Friday, April 29, 2022

KUNSTKAMER: “Dancers are the athletes of God.”

  Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.


“There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.” — Vicki Baum


“Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!”  — Constanze Mozart


 “Dancers are the athletes of God.” —Albert Einstein


“The body says what words cannot.” —Martha Graham


 “Dancing is the poetry of the foot.”  — John Dryden


Watching Dancing 💃 as if no one was looking with M and R after dinner at Portside where Totaro vino is served with gusto


Twyla Tharp“Dancing is like bank robbery. It takes split-second timing.”


Long lines of dancers jitter like marionettes and the principal artists shine in this bold Dutch work that thrums with a dark energy


Cabinets of curiosities were all the rage in the 18th century; before modern museums existed, private collections of natural phenomena were the true markers of status. One of the largest belonged to Albertus Seba, a Dutch pharmacist and zoologist. He eventually published a four-volume book, Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, a stunning, exhaustively detailed document of exotica that became a touchstone of taxonomy and symbol of the Enlightenment.

Kunstkamer review – this fiendishly complicated ballet is astonishing


Artistic Director of THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET David Hallberg Will Feature in KUNTSKAMER

The Australian Ballet has announced that Artistic Director David Hallbergwill join the Company on stage in a series of special guest appearances for their production of Kunstkamer. A landmark production for The Australian Ballet, Kunstkamer is one of the most ambitious contemporary dance productions ever undertaken by the Company.


 Like a modern museum curated with wit and incisive intelligence, Kunstkamer is an "unmissable spectacle" created by Europe's most celebrated contemporary dance company. The production of Kunstkamer is set to run in Sydney from 29 April - 14 May and in Melbourne from 3 - 11 June.

"Kunstkamer is a feast for the modern eye. The work is atmospheric, with spoken word on stage, music by Handel and Purcell, Janis Joplin and Beethoven, and brilliantly touching solos as well as large, powerful group sections." David Hallberg. If you haven't already got tickets for this landmark production, here's another reason not to miss it. David Hallberg is scheduled to appear as a guest artist in the following performances.

KUNSTKAMER


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According to Rob Stokes,the government must be bold and commit to a fully-fledged revamp of Circular Quay and Opera House precinct in the June budget.
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LAST YEAR’S CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE THIS YEAR’S HEADLINES:  Washington Post: A Chinese lab identified COVID in December 2019 but the government kept it quiet. “Wuhan was finally locked down on Jan. 23. So nearly a full month had passed between the time researchers first alerted people a SARS-like virus had been identified and any real attempt to manage it or warn people about it. And as we all know, by that point it was too late. The virus had already spread to other parts of the world, including the US. You can’t help but wonder how things might have turned out if China had acted swiftly instead of secretly early on.”


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