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| Life in New York has shifted since Redha Medjellekh was photographed in February. But his message in the video below remains the same: Keep dancing. | Life in New York has shifted since Redha Medjellekh was photographed in February. But his message in the video below remains the same: Keep dancing. |
| By Tammy La Gorce | By Tammy La Gorce |
| Redha Medjellekh has created videos for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and for corporate clients like Target. His company, Red Is Dancing, also produces social commentary, like his response to the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, “Paris Is Kissing,” and a tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Redha Medjellekh has created videos for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and for corporate clients like Target. His company, Red Is Dancing, also produces social commentary, like his response to the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, “Paris Is Kissing,” and a tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| A French-Algerian immigrant from the outskirts of Paris, Mr. Medjellekh, 34, is a widower; his wife, Sandrine, died shortly after their daughter, Amani, was born. He and Amani, now 5, live in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, in the childhood apartment of the rapper Biggie Smalls. | A French-Algerian immigrant from the outskirts of Paris, Mr. Medjellekh, 34, is a widower; his wife, Sandrine, died shortly after their daughter, Amani, was born. He and Amani, now 5, live in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, in the childhood apartment of the rapper Biggie Smalls. |
| SAME PASSION, DIFFERENT DAY I have the single-parent lifestyle. I wake up at 5:30 or 6, which gives me a little bit of alone time before the tornado — my daughter, Amani — wakes up. I’m obsessed with my work. I’m blessed that it’s also my passion, so I don’t feel a Sunday is a Sunday. It’s just a continuation of the week for me. | SAME PASSION, DIFFERENT DAY I have the single-parent lifestyle. I wake up at 5:30 or 6, which gives me a little bit of alone time before the tornado — my daughter, Amani — wakes up. I’m obsessed with my work. I’m blessed that it’s also my passion, so I don’t feel a Sunday is a Sunday. It’s just a continuation of the week for me. |
| ALONE TIME I love to watch YouTube videos before Amani wakes up. It can be about self-improvement, like Tony Robbins. I have lemon juice, or I will do coffee. If my parents-in-law or my grandma or my parents are here from France, it’s a whole different schedule because I am able to go and do boxing. I love boxing. I will go train with the bag. To me it’s like a dance. I miss it right now. I don’t have a bag but I have, how do you say, a jump rope. I’m using that. | ALONE TIME I love to watch YouTube videos before Amani wakes up. It can be about self-improvement, like Tony Robbins. I have lemon juice, or I will do coffee. If my parents-in-law or my grandma or my parents are here from France, it’s a whole different schedule because I am able to go and do boxing. I love boxing. I will go train with the bag. To me it’s like a dance. I miss it right now. I don’t have a bag but I have, how do you say, a jump rope. I’m using that. |
| VOILÀ Very, very early on Sunday morning I will call my family in France, because in France there’s a six-hour difference. Voilà. Sometimes I’m alone, and sometimes I have family. | VOILÀ Very, very early on Sunday morning I will call my family in France, because in France there’s a six-hour difference. Voilà. Sometimes I’m alone, and sometimes I have family. |
| My grandma lives with me sometimes, although clearly she cannot be here now. I call her Mamy Zaza. She’s 75. She’s the one who introduced me to dance. She’s in Algeria right now, and I’m happy about that. I’m FaceTiming with her every day, and with my parents, and with my parents in-law. My parents caught the virus in Paris, but they’re feeling good. | My grandma lives with me sometimes, although clearly she cannot be here now. I call her Mamy Zaza. She’s 75. She’s the one who introduced me to dance. She’s in Algeria right now, and I’m happy about that. I’m FaceTiming with her every day, and with my parents, and with my parents in-law. My parents caught the virus in Paris, but they’re feeling good. |
| Me, I’m Algerian, and so our culture is we’re always together. It was a huge step for me to move to New York two years ago, but after my wife died I had to move, I had to take action. Brooklyn feels like home. | Me, I’m Algerian, and so our culture is we’re always together. It was a huge step for me to move to New York two years ago, but after my wife died I had to move, I had to take action. Brooklyn feels like home. |
| BRUNCH SPOT Before all the restaurants closed down, I liked to go to Risbo for brunch. It’s an amazing place in Flatbush. My friend Boris is the chef and owner. The food is a delicious mix with all the cultures in it. There’s always music and there’s always creative people. I love the Risbo plate. It has a little bit of everything: it has hummus, it has rice, it has vegetables. Amani is all-American. She has mac and cheese. | BRUNCH SPOT Before all the restaurants closed down, I liked to go to Risbo for brunch. It’s an amazing place in Flatbush. My friend Boris is the chef and owner. The food is a delicious mix with all the cultures in it. There’s always music and there’s always creative people. I love the Risbo plate. It has a little bit of everything: it has hummus, it has rice, it has vegetables. Amani is all-American. She has mac and cheese. |
| Since Risbo closed, Boris started crowdfunding for his employees. It’s a tough moment for him because he wants to support them. If he’s hurt, six people are hurt. It’s the ripple effect. I’m trying to support him by getting takeout. | Since Risbo closed, Boris started crowdfunding for his employees. It’s a tough moment for him because he wants to support them. If he’s hurt, six people are hurt. It’s the ripple effect. I’m trying to support him by getting takeout. |
