He found his love of entertainment at an early age and spent his
formative years honing his craft, which eventually lead him to act, direct and produce productions of all kinds throughout the world. His historical novel In Search of Heaven was released internationally in May 2006 to massive media coverage. He is currently preparing to release three new novels, IN SEARCH OF LOVE, BABA, and IN SEARCH OF PEACE.

Anytime Ata was saddened or impressed by events surrounding him he used to express his feeling through a poem. But he never kept any of the poems or gave them away. Recently, at the suggestions of his friends, Ata decided to release some of his poem. So he complete and release his latest poetry book entitled
“I Am a Lotus”. That Ata wishes all proceeds to be donated to help and teach love to children of the world, through his children foundation he found; “THE LOTUS LIGHT”.

If you wish to join him in
this important mission please write or go to;
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Manifestation Isn’t Magic: It’s Applied Knowledge

People love to say “knowledge is power.” But that’s only half the truth.

Knowledge without action changes nothing.

As Leo Buscaglia said, “To know and not to do is not to know at all.” And nowhere is that more evident than in the conversation around manifestation.

Manifestation isn’t wishful thinking. It isn’t vision boards collecting dust. And it definitely isn’t hoping the universe will figure things out for you while you stay passive.

Manifestation works when knowledge meets belief and action.

From Skeptic to Practitioner

Like many people, my first exposure to manifestation and the Law of Attraction came through The Secret. I watched the DVD countless times. I listened to the CD in my car over and over again.

And still, I was skeptical.

So instead of debating whether it worked, I decided to test it.

I started small. Finding my keys. Having someone invite me to coffee or lunch. Little experiments with no emotional attachment.

And something interesting happened.

When I applied the principles: clarity, expectation, and aligned action, things worked. Not occasionally. Consistently.

That’s when I moved on to bigger experiments.

“What Orly Wants, Orly Gets”

At the office, I started saying a phrase that became legendary, much to my team’s annoyance:

“What Orly wants, Orly gets.”

I explained the Law of Attraction to them and had them finish the sentence whenever I asked for something that felt unrealistic.

To be clear—there was zero enthusiasm. They thought I was crazy.

Then came the real test.

We were hosting a seminar for 260 people in the property management industry. The goal was simple: sell enough sponsorships and exhibitor tables to cover costs and turn a profit.

On a Tuesday afternoon, I asked where we stood.

Less than $3,000.

I told them we needed $10,000 by Friday.

The looks I got said it all. “No way.” “Impossible.” “That’s less than three days.”

My response?

“What Orly wants?”

They replied angrily, “Yeah, yeah… Orly gets.”

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Manifestation Requires Action, Not Anxiety

A few days later, I asked for an update. No progress.

The secretary was out sick that day, so I asked a simple question:

“Did anyone get the mail?”

You would’ve thought I asked them to stop working altogether.

So I grabbed the keys and checked the mail myself.

Back in my office, I opened the envelopes one by one.

The third envelope contained a check.

$8,734.

From an unpaid invoice that had been overdue for six months.

I walked out and showed it to the team.

Their reaction?

“How do you do this?” “How does this always work for you?”

The answer was simple, and it had nothing to do with magic.

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The Real Secret of Manifestation

I don’t just read books.

I apply what I learn.

Manifestation works when:

• You believe something is possible
• You release emotional resistance
• You take aligned action
• You allow the result instead of forcing it

   

Knowledge becomes power only when it’s used.

That’s the missing piece most people never apply.

Want to Go Deeper, In Person?

Are you or someone you know in or around the Orlando / Central Florida area?

I will be speaking on January 15th, 2026 at 2:00 PM at the Manifesting Summit, happening in the same space as PodFest, with Pappi DiNuzzo, the new Napoleon Hill.

 Tickets are only $26  Bring a Friend for FREE

This is an incredible room full of aligned people; and I have a lot of people I can introduce you to.

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I hope to see you there.

Don’t forget to bring a friend!

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Last Call!

The Mindset Mastery Coaching Certification program is starting Jan 13th.

All good things must come to an end. The $997 price tag is expiring soon. So do something this year to really make your resolutions stick (and become a certified coach in the process!)

Mindset Mastery isn’t about hype or positive thinking.

It’s about understanding:

• Why smart, capable people still feel stuck

• How to rewire internal blocks at the root

• How to create consistency without burnout

• How to shift from effort → alignment

When you master your mindset, every goal becomes easier:
Your business.
Your income.
Your confidence.
Your relationships.
Your leadership.

This is why mindset work isn’t a “nice to have.”
It’s the foundation everything else is built on.

