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ZIJI זיג'י choreography by Luc Jacobs כוריוגרפיה מיד לוק ג'אקובס

Ohad Naharin and Nicole Krauss talk about movement and choreography as language. אוהד נחרין וניקול קראוס מדברים על תנועה וכוריוגרפיה שהיא ספה http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_RnZvSho3k  (15:15-18:55). "Kamuyot" כמויות http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__VVKBqCvGk Hofesh Shechter discusses the joy of playing, of fighting and of "how fun it is to be part of a war". חופש שכטר דן מה לאהוב על משחקת, על לחימה והכיף של מלחמה http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_320PSjNok  (0:00-3:20) Trailer for "Sun" featuring choreography by Hofesh Shechter. וידאו ל"שמש" עם כוריוגראפיה מיד חופש שכטר http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLjTbvasEzo More about Ohad and the new movie עוד על אוהד ו חסרט החדש More about Hofesh Hofesh Shechter Company  | עוד על חופש  הארץ

by Rossi Lamont Walter, 9 January, 2014 “Oh heyyy!” giggles Betsi, as she inches her little car through a large traffic intersection. With stop lights all broken and a car full of tired dancers, all eyes were peeled as she motored safely across the lanes. We all laughed. “That is so something you would say Betsi.” “Oh? Well, what’s a new word I can use?” That was Tuesday night, the week of the debut of Chemistry . Though quaint, this short narrative embodies rather well the entire process of making the dances for the show, which will premiere on Saturday night at Jordan Hall in Boston. In the story there is the nucleus, or the dancers and their director; the mode of transportation, in this case the legendary score from Stravinsky; fatigue and yet focused attention from all; laughter; distinct personality; new vocabulary. All of these features reflect the ambition and hard (and fast!) work for Chemistry. Some background: Chemistry is a collaboration between Urbanity Dance...

HERE WE GO : **UPDATE: Chemistry currently headlines the Boston Globe's "The Week Ahead"! Sunlight and high ceilings on Wednesday morning inside the Deane Studio Boston Center for the Arts , South End, Boston 2 days until the premiere of Chemistry Dancers rehearsing 'Cayla's Dress' to accompany masterpieces by Johannes Sebastien Bach Boston Center for the Arts , South End, Boston 2 days until the premiere of Chemistry Criers Megumi Lewis and Erik Higgins trekked to Boston's South End to meet with Urbanity Dance at their studio. Working towards a collaborative concert, the Criers met the dancers and worked with choreographer Betsi Graves for the first time. 18 December, 2013 at Urbanity Dance, Boston The historic Jordan Hall, the "heart and soul of New England Conservatory". Read more about Jordan Hall and its history here: http://necmusic.edu/jordan-hall. "In April 1994, U.S. Secretary of the In...

10 Stunning Black-And-White Photos That Challenge Norms Of Masculinity Inframen Gorgeous Portraits Capture The Feminine Side Of Masculinity Male Muses Nir Arieli's Breathtaking Images Of Male Dancers In Motion Men in Motion All photography by Nir Arieli:  http://www.nirarieli.com/index2.html See/read his work on Kaltblut Magazine:  http://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/nir-arieli/

poem: "my desk at home" bottom to top you start with history work into new stuff in new places --don't forget, never forget the people because dialogue about all of that is important, since its a place  where good ideas are happening then, before you know it, your imagination starts giving you  ideas that will go faarther than history thought possible

BUSK II at the Banff Center http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5L13TUD-ww BUSK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-H3kD6trvY LESS haunting music "Less" by Russian film composer and violinist Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin, buy the album "Mnemosyne" here:  http://ljovakontraband.bandcamp.com/track/less about Ljova:  http://www.ljova.com/about/bio/

Have you ever seen a man so exhausted after dancing? http://artsfuse.org/94025/fuse-dance-feature-edward-villella-takes-to-the-ice/ What is happening at Southern Methodist University in my hometown of Dallas, TX? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz7LYR788GY What can happen when you dance for the first time after many years? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/arts/dance/with-willing-spirit-a-reprise-for-ailey-dancers.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 How can dance use the high energy of young boys? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_320PSjNok Do you  know how the Russian military learns to walk? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x2ZK-dV3yk  (first 4 minutes) This dance gives me chills. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1NKiKpF-ik Guess who is coming to Harvard in two weeks ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5L13TUD-ww Footage and notes from Chemistry rehearsals with Urbanity Dance coming soon. Now I'm going to bed, I promise. :)

I have been given the role of Calliope, the muse of poetry.  Here is what the director said about the dance  and some questions from me to myself , " images of jigsaw, pulling apart, putting together, how our limbs can become the words weaving . . . can our limbs become a specific kind of poem? A sonnet? A haiku? . . . I'm interested in bringing ideas of urban, slam, and gestural strong, fearless, proclaiming men that have something not just to show but to say " -B.Graves what must I say to Ayallo ?  where in my body will speak?  how my body is pulled apart ?  how do I put it back together ? For me, poetry is a vessel , something hollow that the poet fills only halfway, leaving the other half empty so that others may add something, too. Here are some vessels. This work by Matthew Chambers interests me because one vessel fits within another, which fits within yet another until . . .  What vessels interest YOU, and why? Blood vessels? Skin? Ple...

