05. November 2009 · Comments Off · Categories: Composers, Dance, Videos

So often dance seems to rely on music. Duh. But it’s interesting to see this one video that uses no music at all …

… and I think a lot of women can relate to the “huge day” thing. I also have “ugly days” and “pretty days” and it is fully in my head, I’m sure, but if we feel a certain way I do believe we also come across that way to others. Thus, I’m working on the “perfect oboe reed day”. :-)

But, as I said, most dance does use music. I just landed on the video below because I was checking out a new friend’s blog and website. (Hi Darin … hope you don’t mind me being as presumptuous as I am by calling you “friend”!) We “met” on twitter and the met live at the Ravel Symphony Silicon Valley concert. Here is his music with the above choreographer’s work:

Cool, huh? :-)

05. August 2009 · Comments Off · Categories: Composers, Other People's Words, Videos

I think the sound is a very interesting phenomenon … why the people like and are so influenced with music. They don’t know how strong the music influences us, good and bad … you can kill people with sound. And if you can kill, then you can — maybe there is also the sound which is something opposite of killing. And the distance between these two points is very big and you are free — you can choose. In art everything is possible, but everything what is made is not necessary.

-Arvo Pärt

I heard that and more on this YouTube video, where Björk interviews Arvo Pärt.