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This is the work that changes the trajectory of your year, and your life; because it changes you at the deepest level.

If You’re Going to Commit to Anything This Year…

Don’t commit to another resolution you’ll abandon.

Commit to:

• Understanding your mind

• Releasing what’s been holding you back

• Becoming the version of you that naturally follows through

Because when the mindset shifts…
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AY Young announced a new commitment to advancing clean energy at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2024 Annual Meeting.

A singer, songwriter, United Nations Youth Leader, and entrepreneur, AY Young is powering a movement with his upcoming album Project17, a Battery Tour initiative. With partners including the United Nations, Samsung USA, and General Motors, each song on Project17 is dedicated to one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) with all profits to be awarded to organizations pushing the SDGs forward.

AY’s commitment centers on SDG 7, affordable and clean energy. Around the world, as international public financing for clean energy for developing countries continues to decline, 675 million people still live in the dark. AY is directing crucial capital for an equitable global energy transition.

On stage at the CGI annual meeting, AY will announce his world record-breaking commitment to power 1,000 concerts entirely with clean energy, with aspirations to play his 1,000th show at Amazon’s Climate Pledge Arena on Earth Day 2025. He shut down Times Square for his 958th battery powered show on the #roadto1000 at Climate Week NYC.

“I was raised by a family of changemakers who used their platform to drive forward a better future,” says AY Young. “I’m blessed to continue that legacy and partner with the Clinton Global Initiative to use music to power global impact.”

About the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)
Founded by President Bill Clinton in 2005, the Clinton Global Initiative is a community of doers representing a broad cross section of society and dedicated to the idea that we can accomplish more together than we can apart. Through CGI’s unique model, more than 10,000 organizations have launched more than 4,000 Commitments to Action — new, specific, and measurable projects and programs – that are making a difference in the lives of more than 500 million people in 180 countries.

About The Battery Tour
Founded by artist AY Young, The Battery Tour is a revolutionary concert series powered entirely by renewable energy. This grassroots initiative harnesses the universal language of music to drive social and environmental change, illuminating stages across the globe with energy sourced from solar panels and batteries.

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WHITE WAVE Dance

presents

The 2024 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL: A FOUR-DAY SPECTACULAR

PRESENTING 50 COMPANIES FROM NEW YORK & AROUND THE WORLD

2024 dumbo dance festival

June 27-30

June 27 at 6:30pm GALA Opening Night

June 28-30 – Festival Performances

Mark Morris Dance Center

James and Martha Duffy Performance Space

3 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

PLEASE JOIN US:

Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 6:30 pm – Gala Opening Night

Friday, June 28, 2024 at 7 pm

Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 4 pm and 6 pm

Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 4 pm and 6 pm

Please RSVP to Michelle Tabnick: michelle@michelletabnickpr.com, 646-765-4773

Photos are available for download at:

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On Thursday, June 27, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates the 23rd Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) with a GALA Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region. Committed to developing dance as an important art form, WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of the most innovative of today’s dance makers, both emerging and established, and brings them to Brooklyn for one extended weekend. For four nights and three days, dance lovers will experience a veritable cornucopia of the best of contemporary dance. DDF is committed to advancing the best of dance by providing on-stage and behind-the-scenes opportunities for 50 dance troupes from across America and around the globe, allowing audiences to experience, first-hand, the incomparable vitality of the New York dance scene.

“This is a festival about opportunities,” says Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director of White Wave Dance. “The DUMBO Dance Festival provides an opportunity for over 400 performing artists to showcase their work. Further, it offers New York audiences the chance to participate in one of the most diverse displays of leading-edge choreography and excellence at an affordable price.”

GALA Opening Night: June 27 at 6:30PM

The 2024 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL will kick off with WHITE WAVE’s Opening Night GALA Celebration on Thursday, June 27^th at 6:30 pm.

WHITE WAVE Dance is proud to honor Joan Finkelstein and John Ryan!

Joan Finkelstein, with deep appreciation for her tireless support of the Art of Dance in all of its many dazzling forms, especially through her work at the amazing Harkness Foundation for Dance, we salute Joan’s tireless dedication to the creative future and development of Dance.

John Ryan, by championing Ms. Kim’s artistic vision through his vital philanthropic support, enables WHITE WAVE Dance to continuously find, nurture and present thousands of emerging and eminent artists.

Opening remarks will be followed by five stunning contemporary dance troupes: Buglisi Dance Theatre, Yoshiko Chuma & The School Of Hard Knocks, ZviDance, Company | E, and WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company.

After the performances, the audience can enjoy an open bar, food, and music to feed the soul, as well as a fabulous raffle including gourmet wine baskets, “Dinner for Two” at local DUMBO eateries, and much more!

