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Forming dance group is a challenge. A concept of one may not be a thought of everyone who succeeds. I liked the concept of this dance group for its innovative flair, flexing the creativity; bending human movements which are tried and tested.
Pilobolus is a phototropic zygomycete—a sun-loving fungus that grows in barnyards and pastures. It is also a highly unusual dance company, now in its 30th year of evolution. Pilobolus, the arts organism, sprang from a 1971 Dartmouth College dance class with a clear desire to make something new.
Known throughout the world for its startling mix of humor and invention, and unique physical vocabulary, bringing its singular vision to diverse audiences worldwide. It remains a deeply committed collaborative effort with four artistic directors and six dancers contributing to one of the most poplar and varied repertoires in the field.
Tracy of Pilobolus, who choreographed Aquatica, describes the work: "If you ever look under a microscope, there is an amazing array of creatures underwater. So a lot of the images [onstage] hopefully convey that kind of wonder, that kind of discovery. The dancers combine to create all kinds of locomotive structures and communication systems. We see fishes swimming in pods, crabs crawling on the sea floor and unclassified creatures, too."
An interesting interview snippet with founder Jonathan Wolken at freedom-blogging
Symbiosis means, the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other.
The Pilobolus dancers have created an art that tells a story about our relationships with each other and with nature and how we should work together in harmony to achieve a good meaning for a good cause and for the common good. To me, that's the message in their art.
This was the most amazing dance piece I've ever seen. The two dancers moved almost as one creature with two bodies. It was so flowing like some flower unfolding organically, or some alien creature with its own perfect internal chemistry and architecture moving in a completely new way that nothing we know of moves, but entirely right and logical, totally holistically obvious and natural to itself. I'm just mesmerized and completely seduced by the beauty and artistry here. I'm going to watch it again and again. (via Tatiana Boshenka)
I found this "Symbiosis" video in TED. If you've not heard about it, watch it here :symbiosis performance.
I admire his caricatures, sketches. They are simple, yet awe tickling & expressive in such a minimal details. I get to see his latest sketches in Facebook more often. I'm quite passionate about the fact that he is from Coorg !
"Born in southern India, raised in suburban Connecticut and formally trained in Syracuse, Brooklyn artist Vin Ganapathy, short for Vinay Somana Ganapathy, draws on multiple influences that inform his imagery and work.
I use to frequent Stuttgart sQuare in San Francisco, when I was working in California. It was eye treat to watch so many artists displyaing artwork in such a vast picturesque canvass of that square. Many artists do live sketches & quick caricatures of people moving around the sQuare. I remember how they keep absorbing in glance to sketch down all that they see in a short view. It's quite an intricate and difficult to achieve art, as subject never stays static :)
And Vinay has done so thought provoking sketches of that kind. This is where he hosts his work frequently: Motivation is necessary
I found some nice sites to visit art gallery's & artists in general:
- Dexigner.com
- Masala chai online
- Start-drawing
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