Stormin' In

STORMTROOPER SECRETS

Music by Scott Winn & Brendo Bytheway

Choreography by Jason Celaya

Cinematography by Derek Pueblo

Dancers: Jason Celaya, De'Von McCullough, Jason Pickett, Landon Anderson, Marcquet Hill

This video first came to my attention in January, and has been sitting in my drafts folder for way too long.

Excellent humor, spot on choreography, and quite a strong song.

ENJOY.

Enra

PLEIADES

Performamce & Choreography : Saya Watatani , Maki Yokoyama

Director : Nobuyuki Hanabusa

Animator : Seiya Ishii , Nobuyuki Hanabusa

Music : Nobuyuki Hanabusa

http://enra.jp

No description necessary, no?

Nuance

Nuance / 2013

Travail sur l’image vivante musicale. 

Musique : “Ants” de EdIT / Planet Mu Records

Video: Marc-Antoine Locatell

Danse : Lucas B.

Utterly genius in regards to every aspect.

The digital

The Choreography

The dust, light and movement create an unforgettable experience for the viewer.
Reminds me of previous post on the finger-tutting genius's ad.

The First Minute

Janie Taylor (modeling Chloe) and Justin Peck dance for the Block Magazine's Spring 2011 Issue. 

Choreography (c) Justin Peck

Direction (c) Bon Duke

Radioactive

 

Which music video do you prefer?

BE passionate joyful euphoric intense angry present ALIVE

"The inspiration for this book came to me one afternoon as I watched my son, Hudson, playing with his toy bus. I was trying to keep pace with his three-year-old mind as he got deeper and deeper into a fantasy involving nothing more than a yellow plastic box and armless figurines. 

What happens to this enthusiasm, this ability to be wholly present in the moment? 

Why are these pure moments of passion so often replaced with cynicism, boredom, and indifference? 

Shortly after playing “bus”, I attended an extraordinary dance performance, and I knew I had found my collaborators. Dancers are storytellers. They’re trained to capture passion with their bodies. The often create a fantasy world or offer us a deeper look into familiar settings. They bring to life what we feel but what most of us, lacking their artistry and athleticism, are unable to express physically. I spent three years shooting dancers around the country, and I was humbled by their enthusiasm for their craft. 

These photographs communicate my dreams for them more powerfully than words: Relish moments large and small, recognize the beauty around you, and be alive!" 

-- Artist's Statement (Jordan Matter)

En Pointe!

I think this video is absolutely adorable.

Dance into Color

Drawing outside the box.

The Shen Wei Dance Company certainly takes dance to a whole other level by incorporating ink and paint into their piece.

If you have the time, just youtube them or lounge around their website.
Truly magnificent work, even if you're not a dancer.

"Shen Wei Dance Arts is internationally recognized for its interdisciplinary cross-cultural performances, which have been described as “breathtaking, powerful, and riveting” (The Boston Globe) and celebrated for their “gorgeous visual imagery” (The London Times). Each work unveils an original movement vocabulary combined with elements of film, theater, new media, and visual art."   

 http://www.shenweidancearts.org/

Dancing on fire.

Another video that I've known for quite a while but never posted...

The most exquisite rendition of this dance piece.

Dancers - Ben Susak & Pam Chu

Concept - Wade Robson & Amanda Robson
Choreography - Wade Robson
Director and editor - Wade Robson.
Choreographer assistant - Dana WIlson
Music - John Mayer/Slow dancing in a burning room

"Before Wade Robson set this piece on Josh & Katee for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, he created the original version on his beautiful dancers from his Cirque Du Soleil/Criss Angel BELIEVE show. He then decided to shoot a short film of two of his dancers that really connected with the piece, Ben Susak & Pam Chu. This was Josh and Katee's inspirational guide. Enjoy."

Blast of white.

Ukrainian photographer Anton Surkov is quite elusive, 

I couldn't find much background information on him.  

