A STUDY IN COLOR from celia rowlson-hall on Vimeo.
As she ruins perfectly beautiful shoes and pristine white clothes, Celia Rowlson-Hall has a wonderful time playing in paint, confetti, and chalk. Celia is a legit dancer turned filmmaker that I met at Bates Dance Festival two summers ago when she was there with Monica Bill Barnes company. She makes interesting, usually fashion forward, videos involving dance or theatrics. And confetti.
Boredom compelled me to go back and check up on some of the choreographers I used to be obsessed with in the beginning of high school. I always appreciated Erica Sobol’s choreography for it’s musicality and specificity. It’s the kind of movement you just gotta do every once in a while, all emotional and individual. Anyway, I hadn’t looked at any of her recent videos on YouTube in a while and this was the most recent one; one combination, twelve dancers, and lots of jump cuts between those dancers. Not super original editing, but I appreciate the movement and the expression of the dancers in spite of my current projected tastes. A successful revisitation. Next I’ll cruise all of my old favorite SYTYCD videos…
A new work from Susan Sgorbati & Elliot Caplan.
Dancers: Marie Blocker, Lydia Chrisman, Emily Climer, Nicole Daunic, Katie Martin, Joseph Poulson, Zornitsa Stoyanova, Nikolaus Tsocanos.
This is actually improvisation, though it looks like choreography. It is being done through something called Emergent Improvisation developed by Susan Sgorbat. She defines it as, “…a process of composing in the moment… the ordering or structuring of different kinds of forms in the present moment that does not involve an exterior agent or outside director.” These are all highly trained dance improvisers who have developed keen awareness to the moment by moment changes of the emerging composition. It’s a very interesting approach to improvisation in performance that has larger implications across disciplines as well. Susan Sgorbati discusses the history, details, and future of Emergent Forms in this interview also:
http://emergentimprovisation.org/interview.html
This is the flawless Sylvie Guillem dancing in Two (Rise and Fall). I couldn’t find any other information related to the video other then the mysterious, Kung Fu Ballet on Ecstacy. Regardless, this video is visually stunning as it explores the relationship between movement, lighting, and music. In addition to that, I think it also utilizes camera work to emphasize the other relationships. The simple, articulated movements of Guillem are exemplified by the lighting that casts shadows to highlight the complexity of her musculature during movements. I enjoyed the progression and pacing of the video also because you had time to build your appreciation for all of the elements of the piece. And who can seriously get enough of the captivating performances that Sylvie Guillem consistently gives?
Gem Club – Twins from Gem Club on Vimeo.
I came across this video while I was watching at the music videos for this band, Gem Club. I was surprised to see some dancing in this video. I thought Clare Flynn of NPR Music summed up the movement in the video best:
“Visually, the video focuses on the careful movements of two nude dancers. But it’s much more than that. Their bodies fuzzed out and bathed in soft waves of shadow and light, the man and woman’s interaction evokes the many stages of a relationship, from the first tender moments of discovery to those of crackling frustration, easy laughter or silent intimacy. “I want to lie still near you, near you,” Barnes sings. That line seems to say it all. What remains is the inescapable magnetism between two human beings.”
Song:Twins
Album:Breakers
Directed & photographed x Brianna Olson
featuring Eva Perrotta & Michael Pope
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