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Prevail
May 9, 2013 | aamcginty | More on
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I want my cast, instead of crumbling under struggles, pressures and the weight of life,… push against them and create something greater out of them. I experimented with how weight and pressure can be exchanged and balanced. My concept is for the movement to be motivated by another force instead of voluntarily happening. I was inspired by the idea that the dancers could use their weight to force their struggles onto each other. The force causes them to move. The burden will be accepted by the agonist and, if not persevered, at least buffered from it's original strength. It works because that's what people are constantly doing in life. I was also inspired by breath. After all is said and done, we're still breathing and, better yet, we're still breathing because we breathed through it all. I noticed how much more comfortable and easier it was to exchange weight and connect from dancer to dancer as they consciously used their breath. I suppose, in the end, I was inspired by life and nature and the contentment that we can become more powerful than opposing forces. We can prevail.Read More
Miss Fly Hips
May 8, 2013 | bonstersrawk | More on
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Hula Hoop Dance Video A DANCE – it is a physical expression of what your… is feeling. And it allows you to gain a better mental understanding of your body in space.Read More
hollow.
May 7, 2013 | eamorckel | More on
Modern
a dance film inspired by the poem "the hollow men" by t.s. eliot. featuring lauren… jenn clancy, and shannon drake. directed, edited, and sound designed by elyse a. morckelRead More
Perserverance
May 4, 2013 | hpootp83 | More on
Modern
Choreography: Mandy Rae Richards Arroyo This piece tells the story of everyone's individual journey, and… struggles and tenacity it takes to accomplish your dreams. However, no one can get there alone. It takes the help of a few along the way to keep you winding down the path of life and in the end not everyone can not walk the same path, nor will they all achieve their goalsRead More
Inside Myself
May 3, 2013 | Kaelynne | More on
Ballet
This is the 3rd act of a 4 part ballet performance. It deals with the… a person goes through when enduring adversity.Read More
HINGED Dance Co perform 'Rainman'
May 2, 2013 | hingedanceco | More on
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HINGED - A new contemporary dance company that seeks to find new audiences for contemporary… Hinged is a story based company that want to create a filmic experience for the audience through contemporary dance. The proposed work is based upon the book and film, ’Rain Man’ written by Barry Morrow. The choreography will use intricate gestures that capture the mathematical thought patterns of Peeks’ wonderful brain. Millions of people have read this book and tens of millions have seen the film, this helps the audience follow the story in a piece that is essentially dance, allowing them to concentrate on the moment to moment lives of the characters. It also opens this medium of dance up to a larger percentage of the theatre - going public. As musicals have proved, for better or worse, audiences like going to see something they have heard of before. Throughout her choreographic projects Taira has developed her own style, she likes to fuse hip hop with contemporary dance this is because it is energetic and dynamic and has fantastic story telling aspects. By mixing elements of this popular dance style with more formal high end contemporary dance we will not only create a dance environment the audience is more comfortable with, but increase the range of movement and number of narrative devices we are able to use. By making the audience feel comfortable in the fast paced ensemble numbers we can then easily introduce them to the less familiar styles of choreography in the duets and solos or visa versa. The dancers will be learning, through rehearsals, a new acting system which will be taught by accomplished actor and director, Chris Lennon. Chris trained at Guilford School of Acting and has had a successful career performing in West End shows including Billy Elliot, Blood Brothers, Starlight Express, Fame, Grease, Skellig and others. Working with directors such as Trevor Nunn, Stephen Daldry and Peter Darling, Chris has started creating his own acting system specifically for dancers. Experimenting first with early Stanislavski’s approach to character and physical versions of Meisners repeating exercises to improve spontaneity and give the dancers performances more depth. Then using the psycho physical approaches of late Stanislavski and Michael Chekov to produce real feeling and truth in the dancer’s performance. Dancers by their nature have good physicality so this psycho physical system should be easily accessible to them. By mixing these techniques and with your help we could see this exciting new system start to change and develop the skill set of these dancers and possibly their approach to performing. Producing work that is not only beautiful to look at but will move the audience intellectually or emotionally through narrative and character. Review from our last piece of work 'The Soloist' 'The final work of the evening, HINGED’s The Soloist, was without doubt the most complete group performance of my Resolution! experience. Performed by choreographer Taira Foo’s mammoth cast of twelve dancers, this narrative work was attacked with dynamism and crisp precision. Power relationships flit back and forth as the protagonist, a violin player, seemingly conducts the chorus’ every move through the swish of his bow and ripple of his body. The performance was textured, complex, chaotic, pulsing, thrusting, bubbling and explosive… Lucy Jarvis Taira Foo created 'HINGED' dance company in 2011. , we want to create a filmic experience for the audience through contemporary danceRead More
One Thousand and One
May 2, 2013 | MTDance | More on
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Based on Sir Richard Burton's The Nights, this solo is influenced by the story of… legendary Queen, Scheherazde. Legend has it that she told the King one thousand and one tales for one thousand and one nights until he fell in love with her, sparing her life. Performed and Choreographed by: Maya TaylorRead More
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