This is a permanent archive of video that either I have created or choose to make available on the net with or without permission of the author. In the latter case, the content is most likely difficult or impossible to access by the public. In my view, inhibiting access to any work of art is a greater offense than that of stealing.
More video can be found inthe Video category on this site.
These videos feature excerpts from various performances with Magpie
Trapped indoors during gloomy weather in Amsterdam. What to do for fun? YouTube videos, of course. Throw in some Pop Music + Lipsync + Improvisation + occasional Pole Dancing, leave out preparation of any kind.
Our contribution to memetic culture on the internet.
Update: These videos were removed from YouTube for alleged DMCA violations having to do with our performance to unlicensed music. Don’t worry, soon I will be posting high-quality versions hosted on this site, DMCA be damned.
The documentary film “Beauty and Grace” on Kazuo Ohno, a Japanese Butoh dancer and teacher who celebrates his 100th birthday this year. This film is nearly impossible to see in the US so I’ve included it here.
“When the fire dances between two poles”, a documentary film, now out of print, release back in 1990 and containing archival footage and interview material on the German expressionist modern dance pioneer, Mary Wigman.
William Forsythe: Improvisation Technologies
Excerpts from an interactive CDROM developed by Forsythe for dancers of Ballet Frankfurt.
Emergent Improvisation at The Neurosciences Institute
A short video clip from Susan Sgorbati’s Emergent Improvisation presented by The Neurosciences Instiute in San Diego.