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Bumba Boi da Maioba 2014_Sotaque de Matraca_Praia Grande S. Luis MA,25/06/2014. 1/2
Bumba Boi da maioba, tradicional Bumba Boi com sotaque da ilha, ou de Matracas, em sua apresentação no Largo da casa do Maranhão na Praia Grande em São Luis do Maranhão em 25/06/2014
Posted in Brazil
Tagged Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, Carnaval, creatives, Culture, dance, drum, South America
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Zadie Smith on What Writers Can Learn from Some of History’s Greatest Dancers-Brainpickings
“Oh, how wonderful! How like thought! How like the mind it is!” Helen Keller exclaimed when she experienced dance for the first time in legendary choreographer Martha Graham’s studio. Graham herself saw a parallel between her particular art and all creative endeavors of … Continue reading
Spike Jonze Directs Mind-Melting New Dance Video for Apple
There is perhaps no other director who can blur the lines between art and advertising like director Spike Jonze. From his 2016 hit dance video for KENZO perfumes all the back to his early ads for Levi’s, the Oscar-winning director has an extraordinary ability … Continue reading
The brain-changing benefits of exercise
What’s the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki.
Ile Aiye. Salvador, Brazil. 2017. 3.
Posted in Batucada
Tagged Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, Carnaval, Carnival, creatives, Culture, dance, drum, Salvador de Bahia
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An Experimental Short Film Captures the Dramatic Dance of the Seasons
French film director Thomas Blanchard (previously) is known for his video work with oils and inks. In his most recent video, DANCE DANCE, Blanchard uses flowers as the contextual framework for his signature coils and swirls of color. Flowers have long been … Continue reading
Hawaii’s Rain Dancers Summon Storms
On the island of Hawaii, the rain dancers of Waimea perform their art for the only audience that matters: their ancestors. When they call for rain and snow, they dance not to entertain, but to feed and nourish their land. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged Choreography, Culture, dance, drum, history, Life, nature, rhythm
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Carnaval 2018, Rio De Janeiro — Never Ending Gap Year
https://videopress.com/embed/giLFIFQl?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=0&loop=0 In seven years of travel blogging no story has been as difficult to write as this experience of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnaval. A week after the event I’m still processing and debating with myself what I should and shouldn’t … Continue reading
O vexame da Globo no desfile da Tuiuti
Os melhores (dependendo do ponto de vista, piores) momentos do vexame da Globo no desfile da Paraíso do Tuiuti, que denunciou o golpe, mas os apresentadores esconderam.
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Tagged Art, Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, Carnival, creatives, Culture, dance, drum, Politics, rhythm, Rio de Janeiro
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