#blackgrace

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Flow Like Nile • • Model: @demetriaadriane MUA: @kaydensmakeupartistry #scmodel #selfaware #dancer #blackgrace #charlestonmodel #charlestonphotographer #sullivansisland #sc #charleston #nyfw #hcollective #thehub #naturallightphoto #beachphotoshoot #doramilaje (at Sullivans Island Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0rFi0-Hjcj/?igshid=5vpv6ot8lolk

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[Black Grace] @ Standford Live

“...the most positive, living expression of any New Zealand art.”

- Sunday Star Times

"Black Grace … a feat of metric intricacy – phenomenal."

- New York Times

来不及详细写东西了，友善提醒一下周日有个很有意思的新西兰舞团要来stanford live演出

http://live.stanford.edu/calendar/march-2017/black-grace

http://www.blackgrace.co.nz/

An inspiring weave of South Pacific traditions and modern dance, Black Grace, founded 20 years ago by Neil Ieremia—a then 19-year-old New Zealand bank clerk—moves with a dynamic athleticism and rhythmic intensity that brings worldwide audiences to their feet. With an international array of superb, risk-taking dancers from Maori, Samoan, and New Zealand cultures, the much-honored Black Grace is rich in storytelling expressed with raw finesse, unique beauty, and power.

POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION: Join us after the show for a conversation with Neil Ieremia and Professor Diana Looser.

Sun, March 19, 2017 at 2:30pm

Memorial Auditorium

551 Serra Mall Stanford, CA 94305

PROGRAM

All choreography by Neil Ieremia.

Minoi (1999) Minoi fuses a traditional Samoan dance style known as Fa’ataupati (slap dance) and western contemporary dance as a means of exploring cultural identity issues, live singing, and vocalizations.

“The Men’s shoulders and bare chests were oiled with sweat; and after their mighty exertions the ground seemed to crack open, making the world of spirit imminent.  At such moments, geographic and cultural distances seemed to vanish.”

- The Star-Ledger, New Jersey, 2010

Pati Pati (2009)

This work is a mixture of excerpts from older repertoire that utilizes body percussion in uenced by traditional Samoan Sasa (seated dance) and Fa’ataupati (slap dance).

Crying Men – Excerpt (new work)

In this sneak preview of his latest work, Ieremia explores masculinity from a Paci c perspective.

Mother Mother (premiered 2013) Mother Mother was originally choreographed for a music video, on request from the popular New Zealand band Fat Freddy’s Drop.

INTERMISSION

As Night Falls (2016) A poetic ode to our troubled world, As Night Falls is a beautiful new work set to the timeless and passionate sounds of Antonio Vivaldi.

“As Night Falls is bold and bright like the colourful muumuu dresses worn by my mother without shame or ceremony.

I had initially wanted this work to be the expression of my concerns and fears of the darkness that seems to be eroding the value of equality and human life.

Instead, I feel compelled to respond with a contrasting beauty and physical vitality, musicality and hope.  It is my offer of beauty for ashes.”

– Neil Ieremia

Trailor: 

[mikahaka]

#aroha #aroha17 #dance #panz comin at yah #feb 24 with #eddieelliott #intuition #blackgrace #nzdc #atamiradancecompany #douglaswrightdancecompany (at Mangere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku)

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I think I have decided on my designers and found a blurb about each. Now its time to start designing the brochure!

Sarah Maxey is a graphic artist. Her distinctive work has graced publications worldwide, including the New York Times and many literary books. She worked for Bloomsbury Publishing in the mid-nineties, and has run her own studio since. She has won numerous awards, most recently the 2011 Purple Pin, the highest graphic design accolade in her native New Zealand and a Certificate of Excellence from the International Society of Typographers.

https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2016/masterclass-art-of-handlettering-with-sarah-maxey/wellington

Catherine Griffiths is a designer and typographer, who lives and works in Auckland and Paris. Her work is a mix of visual communication, book design, self-publishing, typography installations in public and private spaces, and writing on design. Her most publicly-recognised work is the Wellington Writers Walk, a series of large-scale concrete text sculptures.

http://citygallery.org.nz/events/typography-lecture-tino-grass-and-catherine-griffiths

Gina Kiel is an award winning illustrator based in Wellington, New Zealand. She creates feminine yet strong images that exude sensuality and explore ideas of life, death and pop culture using a bright psychedelic colour palette and a range of analog and digital mediums.

