from Dada Masilo’s Umfula Wa Ma Dada (Swan Lake)
i love the musicality in this piece. she dances it so beautifully!
excerpts from “participants”
choreographed by calen kurka & chris hale
lighting design by laetiçia emmanuel
~ Glade Byron Addams
hora | batsheva dance dance company
i just caught this piece at bam last week and while i thought the show as a whole was incredibly tedious to watch (intentionally, maybe) and the music was annoying (kitschy remakes of space and western movie soundtracks), i LOVED the set and the lighting, but especially the lighting! there were moments when the entire stage was transformed into the view finder of a vintage camera. the whole piece reminded me of the famous footage of moon landing. i was very inspired by that.
tune yards | “bizness”
from whokill (2011)
*good morning!
nederland dans theatre 2 | “garden” by rui horta (2008)
chunky move | “assembly”
a very well written argument for the unionization of professional dancers, often the lowest paid and least respected people in a production. it’s insane, when i compare the compensation and worker rights laws for performing artists overseas, i wonder why i even bother trying to make it here.
allison schulnik’s mound at the zeihirsmith gallery in nyc. you might recognize her work from the music video for grizzly bear’s ready able. i love her work! skip to the 2:45 mark to watch my favorite part of this video. reminds me of pina bausch’s movement. so clear and pretty.
choreography by jason parsons featuring ryan steele
