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Tag Archives: dance
Get Loose: When’s the Last Time You Really Opened Out Your Body?
Research suggests that opening out the body with postures reminiscent of Blake’s Vitruvian man increases esteem, confidence in speaking, and risk-taking. Two ways to open your body are to do some very particular yoga postures or dance. In the below video, Daft Punk … Continue reading
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Stephen Colbert Dances
He’s “up all night to get lucky.”
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An Incarnation of Shiva
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Dionysus Asks, “When’s the Last Time You Really Danced?”
Daft Punk meets Soul Train. The French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter (who make up Daft Punk) were both born in the 1970s, so this seems an apt remix for one of their songs. And the dancers, in terms of age, are pushing 60 now. … Continue reading
A New Olympic Sport is Born?
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Lydia Calas: Best Sign Language Translator Ever
Mayor Bloomberg’s sign language translator, Lydia Calas, is really something. ___________ Here’s somebody putting her to music:
The Grand Rapids LipDub: Russian Ark, American Style
The following film, as a single tracking shot, put me in mind of Russian Ark. It was filmed on May 22nd in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Roger Ebert calls it “The greatest music video ever made.” I wouldn’t go anywhere near that far. Has … Continue reading
Groovy Park Instrument Players Led by a Singing and Dancing Kybele
Some male devotees accompany their chain-wielding goddess: Below are some fit lines from Euripides’ Bakkhai (from scene 1) describing Korybantes—ecstatic drumming and pipe-playing young men devoted to the Phrygian mother-goddess Kybele: Triple-crested Korybantes Devised for me The circle of stretched hide! In … Continue reading
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What’s the Right Rhythm for the Weekend, for Life?
If you think that life is worth living, are you? And what’s it worth living for, anyway? Maybe the hint is in this video. Or maybe not. What do you think?
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Balinese Monkey Dance Based on a Story in the Ramayana
Some thoughts related to this here. Background here.
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Mental Health Break
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Memo to Self: Dance Your Life Without Worrying about What Others Might Think of You
And in what you love and dream, be free.
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Mental Health Break
Karma cleanser: Feel better now?
Mental Health Break
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Yes, It’s the Beginning of a Real Wedding
Hey, Apollo! Who let Dionysus into this wedding ceremony early? Isn’t Dionysus supposed to slip in at the end—with the wet and lusty kiss? And yes, the video has gone viral:
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Jazz Interlude
Louis Prima:
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