With a childhood full of music, nature, Disney movies and hours of drawing, Gina became an illustrator after working at a boutique animation company, drawing frame-by-frame at a lightbox, where she discovered her love for drawing body parts.

Represented in Australia and New Zealand by illustration agency The Drawing Book Studios and represented in the US by Deborah Wolfe at Illustration Online. Gina can be found exhibiting at group shows around the world, creating for clients at her home studio or working alongside Inject Design to create some of New Zealand’s most iconic design work.

https://www.behance.net/ginakiel

Shabnam Shiwan is partner and creative director at Osborne Shiwan, a design studio focussed on strategically led creative.

Shabnam is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated designers. As design director at Alt Group and Saatchi & Saatchi Design Worldwide, she has created many memorable projects such as the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery brand identity, Fisher & Paykel Social Kitchen and Auckland Theatre Company campaigns.

Shabnam has considerable experience, working with a diverse range of clients including ASB Bank, Spark, O2TODAY, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Blackgrace, Delverde, Child Labor Free, and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.

Her work has been recognised in New Zealand’s Best Awards and AGDA (Australia), for which she has also been a judge, as well as internationally, in the Red Dot Awards (Germany), Clio (USA), ADC (USA), TDC (USA), AIGA (USA) and One Show (USA). Her typographic design has been exhibited in Objectspace and published in both Graphis and I.D. magazines.

Osborne Shiwan’s current work includes design for some of New Zealand’s most iconic creative brands including Deadly Ponies, Atamira Dance Company, Knuefermann and Karen Walker

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shabnam-shiwan-b1038568/

KEYNOTE: Ariana Spanier often plays with the perception of depth, and creates typographic landscapes that maximise the beauty of infinite details, in combination with appropriate printing techniques, to provide viewers with a unique visual and tactile experience.

Founded in 2005, Ariane Spanier Design is a Berlin-based design studio focused on print design for architects, galleries and publishers. The founder, Ariane Spanier, is a graduate of the Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin School of Art and spent some time in New York, including working at the Stefan Sagmeister design studio, before returning home.

http://www.idnworld.com/creators/ArianeSpanier

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ballet photoshoot by @tatianamikhina ・・・ #jewelry by @yakischik_jewelry and #dress by @alanmuna . #MUA and #Hair by @annacherchen . #blackgrace #balletphotography #balletphotoshoot #ballerina #vogue #balletfashion #onpointe #grace #topthatpose #tatianamikhinaftfjewelry (at House on the Embankment)

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Add on shoulder to sleeve for Nick #blacktattoo #blackink #tattoos #tamoko #tattoo #moko #mokotane #mokomaori #mokosleeve #maoristyles #maoritattoo #maorimoko #maorisleeve #tattoos #tribalink #tribalinktattoos #blacktattoo #blackgrace (at Dunedin, New Zealand)

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Bay Area March Dance Checklist

[Theater] Betroffenheit  

By Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre

https://calperformances.org/performances/2016-17/theater/kidd-pivot-electric-company-theatre-betroffenheit.php

Sat, March 11, 8pmVenue: Zellerbach Hall Price: Tickets start at $30 

Two of Canada’s most renowned companies join forces in an emotionally visceral dance-theater experience that examines with unflinching honesty—through comedy and drama, poetry and movement—the shock that besets you in the wake of a disaster. While the work’s extended metaphors encompass weighty concepts like the inability of words to express suffering and the labyrinth of addiction, the overarching message is one of hope and the human capacity to endure. “Utterly compelling…one of the most visually memorable and emotionally powerful performances of the festival."—The Examiner, Dublin Please note: This performance contains strobe-like effects, nontoxic theatrical haze, and strong language. 

120 minutes, including intermission.

Contemporary Voices - Program 5.  SF BALLET 

https://www.sfballet.org/season/repertory/program-05

FUSION // SALOME // FEARFUL SYMMETRIES This program shows you where ballet is heading. East meets west in Yuri Possokhov’s expansive ballet Fusion. Next is Salome, the first major American commission for Arthur Pita—the self-styled “David Lynch of dance.” Program 5 closes with Liam Scarlett’s physical and deeply sensual Fearful Symmetries which debuted to standing ovations in 2016. Salome deals with mature themes and subject matter. Not recommended for children under 12. ­

3/9Thursday7:30 pm 3/11Saturday2:00 pm 3/11Saturday8:00 pm 3/14Tuesday7:30 pm 3/15Wednesday7:30 pm .  FREE Pointes of View Lecture at 6:05 pm

