that I was good enough. Once I returned home from Alvin Ailey, I was ready to give up on dancing all together. However, for thirteen years I essentially lived at my dance studio, giving up on my dream and

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THE STORY OF PUNK

Punk rock was an intentional rebuttal of the perceived excess and pretension found in mainstream music (or even mainstream culture as a whole), and early punk artists’ fashion was defiantly anti-materialistic. Generally unkempt, often short hairstyles replaced the long-hair hippie look and the usually elaborate 1970s rock and disco styles. In the United States, dirty, simple clothes – ranging from the T-shirt/jeans/leather jacket Ramones look to the low-class, secondhand “dress” clothes of acts like Television or Patti Smith were preferred over the expensive or colorful clothing popular in the disco scene.

In the United Kingdom, 1970s punk fashion influenced the designs of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren and the Bromley Contingent.

Mainstream punk style was influenced by clothes sold in Malcolm McLaren’s shop. McLaren has credited this style to his first impressions of Richard Hell, while McLaren was in New York City working with New York Dolls. Deliberately offensive T-shirts were popular in the early punk scene, such as the DESTROY T-shirt sold at SEX, which featured an inverted crucifix and a Nazi Swastika. Another offensive t-shirt that is still occasionally seen in punk is called Snow White and the Sir Punks, and features Snow White being held down and raped by five of the seven dwarfs, whilst the other two engage in anal sex. The image’s origin is as part of The Realist magazine’s Disneyland Memorial Orgy poster in May 1967, although the t-shirts made the scene more explicit.

These T-shirts, like other punk clothing items, were often torn on purpose. Other items in early British punk fashion included: leather jackets; customised blazers; and dress shirts randomly covered in slogans, such as “Only Anarchists are pretty”, blood, patches and controversial images.

Punk fashion has influenced the styles of many groups, as well as those of popular culture.

Many punks use clothing as a way of making a statement.

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RUDE BOYS

Rudy King stands in pride as he poses for a photograph in a sharp suit.

The rude boy subculture arose from the poorer sections of Kingston, Jamaica, and was associated with violent discontented youths. Along with ska and rocksteady music, many rude boys favored sharp suits, thin ties, and pork pie or Trilby hats, showing an influence of the fashions of American jazz musicians and soul music artists.

American cowboy and gangster/outlaw films from that period were also influential factors in shaping the rude boy image. In that time period, unemployed Jamaican youths sometimes found temporary employment from sound system operators to disrupt competitors’ dances (leading to the term dancehall crasher). The violence that sometimes occurred at dances and its association with the rude boy lifestyle gave rise to a slew of releases by artists who addressed the rude boys directly with lyrics that either promoted or rejected rude boy violence. Starting in the 1970s, Jamaican reggae music replaced the ska and rocksteady music associated with the rude boys. In the 1980s, dancehall became the main Jamaican popular music genre, drawing some parallels with the earlier rude boys in its culture and lyrical content.

In the 1960s, the Jamaican diaspora introduced rude boy music and fashion to the United Kingdom, which influenced the mod and skinhead subcultures. In the late 1970s, the term rude boy and rude boy fashions came back into use after the 2 Tone band The Specials and their record label 2 Tone Records instigated a brief but influential ska revival. In this spirit, The Clash contributed “Rudie Can’t Fail” on their 1979 album, London Calling.

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In more recent times in multicultural Britain, the term rudeboy has become associated with street or urban culture, and is a common greeting.

The term rudeboy has become associated with music genres such as ragga, jungle, drum and bass, garage, and grime.

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A show of style is never out of question with punk icons The Specials.

RANDY TORT and JEREMY SKAGINS Pose with style for Gunn.

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CANDY COATED Written and Photographed by DANIEL RODRIGUEZ

I would like to think of myself as a healthy eater. I try not to eat much meat during the week and I always eat a variety vegetables. Nevertheless, I have this weakness that renders all my attempts at healthy eating D.O.A. Of course I am talking about candy.

Even thought it is almost completely made of sugar, I cannot get enough. Everyone has their favorite candy; some may like sour or sweet while others stick to the classics; chocolate or camel. The only problem is I like them all so narrowing it down is not easy. I think the best way would be to pick through my long list of favorites and come up with the top three.

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I am sure we have all seen or heard about taffy. What I would think would come to mind to most people when I would say something regarding taffy might be something concerning saltwater taffy. I love saltwater taffy. It seems that it is not in great supply around here. The only place I know of is somewhere like the cracker barrel. Needless to say I never go to cracker barrel, and it is a little more than I feel comfortable spending on candy. So I find myself resorting to a childhood favorite, laffy taffy. It is sold everywhere, and it is very inexpensive. I really started to like it when I played baseball as a kid. After the game I would always try to pump mom or dad for a few cents to stock up. It never made it home. I would somehow eat my entire entire stockpile. Whoever came up with the idea of putting jokes inside the wrapper is a very rich man. I could not help but to try to unwrap one more. The way the jokes where printed on the wrapper was very smart too. They would put one joke half way on the wrapper so it made me want to know the end of the joke, genius really.

A KAY CANDY licks her lollipop in excitment for Gunn.

I am sure my kids will think I am strange, when I go buy myself big bag of skittles. Other people may want a better description, but the best way has to be to actually go out and try them first hand.

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ND Candy is always in style for KAY CANDY.

I would like to think of myself as a healthy eater. I try not to eat much meat during the week and I always eat a variety vegetables. Nevertheless, I have this weakness that renders all my attempts at healthy eating D.O.A. Of course I am talking about candy.

Even thought it is almost completely made of sugar, I cannot get enough. Everyone has their favorite candy; some may like sour or sweet while others stick to the classics; chocolate or camel. The only problem is I like them all so narrowing it down is not easy. I think the best way would be to pick through my long list of favorites and come up with the top three. ~D.Rodriguez

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