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This is perhaps unique film of Erik Bruhn and Rudolph Nureyev working in class together. It's probably from the early to mid 1960s.
Bruhn is the tal...
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This is perhaps unique film of Erik Bruhn and Rudolph Nureyev working in class together. It's probably from the early to mid 1960s.
Bruhn is the talking head, explaining the professional relationship between the two dancers.
He talks about his own pre-eminence in the world of dance before Nureyev's defection to the West. And that there had been little to inspire him prior to the Russian's arrival.
Of rivalry, says he wouldn't have wanted Nureyev around, were they the same age - there was a ten year difference.
Discusing their working methods in class, Bruhn says they never corrected each other. And goes on to say how Rudi would indicate something was not Russian, as criticism, and that he would explain it was Danish not Russian but it was not wrong.
These dancers have an obvious delicious rapport - and it's a joy to watch them repeating each others movements and watching themselves in the mirror, and generally having fun.
And I loved hearing Bruhn's voice for the first time - he seems someone who has strived to gain a certain calm reflection on himself and his profession.
Pity the camera man/woman guillotined the dancers so much!
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Sinead O'Connor's brand new single 'The Wolf Is Getting Married' precedes her ninth studio album 'How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?'
Single relea...
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Sinead O'Connor's brand new single 'The Wolf Is Getting Married' precedes her ninth studio album 'How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?'
Single release date: February 27th, 2012
Album release date: March 5th, 2012
Concept and production: BretonLABS
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Raks al Khalil performs at Desert Dance Festival 2011, Santa Clara, CA.
"Egyptian Boogie" choreography to "Saher Al Sharq Etneen"...
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Raks al Khalil performs at Desert Dance Festival 2011, Santa Clara, CA.
"Egyptian Boogie" choreography to "Saher Al Sharq Etneen" by Al-Ahram Orchestra on Layali Al Sharq album.
"Cane Dance" to "Bell Arabi" by Saad on Belly Dance Superstars IV.
"Happy Day Drum Solo" to "Drum Solo" by the Mogador Band on Bellydancing for Fortune and Fame.
www.DesertDanceFestival
www.Khajulah.com
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I originally created Raqs Europa in 2008. There's a version of this dance on the 2009 World Dance New York Fantasy Bellydance performance DVD; the...
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I originally created Raqs Europa in 2008. There's a version of this dance on the 2009 World Dance New York Fantasy Bellydance performance DVD; the performance in this clip was filmed on Oct 1, 2011, at the Venus Uprising "Bad Girls and Guilty Pleasures" showcase.
Raqs Europa is a belly dance fantasy inspired by the glamor of nightclub floorshows from the early twentieth century. The name of the piece is an allusion to the Arabic name for Oriental dance: "raqs sharqi," the dance ("raqs") of al-Sharq ("the East").
The music for this project was a custom commission; it was composed and produced by Jeremy Bloom, based on my requests for structuring and instrumentation. MP3 download available at: beyondthebalkans.bandcamp.com
Amazing costume construction by Erica Young, who engineered and fabricated a lovely garment from my barely legible stick-figure sketch: ericayoung.com
Thanks to videographer Renée Renata Bergan: renegadepix.net
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Bryon Waibel runs what he believes is the world's only urban beekeeping store. It's called Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper and Waibel, who uses the...
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Bryon Waibel runs what he believes is the world's only urban beekeeping store. It's called Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper and Waibel, who uses the handle 006, does seem to believe that he/ the store/ urban beekeepers are serving a cause.
"It would not surprise me at all if the future of the honeybee itself is in urban beekeeping," he says, "It would not surprise me at all."
For those not familiar with the problem with bees, the threat is Colony Collapse Disorder: a phenomenon wherehoneybees worldwide are disappearing. No one knows the cause though some point to a combination of pests and environmental pathogens like pesticides and GM crops.
The secret of urban bees
Waibel thinks the solution could be urban bee hives and he's not alone. French beekeeper's association Unaf found that urban bees are up to four times as productive as their rural cousins because they have a wider variety of plant life for pollination and aren't exposed to pesticides like their country counterparts.
It seems the plight of the bees has politicized urban homesteaders to do their part. "Urban beekeeping I would say it's increased at least 3 or 4 fold over the last 3 years." And he says this jump in beekeeping enthusiasm merged neatly with press coverage of Colony Collapse Disorder and increased public perception in the importance of honeybees.
Langstroth hives and mead-making goods
To arm all these newly recruited urban warriors, Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper sells beekeeping supplies like protective suits, combs and hives, mostly Langstroth equipment ("The standard equipment in the United States... named after the Reverend Lorenzo Langstroth who used the discovery of beespace to invent this moveable frame hive.")
In this video, Waibel gives us a tour of the store's supplies (which include hyperlocal honey, beeswax soap and cosmetics and mead- (honey wine) making equipment. He also talks about how, to his surprise, his personal urban bee hives are doing better than those of his father in Michigan farm country.
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...I hope for you good life and times ... HAYATMAMI