Dunno bout ballet, but the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, world renowned black
modern dance company based out of New York and relatively UNKNOWN to most
culturally ignorant Americans--which means MOST Americans--have been
performing a simply badass piece of modern jazz to Roy Davis Jr's
'Gabrielle', another cut by Paul Johnson and wrapping up with a track by
Fela Kuti.
It was awe-inspiring, very strenuously danced and executed moving art to an
amazing medley of housey jazz. Critically acclaimed as well.
Still amazes me how dense most Americans are when it comes to the arts.
Sorry to soap box, but few dancers live very OKAY lives for lack of support
in this country. Most still live the life of the starving artist with a
couple of other jobs to survive, even while maintianing a position in one of
the world's most prestigious dance companies.
After all...what is dance music without the dancer.
starving artist........
From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 313 Detroit <313@hyperreal.org>
Subject: [313] Detroit + Dance
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 09:37:24 +1000
Hey Cyclone's obscure question for the day....
Does anyone know of any ballet (or dance) productions that may have been
based on techno (or electronic music, per se). I know Laurent Garnier did
something in Paris, I can't remember its name. I am interested in compiling
a list. Apparently the Australian Ballet performed X, a ballet based on
tribal drum patterns a while ago.
I figure it would be an interesting concept. I can imagine May's music
being
used, Mills' more introspective material, some of Hawtin's more downtempo
material, Carl's... It would be interesting to use the faster stuff too as
it would force the dancers to move differently. Plus as much as we hate on
ravers some of those kids can dance really well! I wonder how it would work
to use some of those movements in a contemporary dance/ballet production.
It
would use introduce the music to new listeners, too. It must have been done
somewhere!!
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