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Adji Cissoko at Lines Ballet in San Francisco | Yakfilms 

Filmed with @adji_cissoko from @linesballet and @nationalballet in San Francisco. This was the first time meeting Adji and witnessing her movement live in studio. She is a ballerina from Germany and Senegal who has taught all around the world for ballet dancing and health coaching.

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Michael Montgomery shot by RJ Muna for Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet.

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First confinement is identification. How you identify has to be made larger. Thinking of the body as unending space floating like countless universes with galaxies,nebulae, suns, moons and stars that shift whenever you move is a powerful visualization.

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Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs "Deep River" | NEXT at the Kennedy Center

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Alonzo King on gratitude, art as nutrition and living for now in an era of transformation

The founder of Alonzo King Lines Ballet says the pandemic has reminded people that life is fragile and we need to “jump into joy now.”

[Image description: A shaded line drawing of Alonzo King, wearing a hat, and adjusting his glasses. The caption reads, "Alonzo King, founder of Alonzo King Lines Ballet. Photo: George McCalman / Special to the Chronicle".]

Choreographer Alonzo King did an interview with George McCalman of the San Francisco Chronicle recently. Even if dance isn't a particular interest for you, I recommend taking the time to read the interview. King is passionate about dance, about life, and about humanity, and his words apply to everyone, dancer or otherwise.

My favorite bits:

"The other reason I talk, bluntly, is because we have to realize that everyone who is serious about their life is some kind of artist. We’ve gotta get away from this “artist” and “ordinary person.” Even the term “ordinary person” is ridiculous."

"What are human beings? We are brilliant, radiant, luminescent souls. We’re souls, and we’re playing roles. And so if you can see behind the role, and if you can see behind the appearance, that means it’s time to intuit and listen to vibration, and so that the listening has to become clearer."

"The common mindset is that I will be happy when these requirements are met. It’s all nonsense. It’s about now. Regardless of circumstances, jump into joy now. Regardless of conditions, jump into your happiness now. Jump into the direction you want to go in now. Don’t play later; the later game doesn’t work."

"I think there are things that you know, and with time you plumb them and know them better. .  . . With time and age and experience, I see where I could do more, where I could be better, where this can be more."

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Lisa Fischer and Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet: Propelled Hearts

Lisa Fischer and Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet: Propelled Hearts

With a voice to shake you to your very core, Lisa Fischer takes to the stage with a dozen dancers in Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet’s Canadian premiere of The Propelled Heart.

One of the most powerful singers of our time, Fischer spent much of her career singing backup vocals with pop greats like the Rolling Stones, Sting, and Tina Turner. Since the 2013 documentary film Twenty Feet From Stardomc…

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Zakir Hussain & Alonzo King LINES Ballet - Scheherazade - 2012

Kala Ramnath (violin); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello); Lynn Taffin (harp); Homayoun Sakhi (rabab); Abbos Kosimov (doira); Mahmood Nejad (nay); #ZakirHussain on tabla.