Tonya Lockyer recommends this Goethe-Institut website with profiles of 50 contemporary choreographers currently working in Germany. Check out the profiles, works plus contact information.
New Yorker music critic Alex Ross has posted four audio samples from Béla Bartók’s field recordings from the early 1900s. These are from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute for Musicology’s online archive. Read and listen at The New Yorker.
Check out choreographer Donald Byrd’s blog. His recent posts discuss thinking about dance performances and authentic structures.
A limitation in remixing audio is what to do about copyright restrictions. With the Freesound Project this is not a worry. Freesound is a gigantic collection of audio samples released under a Creative Commons Sampling+ License. This means that you can browse and download sounds plus interact with sound artists from around the world without… [Read more…]
Seattle Dances offers the best online resource for dance in the Pacific Northwest. Why? Insightful posts about upcoming events Links to online reviews A complete list of local dance companies Links to local venues that feature dance performances Links to interesting dance-related blogs Videos and the Favorite Dance Pix of the moment For news, conversations,… [Read more…]
As a composer, I search for compositions that tickle my ears. Here are three musical attributes that catch my attention: unusual combinations of sounds [Franco Donatoni] extreme dynamics [Luigi Nono] distinctive ways to use the voice [Joan La Barbara] Three of my favorite sites to discover music are: Musique Contemporaine – a French site that… [Read more…]
College students who are part of the Seattle Symphony’s Campus Club can attend classical, pop, jazz, and other musical performances for $10. Membership is free. Download the application at the Seattle Symphony website.
Live music is making its grand jete back into world of top dance performance Pairing naturally boosts the artistry of programs by Sid Smith No one can detail the exact origins of dance in human history, but one aspect is certain. Someone nearby was undoubtedly performing some sort of musical accompaniment. Maybe only hands or… [Read more…]
The World of Dance Tries Out New Moves on the Web by Julie Bloom For proof of dance’s mainstream popularity on the Internet, look no further than YouTube. That site’s most-viewed video, an absurdly silly stand-up comedy routine called Evolution of Dance, still captures hit after hit. But until recently, such attention to movement on… [Read more…]
Choreographers to Watch in the New Year by Elizabeth Blair For one Broadway musical as many as 1,000 dancers will show up to audition for — at most — 20 spots. What makes a dancer or choreographer stand out among the rest? A handful of taste-makers in the dance world have nominated exceptional artists who… [Read more…]
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March 13, 2011 by Byron
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