All World Dance: News for Lovers of Dance

Nathan Barnatt Rocks! in Yelle's Comme Un Enfant (Freaks Remix) & Madeon's Pop Culture

Nathan Barnatt in Yelle's Comme Un Enfant (Freaks Remix)
[Source: Nathan Barnatt]

Why have I not heard of Nathan Barnatt till now? This guy is great!

Look, this isn't going to become the All The World's Nutty Dancers blog but I am so busy sorting out my other business that I haven't been able to do my readers justice. That won't always be the case but, till then, posting stuff that's just too cool not to post will be the game.

Nathan Barnatt & Jenny Fine in Madeon's Pop Culture
[Source: Nathan Barnatt]

I do like him best when he's wilding out. The repetitive side-to-side stuff will wear thin after awhile. Still, Barnatt's a lot of fun.

Mashable has a bit more background.

Official Sites: YouTube ~ Facebook ~ Twitter

Girl Walk // All Day: 71 Minute Dance/Music Video to Girl Talk's All Day

Girl Walk // All Day Trailer [Source: Girl Walk // All Day]

I wrote about a 71 minute dance-music video over at Hypebot called Girl Walk // All Day. It's a dancing in public space tale featuring the All Day album by Girl Talk and premieres December 8th in Brooklyn, NY. However, it's also going to be released online in segments.

Director Jacob Krupnick posted an 8 minute video of initial footage shot on the Staten Island Ferry featuring dancer Anne Marsen whose improvisational combination of dance styles is considered a good match for Girl Talk's mashups of other people's music.

This video was used in a Kickstarter campaign that raised around 5 times as much as requested resulting in $24,817 in funding to develop the full video. I think this is a very cool project that will be getting a lot more attention in the days ahead.

Official Site: Girl Walk // All Day

Winning Videos from 2011 Dance Your Ph.D. Contest

Microstructure-Property relationships in Ti2448 components produced by Selective Laser Melting: A Love Story [Source: Joel Miller]

The winners of the 2011 Dance Your Ph.D. contest were announced back in late October but I just found out about it and I couldn't resist posting:

"Science's fourth annual "Dance Your Ph.D." contest [is] a competition that recognizes the best dance interpretations of scientific doctoral work...The rules of the contest were simple: Each dance had to be based on a scientist's Ph.D. research, and that scientist had to be part of the dance."

A study of social interactivity using pigeon courtship [Source: Emma Ware]

This year's contest had 53 entries from all over the world, too many to post here but definitely worth a look.  The videos on this post are the four finalists with the grand prize winner, Joel Miller, at the top.

Smell mediated response to relatedness of potential mates [Source: Cedric Kai Wei Tan]

I think this is such a great idea and I'm glad to see Science giving it a highly visible platform.  I only found out about it recently via dancer friends sharing the news on Facebook.

The Holy Grail to X-ray crystal structure of human protein phosphatase [Source: FoSheng Hsu]

Looking back at my own Ph.D. experience at Ohio State University, I remember that people in my interdisciplinary Cultural Studies program who were involved in dance and movement studies would often raise the question, "Why can't we dance our dissertations?"

While some would occasionally do alternative presentations in addition to a written dissertation and oral defense, I find it kind of amusing that it was a scientist and science writer who actually popularized the idea of dancing your Ph.D. with a series of videos from doctoral candidates in the sciences!

Big ups to John Bohannon and all the participants!

Official Site: Dance Your Ph.D.

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Floor Kids: B-Boy O-Live vs B-Boy Nugs [by Jonathan Ng & Kid Koala]

Floor Kids: B-Boy O-Live vs. B-Boy Nugs [Source: kidkoalaproductions]

This animated bboy battle came out at least as far back as 2006. I was checking out a studio video from some of the kids associated with World of Dance and remembered this animated series. It featues music by Kid Koala and The Slew with animation by Jonathan Ng.

There are actually two shorter animations featuring each of the characters solo. You can check for that at Ill Moves, my old hip hop dance blog.

