Breathing Curiosity
La danza es una de las expresiones humanas mas artísticas e intrínsecas en el mundo del arte. Aun asi, emula una necesidad primitiva. Esta puede ser el waltz expresado desde un campo Austriaco, los movimientos latinos en Cuba, aquellos en la pasion del tango Argentino, y el flamenco de Espana, o aquellos del Halay en… Continue reading International Dance Day / Día Internacional de la Danza
Meredith Monk, born Meredith Jane Monk, November 20, 1942, New York City, New York, U.S.A., is the performance artist, a pioneer in the avant-garde, whose work skillfully integrated diverse performance disciplines and media.Monk studied piano and eurythmics from an early age. She earned a B.A. in 1964 from Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York. From… Continue reading Meredith Monk *XI 20 1942 — The Life You Give
Twyla Tharp, born July 1, 1941, in Portland, Indiana, U.S.A., is the dancer, director, and choreographer known for her innovative and often humourous work.Tharp grew up in her native Portland, Indiana, and in Los Angeles, and her childhood included comprehensive training in music and dance. While a student at Barnard College, she studied at the… Continue reading The Life You Give: Twyla Tharp *VII 1 1941
Alvin Ailey, Jr., born Jan. 5, 1931, in Rogers, Texas, U.S.A., was dancer, choreographer, and director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.Having moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1942, Ailey became involved with the Lester Horton Dance Theater there in 1949. Following Horton’s death in 1953, Ailey was director of the company… Continue reading The Life You Give: Alvin Ailey *1931
Happy Birthday, Trisha Brown! Born November 25, 1936, Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.A, dancer and choreographer whose avant-garde and postmodernist work explores and experiments in pure movement, with and without the accompaniments of music and traditional theatrical space. Brown studied modern dance at Mills College in Oakland, California (B.A., 1958). Her style began developing after she met… Continue reading The Life You Give: Trisha Brown *1936
On this day, Meredith Jane Monk came to Manhattan for the very first time. Meredith Monk, during her birthday celebration at Le Poisson Rouge, NY, in 2014 / Photo: Sila Blume / Leica D-Lux 4
Pina Bausch was born on July 27 1940 / Photo: Ulli Weiss
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