January 2011
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PERSPECTIVE LYRIQUE (by 1024) This is just genious. 1024 Architecture projected mapping on to the face of fomrer Lyrical theatre the Celestins, but made it interactive so that the audience could contort the image using a microphone… Imagine using this for performance. The possibilities…
Jan 27th
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Kwesi Abbensetts on Dance
Last year I asked famed Brooklyn artist and photographer, Kwesi Abbensetts, to share some of his dance inspired work with me. He sent me two fabulous images and I was gonna post them until I found these.. During Janelle Monae’s performance of ‘Smile’ at the AfroPunk festival in the summer of 2009, two cats spontaneously broke into dance on the rooftop as the sun slid down. My...
Jan 27th
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marshmello: Bilal’s Levels Directed by Flying Lotus This is a magical collaboration of supreme creative talent. Giddy with inspiration.
Jan 25th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
Thoughts on VJing
rucyl: my thoughts on some new options for VJ’ing while performing » Interesting post - can’t get enough of GOOD Vjing - massively underused layer of performance
Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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ListenNavigator by Brotherly - Excellent UK Brokenbeat /...
Jan 15th
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“Dance is the hidden language of the soul” ~Martha Graham”
Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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LE JOUR D’APRES / SIKU YA BAADAYE (INDEPENDANCE CHA-CHA) (by BALOJI)
Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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“Dance and Architecture. Choreographers and architects often say that dance and...”
– From Pulse, Summer 2006 
Jan 7th
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Breezy Art (by Mechanical Dummy) Chris Brown - Human character flaws aside, a true multifaceted artist in development.
Jan 6th
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Rufen Afanador - Mil Besos
Jan 5th
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“Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance” Ezra Pound”
Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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Diaghilev's Ballet Russes
“Diaghilev imaginatively combined dance, music and art to create ‘total theatre’. A consummate collaborator, he worked with Stravinsky, Chanel, Picasso, Matisse and Nijinsky” Here are some of the costumes illustrations by Leon Bakst, a key member of Diaghilev’s company: Don’t ask me why I haven’t been to see it at the V&A yet - I only have 4...
Jan 4th
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Jan 3rd
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Painting (by danielayohannes) woooosh! beauty.
Jan 3rd
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MADE: Typographic Ballet featuring Ebon Heath & Talib Kweli (by hypebeast.tv) Late last year Ebon Heath produced this beautiful show at MADE Berlin that transformed typography through body movement. Watch the film, be inspired. Pictures below:
Jan 2nd
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Jazzart Dance Theatre - Pioneering South African... →
Check out their repertoire and witness the evolution of a company that truly affirms the power of art.
Jan 2nd
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Jan 1st
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Resolution for 2011
A post a day for the next 30 days. Sounds simple right? Hopefully it’ll vanquish my perfectionist powered procrastination. Time will tell. Encouragement and comments will be gratefully received. Peace.
Jan 1st