Tag Archives: dance

Laurel, Hardy, Santana

Posted on February 23, 2014 by
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Flamboyant

Posted on October 15, 2013 by
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Get Loose: When’s the Last Time You Really Opened Out Your Body?

Posted on October 10, 2013 by

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

Posted on August 7, 2013 by

He’s “up all night to get lucky.”

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An Incarnation of Shiva

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

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Dionysus Asks, “When’s the Last Time You Really Danced?”

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

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 →

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A New Olympic Sport is Born?

Posted on January 12, 2013 by
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Lydia Calas: Best Sign Language Translator Ever

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Mayor Bloomberg’s sign language translator, Lydia Calas, is really something. ___________ Here’s somebody putting her to music:

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Danced Lately?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by
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The Grand Rapids LipDub: Russian Ark, American Style

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

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 →

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Groovy Park Instrument Players Led by a Singing and Dancing Kybele

Posted on October 16, 2010 by

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?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

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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A Reality Check for Tea Partiers—and a Reason to Dance

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

At 538 yesterday was a tidy summing up of the trecherous demographic waters facing the Republican Party as it moves into the next decade or two: The Center for American Politics’ Ruy Teixeira, one of the top political demographers in … Continue reading →

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Balinese Monkey Dance Based on a Story in the Ramayana

Posted on January 5, 2010 by

Some thoughts related to this here. Background here.

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Mental Health Break

Posted on October 11, 2009 by
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Memo to Self: Dance Your Life Without Worrying about What Others Might Think of You

Posted on October 5, 2009 by

And in what you love and dream, be free.

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Mental Health Break

Posted on August 31, 2009 by

Karma cleanser: Feel better now?

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Mental Health Break

Posted on August 16, 2009 by
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Yes, It’s the Beginning of a Real Wedding

Posted on July 27, 2009 by

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

Posted on June 28, 2009 by

Louis Prima:

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