Elephante Blanche by Bijou O’Keefe

Tag: music

  • Nothing is ‘new’

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    A professor I had for choreography once told the class we should not approach making dances as if we were inventing the wheel. Every movement phrase has an origin someplace. Where originality comes in is how a turn or lift is combined with music, timing, pause or silence. The possibilities are endless. The idea is…

  • Porte Bandera

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    June 14th is Flag Day. It was also the birthday of a fellow I used to work for, James Maxwell Baldwin. He was of British descent and sort of starchy. Which agrees with a sturdy flag. O’er the ramparts… imagine Betsy Ross making the first flag without a sewing machine. Durable in rain, sleet or…