Quixotic Fusion: Dancing with light

http://www.ted.com Quixotic Fusion is an ensemble of artists that brings together aerial acrobatics, dance, theater, film, music and visual fx. Watch as they perform three transporting dance pieces at TED2012.

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[DeviantincTV]

Really great and beautiful. It's a shame that TED did exactly the same as all producers do when recording dance - they do edgy shots from off-side and close-ups - the dance is not meant to be viewed that way! You miss half the performance or (as in this case) suddenly parts don't align as they should! When will directors realise the best way to show off dance is a single wide shot of the stage from the front?! The dance should be the focus, not the director's boner for smart-arse camera shots...

[akulshi]

TED: Technology Entertainment and Design: TED celebrates original works of art in all three categories Quixotic is a very original and def fits this paradigm. I think they have just as much right to show their work as professors and researchers have.

[Kevin Sosa]

I just came here because the words quixotic fusion sound so cool together

[Sofi Dural]

Very well said!!

[CHUBBScharlie]

Does anyone know what music this is ??

[Ian Marsh]

Right now it enlarges to a big size that fits inside the internet window, as opposed to filling the whole screen, but before it wouldn't enlarge at all if I remember correctly..

[Rémi Roch Lefort]

Lorsque la dance est synonyme de souplesse et légèreté "Elle danse avec la lumière".

[bigBadSweed]

HA! Thank you.

[chamix14]

Hadou ken

[k0b0yash1]

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A SCIENTIFIC BONER!

[Ian McKinney]

These guys are amazing--I get to see them live in a few weeks! They're doing a show in the southern US for the first time at Art Outside 2012!

[PlusOtherThings]

Aquarium from the album AXIS