Misnomer Dance Theater, Connecting People
February 26, 2010 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
Connecting People, Misnomer Dance Theater
Christopher Elam jumps. A 50-foot wall shoots out from his feet. Misnomer Dance Theater’s Director has the ground spinning beneath him. Structural forms emerge from his every movement, building a city through physical inspiration.
In the motion capture technology world, the rules bend. “In some ways it’s similar to what one might envision in their body while dancing. But the beautiful irony for a dancer is that you’re very much rooted in the reality of space: the length of muscles, how far you can jump. Only in our minds [can] we extend those concepts,” explains Christopher Elam, ...
Yumiko, A Ballerina With Style
February 1, 2010 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
In the piece, choreographed by Dresden SemperOper Ballet’s resident choreographer, David Dawson, principal dancers Yumiko Takeshima and Raphael Coumes-Marquet made a memorable impression, not just because of flawless pirouettes, arabesques, and grand jeté’s, but because of Yumiko’s design of sleek fitting costumes that made every muscle stand out.
The Japanese native began her design career with the determination to construct an outfit a dancer wouldn’t have to pull, tug, or adjust during a rehearsal or performance. She traded a toaster for a sewing machine and started sketching different designs of leotards in her spare time, experimenting with a variety of stretchy ...
Meet RE: Movmnt’s Refillable Trendy Aluminium Bottle
January 17, 2010 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
RE: Movmnt’s Refillable Trendy Aluminium Bottle
REfresh, REfill, REcycle
We urge you to join the REvolution, a movmnt for the REgeneration
Movmnt Magazine is launching a new campaign in partnership with dance studios, conventions, competitions, and festivals to help bring awareness to our daily habits that pollute the Earth. Habits that can easily be changed by each and every one of us. As members of the artistic community, we have the duty to lead by example and stop using plastic bottles like kleenexes. We can refresh ourselves and recycle with one simple gesture: refill our own bottle.
Movmnt introduces re:, an aluminium bottle that will not ...
In Confidence: Teddy Forance
December 23, 2009 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
Here with Janet Jackson, Meet a rare and brillant dancer: Teddy Forance
We first encountered Teddy Forance when Mia Michaels selected him to act as her muse for Movmnt’s “In Bed with Mia” Feature, photographed by Koury Angelo. Ever since, Teddy has spread his wings and continues to perform with outstanding artists like Janet Jackson as one of her lead dancers on tour, and has been a successful dancer working for various productions like Shrek Goes 4th. His roster is ever expanding. Movmnt had the opportunity to snag a conversation with this talented young dancer and ...
The Reality of Broadway, column by Frank Conway*
December 8, 2009 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
I have to admit that I am not a fan of American Idol. In fact, I call it American Yodel. No one ever sings just one note. They warble and wail and riff all around it. I thought it was a fad that would fade away, but I was wrong. The country is fixated on American Idol, and Broadway has taken notice.
When Frenchie Davis was kicked off of Idol for appearing on an adult website she got an offer to join the cast of Rent, then in its 7th year. People knew her name and came to see her, as if ...
Album Review: ‘Snowflake Midnight’ by Mercury Rev
October 24, 2009 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
Almost twenty years into their turbulent career, Mercury Rev has outdone itself even by its own standards with the bands latest offering, Snowflake Midnight. Beamed down from space and into your speakers, Snowflake Midnight’s nine songs all possess an otherworldly sense of transience made all the more numinous by singer/guitarist Jonathan Donahue’s trebly, ethereal vocals. Tracks like the paradoxical “Snowflake in a Hot World” ruminate on transformations within nature, and the delicate state of elements in crystallized stasis.
While the epic “People Are So Unpredictable (There’s No Bliss Like Home)” observes that even in our most uncertain moments, there is always ...
The Calling – Column by Mia Michaels
October 18, 2009 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
The calling in one’s life to be a creator is a huge responsibility to the world. There is no backing down once this realization of artistic destiny takes place. It is the commitment of one’s life, the artistic version of the monk. We are being used by God to affect and change the universe, shift the planet, and hopefully leave it forever altered. Once our calling takes place, it is our duty to respect, nurture, and dig into it so deeply that there is no other way of living. It becomes our life and our every breath. Everything we experience ...
The Times of Gus Van Sant
September 1, 2009 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
One of the best scenes in all of movies, in my humble opinion, is a simple one: the actress Heather Graham, in an act of equal parts exhaustion and defiance, picks up a worn leather cowboy hat and tosses it casually on a bed. It’s from the movie Drugstore Cowboy, directed by Gus Van Sant, and it’s a moment full of suspense over something so little.
What does the hat on the bed mean? It’s the king of all superstitions to a group of resourceful Portland, Oregon junkies who rob drugstores across the Pacific Northwest to feed their habit. Matt Dillon ...
Rogue Wave
August 19, 2009 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
Rogue Wave is the incarnation of singer and guitarist Zach Schwartz (a.k.a. Zack Rogue), a former member of the Bay Area band, the Desoto Reds. When Rogue lost his job as a dot-comer, he headed for New York to team up with producer Bill Racine and lay down the tracks for Rogue Wave’s debut album. Out of the Shadows was privately released in 2003. A newly formed Oakland California quartet, including Pat Spurgeon (drums, samples, guitar, vocals), Gram Lebron (keyboards, guitar, drums, vocals) and Sony Westcott (bass, vocals)- later replaced by bassist Evan Farrell- embarked on a nationwide promotional tour. ...
Music Review | The Bird and the Bee
July 16, 2009 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
The Bird and The Bee
The Bird and the Bee’s pop-oriented lounge music on Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future could soundtrack any given day in the life, from a lazy summer afternoon, to a casual night club, to a bumpin’ dance floor. Singer Inara George’s slinky, shadowy pipes burst with an immediate singing prowess while still retaining a soft innocence. The duo’s other half, Greg Kurstin—who has worked with names ranging from Lily Allen to Britney Spears—fills out the band’s sound with beats that are spacey yet smooth. Random computer noises team with peppy accompaniment from horns, harps, even ...
