Meet Simy Eurydice | Dancer, Actor, & Rapper

We had the good fortune of connecting with Simy Eurydice and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Simy, how has your perspective on work-life balance evolved over time?
Balance in my career has not come without the price of stress. I find myself fully indulging in new mediums on top of the things I already have on my plate for the sake of artistic exploration and inspiration. I want to do things and connect them in ways that one may not immediately think of. Like is there a blend between doing a musical and working on an alternative rap album? Does being a dancer lend itself to my exploration into acting? Does fashion influence my writing? All of these are questions I’m researching daily as I navigate through these job offers and gigs. The magical part about all of this was I have not run into a burnout… yet. I think the secret is doing so many different things where you’re always learning something new there’s no lack of inspiration from the source itself or even from the people that do that particular thing better than you.

With all that being said all I do and all that I am is an artist. I am constantly working on something even in places where I should be resting. I like to say “I dream big and I hardly sleep”. My job is my career and my career is my life. The balance is in the blending of the arts together. How do the puzzle pieces all fit together? Sometimes they don’t and I’m learning that’s okay.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I am a queer creative in Southern California that was born in Inglewood, but grew up in the suburbs of Cypress. As I call it “White Man’s Land” , being here in this place creatively influenced me to mix my cultures with the diversity of those around me to make something that stayed true to all parts of myself. Being a person of color it was important to make sure I wasn’t washed of my origins. It was my desire to take the things that inspired me, but made them things that weren’t objective. I never found influence directly from other people but from what they can create. Things such as films, ideas, poetry, and even certain objects influence the stories I want to tell through my artistry. As an artist I believe it is my mission to uphold social justice, equity, and equality for queer people of color. I champion my work to be a proud example of what someone like me can achieve and to push the envelope on the mindsets on what some may believe queer people are capable of. With my background addressed, I make my work for the people like me who want a creative outlet for their hopes, desires, wishes, and untold stories. For the people of color who aren’t always given a spotlight of creativity. And for the queer and genderqueer community whose presence is never sung. I want to challenge the audience to think for themselves on what art can bring out of them and ask questions that hopefully lend themselves to deeper conversations whether they be positive or negative. While art is subjective, we as people will always have a right to feel whatever it is we feel and I want to harness those feelings themselves to make experiences you think about later more than just dances or songs you enjoy in the moment.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
Community is everything to me. I couldn’t imagine where’d I be without the help from others. Even my name itself came from other people wanting to pour themselves into my life and show some kind of support. The people that ride for me, really ride for me and so often it’ll be the case for them to try to advise suggestions out of their love of the world and space I’ve created for myself. There are very few people however that I can say have truly left the biggest impacts on my career and dare I say have even shaped it to where it is now. From my iconic hairstylist, Johnathan Kristen, to one of my producers Frank Nguyen, and my many mentors I have on my college campus. I’m constantly learning and being inspired from them.

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Image Credits
Johnathan Kristen