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Think Flink

Sophie — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:53:23 +0000

I talked with faculty member Carl Flink in Commons about his background, company, and, of course, food! Take a look at some of my short notes from our conversation. Tell us a little about your background outside of dance. What made you return to dance and how does it influence Black Label Movement? -First of [...]

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Beating the Heat.

Sophie — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:10:50 +0000

This Saturday I was an usher at the UN/Stable Landscape performance. The work is collaboration between JoAnna Mendl Shaw’s company, The Equus Projects, and Carl Flink’s company, Black Label Movement. It also featured some of the BDF students! Woo! The blazing day seemed to not bother the dancers or the horses, as all the performers [...]

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Preach It.

Sophie — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:40:17 +0000

One of my roommates was away this weekend, so I was lucky enough to steal her ticket and see both performances of “Prophets of Funk,” from David Dorfman Dance. This was the third time I saw a version of the piece, the first being in January 2011 at APAP in New York. Here are some [...]

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Switch It.

Sophie — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:05:23 +0000

This past Friday marked a regular favorite at the festival, “Class Switch Day”. For one day only, students could switch their daily schedules to practice with faculty that they may not normally see during the festival. Hip hop dancers to ballet, Pilates abandonment for extra modern, and many flocked to yoga for some much needed [...]

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Musician Spotlight: Mike Vargas

Brianna — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:47:40 +0000

Mike Vargas is a virtuosic listener. His compositions, performances, collaborations, and improvisations are informed by his surroundings. On the stage, he draws from his bank of musical memory. For dance, he listens to moving bodies and energetic shifts. Although Mike initially trained as a classical pianist, he is largely self-taught via a sensitive ear. Working [...]

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Possibility

Brianna — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:05:51 +0000

Possibility is everywhere. It drips from every day, every hour, and every micro-moment. In 1972, an Oberlin student named Nancy saw possibility in Steve Paxton’s work Magnesium. She too wanted to explore the dynamics between the subtlety of movement and the velocity of movement. This curiosity led her into her life’s work as a contact [...]

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All about the music

Sophie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:07:17 +0000

It’s already Week 2! While every week has phenomenal music, this one may be the best simply due to the extracurriculars we’ve got goin’ on. Here’s what’s happening….. If you missed the wonderful works in progress showing last night, be sure not to miss the David Dorfman Lecture Demonstration tonight! It’s 7:30pm in the Schaeffer [...]

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Mangia!

Sophie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:38:01 +0000

I mentioned to one of my roommates that I feel like all we do here is eat. EAT…dance..dance….EAT….dance..dance…EAT. Not that it’s a bad thing. But, it has many of us thinking (maybe more than usual) about digestion. We all want to get to breakfast early enough to have enough time for the coffee to mentally [...]

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Zoe|Juniper: Before and After

Sophie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:20:08 +0000

Here are some notes I took after the Zoe|Juniper lecture demonstration and then after the performance. I thought it would be interesting to post them here side by side: Last Monday evening I attended the Zoe|Juniper Lecture Demonstration (Lec Dem) in the Schaeffer Theatre. The discussion was a mellow way to end the first day [...]

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Hello!

Sophie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:05:39 +0000

Hello, Bates! My name is Sophie and I am one of the bloggers for the 2011 summer festival. I’m very thrilled to be here and to be writing to you all. Not only am I a first time Bates student, I get to flex my writing muscle a bit and address my two career paths: [...]

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