All I know is this:

This guy rocks my socks.

The most brilliant mix of dance and photography without it being dance photography.

He manipulates the model's bodies to fit his needs, but doesn't force the shoot to seem choreographed.

The power, the powder (haha get my pun) and the emotions are all so RAW.

Raw Flesh

Do you remember Howard Schatz from my "Connect" blog post?

I present my second selection of his works.

I chose this series as a group of photos where the human body is represented in it's finest form.

The fittest, most agile form there is.

The dancer's form.

He is such a winner.  Seriously though. Who are these people...?

Chachi Gonzales

My new hip-hop hero.

Lyrical hip-hop at it's finest.

Yes, she was a part of the winning ABDC crew I.aM.mE but I like her indivisual dancing better!

Check out this limited selection of her dancing.

Find more of her videos everywhere on youtube <3

Connect

Howard Schatz is a photographer that I will promote often on my upcoming blogposts.
Nearly all of his collections are spot-on photographic masterpieces.

First I begin with a personally hand-picked series of dancers in movement together.  He successfully captures the strength, balance and beauty required for all dancers to move beautifully.

Check them all out here: http://www.howardschatz.com/

 

Levi's

Modern ballet mixing elements of classical ballet and a dash of bboy. Levi's meets up with Korea National Ballet and performs a modern ballet on the streets of Seoul for their Stretch to Fit Jeans series available in Korea for Spring 2012.

2012년 봄/여름, 새로운 시즌에 맞추어 리바이스의 Stretch to Fit jeans가 국립발레단과 함께 합니다. 그들이 만나 함께 한 도전, 유연성의 한계를 넘다!

Making Of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pobkS_UcREQ

Composed by: Rafael May
Dancers:  (Female) Kim LiHoe/김리회, (Male) Lee DongHoon/이동훈
Choreographer: Sejung Hong / 홍세정
Director: Lee Jae Cheol / 이재철

MOVE

Hidden gems like this make my day.

This 5 minute short film is a fashion film for Rachel Roy."
The idea was to use different styles of dance to showcase the spring 2011 collection."
Choreographed by Jermaine Browne.

To people who love dance...

DS2DIO (pronounced D-Studio)

The World's First Dance Lifestyle Channel

Coming Summer 2012

Exclusively on YouTube

Join the movement: http://bit.ly/J4NXer

Facebook: http://on.fb.me/IRGSdK

Twitter: http://bit.ly/L33XPQ

Unleash Your Fingers

A l'occasion du lancement du Galaxy SII en France, Samsung est allé chercher JayFunk à Los Angeles pour une chorégraphie de Finger Tutting surprenante... 

For the launch of the Galaxy SII in France, 

Samsung brought JayFunk,  the internet Finger Tutting phenomenon, 

from Los Angeles to Paris to deliver an incredible and surprising choreography.

The Final Piece

 Etched Upon My Mind

Choreographer: Elissa Rowe (PZ ’13)

Music: “My Heart With You” by The Rescues

Dancers: Emily Phipps (PZ ’15), Kara Powell (PZ ’15), Melanie Paty (CMC ’15), 

Dot Silverman (PO ’14), Avantika Saraogi (SC ’13), Lizzy Ginelli (CMC ’15), Diana McDonnell (SC ’14), Elissa Rowe (PZ ’13)

“Sometimes it’s better to be alone.  That way no one can hurt you.”  -Megara

 

Tango through the Rainbow

Skyscrapers
by OK Go

Director:  Trish Sie
Producers: Trish Sie & Paula Salhany
Cinematography and editing: Paula Salhany
3D DP: Eric Kurland
Dancers: Moti Buchboot & Trish Sie
Special Thanks: Jennifer Kay Tyre, So Yun Um, Joanna Mayorga, Andy Green, Diane Castrup, Anthony Hartman, Jenny Oppenheimer, Roe Sie, Damian Kulash and Marjorie Kulash