Contemporary Dance

#dance_performance The only contemporary ballet I can say I truly adore. https://vimeo.com/113243967

#dance_trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5YvJ3816g

#dance_video Mortal Engine (2008) is a dance show by the Chunky Move dance company, employing software that calibrates laser beams, video projections, and lights to the movement of the dancers with the help of touch-responsive floor panels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BR1BhKmf_g

Today, I'm finishing my #dance_history escapade with a link to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive. This website houses a rich video archive with nowhere-else-to-be-found recordings of performances, themed video playlists, and a dance-focused podcast. The project is run by the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival established in 1933.

#dance_performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arT0uztaZ8g

#dance_performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4d-mHjtCG8

#dance_history Pina Bausch (1940 – 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who worked in the Tanztheater style. 'Bitterness, anger and brutality dominate many of Bausch's pieces, and some viewers react to her work with revulsion and hostility. Yet few would deny her success in her primary goal of provoking emotional response in the audience. [...] The viewer is forced to face head-on emotions that most people prefer to keep hidden' (Ballet and Modern Dance, Susan Au). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3vZeAmcjf4 (trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-FpKaRbDRI (Behind-the-scene commentary on staging Pina's work by Staatsballett)

#dance_video #nowness Attention: the video contains disturbing imagery (CGI). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6hKyDmQIzE

#dance_history An excerpt from the dance film Smoke by Mats Ek, performed by ballerina Sylvie Guillem (1995). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OApcHKkCXmQ

#dance_trailer & #dance_performance 27'52" by Jiří Kylián https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyRGNEUmcOQ (trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC1VY93-oh8 (excerpt)

#dance_trailer & #dance_performance Gods and Dogs by Jiří Kylián https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6a1-q9RJbc (trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50coASdJgk0 (last solo)

#dance_video #nowness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RawhuzHtvkg

#dance_history Trisha Brown (1936 – 2017) was an American choreographer and dancer, one of the founders of the Judson Dance Theater and the postmodern dance movement. The movements, sound, and design of Set and Reset (originally performed in 1983) are based on a few simple ideas: ● Line Up ● Play with Visibility and Invisibility ● Travel the Edges of the Space ● Act of Instinct ● Keep it Simple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4juID0hSyaw

#dance_video #nowness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBFd5dGKAoc

#dance_video #dance_history Le Jeune Homme et la Mort is a ballet by Roland Petit, choreographed in 1946. It was revived by Mikhail Baryshnikov at the American Ballet Theatre in 1975 and in the 1985 movie White Nights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_FvbnWM90s

#dance_video #nowness Happy NY. Let it bring peace and stop the test of our resilience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvNwIZj0bG4

#dance_video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CjihBlyIM4

#dance_performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXhBQK6Ray4

#dance_trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2UtRhr1is

#dance_trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF6MUHRnXWY