This looks amazingly awkward. Ballet a western classic dance developed specifically without percussion danced to Indian classical music which relies quite heavily on percussion. Ballet just isn't suited for fast spontaneous movements.
After spending the first minute of this piece only able to ogle at the dancers' physiques, I shook myself out of the daze and focused on the movement which had helped to develop the languid but taut muscles on the Lines dancers. It is exciting to see the collaboration of Zakir Hussein and the company- frenetic movements pair easily with the tabla, but painfully pulled out adagios contrast with the accompaniment with equal compatability.
blackcat11896... its simple...dont watch the video... it doesnt need to be deleted for ignorant ppl like u, ppl who actually think outside of the box enjoy it
ballet is slowly evolving to encompass a much wider range of motion than it did before. while it's true that ballet has very strong classic roots, part of the intention of LINES, at least from what i've seen and understood, involves reaching out to include other movements and cultures into what has been a primarily western media.
GO TAKE A DANCE AND BALLET HISTORY COURSE. There are many definitions of the word "ballet" and it doesn't have to necessarily mean classical. You should delete your ignorant response to this very creative excerpt.
Absolutely amazing. I used to go see Lines Ballet for every new performance they had. Then I ended up getting distracted and not going... maybe didn't have enough money. I need to make time to see them again. Thanks for sharing this.
This looks amazingly awkward. Ballet a western classic dance developed specifically without percussion danced to Indian classical music which relies quite heavily on percussion. Ballet just isn't suited for fast spontaneous movements.
maniacram 6 months ago
After spending the first minute of this piece only able to ogle at the dancers' physiques, I shook myself out of the daze and focused on the movement which had helped to develop the languid but taut muscles on the Lines dancers. It is exciting to see the collaboration of Zakir Hussein and the company- frenetic movements pair easily with the tabla, but painfully pulled out adagios contrast with the accompaniment with equal compatability.
sofiastrempek 1 year ago
This is beautiful and how much emotion is involved here.
natura1971 2 years ago
blackcat11896... its simple...dont watch the video... it doesnt need to be deleted for ignorant ppl like u, ppl who actually think outside of the box enjoy it
kcolly1 2 years ago
very beautiful
artdibujar1 2 years ago
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what the hell? that's not ballet! that's horrible! how can thy call that ballet? I wish youtube will delete it
BlackCat11896 2 years ago
ballet is slowly evolving to encompass a much wider range of motion than it did before. while it's true that ballet has very strong classic roots, part of the intention of LINES, at least from what i've seen and understood, involves reaching out to include other movements and cultures into what has been a primarily western media.
missaudreyh 2 years ago
GO TAKE A DANCE AND BALLET HISTORY COURSE. There are many definitions of the word "ballet" and it doesn't have to necessarily mean classical. You should delete your ignorant response to this very creative excerpt.
icarrus4u 2 years ago
its called CONTEMPORARY ballet stupid. learn some dance history.
i wish youtube would delete ignorant losers like you.
xoangie03 2 years ago
BRAVO!!!
bonbon5050 2 years ago
awesome!!! Why cant they do more of this in India!!!
ramdsil 3 years ago
i just saw them do this tonight in honolulu and it was AMAZINGGGGG!!!!
a7xfriends 3 years ago
LINESBallet for your info North Indian Hindustani music the complex taalam system from South Indian Carnatic music which is thousands of years old.
That vocal 'konnakol' at the beginning is essentially derived from Carnatic music
sonofthedestroyer 3 years ago
Absolutely amazing. I used to go see Lines Ballet for every new performance they had. Then I ended up getting distracted and not going... maybe didn't have enough money. I need to make time to see them again. Thanks for sharing this.
hairdizaster 3 years ago
wow, amazing
adidasguy86 3 years ago
Deeply Beautiful
kilantra 3 years ago
OOH that is beautiful
rat0attack 3 years ago
WOWOOWOWOWOWOWOW
brn2dance 3 years ago