Imagine that you are on the subway during your normal commute. Suddenly you hear music, and the passenger seated next to you starts dancing in his seat. The woman across from you joins him. The car becomes alive with the joy of sound and movement. You miss your stop. You don’t even care. The Shakedown…
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Ecstatic Music Festival
Mantra Percussion & Wet Ink & Deborah Lohse and the Shakedown Dance Collective! What a great evening of music and dance, as artsBrookfield hosted a free performance in the fabulous Winter Garden on night two of the Ecstatic Music Festival. I was first introduced to Mantra Percussion through their incredible performance of Michael Gordon’s “Timber”…
Who Gets to Perform? The Ethics and Aesthetics of Social Practice
This was an excellent blog post by Simon Dove on BAM’s blog. I could not help but post a comment. You can see it all at this link: http://bam150years.blogspot.com/2014/12/who-gets-to-perform-ethics-and.html I have reposted my comment below: I was surprised and delighted to read this blog post. I am not a professional dancer, but in 2012 I…
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