| SINGLE PARENT CREW Then I’m usually with my S.P.C. — my single parent crew. In better days, they would meet us at Risbo, and we would go to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum or a playground. | SINGLE PARENT CREW Then I’m usually with my S.P.C. — my single parent crew. In better days, they would meet us at Risbo, and we would go to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum or a playground. |
| There’s Nasrin, there’s Niki and Farhia. They’re all amazing, creative black women. They’re stylists, singers, creators. They all live in Bed-Stuy or Clinton Hill. They all have a child Amani’s age. I’m the only single father. They take care of me. They make fun of me. | There’s Nasrin, there’s Niki and Farhia. They’re all amazing, creative black women. They’re stylists, singers, creators. They all live in Bed-Stuy or Clinton Hill. They all have a child Amani’s age. I’m the only single father. They take care of me. They make fun of me. |
| Now I am also constantly checking in with them by text and WhatsApp to see how we can help each other. Having their support is huge right now since Mamy Zaza can’t travel to the U.S.A. from Paris. | Now I am also constantly checking in with them by text and WhatsApp to see how we can help each other. Having their support is huge right now since Mamy Zaza can’t travel to the U.S.A. from Paris. |
| MAINTENANCE Once again, before the businesses shut down, I would go to the barber every week. I’m bald with a beard. Instead of a haircut, it’s more like how not to have the crown on your head. For me, the barber was my integration to American culture. We don’t have barbers like that in France. My barber is Peter, at Levels Barbershop. | MAINTENANCE Once again, before the businesses shut down, I would go to the barber every week. I’m bald with a beard. Instead of a haircut, it’s more like how not to have the crown on your head. For me, the barber was my integration to American culture. We don’t have barbers like that in France. My barber is Peter, at Levels Barbershop. |
| Now I have to do it myself. I’m letting the beard go wild. | Now I have to do it myself. I’m letting the beard go wild. |
| SHAKE IT When the city is not in lockdown mode, I like to go to this party called Everyday People. It changes locations but most of the time it’s in Brooklyn. The culture is amazing there. I will dance, shake my ass, sweat out all the stress of being an entrepreneur, the stress of being a single parent. There’s everything from dancehall to Afrobeat to hip-hop. To me it’s one of the best parties in New York. | SHAKE IT When the city is not in lockdown mode, I like to go to this party called Everyday People. It changes locations but most of the time it’s in Brooklyn. The culture is amazing there. I will dance, shake my ass, sweat out all the stress of being an entrepreneur, the stress of being a single parent. There’s everything from dancehall to Afrobeat to hip-hop. To me it’s one of the best parties in New York. |
| Updated June 24, 2020 | |
| Scientists around the country have tried to identify everyday materials that do a good job of filtering microscopic particles. In recent tests, HEPA furnace filters scored high, as did vacuum cleaner bags, fabric similar to flannel pajamas and those of 600-count pillowcases. Other materials tested included layered coffee filters and scarves and bandannas. These scored lower, but still captured a small percentage of particles. | |
| A commentary published this month on the website of the British Journal of Sports Medicine points out that covering your face during exercise “comes with issues of potential breathing restriction and discomfort” and requires “balancing benefits versus possible adverse events.” Masks do alter exercise, says Cedric X. Bryant, the president and chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise, a nonprofit organization that funds exercise research and certifies fitness professionals. “In my personal experience,” he says, “heart rates are higher at the same relative intensity when you wear a mask.” Some people also could experience lightheadedness during familiar workouts while masked, says Len Kravitz, a professor of exercise science at the University of New Mexico. | |
| The steroid, dexamethasone, is the first treatment shown to reduce mortality in severely ill patients, according to scientists in Britain. The drug appears to reduce inflammation caused by the immune system, protecting the tissues. In the study, dexamethasone reduced deaths of patients on ventilators by one-third, and deaths of patients on oxygen by one-fifth. | |
| The coronavirus emergency relief package gives many American workers paid leave if they need to take time off because of the virus. It gives qualified workers two weeks of paid sick leave if they are ill, quarantined or seeking diagnosis or preventive care for coronavirus, or if they are caring for sick family members. It gives 12 weeks of paid leave to people caring for children whose schools are closed or whose child care provider is unavailable because of the coronavirus. It is the first time the United States has had widespread federally mandated paid leave, and includes people who don’t typically get such benefits, like part-time and gig economy workers. But the measure excludes at least half of private-sector workers, including those at the country’s largest employers, and gives small employers significant leeway to deny leave. | |
| So far, the evidence seems to show it does. A widely cited paper published in April suggests that people are most infectious about two days before the onset of coronavirus symptoms and estimated that 44 percent of new infections were a result of transmission from people who were not yet showing symptoms. Recently, a top expert at the World Health Organization stated that transmission of the coronavirus by people who did not have symptoms was “very rare,” but she later walked back that statement. | |