minutes 75 דקות unlike anything else בכוח מהכל

From ballet class this morning. (You will forgive any sloppiness. These are simply for memory.) מתוך הכיתת בלט הבוקר (בבקשה תסלחו לי שהריקוד שם לא כל כך נקי. אלה הם קשוט לזיכרון The studio lives inside the Old Cambridge Baptist Church. For information on the beautiful stained glass windows at this landmark church, watch this video starting at 2:00. :)

The Facebook Group / הקיבוצת פייסבוק The Details / הפרטים : Saturday, January 11, 2014 8:00pm Get Tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com) A FAR CRY, Boston's exhilarating, self-conducted chamber orchestra, and URBANITY DANCE bring you an evening of great "Chemistry." Featuring Dancing with Bach, a keyboard suite newly orchestrated by prize-winning composer Eric Nathan, and Stravinsky's evocative ballet Apollon Musagète. A Far Cry's virtuosity and Betsi Graves's probing, athletic choreography will elucidate this great music and lift you right out of the January doldrums. In seven years of bringing concerts to Boston, we've never seen pre-sal es like this. We encourage you to reserve your tickets today, since the best seats are just about taken! Tickets are $25/40, Senior $20/32, Students $10 Order Online (click above) Order by phone - NEC Box Office 617-585-1260 ...or wait at the door! New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall ...

For the boys and girls and folks ( here ). For the girls and folks and boys ( there ).

1. one I know + 2. one I like  + one I didn't know together, they influenced these ideas : original phrase: from Jill Johnson's Re:Re:Re: variation on the idea: small and sharp, like Aszure Barton's Watch Her variation on the idea: less small and takes more space, like Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room

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Amazing ideas from Twyla Tharp. רעיונות מהמים מטווילה ת'ארף Twyla Tharp, honored at the 31st Kennedy Center Honors Awards Ceremony, 2008

After ballet class, I continued to move.  The first phrase came to me yesterday  while  listening to " Billy Says Go"  by Audion. The second was born today, from the first . (You will forgive any sloppiness. These are simply for memory.) אחרי הכיתת בלט המשכתי לנוע ולזוז אתמול   הרעיון הראשון בא לי  כאשר הקשבתי ל"בילי אומר לך" מאודין השני נולד היום, מתוך הראשון (בבקשה תסלחו לי שהריקוד שם לא כל כך נקי. אלה הם קשוט לזיכרון) 1. 2. I continue to read Twyla Tharp's "The Creative Habit".  Here is a summary  of the book, given by contemplative photographer  Kim Manley Ort ( more about her ). Good things will come. אני ממשיך לקרוא את הםפר של טווילה ת'ארף (יש תקציר לםפר, נתן מהצלם המהורהר קים מנלי אורט ( פה עוד כיף: הינה וידאו אחד מחזרה לפרוייקט "משי סקס ורעל" מהשנה 2011. שלחתי אותו למנהלים בעיר כדי אולי הם יאשרו לי לרקוד עוד פעם עם אוהד ושחר  For fun, here is one video from a rehearsal for the Silk, Sex an...

הזדרזתי, כן. 10 ריקודים ל10 ימים היא משוגעת בכל זאת אצור אותם. קודם כל אני חייב להתכונן נתנו לי ספר, "ההרגל היצירתי" מטווילה ת'ארף. תודה רבה לג'און בלוק וסלמהדאנס לזה אני מרגיש יותר ויותר שאצטרך לפול מפה. אי אפשר להיות שם ופה אותו זמן שוב לקריאה I was hasty. 10 dances 10 days is crazy.  Still, I will do it. First I must prepare.  I was given a book, Twyla Tharp's  The Creative  Habit.  Many thanks to Joan Block and Selmadanse for that one. I feel that I need to fall away. I cannot be everywhere at once. Back to reading. 

If Beyoncé can surprise the world with a complete album with videos, then I can at least surprise myself with one, too. I don't know when I will finish. It doesn't matter. I can begin . 1 / '15 step' / radiohead 2 / 'terra incognita' / atlas sound 3 / 'the plug (quantic mix)' / bonobo 4 / 'californication' / red hot chili peppers 5 / 'heart cooks brain' / modest mouse (bless them) 6 / 'opening title' / Sweeney Todd (ffficial nndtrack) 7 / 'disorganized fun' / ronald jenkees 8 / 'nocturne' / daft punk 9 / 'the new season' / clint mansell (from movie black swan) 10 / 'postcards from italy' / cover of beirut, florence + the machine Thanks for being my muse, Beyoncé.

The title of the show with Urbanity Dance and A Far Cry orchestra is not 'Apollo', but rather 'Chemistry' .