Inspiration: Elif’in Hecesi
I’m currently working on a series of posts talking about my process putting together a set for performance, beginning to end, but there are four parts (at the time of writing this) and I...
Tagged: music
Music Editing
A lot of people think that editing a song means just chopping off a beginning or an end, but this doesn’t have to be the only thing you do, and for dancing, this can be counterproductive, as it can leave you with a dull repetitive chorus, or remove a punchy end or a juicy beginning. Judicious editing allows you to create a new version of the track, keeping the bits you want, maintaining or even improving the original dynamics, and reassembling them, like a puzzle
Doing your first choreography
Sneaked among the latest post was a tiny bit of momentous news: I’ve finally gone and done my first choreography. Which wouldn’t strictly be true, as I wasn’t working on one but two, but...
Inspiration: The Hidden Sister
I was shown this video ages ago. It’s a little short with a hint of the metaphysical (there’s a very clear attempt at presenting the 5 elements doctrine popular in some branches of Paganism),...
Inspiration: Jon Sterckx’s Dhaginatak
Today I received an invitation to a tribal fusion workshop with Katie Holland and the percussionist Jon Sterckx, and there was a link to a little gem taken during a TEDx talk. It’s a...