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Moodfood

Central Focus: To move energy along vertical and horizontal lines, with the intention of establishing grounding, power, balance, and ease. Learn how to direct energy up and down the spine using a vertical line as a visual. Once this flow is established, any movement can be expressed from center, out into horizontal lines.

Movement Form Energies: Duncan dance, Modern dance, Aikido

Music: Moodfood by Moodswings
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Rainsong
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Spritual High (I)
Spiritual High (II)
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Moodfood Lyrics

Rainsong

Caught in a rainstorm
wondering what I must do
I'm standing alone
so many miles from you
I was thinking about our life together
knowing it must be now or never
to get back to you
now I've just got to get out of this rain
I can feel it washing my life away
and I know that I need to
get out of this rain
and listen to my heart again

I ran away
thinking it could be done
what I didn't realise
two hearts are better than one
I was thinking about all the times we were losing
living together can be so confusing
but we always won
now I just got to
get out of this rain

I can feel it sweeping my life away
and I know that I need to get out of this rain
and listen to my heart again.

Spiritual High (II)


 

José Limón, Modern Dance Artist


Source: YouTube File Info: Flash video
This short video, in Spanish, is about modern dance artist, José Limón. It covers his early life in Mexico and subsequent emmigration to the US during the Mexican Revolution. We learn that he was 22 when he began to study with modern dance legend Doris Humphrey. He went on to form the Limón Dance Company.
Additional videos (in English) displaying José Limón's work are available here and here. Embedding for those titles was witheld.

 

The Art of Making Dances

cover of The Art of Making Dancesauthor: Doris Humphrey
asin: 0871271583
binding: Paperback
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amazon price: $14.93 USD


 

Mary Wigman's Witch Dance


Source: YouTube File Info: Flash video
Mary Wigman developed a system of movement based upon tension and relaxation. In many ways, it has been said that her style is similar to Martha Graham's. However, the two artists developed independently on different continents.
More about Mary Wigman.

 

Twyla Tharp


Source: YouTube File Info: Flash video
Twyla Tharp is a contemporary modern dance choreographer. She studied with legendary modern dance figures, such as Martha Graham and Paul Taylor, before launching out to form her own Twyla Tharp Dance company. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including Emmy and Tony Awards. More about Twyla Tharp can be found here.
Subtitles are in German. The audio is English.

 
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