#ballet punk

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Michael Clark in Prosperos Books 1991

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I'm moving this!

I decided to move Balletpunk here: http://ballet-punk.tumblr.com/

See you!

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Karole Armitage - Three Theories, 2010

OMFG, there is a ballet about relativity, quantum mechanics and string theory! This is so neat!

"Like the universe, Karole Armitage's new work, "Three Theories," begins with the Big Bang.

"It's an unleashing of forces hurtling into space," says Armitage, and it gives rise to three sections of dance inspired by three explanations of the physical world"

Find out more here: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Karole-Armitage-s-Three-Theories-finds-a-muse-568340.php

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Dumb Type「OR」1997

I just stubled across the Japanese multimedia artist group Dumb Type, who, from the 80s on, were very active in political video/dance works. I found this video of OR particualarly mesmerizing.

As I haven't found out that much jet, I give you the short version of what Wikipedia has to say:

"Founded in 1984, the artist collective Dumb Type is based in Kyoto, Japan. Members are trained in varied disciplines, including visual arts, theatre, dance, architecture, music composition and computer programming. Their work ranges across such diverse media as art exhibitions, performances, audiovisuals and publications.

Dumb Type is known for portraying a dark, cynical, and humorous world in which technology is a way of life—if not necessarily a welcome one. In a 1990 interview in High Performance, the late Teiji Furuhashi, one of Dumb Type's founding members, described their work as political in nature. "Something Japanese theater never does. Japanese audiences don't want to see that. They want to avoid it. They just want entertainment. Yes, I think we should always have a political view. We should represent that this is Japan." Notable in a country plagued by political apathy, the group has played the unpopular role of AIDS activist, organizing symposia and other events, motivated in part by the fact that Furuhashi died of AIDS in 1995." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_Type

see also http://dumbtype.com/

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I Charleston Roma

I'm packing for Rome, so naturally I went searching for soething dancey to get me into the mood. Isn't this lovely!