Memphis, US: dance student Takeisha Washington, from the Alvin Ailey dance school in New York, demonstrates a pirouette for day camp kids at the Emanuel Episcopal Center. Washington, who is originally from Memphis, is visiting her former dance teacher Karen Zissoff with Dancers Inc and volunteered to talk to the kids Photograph: Jim Weber/AP
A contemporary African Dance flash mob? And in Silver Springs, MD, near DC? Yes, please!
This made me happy.
“Martha Graham: Letter to the World”
Barbara Morgan
1940profile of Martha Graham at PBS.org
Barbara Morgan photography at the Museum of Contemporary Photography
Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring Part 1/4 (by danceonfilm)
Music by Aaron Copland, obvs. Video from a 1959 performance.
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theatlantic: (via florid:)
This is today’s Google doodle, and it is AMAZING.
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I wish I could see more of this performance piece/modern dance on Zimbabwean/African identity by Nora Chipaumire. If you’re near Lincoln Center (I am not), she’ll be there on Wednesday for a free show.
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Paul Taylor’s Esplanade - Part 1/5 (by danceonfilm)
I love the patterns in the movement. It’s fascinating.
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Laura Jacobs: Dancing the Body Electric
A look back at New York’s 1970s dance boom
City Journal || Winter 2011
After reading this essay, I went and watched all of Paul Taylor’s “Esplanade” on YouTube.
via magnolius:
choreographed dancing can either be insanely cheesy, or if done well very effective. Director Dougal Wilson pulls it off in a pretty charming and suspenseful way for Temper Trap’s “Love Lost”. dope video.
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