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End of week
Apr. 5th, 2014 09:54 amMy Remix assignment is excellent. Now in the phase of reading/rereading their work; next, will need to pick some favorites and brainstorm how to transform them.
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Saw Heartbeat of Home last night, a multicultural but largely Irish* dance production from some of the people who made Riverdance. ( It was all right. )
*ETA: Ah. These two excerpts from performance reviews clarify the intentions of the show:
The Celtic Tiger now has many stripes. Irish dance now is not necessarily what some still think of as Irish at all. (Chicago Tribune)
"But the idea behind 'Heartbeat' was not to do a mashup. It was to honor the individual cultures and rhythms, and to move forward by mixing them. The show is about crossover talents, and thinking about where step-dancing could go, whether under the influence of Afro-Cuban rhythms or street dance. The challenge was to preserve tradition but also devise new forms." (Chicago Sun Times)
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Now on to Winter Soldier and other things.
.
Saw Heartbeat of Home last night, a multicultural but largely Irish* dance production from some of the people who made Riverdance. ( It was all right. )
*ETA: Ah. These two excerpts from performance reviews clarify the intentions of the show:
The Celtic Tiger now has many stripes. Irish dance now is not necessarily what some still think of as Irish at all. (Chicago Tribune)
"But the idea behind 'Heartbeat' was not to do a mashup. It was to honor the individual cultures and rhythms, and to move forward by mixing them. The show is about crossover talents, and thinking about where step-dancing could go, whether under the influence of Afro-Cuban rhythms or street dance. The challenge was to preserve tradition but also devise new forms." (Chicago Sun Times)
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Now on to Winter Soldier and other things.
