I attended a tribute he did for Duke Ellington a few months ago at the City Center in NYC. The drummer was extraordinary, playing those high hats just like we all love them, all the time I kept leaning over to my girlfriend telling her i wish i had brought a mic to sample them ;)
He also performed Gabrielle that night, it's one of his most celebrated pieces. Crowd gave it a standing ovation. The dancers were great (and so damn skinny!, starving, yes i think so). OT - if you enjoy modern ballet, my favorite has to be Pina Bausch from Germany. Experimental electronic music and the funkiest stage sets. -Pete -----Original Message----- From: laura gavoor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 3:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [313] Detroit + Dance Dunno bout ballet, but the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, world renowned black modern dance company based out of New York and relatively UNKNOWN to most culturally ignorant Americans--which means MOST Americans--have been performing a simply badass piece of modern jazz to Roy Davis Jr's 'Gabrielle', another cut by Paul Johnson and wrapping up with a track by Fela Kuti. It was awe-inspiring, very strenuously danced and executed moving art to an amazing medley of housey jazz. Critically acclaimed as well. Still amazes me how dense most Americans are when it comes to the arts. Sorry to soap box, but few dancers live very OKAY lives for lack of support in this country. Most still live the life of the starving artist with a couple of other jobs to survive, even while maintianing a position in one of the world's most prestigious dance companies. After all...what is dance music without the dancer. starving artist........ >From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: 313 Detroit <[email protected]> >Subject: [313] Detroit + Dance >Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 09:37:24 +1000 > >Hey Cyclone's obscure question for the day.... > >Does anyone know of any ballet (or dance) productions that may have been >based on techno (or electronic music, per se). I know Laurent Garnier did >something in Paris, I can't remember its name. I am interested in compiling >a list. Apparently the Australian Ballet performed X, a ballet based on >tribal drum patterns a while ago. > >I figure it would be an interesting concept. I can imagine May's music >being >used, Mills' more introspective material, some of Hawtin's more downtempo >material, Carl's... It would be interesting to use the faster stuff too as >it would force the dancers to move differently. Plus as much as we hate on >ravers some of those kids can dance really well! I wonder how it would work >to use some of those movements in a contemporary dance/ballet production. >It >would use introduce the music to new listeners, too. It must have been done >somewhere!! > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
