Saturday 19 April 2008

Adagioconbrio2008

1 comment:

Adriana Pegorer said...

i thought i'd started off to encourage comments, ideas, sharing of your/other videos, links to website, other blogs, etc..
presentation and discussion on choreographic intentions are also encouraged.
This particular piece I directed and presented last February is only the 'tip of the iceberg' of what I envision, as there are obvious challenges in low-budget art creation, dancer's injuries and other commitments, etc. But nevertheless, it's a development, however small...
I started both Contact Improvisation and Tango in 1996 and Butoh only in 2001, so it might take me a few more years to really integrate the 3. A major challenge is also finding dancers with those 3 skills: surprisingly i discover Aikido's background of some Tango dancers and i guess it is as close one can get to Butoh....in the dance world.
The dancers in the video have either a background in released based technique or contact. I've sprinkled a bit of Tango and Butoh. I love them dearly as they really try and made an effort. I have had no inspiration to include tango dancers, but maybe in the future, who knows...