Must-See Balanchine

https://www.sfballet.org/season/repertory/program-04

Details can be found in the last post:

http://streamgao.tumblr.com/post/158103204266/must-see-balanchine%E6%97%A7%E9%87%91%E5%B1%B1%E8%8A%AD%E8%95%BE%E8%88%9E%E5%9B%A2%E4%B9%8B%E5%B7%B4%E5%85%B0%E9%92%A6%E5%BF%85%E7%9C%8B

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater @ Cal performances

http://calperformances.org/performances/2016-17/dance/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater.php

SHOWTIMES: Tuesday, March 14th @ 8pm [ZH] Wednesday, March 15th @ 8pm [ZH] Thursday, March 16th @ 8pm [ZH] Friday, March 17th @ 8pm [ZH] Saturday, March 18th @ 2pm [ZH] Saturday, March 18th @ 8pm [ZH] Sunday, March 19th @ 3pm [ZH] A pillar in the American arts landscape for more than a half century, the revered Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for its annual residency, with a bold mix of new and recent works as well as timeless Ailey classics, including his unforgettable and uplifting Revelations. "Restraint and release, spirituality and energy: they are all there in Ailey’s masterpiece, Revelations” (Financial Times). Program: Program A (3/14, 3/17, 3/19) BIGONZETTI Deep* (2016; music: Ibeyi) INGER Walking Mad** (2016, music: Ravel, Arvo Pärt) BATTLE Ella* (2008; music: Ella Fitzgerald) AILEY Revelations (1960; music: Traditional Spirituals) Program B (3/15, 3/18 eve) AILEY Night Creature (1974; music: Duke Ellington) AILEY Cry (1971; music: Alice Coltrane, Laura Nyro, The Voices of East Harlem) ABRAHAM Untitled America* (2016; music: Laura Mvula, Joe Andrews, Tom Halstead, Carsten Nicolai Edition, Kris Bowers) HARRIS Exodus (2015; music: Raphael Xavier) Program C (3/16, 3/18 mat) WILSON The Winter in Lisbon (1992, new production; music: Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Fishman) BOYKIN r-Evolution, Dream.* (2016; music: Ali Jackson) AILEY Revelations (1960; music: Traditional Spirituals) * Bay Area Premiere ** Ailey Bay Area Premiere

Black Grace

http://live.stanford.edu/calendar/march-2017/black-grace

Sun, March 19, 2017 at 2:30pm  

Stanford Live

327 Lasuen Street, Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, CA 94305

An inspiring weave of South Pacific traditions and modern dance, Black Grace, founded 20 years ago by Neil Ieremia- a then 19-year-old New Zealand bank clerk- moves with a dynamic athleticism and rhythmic intensity that brings worldwide audiences to their feet. With an international array of superb, risk-taking dancers from Maori, Samoan, and New Zealand cultures, the much-honored Black Grace is rich in storytelling expressed with raw finesse, unique beauty, and power.

PROGRAM

Minoi (1999)

Pati Pati (2009)

Crying Men – Excerpt (new work)

Mother Mother (premiered 2013)

2017 Dance Downtown Season

http://www.odc.dance/dancedowntown

Two Weeks Only: March 23 - April 2, 2017

Thu 3/23 at 7:30pm | Opening Night (Program A) Fri 3/24 at 8:00pm | Gala (Special Program) Sat 3/25 at 7:30pm Sun 3/26 at 5:00pm | Balcony Talk Thu 3/30 at 7:30pm | Opening Night (Program B) Fri 3/31 at 7:30pm | Balcony Talk & LGBTQ Night Sat 4/1 at 7:30pm Sun 4/2 at 5:00pm | Balcony Talk

“The dancing is always excellent: full-bodied and expansive, without being showy or brawny.”                                      ——– The New Yorker

San Francisco’s internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company ODC/Dance celebrates its 46th season with two world-premieres, live music, and the reprise of Brenda Way’s Walk Back the Cat and Kate Weare’s Giant.

PROGRAM 

WEEK 1

“Blink of an Eye” (World Premiere) by KT Nelson

“Giant” (2015) by Kate Weare

Gala Special Program: March 24 only

Blink of an Eye explores our ephemeral place in time, space, and history, through the use of historical costume accessories, hand held theatrical lights, and music from divergent historical periods. It was influenced by Ms. Nelson’s six-week pilgrimage to the Camino de Santiago, a route to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in northwestern Spain.

