Sharing thoughts on music, film, and photography.
March, 2014
Artistic Director: Sonia Destri Lie
Na Pista
Choreography: Sonia Destri Lie & Company
Music: Rodrigo Marcal
Lighting: Renato Machado
ID: Entidades
Choreography: Sonia Destri Lie & Company
Music: Rodrigo Marcal
Lighting: Renato Machado & Dominique Palabaud
All photos by Alice Gebura. Copyright 2014 Alice Gebura All Rights Reserved.
Choreography: Trisha Brown
Music: John Cage
Costumes: Robert Rauschenberg
Interactive sound and light set: Robert Rauschenberg
All photos by Alice Gebura. Copyright 2014 Alice Gebura All Rights Reserved.
In 1905 Mikhail Fokine, choreographer for the Ballets Russes, created the choreography “Umirayushtshi Lebedy” (The Dying Swan) for the great Russian dancer Anna Pavlova, also of the Ballet Russes. For music he used “Le Cynge” (The Swan) composed by Camille Saint-Saens for cello and two pianos (today it is arranged for cello and one piano). It depicts a swan’s struggle with death, inspired by the Greek myth of the Mute Swan (an actual species). The swan could not utter a sound throughout its life until just before it died. Like all myths, this one tells an archetypal story; this one a parable about how what is inside emerges into expression.
The work of Fokine, Pavlova, and the Ballets Russes marks historically and artistically one of the greatest turning points in dance (also for art and music), but that’s an interesting topic for another moment. What I want to write about today is how my appreciation for the art of dance has been tutored by watching how great dancers interpret a work.
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Another great night of music and dance at Karoun Restaurant!
Aslahan. Love the audience reaction.
The biggest challenge in portrait photography is getting the skin color correct. The camera picks up all the wavelengths the human eye either doesn’t see or that the brain “corrects” based on previous experience. Without any color correction the following portraits were highly influenced by:
Bruce Hangen, Conductor
Sunrise at Swiftcurrent Lake, known as the Many Glacier region. The Many Glacier Hotel is on the left.
Road trip! We traveled from St. Paul, Minnesota to Glacier National Park in Montana, visiting the east side, west side, and Canadian sections of the park.
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Great sound, great underwater video, and who knew accordion could sound so hip. Love the contrasts in the Radiohead-reminiscent bridge – tone color, tempo, rhythmic styling.
Chini is from Matanzas, Cuba and is now dancing and teaching in Minneapolis, MN. We love having Chini here! I took these photos at Chini’s dance studio. More »
Riena and Najmat performing with the Ed Mellikan Ensemble.
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When looking at satellite photos of Minnesota, Roman noticed large swaths of wilderness in the northern part of the state. So, Friday morning the four of us left cold, drizzly St. Paul for the north shore of Lake Superior and its promise for a wilderness experience. Years ago Rocky, Roman, and I went to Berklee together – kindred spirits coming of age in jazz and baseball infused Boston when Newbury Street was still a student ghetto. Our friendship is eternal, what more can I say. Roman is Parisian and he and his wife Bibi are in the states for a vacation. Bibi is wonderful and the four of us have great adventures, dramatic conversations, and drink a lot of French wine.
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