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Alonzo King LINES Ballet: Dancing with Adji Cissoko

Alonzo King LINES Ballet: Dancing with Adji Cissoko

By Dennis J. Freeman Adji Cissoko loves to dance. She celebrates family. Mentoring other dancers for Cissoko is her way of giving back. Movement. Family. Teaching. These three things are what Cissoko is incredibly passionate about. These are three areas of her life that truly moves Cissoko into the essence of her being. Why does this matter? It matters because Cissoko is one of the best at what…

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Adji Cissoko in Sutra (Alonzo King LINES Ballet, 2018)

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Adji Cissoko at Lines Ballet in San Francisco | Yakfilms 

Filmed with @adji_cissoko from @linesballet and @nationalballet in San Francisco. This was the first time meeting Adji and witnessing her movement live in studio. She is a ballerina from Germany and Senegal who has taught all around the world for ballet dancing and health coaching.

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The Toaster project by Thwaites

This book, or should I say manual, was quite unusual to read. I found reading about the author's desire to build his toaster and document the laborious process amusing. It was a bit disheartening to find out that his efforts were not really successful.  Thwaites insisted on establishing rules similarly to Lars Von Trier's Dogme 95. I was triggered by rule 2, on page 39, which required all the parts of his toaster to be made from scratch. My mind automatically went to cooking from scratch, which I thought I was pretty comfortable at doing. However, Thwaites shares Dr. Sagan's quote, "if you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." (Thwaites, 40) Reading this line redefined my take on what it means to produce "a thing” and how far from  being in the kitchen (in the case of baking an apple pie) the labor needs to happen. it's a little bit like the expression "it takes a village." Thus the importance of knowing how to deconstruct in order to re-construct. 

Reading The Toaster Project, led me to question my own choreographic process. For instance, as I'm working towards my thesis choreographic work for the fall, I'm thinking about my idea of deconstructing choreography. I decided to take the Kingdom of the Shades section from the classical masterpiece La Bayadère and re-shape it to give it a more "21st-century" flair. The ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa, initially premiered in 1877. jumping to  2022, 145 years later, I'm curious to see where my work and investigation will lead me. I want the work to be more reflective of the society we currently live in, and I want it to have a human resonance. I'm pretty sure that I, too, like Thwaites, will hit a few walls and encounter some setbacks. I'm hoping for a happier ending, though! Lastly, I wanted to share  a picture of my current toaster mood:

-A book of the classical ballet technique: I've been watching a few live performances over the last months, some inspiring and others not. I always find it interesting how certain choreographers use the classical ballet language and what they do with it. Some are transforming and stretching it and find fascinating findings. Others stick with dance combinations commonly seen in a regular technique class; it looks great because it is performed by professional ballet dancers who wear fierce costumes and are surrounded by stunning stage lights and sets. But is this choreography? Or is this an enhancement from class? What defines a choreographic work from a class combination? Where is the vision of classical ballet going? These questions come to my mind as I dive into my own choreographic investigation.

-Drawings from Josephine Baker: La Baker is one artist I've been looking up to because of her authenticity, boldness, her generosity on stage and off stage. She will be, somehow, in my thesis work.

-A picture of Alonzo King Lines Ballet Dancer's Adji Cissoko because Lines has been part of my transformative journey to become a better artist and a more significant human.

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This past week was an action packed one on Instagram. Take, for example, Tracee Ellis Ross’s ever-inspiring Tracy Anderson Method workout, which saw her sweating it out in a lime-green ensemble. Meanwhile, Alonzo King Lines Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko dazzled her followers with a few…

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This past week was an action packed one on Instagram. Take, for example, Tracee Ellis Ross’s ever-inspiring Tracy Anderson Method workout, which saw her sweating it out in a lime-green ensemble. Meanwhile, Alonzo King Lines Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko dazzled her followers with a few…

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This past week was an action packed one on Instagram. Take, for example, Tracee Ellis Ross’s ever-inspiring Tracy Anderson Method workout, which saw her sweating it out in a lime-green ensemble. Meanwhile, Alonzo King Lines Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko dazzled her followers with…

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This past week was an action packed one on Instagram. Take, for example, Tracee Ellis Ross’s ever-inspiring Tracy Anderson Method workout, which saw her sweating it out in a lime-green ensemble. Meanwhile, Alonzo King Lines Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko dazzled her followers with a few graceful leaps outdoors,…

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This past week was an action packed one on Instagram. Take, for example, Tracee Ellis Ross’s ever-inspiring Tracy Anderson Method workout, which saw her sweating it out in a lime-green ensemble. Meanwhile, Alonzo King Lines Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko dazzled her followers with a few graceful leaps outdoors,…

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Adji Cissoko (Alonzo King LINES Ballet, 2018)

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A fun new creative featuring the talented dancer Adji Cissoko! 

Photography by Karolina Kuras, hair & make up by Ashley Readings, and wardrobe by Sidneigum.

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Adji Cissoko (Alonzo King Lines Ballet) 

Photo © Toronto Dance Project

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  This past week was an action packed one on Instagram. Take, for example, Tracee Ellis Ross’s ever-inspiring Tracy Anderson Method workout, which saw her sweating it out in a lime-green ensemble. Meanwhile, Alonzo King Lines Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko dazzled her followers with a few graceful leaps outdoors,…