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Tag Archives: dance
Bodies of Memory
Last night, we saw Bodies of Memory, a performance piece created by a friend of ours, Ginny Sykes. Using dance, film, original and published music (live and recorded), and photographs projected onto a large screen, Bodies of Memory explores how … Continue reading
Posted in artist, dance, performance
Tagged Bodies of Memory, dance, Ginny Sykes, performance, trauma
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Apparition HD grand finale – Klaus Obermaier & Ars Electronica Futurelab
(featuring Rob Tannen)
Posted in dance, performance
Tagged Apparition, Ars Electronica Futurelab, dance, indie films, Klaus Obermaier, performance, short films
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Choros
Posted in dance, short films, videos
Tagged Choros, dance, indie films, Michael Langan, short films, Steve Reich, Terah Maher
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Isa Hirano–calligraphic dance
Isa Hirano creates shoga or calligraphic paintings that originate, for her, in surrealism expressing “internal urges without any reference to established aesthetics or ethics by exploring the domains of the subconscious, irrationality, and unreality,” she writes on her website. Her … Continue reading
Posted in art, artist, calligraphy, dance, Japan
Tagged calligraphy, dance, Isa Hirano, Jackson Pollack, japan, kanji, shoga
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Bandaloop- choreography above and beyond
A vertical dance troupe that dances on sides of buildings and mountains?! The dance troupe Bandaloop (inspired in part by rock climbing and rappeling), makes it look incredibly easy, but because the dancers are constantly engaging with gravity, they need … Continue reading
Wheel chair dancing
After the wedding ceremony was over and most of the hors d’oevres had been eaten, we all progressed into the banquet room for dinner and dancing. The wedding party, formally introduced, came in and went immediately to the dance floor … Continue reading
A three mile prom
Last night the union at our school sponsored a “prom” in the cafeteria for faculty, staff, and administration. The tongue-in-cheek event encouraged creative attire from Madonna a la “Desperately Seeking Susan” to tuxedoes and prom dresses and lots of jeans … Continue reading
Chaperoning
Sometimes, after a long week, we are chaperones for dances where dancing doesn’t really happen until the last 30 minutes.
Genki Sudo’s World Order “2012″
Genki Sudo is an ex-mixed martial arts fighter, presently pursuing art, dancing, music (writing and singing). His precision, tongue-in-cheek, robotic men-in-suits is hypnotizing to watch. Their wanderings in Mexico in this music video “2012,” seem somehow curiously, humorously, and provocatively anachronistic.
