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Published on April 16, 2011
Poetic Expressions of Dancing Impressions
Poetic Expressions of Dancing Impressions-
Thoughts so far on a dancing season in Haiku and Limerick- Keigwin+Co, Martha Graham, David Parker, UmWelt, Sawtooth, Janis Brenner, San Francisco Butoh , Modern Dance History, and Engagement.
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| Line Drawing of Christine Jowers Dancing by Madeline Meehan circa 1993 |
In The Audience
Here, waiting for you...
Shock me out of my seat,
even with beauty.
IMPRESSIONS OF:Exit -Keigwin +Co at the Joyce Theater -March 8th - March 13th -Choreography: Larry Keigwin , Music: Chris Lancaster and Jerome Begin
Dark, Titillating
Cool guy mixing music live
Not enough TERROR.
But, The Redemption:
Open falling free magic.
Bodies dance heaven.
On Engagement in The Dance World
We're wanting so much to engage
For dancin' should be all the rage
and yet, it is not
'cause sometimes we're snots
and "down to earth" is a NEW page
IMPRESSIONS OF: Shows I missed, David Parker Curates a Platform called "Body Madness" at Danspace 2011
There once was a fellow named Dav id
Fine rhythms and tapping he crave ed
He curated a show
And I didn't go
Alas, the dates I did not save ed.
IMPRESSIONS OF: SAWTOOTH dancers and Umwelt Dance Theater-Choreography by Cristina Jasen and Gillian Vinton- At Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX)- February 18th,19th- 2011
To go to a new artists show
An experience that one should not blow
The talent is eager
The efforts not meager
Like seedlings just starting to grow
For Cristina Jasen
Young new dancemakers
Take note! To dance confusion
one needs clear focus
The BEST part was when
Alone,she circled her hips.
Each curve told a tale.
For Gillian Vinton
Girl is talented
TOO much time in arts admin
Get work on stage, please.
About Katie's Solo (world premiere) Choreography: Gillian Vinton, Performance :Katie Daniels
speak dance speak turn speak
solo gal in jeans with words
must be seen again
IMPRESSIONS OF: The Martha Graham Dance Company-Lincoln Center Home for Jazz- March 15-20th 2011
I want to say, that
review by Macaulay sucked.
He didn't get it.
On Robert Wilson's SNOW ON THE MESA
A complex woman
Painted with light and symbols
Reflections and dreams
Frenzied witch dances
wolves, bones, breasts, shattered glasses
Deathly passion
To Gamelan sounds
Her lover floats her in space
She skitters away
Creative spirit
a wild black snake emerges
from out of her mouth
Her peace seemed too brief
Conflict creates great stories...
but to live that way?
On Cave of The Heart -Choreography by Martha Graham
I was thinking in Cave of the Heart
He had a great wife
was set up for life
He just had to sleep with that tart
I want that wire cage
created by Noguchi
to hang my coat on
Jason
Conceited ,cocksure
muscle upon more muscles.
You know he is doomed.
The other woman
The little princess
swoons over his machismo.
Naiive to the truth
Medea
Her moves shatter space.
She has been stabbed many times.
We will not forget.
The Chorus
No one will listen!
Blind to the worlds you see,
suffering doesn't stop.
On Deaths and Entrances Choreographed by Martha Graham
Hold us upright and proper
As we fall inside.
On Chasing by Bulareyaung Pagarlava ( commissioned as a companion piece to Deaths and Entrances)
Episodes of life
fleeting,flashing right past us
until NOTHING hurts.
On Modern Dance History
Will Shakespeare, his work can be "new"
Jane Austen's books find new life views
Ballet does Giselle, Swan Lake
What the hell?
Now, why can't our classics play too?
Dance critics hate rep
Unless, a known "masterpiece".
Old work called dusty.
IMPRESSIONS OF : Janis Brenner& Dancers- Danspace at St. Marks Church- April 7th -9th 2011
Oh, repeat that last haiku from the section before.
Of her dancing and choreography:
Janis Brenner's work
Particular and subtle
Quiet surprises...
Of her premiere The Mind-Stuff Variations
Her piece points this out:
the irony that cruelty
is used to shape dance.
It fascinates here,
the connection of thoughts to acts
and... the disconnect
Her dancers were close to the ground
the movements and music profound
intention was clear
but i couldn't hear
They just need to work on the sound.
IMPRESSIONS OF COLORMEAMERICA - Ledoh and SALT FARM BUTOH VÉRITÉ- The Joyce Soho- April 14th-16th 2011
Imperceptibly
becoming with shifts of focus
polar opposites.
Chesire Cat grinning,
No, an east coast business snarl.
Then, a matador.
A delicate bird
growls with red ferocious eyes
Her neck is broken.
Unique Performers
One time, I veged (the slow pace)
Still, I was awestruck
