Torobaka

   














 

A Duel and a Duet as Flamenco and Kathak Face Off

Israel Galván is the maverick of the flamenco world, a brilliantly talented, ground-breaking artist who combines the almost tragic seriousness of his art with an absurdist sense of its possibilities. Akram Khan, the kathak-trained British choreographer, is known for his fusion of that north Indian classical form with a more contemporary physical idiom, and for his collaborations with artists (Juliette Binoche, Sylvie Guillem, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui) from other dance traditions and disciplines.

“Torobaka,” a flamenco-kathak encounter between these two men, is another such collaboration for Mr. Khan, but a departure for Mr. Galván, until now a proudly solo performer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/arts/dance/a-duel-and-a-duet-as-flamenco-and-kathak-face-off.html?_r=0

Torobaka, trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6zjg0_0wYU

Gnosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Gl3rVm7SQ

Image: From Google Images

Anthony Lee

Discovery of the day: Anthony Lee!  "Choreographer/Dancer/Artist/Student of Life" :)

This is so brilliant!  I have graciously accepted that no one can teach me to dance - :) -  but dance - or movement  - never ceases to fascinate me - to be able to say so much, without words.

Or to say nothing at all, but create so much beauty, by just moving. They move, and we are moved up from the dreary center where our everyday selves have parked themselves.

Somebody That I Used to Know | Choreography by Anthony Lee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2F52daJLbUo

More dances on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/antoniousness

Kagemu à Paris

An incredible art/dance piece by artist Nobuyuki Hanabusa and dancer Katsumi Sakakura, together known as Kagemu.

'Black Sun' is a a combination of traditional and contemporary Japanese dance/martial arts with exquisitely choreographed motion-graphics:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGg-O_3Q1LM&feature=player_embedded

Read the interview of the duo: Kagemu's 'Black Sun' Synchronizes Projected Video With Japanese Dance.

Found it here: http://thereisnocavalry.wordpress.com/ - thank you, David.

* Photo from Google Images.

Keep the channel open

 
"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.

If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is; nor how valuable it is; nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work.You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you.

Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased.There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."

Martha Graham

to Agnes DeMille