Festival tickets: $30 in advance / $25 students & seniors.

GALA Tickets are $100 and $250 (VIP seating) per person; all proceeds raised will directly offset WHITE WAVE’s production costs for our 2024/25 Season.

GALA & Festival Tickets can be purchased at https://www.whitewavedance.org

Questions? Please contact WHITE WAVE at wwyskdc@gmail.com or call at 718-855-8822!

2024 DDF features 50 contemporary dance troupes combining over 400 artists who will present solo, chamber, and full-scale works. Dancers from across the United States, and internationally from Switzerland, Germany, Colombia, Mexico, Taiwan, Japan and Korea will join the New York’s active dance community to offer the full range of new directions in dance in the 21^st century.

Special Performance Opportunities:

This year at the 2024 DUMBO Dance Festival, White Wave Dance is pleased to announce we will be selecting TWO outstanding companies to have the opportunity to perform at the 2025 New Dance Festival in South Korea, and the 2025 Detroit City Dance Festival. Both of these highly regarded festivals will provide companies with another fantastic opportunity for further exposure, promotion and performances. All companies participating in this year’s festival will be carefully considered and will be notified after the festival.

In this anniversary year, the roster of companies includes:

E-Danza, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Seabird Dance Collective, Lopez & Dancers, Freespace Dance, Tsiambwom M. Akuchu, Ali Pfleger and Artists, Company | E, Pau Aran Gimeno, Columbia Repertory Dance Company, Cori Marquis + the Nines [IX], Michiko Kiyofuji, X&Y Quadrant Dance Company, Alexander Hille, Tina Croll + Company, O’Toole & Dance, TheCo, Amos Pinhasi, Gianna Burright, McKoy Dance Project || MDP, Elizabeth Shea Dance, Natya Anubhava, Mending Dance Theater, Mark Bankin Dance Theater, OR Dance, Emilio Castellón Dance Company, BAIRA MVMNT PHLOSPHY, David P. France Dance Company, Synergy Dance Collective NY, American Swiss Ballet Co, Natalia Sanchez, East by North Dance Theatre, Ramona Sekulovic, Hoon Dance Company, Mei Yamanaka Works, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Yoshiko Chuma & The School Of Hard Knocks, ZviDance, and WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company.

In our commitment to presenting dance for all, the 23^rd Annual DUMBO Dance Festival is proud to announce the following events in our exciting 2024 program:

Grand Finale: Sunday, June 30^th 6PM

For the Festival Grand Finale, eight companies will present works, including:

Ali Pfleger and Artists, Cori Marquis+the Nines [IX], Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Hoon Dance Company, Mending Dance Theater, Freespace Dance, Ara Dance Project, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company

2024 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL Performance Schedule:

GALA OPENING NIGHT

Thursday, June 27 @ 6:30 PM

• Buglisi Dance Theatre, NY
• Yoshiko Chuma & The School Of Hard Knocks, NY
• ZviDance, NY
• Company | E, DC
• WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company, NY

Friday, June 28 @ 7 PM

• Alexander Hille, MN
• X&Y Quadrant Dance Company, NY
• David P. France Dance Company, Switzerland
• Company|E, DC
• Tina Croll + Company, NY
• O’Toole & Dance, NC
• Tsiambwom M. Akuchu, CA
• Mending Dance Theater, Taiwan

Saturday, June 29 @ 4 PM

• Columbia Repertory Dance Company, SC
• McKoy Dance Project || MDP, NY
• E-Danza, IA
• Michiko Kiyofuji, Japan
• Gianna Burright, CA
• David P. France Dance Company, Switzerland
• Hoon Dance Company, Korea
• TheCo, Mexico

Saturday, June 29 @ 6 PM

• Lopez & Dancers, NY
• Elizabeth Shea Dance, IN
• Amos Pinhasi, NY
• Natya Anubhava, NY
• Mei Yamanaka Works, Japan
• Mark Bankin Dance Theater, NY
• OR Dance, NJ
• WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company, NY

Sunday, June 30 @ 4 PM

• Emilio Castellón Dance Company, CA
• BAIRA MVMNT PHLOSPHY, TX
• Synergy Dance Collective, NY
• ArtLab J, MI
• Ramona Sekulovic, Germany
• American Swiss Ballet Co, NY
• East by North Dance Theatre, NY
• Natalia Sanchez, NY

GRAND FINALE

Sunday, June 30 @ 6 PM

• Ali Pfleger and Artists, NY
• Cori Marquis + the Nines [IX], NY
• Alison Cook Beatty Dance, NY
• Hoon Dance Company, Korea
• Mending Dance Theater, Taiwan
• Freespace Dance, NJ
• Ara Dance Project, NY
• WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company, NY

For Artists BIO and more info, please visit www.whitewavedance.org.

