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trisha brown

March 10, 2015 by slow shimo

Trisha Brown (b. Aberdeen, Washington) “I decided I should make the structure as visible as the dancing.” After graduating from Mills College in Oakland, California, studying with Anna Halprin and teaching at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Trisha Brown moved to New York City in 1961. Instantly immersed in what was to become the post-modern phenomena of Judson Dance Theater, her movement investigations found the extraordinary in the everyday and challenged existing perceptions of what constitutes performance. In this “hot-bed […]

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floor of the forest

March 8, 2015 by slow shimo

First performed in 1970 in New York City’s downtown Soho neighbourhood by Trisha Brown and Carmen Beuchat, “Floor of the Forest” consists of a sculptural steel frame holding up a web of ropes that have been threaded with colourful used clothing. Placed at eye-level, this horizontal plane becomes a soft platform for two dancers to negotiate. Climbing onto the apparatus, the dancers weave their way across the structure by putting on and then taking off the clothing, occasionally pausing to […]

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aoshima cats

March 5, 2015 by slow shimo

Curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village, an army of feral cats rules a remote island in southern Japan outnumbering humans six to one. Originally introduced to the mile-long island of Aoshima to deal with mice that plagued fishermen’s boats, the cats stayed on – and multiplied. Aoshima, a 30-minute ferry ride off the coast of Ehime prefecture, had been home to 900 people in 1945. The only sign of human activity now is the boatload of […]

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the barbarians in love

February 25, 2015 by slow shimo

The Barbarians in Love (hofesh shechter) Sadlers Wells, 2015 Inspired by the complex beauty of baroque music, Hofesh Shechter’s The Barbarians in Love tells of a sparse world in which six dancers move with mathematical precision and passion. Led by a female voiceover and against a soundtrack of baroque string music and electronic hums, six dancers emerge on stage from the haze. The voiceover gives them numbered lessons, urging control and repression. The dancers shift from weighted contemporary moves to clean ballet positions; a […]

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fierce grace

February 23, 2015 by slow shimo

fierce grace Fierce Grace is a system of five interconnected yoga classes that draws on classical yoga systems, such as Bikram yoga and Ashtanga Yoga, Power Yoga and Classical hatha sequences, but with the sequencing and modifications based on the needs of students. It is founded on the knowledge of Bikram Choudhury, as well as Larry Schultz, inspiration from Erich Schiffman, Brian Kest and Steve Walther and countless hours of personal practice and research by founder Michele Pernetta. this is […]

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do the ashtanga

February 22, 2015 by slow shimo

the background check: sparknotes: 99% practice, 1% theory. As Pattabhi Jois, the father of Ashtanga Yoga, once said; anyone can practice Ashtanga yoga, an old person, a stiff person,a weak person, a sick person. The only one who can not is a lazy person. Ashtanga yoga is a system of yoga recorded by the sage Vamana Rishi in the Yoga Korunta, an ancient manuscript “said to contain lists of many different groupings of asanas, as well as highly original teachings on […]

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the rocket

February 16, 2015 by slow shimo

Rocket Yoga is a faster and more fluid style of yoga. An infusion between ashtanga and vinyasa originally developed by Larry Schultz in the 1980s in San Francisco, it consists of a series of postures based on a modification of the traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Primary and Intermediate series, to renew energy and vitality in the body. The routine is called the “Rocket” because “it gets you there faster.” Larry says, “The Rocket is designed to wake up the nervous system and […]

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go hesse go

February 16, 2015 by slow shimo

06:00 am. hesse, ibirapuera park, são paulo (2014)

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jirí kylián

February 12, 2015 by slow shimo

the defense of jirí kylián for having an official website: Dear friends, Yes, I have decided to have a website made. A website which will give a fair account of some aspects of my life and my works. And yes, I am also painfully aware of the fact that whatever we do or make is doomed to disappearance, and that our “Planet Earth” will be burn to ashes and then frozen to death and finally it will become a totally […]

Categories: contact improvisation, free flow • Tags: contemporary, dance, jiri kylian

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