Blink of an Eye is made possible by contributions from the Amphion Foundation, Richard Grand Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bernard Osher Foundation, and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation

Giant plays with perceptions of the heroic body by fantasizing out loud about potency and valor. Playing with scale and feeling, Giant flips from idea to idea, toying with our assumptions of where — and how — power lies. Dubbed “the voice of the ‘it’s complicated’ generation,” by Dance Magazine, Weare charts her own humanism by tackling head-on the violence, sensuality, and yearning for intimacy that mark our age. Giant is made possible by White Bird’s ‘Barney’ Creative Prize and ODC’s Artistic Venture Fund.

Celebrate ‘Women on the Move’ with an evening of cocktails, dinner, spectacular performances by ODC/Dance, and an after-party at the St. Regis and YBCA. This unforgettable night will feature the performance of Kimi Okada’s Two if by Sea, as well as excerpts of KT Nelson’s Blink of an Eye, Kate Weare’s Giant, and Triangulating Euclid, Brenda Way and KT Nelson’s collaboration with Kate Weare. More info here.

WEEK 2

“Walk Back the Cat” (2016) by Brenda Way

“What we carry What we keep” (World Premiere) by Brenda Way

Way’s Walk Back the Cat excavates the circuitous journey of the choreographic process and arrives in a world inspired by Thomas Hart Benton’s muscular and vital murals of American City Life in the 1930s. With live music by Paul Dresher, Emily Packard, and Doug Morton. Walk Back the Cat is made possible by contributions from The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Bonus Event: 

Luminary: Art, Tech, Music

http://www.futurefires.com/

The Midway SF 900 Marin St San Francisco, CA

Future Fires & The Midway Present:

Luminary, a first-of-its-kind Bay Area event premieres on March 18, 2017 at The Midway, offering a unique and immersive live experience. Explore the visionary work of creators and musicians from around the world using emerging technologies: immersive audio, drones, VR, projection mapping, and more. Future Fires and The Midway are thrilled to announce this groundbreaking collaboration, the first in an ongoing series. Luminary presents the emerging domain of code-based art in a spacious environment, showcasing brilliant music and installation pieces from local and international creators. Featured musical artist is Shigeto, whose music “carries searing emotion and is cross-wired of a host of different musical influences.” (Pitchfork). Experience three dimensional spatial audio in an early preview of Envelop at the Midway’s 32 speaker sound system, featuring live music created by one it’s founders, Christopher Willits, and other special guests. Artists-in-residence Can Buyukberber and Yagmur Uyanik premiere a stunning, large-scale projection-mapped piece in the Midway Gallery. Experience performances and exhibitions representing a wide range of genres throughout the evening. More information and tickets: futurefires.com/luminary LUMINARY Featuring- Shigeto (Ghostly International) Can Büyükberber Christopher Willits in Envelop Yağmur Uyanık Joey Verbeke ecco screen Karen Marcelo Graham Plumb Marpi Mikey Disko Aerial Sports League Alex Andre NANO Special Exhibitions- Flying Robots International Film Festival Building, the Future with Britelite Immersive Nature / Unnature - VR with Dream Logic The Moshi Project - Hip-Hop & Code Live Music in ENVELOP at The Midway by- Christopher Willits in Envelop Mark Slee in Envelop The Ride in Envelop Snuise in Envelop Manitous in Envelop ENVELOP at The Midway: Envelop will have an early preview at Luminary on March 18th. Envelop at The Midway is an immersive sound environment, consisting of an 8-column, 28.4 channel audio and lighting system running an open source software toolkit. As You Like It in the Gods & Monsters Room (10pm-2am)- Fort Romeau (Ghostly International) Patrice Scott (Sistrum Recordings) Tyrel Williams (Housepitality/ Secret Studio)

Event schedule

Most Luminary exhibits will be continuous throughout the evening.

5:30     VR - Tilt Brush by Google, Artist Demo  (Producers Pass)

6:00     Envelop - (Producers Pass)

7:00     Flying Robot International Film Festival

7:00     Nature / Unnature  - VR with Dream Logic

8:30     Moshi Project

8:40     NANO

8:55     Marpi (Interactive)  

​9:30     Shigeto - Headline Musical Artist

10:00   As You Like It - DJ sets

10:45   NANO / Marpi / Moshi  

[aucklandlive]

Guys! Black Grace are doing a free preview of their amaze show - Xmas Verses - in Aotea Square on 23 October at 12.30. Be there or be square.