Author: IsItModern?
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UpRooted Dance at Dance Exchange Review
I was able to catch Uprooted Dance‘s “Heartstrings & Shoestrings- Stories of Love & Woe” at Dance Exchange, this past Friday, and, this being my first UD performance, I was very much looking forward to the evening! I like to break down my reviews extensively because I feel it’s important to separate, and dissect a…
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Eric Hampton at Dance Place
I’m still an infant in terms of my knowledge and understanding of Modern Dance. Swaddled n a blissful ignorance which comes with every new venture into an area of new-come unfamiliarity. -But I have enjoyed every moment of it, and ever time I see a new performance, I feel I learn something, and gain the…
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The Importance of Modern Video in Modern Dance
When I first ventured into the brave world of Dance, I noticed right away how numerous online work samples consisted so heavily of footage shot from the back of the stage, with teeny, tiny, miniscule figurines dancing in the darkness. I sought to remedy this by shooting much closer, and emphasizing the facial expressions, muscle…
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Before there was IIM?
I work as a “video guy” for a Modern Dance Company in Washington, D.C. but it wasn’t always that way. I come from six years in the Defense industry, where dates, procedure and repetition thrive in a playground suited to the dollar. But I wasn’t suited for that lifestyle, and it is a lifestyle, your…