I have been dancing for almost 25 years - although I no longer perform, I still spend a lot of my time teaching and choreographing at my local dance school.
A friend ( @TomTheArcher ) posted this online recently and I have to say, IT BLEW MY MIND!!! I almost cried as it was so exciting! Just like how audiences were mesmorised by watching the first ballerinas dance en pointe!
Anyway, all my dancer friends - you will love this! Even if you don't dance, you will understand ;)
Showing posts with label Dance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dance. Show all posts
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Pole dancing as high art?
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Day 43: Buttery Biscuit Base
For those of you who aren't aware of this Masterchef Synesthesia - enjoy!
And if that wasn't enough...here's another!
And if that wasn't enough...here's another!
Friday, 30 September 2011
Day 39: 'Skrillex' Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
Big hugs to my mate @DJDarren for pushing @Skrillex my way :)
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Day 37: 'Ghost Dances'
When I was a teen I was a massive fan of Christopher Bruce - choreographer for the Rambert Dance Company and one of his best peices of work was this - Ghost Dances. To read more about the background and political influences on this dance you can read about it here.
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Day 25: Daft Hands
This video is pure genius - almost what YouTube was made for:
The above video has inspired other versions of the song:
The above video has inspired other versions of the song:
Sunday, 11 September 2011
Day 21: Dancing In-Mates - 'Thriller'
I can't embed his video but below is the link to it with it's accompanying text:
http://youtu.be/hMnk7lh9M3o
Why "Thriller"
1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice! This is not the final routine, and definitely not a punishment!
WHY THRILLER?
What made me choose Michael Jackson's Thriller for the aerobics routine is that Michael Jackson was a convicted man to the eyes of those who hated him. He would have been in imprisoned had it not been for settlement arrangements, they would say. Still Michael Jackson's frailty as a human being makes him like one of us -- whether one is a prisoner or not.
I saw in the lyrics and video of Thriller much of what jail culture is like. Because of the hideous conditions in jails, prisons are like tombs and inmates are like ghoulish creatures. The only difference is that dancers in the MJ Thriller video come with make-up and costumes. The Dancing Inmates come as themselves. People perceived to be evil.
The message of the Thriller is a message for all of us. The funk of forty thousand years embedded in the cycle of sin and punishment is a legacy no mere mortal can resist or is capable of resisting. No prison wall can and will stop evil from lurking in the dark. No shackle can stop the beast about to strike. No punitive or brutal treatment is ever too strong to stop creatures crawling in search of blood. Unless we stop breeding demons in jails, gruesome ghouls from every tomb will seal the doom of nations and civilizations.
What I wanted inmates to do in dancing to the Thriller was for them to be convicted to sin. When I uploaded this on the YouTube, what I wanted viewers to see is how evil dances in our lives without knowing its deathly consequences.
But then the song and dance number is but a medium to the message. The message is, governments must stop looking at jails darkly. We have to stop being entertained and thrilled by the sting of sin. We have to look at prisons beyond the cycle of crime and punishment and certainly look inside underlying social, cultural and psychological implications of rehabilitation.
No matter how jails are called, prisons by any name are still hell -- the corpse's shell. It is a location in the map that governments would like to hide but cannot conceal. It's like the "horror looking right between the eyes, you're paralyzed." This paralyzing reality is such that if we make jails a living hell, we may be breeding the next generation demons or beast and we may be sending out devils once they are released and reintegrated to society.
Michael Jackson may have exposed the evils of this Earth in the Thriller but he had a strong message of saving humanity from doom in his "Heal the World" where he said "heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race." Michael Jackson's message was a message of salvation. "There are people dying if you care enough for the living, make it a better place for you and for me." We may have missed out what Michael was trying to say beyond the lyrics.
PEACE TO ALL MANKIND! Byron F. Garcia
http://youtu.be/hMnk7lh9M3o
Why "Thriller"
1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice! This is not the final routine, and definitely not a punishment!
WHY THRILLER?
What made me choose Michael Jackson's Thriller for the aerobics routine is that Michael Jackson was a convicted man to the eyes of those who hated him. He would have been in imprisoned had it not been for settlement arrangements, they would say. Still Michael Jackson's frailty as a human being makes him like one of us -- whether one is a prisoner or not.
I saw in the lyrics and video of Thriller much of what jail culture is like. Because of the hideous conditions in jails, prisons are like tombs and inmates are like ghoulish creatures. The only difference is that dancers in the MJ Thriller video come with make-up and costumes. The Dancing Inmates come as themselves. People perceived to be evil.
The message of the Thriller is a message for all of us. The funk of forty thousand years embedded in the cycle of sin and punishment is a legacy no mere mortal can resist or is capable of resisting. No prison wall can and will stop evil from lurking in the dark. No shackle can stop the beast about to strike. No punitive or brutal treatment is ever too strong to stop creatures crawling in search of blood. Unless we stop breeding demons in jails, gruesome ghouls from every tomb will seal the doom of nations and civilizations.
What I wanted inmates to do in dancing to the Thriller was for them to be convicted to sin. When I uploaded this on the YouTube, what I wanted viewers to see is how evil dances in our lives without knowing its deathly consequences.
But then the song and dance number is but a medium to the message. The message is, governments must stop looking at jails darkly. We have to stop being entertained and thrilled by the sting of sin. We have to look at prisons beyond the cycle of crime and punishment and certainly look inside underlying social, cultural and psychological implications of rehabilitation.
No matter how jails are called, prisons by any name are still hell -- the corpse's shell. It is a location in the map that governments would like to hide but cannot conceal. It's like the "horror looking right between the eyes, you're paralyzed." This paralyzing reality is such that if we make jails a living hell, we may be breeding the next generation demons or beast and we may be sending out devils once they are released and reintegrated to society.
Michael Jackson may have exposed the evils of this Earth in the Thriller but he had a strong message of saving humanity from doom in his "Heal the World" where he said "heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race." Michael Jackson's message was a message of salvation. "There are people dying if you care enough for the living, make it a better place for you and for me." We may have missed out what Michael was trying to say beyond the lyrics.
PEACE TO ALL MANKIND! Byron F. Garcia
Saturday, 10 September 2011
Day 20: Baby dancing to Beyonce
When the baby starts shaking his leg...
Kids are so funny! I can't wait to have one ;)
Kids are so funny! I can't wait to have one ;)
Monday, 5 September 2011
Day 15: Emjay School of Dance
I'm immensely proud of this! It's my dance school's show (Emjay School of Dance).
Every two years we have a show at the end of term to showcase all of our dancers' talent and welcome back some of our ex-students who also perform. The video below was filmed at the Hub in Southampton by Southampton Solent students:
If you're local to Southampton and interested to know more about the school, the website is www.emjayschoolofdance.co.uk
Good luck to our 7 leavers: Sarah, Brooke, Beth, Jordan, Maddie, Rosie and Olivia x
If you're local to Southampton and interested to know more about the school, the website is www.emjayschoolofdance.co.uk
Good luck to our 7 leavers: Sarah, Brooke, Beth, Jordan, Maddie, Rosie and Olivia x
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Monday, 29 August 2011
Day 8: Sylvie Guillem - "Wet Woman" (Mats Ek)
It's sometimes quite hard to explain what contemporary dance is. I trained as a contemporary dancer and teach it at my local dance school. Below is a video I saw on TV back when I was a teenager that inspired me to push myself and opened my eyes to other genres of dance. What better example is there other than Mats Ek's 'Wet Woman' performed by Sylvie Guillem:
This will be the first of many dance related videos that I'll be sharing x
This will be the first of many dance related videos that I'll be sharing x
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