WHITE WAVE

Formed in 1988, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company (WHITE WAVE) strives to inspire audiences through multi-dimensional dance productions reflecting themes and philosophies both modern and timeless. Our mission is to be a potent stimulus for change and expansion of the dance/arts world through the production of dance concerts, classes, residencies, and education. Artistic Director Young Soon Kim’s vision is expansive, challenging the threshold of dance, music, theater and visual art, surging forward to create new possibilities. Ms. Kim creates works of vision and movement language in reverence and awe of novelty that challenge and broaden the boundaries of dance. We provide both emerging and established choreographers/companies with a NYC venue where they can congregate, create, rehearse and present new dance works through our festivals.

www.whitewavedance.org.

ABOUT WHITE WAVE

Formed in 1988, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company (WHITE WAVE) strives to inspire audiences through multi-dimensional dance productions reflecting themes and philosophies both modern and timeless. Our mission is to be a potent stimulus for change and expansion of the dance/arts world through the production of dance concerts, classes, residencies, and education. Artistic Director Young Soon Kim’s vision is expansive, challenging the threshold of dance, music, theater and visual art, surging forward to create new possibilities. Ms. Kim creates works of vision and movement language in reverence and awe of novelty that challenge and broaden the boundaries of dance. We provide both emerging and established choreographers/companies with a NYC venue where they can congregate, create, rehearse and present new dance works through our festivals.

WHITE WAVE created DDF in 2001 in response to the dance community’s need for performance opportunities that would not only present, but also produce, the work of rising choreographers at minimal expense for the artist. The festival is now recognized as New York’s most prestigious gathering of pioneering choreography, encouraging experimentation, creativity, and originality.

To date, WHITE WAVE Dance has proudly presented over 3,200 choreographers/dance companies and over 25,500 performers to a total of more than 90K audience members.

www.whitewavedance.org.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director of WHITE WAVE Dance, is a recipient of the 2023 Bessies Angel Honoree Award, and is a nationally and internationally acclaimed choreographer, whose work has been hailed for its exhilarating, visually stunning, and emotionally rich phrases and textures.

In addition to her role as a performer and Artistic Director, Ms. Kim created a series of dance festivals soon after inaugurating the WHITE WAVE John Ryan Theater in DUMBO, Brooklyn, in 2001.

She has since become one of the most recognized producers/curators in New York City. Ms. Kim has also served as a juror for New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in 2006 and for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in 2014.

After the World première at the 2017 La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, WHITE WAVE Dance’s Canadian première of “iyouuswe” (read as I-You-Us-We-two) at the 2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival was a resounding success! WHITE WAVE presented “Eternal NOW” at our enormously successful 2019 tour to Korea and China. In Gwangju, Korea, we performed at a special event at the Asian Cultural Center, one of the most prestigious arts complexes in all of Asia. There we participated at the Opening Celebration of the 2019 FINA World Championship Masters’ Games, a sporting event that rivals the Olympics. Following that, we flew to China to perform at the Ningbo Cultural Plaza, as part of a China-US Cultural Exchange program. Dazzled sold-out audiences greeted us at every performance!

During the Summer/Fall 2021, Young Soon Kim continually created “iyouuswe II, A Dance Film” and a stage version of the production.

In October 2021, WHITE WAVE Dance presented three free performances of their newest production, iyouuswe II (I-You-Us-We-Two), on October 9 and 30, 2021 at DUMBO Archway, and two shows at the Home of WHITE WAVE Dance at 5pm as part of the City Artist Corps Grant Initiative.

“iyouuswe II, A Dance Film” was selected as finalist for the 2022 Cannes International Film Festival, Paris International Short Festival, Vancouver Independent Film Festival and an OFFICIAL SELECTION at the 2021 London International Short Film Festival, Espoo Digi-Dance International Film Festival (Finland) and Experimental, Dance, Music Film Festival (Canada).

“There are people who simply have a lot of energy, and the Korean-born choreographer Young Soon Kim is clearly one of them.” – Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times

Please visit www.whitewavedance.org for more information about the

OPENING NIGHT GALA and DUMBO Dance Festival.

Click HERE to download photos of 2024 DUMBO Dance Festival

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

WHITE WAVE’s programs are supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, The New York Community Trust, Dance/NYC’s Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund, Howard Gilman Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, New York City Artist Corps, Mosaic Network & Fund, Grace Charity Foundation Inc., JOHN RYAN, and Individual Arts Supporters like you.

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