Tag Archives: rhythm

Hermeto Pascoal | Depois do baile (Hermeto Pascoal) | Instrumental Sesc Brasil

Ao completar 80 anos em 2016, o alagoano salta e dança no palco como se fosse um menino. Multi-instrumentista, o mestre toca teclado, piano, flauta-baixo, escaleta, sanfona 8 baixos, porcos, chaleira, berrante e uma infinidade de instrumentos ao lado de … Continue reading

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CHRONOS

PREMIERING ON DIRECTOR’S NOTES: directorsnotes.com/2020/06/08/andre-chocron-chronos/ The future catches up with the past when two young physicists have a scientific breakthrough one night in a pub, trapping all the patrons of the pub in what seems to be a fatal time … Continue reading

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James Ensor: A man of many masks | Blog | Royal Academy of Arts

The Belgian artist James Ensor painted life through the lens of the carnival, creating unsettling and often satirical works. Michael Prodger searches for the man behind these intriguing images.   From the Autumn 2016 issue of RA Magazine, issued quarterly … Continue reading

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Altered States of Consciousness in Native American Healing, Shamanism | Pandorastar

Shamanic & Native American healers have utilized methods to produce altered states of consciousness in themselves and their patients for thousands of years. These methods include sonic driving, photic driving, and other means of changing consciousness. Recent research on non-drug methods … Continue reading

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Manchester Day Parade – Amateur video

A snippet of MSS’s performance at Manchester Day 2019 (sadly postponed this year due to the lockdown). This is a Congada devised for the occasion, using costumes and the flower and hummingbird float combination we have.  We will return to … Continue reading

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Behind the Doodle: Celebrating Mbira

Today’s interactive Doodle celebrates Zimbabwe’s national instrument, the mbira, as Zimbabwe’s Culture Week begins. Try your own hand at this instrument that has been played for over 1,000 years, while experiencing a story of a Zimbabwean girl who learns to … Continue reading

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The Art of Making Fake Faces

Take these stories at (fake) face value. In this reel, we learn how artists restore the faces of the deceased, craft mind-blowingly realistic masks of faces belonging to the likes of Walter White and Mike Tyson, breathe life into the … Continue reading

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Wander with Joseph Marcell | Shakespeare’s Globe

Take a walk through our beautiful theatres in this specially commissioned film for Mental Health Awareness Week. Joseph Marcell performs Brutus’ speech from Act II, scene 1 of Julius Caesar as part of Ribena and the Mental Health Foundation’s new … Continue reading

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This ‘Caviar’ Comes From Ant Eggs

Escamoles are the caviar of the Mexican desert. Unlike traditional caviar, which come from fish eggs, escamoles are ant eggs. Farmer José Islas Barrera invites us along as he digs up escamoles in Tlaxcala, Mexico. It’s tough work. Ants build … Continue reading

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George the Poet – Coronavirus: The Power of Collaboration

 

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