Friday, February 22, 2008

Black History- Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln was our greatest president in my opinion. He turned the tide of the most vile injustice of slavery and started the long journey to equality for African-Americans.

David Morneau says: "what i chose to do was examine the
reinterpretation of black culture in america. all american popular music is ultimately rooted in african-american forms, particularly the blues.
this piece takes a piano composition i wrote a while ago in a blues
style, and remixes it to something less vernacular. it's my way of
honoring the countless black musicians and artists whose creative spirit still resounds in our culture today."

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Pre-Futurist Dance Manifesto

The world of the past is no more and the world of the future will never arrive. There is only now and how you decide to respond in the now.

Postmodernism has past.

We believe in the intelligence of the body, the intelligence of the mind and that the two are impossible to separate.

Dance is the result of the physicalized mind and the verbose body and we reject putting the cart of scholarship and language before the horse of dance.

Performance happens now, it does not have to secure funding, book a theater or advertise in newspapers. It does not need rehearsal space. It does not need a concept. It does not need to last for more than a second. It does not need to be ephemeral. It does not need flowy pants, tight tops or bare feet. It does not need previews, reviews or even to be seen at all.

We reject the term modern dance, we make art through movement. We dance, we make videos, we make paintings, we make video games, we write, we sculpt, we draw, we act, we sound and we move. We make art. We are artists.

We can change the world.