Available at Amazon: Kid Koala

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LANVIN Models Dancing Beautifully & Awkwardly to Pitbull

LANVIN Fall/Winter 2011/2012 Campaign [Source: FBK1976]

This awesome little video for LANVIN's Fall/Winter 2011/2012 collection isn't new but it's new to me. I've watched it numerous times and just love the awkward yet fully committed dancing!

Bonus appearance by designer Alber Elbaz who steals the show in the closing frames.

Photography: Steven Meisel

Creative Direction: House and Holme

Music: Pitbull's I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)

Official Site: LANVIN Paris

White Out: A Dance Film Directed by Dominique Palombo, Choreography by Jordana Toback

White Out [Source: DANCELEN(D)S]

Another interesting short dance film from DANCELEN(D)S. It feels a bit like a study for something larger but definitely worth a look.

Director - Dominique Palombo

Choreographer - Jordana Toback

Featuring - Tsubasa Ogawa, Dorian Cervantes, Courtney Baron

Produced by DANCELEN(D)S, Inc.

Producers - Jennifer Madison, Jordana Che Toback

Assistant Camera - Ezra Peace

Music: Sleigh Bells - Riot Rhythm

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DANCELEN(D)S Drops New Videos: Supernatural, 2011 Reel, Lulu Frost Teaser for MyHabit.com

Supernatural [Source: DANCELEN(D)S]

Looks like I timed my return to dance blogging perfectly! DANCELEN(D)S released three videos last week including:

Supernatural
Movement: Leah O'Donnell
Editor: Eleni Brousta
Producer: Jennifer Madison
Director: Ezra Peace
Track: Trentemoller's Take Me Into Your Skin

DANCELEN(D)S 2011 Reel [Source: DANCELEN(D)S]

The 2011 Reel offers a look at the range of cool stuff these people are up to. They ain't playin'!

DANCELEN(D)S has an interesting mix of artistic and commercial work though the lines are pretty blurry given the artistic nature of the commercial work.  For example, the video below is a "40 second teaser" for MyHabit.com, an Amazon luxury flash sale site that's now open to anyone with an Amazon account.

MyHabit.com/Lulu Frost Teaser

The teaser features jewelry designs by Lulu Frost.  It's directed by Erin Judd and stars Martina Heimann.  Lots more credits at YouTube.

What a great welcome back!

Official YouTube Site: DANCELEN(D)S

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Beyonce & Team Are Straight Up Ripoff Artists!

Beyonce vs. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker [Source: StuBru]

The above video reveals such a blatant ripoff of the work of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and associates that I find it truly annoying to read headlines such as "Beyoncé Accused of Plagiarism Over Video". But playing it safe is what the mainstream media does and speaking the truth is the role of the non-MSM blogger!

How's that for summing up the difference between MSM blogging and true, independent blogging?

Here's the statement from De Keersmaeker who definitely takes the high ground.

Beyonce Billboard Awards 2011 VS Lorella Cuccarini 2010
[Source: PopTopicTV]

Not sure how I missed the news back in the spring of Beyonce and team's ripoff of Lorella Cuccarini as illustrated in the above video.

Why do rich people think they can take whatever they want? Maybe because we let them do it. Is it time for an Occupy Dance movement?

Just shaking my head as I reenter the dance blogging scene and wondering if I should keep giving Beyonce so much coverage.

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Notorious IBE 2011 Highlights from Heerlen, Holland to Blitz the Ambassador's B-Boy Massacre

The Notorious IBE 2011 "All Battles All" Official Recap [Source: YAK FILMS]

Highlight reel from The Notorious IBE 2011 All Battles All competition.

Hot track from Blitz the Ambassador except for dissing the South.

Tell it to 9th Wonder and Big K.R.I.T.!

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tank9 Returns With Anime Expo 2011 Dance

Anime Expo 2011 Dance to Space Electro

tank9 is back with another dance featuring a wide variety of attendees at Anime Expo 2011!

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