| Touching contaminated objects and then infecting ourselves with the germs is not typically how the virus spreads. But it can happen. A number of studies of flu, rhinovirus, coronavirus and other microbes have shown that respiratory illnesses, including the new coronavirus, can spread by touching contaminated surfaces, particularly in places like day care centers, offices and hospitals. But a long chain of events has to happen for the disease to spread that way. The best way to protect yourself from coronavirus — whether it’s surface transmission or close human contact — is still social distancing, washing your hands, not touching your face and wearing masks. | |
| A study by European scientists is the first to document a strong statistical link between genetic variations and Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. Having Type A blood was linked to a 50 percent increase in the likelihood that a patient would need to get oxygen or to go on a ventilator, according to the new study. | |
| The unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent in May, the Labor Department said on June 5, an unexpected improvement in the nation’s job market as hiring rebounded faster than economists expected. Economists had forecast the unemployment rate to increase to as much as 20 percent, after it hit 14.7 percent in April, which was the highest since the government began keeping official statistics after World War II. But the unemployment rate dipped instead, with employers adding 2.5 million jobs, after more than 20 million jobs were lost in April. | |
| Common symptoms include fever, a dry cough, fatigue and difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. Some of these symptoms overlap with those of the flu, making detection difficult, but runny noses and stuffy sinuses are less common. The C.D.C. has also added chills, muscle pain, sore throat, headache and a new loss of the sense of taste or smell as symptoms to look out for. Most people fall ill five to seven days after exposure, but symptoms may appear in as few as two days or as many as 14 days. | |
| If air travel is unavoidable, there are some steps you can take to protect yourself. Most important: Wash your hands often, and stop touching your face. If possible, choose a window seat. A study from Emory University found that during flu season, the safest place to sit on a plane is by a window, as people sitting in window seats had less contact with potentially sick people. Disinfect hard surfaces. When you get to your seat and your hands are clean, use disinfecting wipes to clean the hard surfaces at your seat like the head and arm rest, the seatbelt buckle, the remote, screen, seat back pocket and the tray table. If the seat is hard and nonporous or leather or pleather, you can wipe that down, too. (Using wipes on upholstered seats could lead to a wet seat and spreading of germs rather than killing them.) | |
| If you’ve been exposed to the coronavirus or think you have, and have a fever or symptoms like a cough or difficulty breathing, call a doctor. They should give you advice on whether you should be tested, how to get tested, and how to seek medical treatment without potentially infecting or exposing others. | |
| Hopefully, I can do it at home soon: I think they are trying to do it on Instagram Live. They’re going to do a D.J. session online and I’m going to tune into that. | Hopefully, I can do it at home soon: I think they are trying to do it on Instagram Live. They’re going to do a D.J. session online and I’m going to tune into that. |
| COOKING My grandma is known for her couscous. She will never tell you what’s in it. I tried many times to take a video of how she does it. She will never let you. When she visits, she does some sort of prep before I wake up. I don’t even try to make it. | COOKING My grandma is known for her couscous. She will never tell you what’s in it. I tried many times to take a video of how she does it. She will never let you. When she visits, she does some sort of prep before I wake up. I don’t even try to make it. |
| Food is a challenge now. Suddenly I have to make lunch for my child, so she’s looking at me like I’m the cook. I’m making sandwiches and pasta. It’s pretty intense for parents right now. That’s why I check in with the single parent crew every day. | Food is a challenge now. Suddenly I have to make lunch for my child, so she’s looking at me like I’m the cook. I’m making sandwiches and pasta. It’s pretty intense for parents right now. That’s why I check in with the single parent crew every day. |
| CURRENT PROJECT In light of the coronavirus outbreak, I’ve thought a lot about how it affects our interactions and how I can find ways to inspire people to keep dancing. I’ve thought of a way to make videos without shooting outside. I’m sending green screens to dancers I know around the world. They’re going to perform the routine at home, and then I’m going to integrate all the performances digitally. I plan to post it on Instagram in about a month. | CURRENT PROJECT In light of the coronavirus outbreak, I’ve thought a lot about how it affects our interactions and how I can find ways to inspire people to keep dancing. I’ve thought of a way to make videos without shooting outside. I’m sending green screens to dancers I know around the world. They’re going to perform the routine at home, and then I’m going to integrate all the performances digitally. I plan to post it on Instagram in about a month. |
| We’ve got to keep on dancing, no matter what. | We’ve got to keep on dancing, no matter what. |
| Sunday Routine readers can follow Redha Medjellekh on Instagram @redisdancing. | Sunday Routine readers can follow Redha Medjellekh on Instagram @redisdancing. |