Last month, I posted a video of Martha Graham’s Lamentation (See Between Red & Blue). Today, Google is commemorating her birthday with a fantastic Google doodle and animation by Ryan Woodward. Check it out and enjoy!
Martha Graham’s choreography embodied by a Google doodle
By Ben Quinn at The Guardian
Martha Graham, the American dancer and choreographer whose name became [...]
Lamentation
Choreography and Costume by Martha Graham
Music: Neun Klavierstücke, op. 3. no. 2 by Zoltán Kodály
Premiere: January 8, 1930 at Maxine Elliott’s Theatre, New York City
Body Geometry, 2011
Momentary performances
Blue and hot pink fabric, orange clothing
Flesh, mind, breath: 1 body, 1 color, 1 continuous line.
Flesh, mind, breath: 3 knots, 3 colors, 3 points.
Findings of the week:
“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.”
-Oscar Wilde
“Yoga is about the union and integration of breath, movement and body, both on and off the mat. Our practice on the mat should hopefully guide us towards actions in the outside world: if we observe our actions [...]
I’ve been fascinated by triangle pose (Trikonasana) since I began practicing yoga. This is a pose that I try to do everyday, even if it is for a couple of minutes at lunch time. It really makes me feel good. What I find magical about the pose is how our bodies become geometry, basic shapes [...]
Finding of the week:
Where does your body end and nature begin?
Where does your breath end and air begin?
Where is the line between the water in your body and the water in the ocean, in the river?
Who drew that line?
-Swami Veda Bharati