For more animated gif of break dancing this is the site and learn a little about it's history:
"Breakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance from the United States. While diverse in the amount of variations available in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement: toprock, downrock, bottom Rockers thus, floor Rock power moves and freezes. Breakdancing is typically set to songs containing an old tribal drum breaks, as we know in social science. Which had evolved into a new genre called hip-hop, by 1982, with funk and soul music influence from the 1960's and the breakbeat part of the records. Such as James Brown Sex Machine (album) and Michael Viner project done in the 1972 Incredible Bongo Band. Displays this type of drum percussion break beat music, although modern trends. Allow for much wider varieties of music with the introduction to rappers and EMCEE's along certain ranges of tempo and drum beat patterns. Although the term "breakdance" is frequently used to refer to the dance in popular culture and in the mainstream entertainment industry, "b-boying" and "breaking" were the original terms and are preferred by the majority of the pioneers and most notable practitioners."
I'm fortunate to be part of a generation surrounded by culture. Great filmmakers, musicians, painters, writers... you name it. Carlos Saura is one of these geniuses, I watched all his movies and now I'm having the pleasure of rematch. Even though I think that on a certain point Carmen loses it's way there are incredible scenes among them this 06:39 minutes of flamenco dance. The casting is perfect. I hope you enjoy it.
I'm taking a break this month.
Taking break dancing lessons would be a good idea.
We have a lifetime and experience only some aspects of our capabilities. I wish that it was easier to play with as many things as we want.
Sweet Charity: the adventures of a girl who wanted to be loved, 1969, starring Shiley MacLaine directed and awarded choreographed by Bob Fosse, the Cabaret's filmmaker, is the great movie I did chose to start the year.
It was originally a 1966 Broadway production also directed by Bob Fosse that was inspired by a What amazes is that it is timeless whether you consider the story or the choreography, the costumes, music and sounds arrengements and it was the first movie Bob Fosse worked as a filmmaker as well as a choreographer starting a very successful career.
The movie has many fans and still astonishes the young generation that was born in the clip era and inevitably compares it to some of today's clips. There are some elements that are in fashion today in clothes, make-up, Charity having a tattoo and the environment they create.
The most important aspect I did choose is Charity optimism always ready for the next adventure that might break her heart again but "living hopefully ever after." is her fate that is already inscribed in her name Charity Hope Valentine.
Shirley MacLaine is perfect for the role with her kind off girlish movements and innocence. The three videos are the most known ant the two that have been receiving new interpretations are "Big Spender" and "The Aloof". There are some at YouTube like The Pussycat Dolls, this version of some Canadian girls for "Big Spender".
I tried to publish the videos that only shows the dancing but they are not available. You can skip the first minute and go straight to the dancing part. The music "Big Spender" is a little catchy and you may find yourself singing "Hey, big spender!" or "Do you wanna have fun, fun fun?..." but it I assure it will go away.
Great movie, great performances, great choreography that inaugurated some trends and is still new. Some of the scenes of Prince's "Get Off" and "Kiss" clips reminded of it.
September, for those who are below the Equator, is the prelude of warm times. I did chose Paco de Lucia to welcome the month and we can all stay warm in heart that is the important place.
Entre dos Aguas is one of his most famous musics and I remember the first time I heard it back in the end of the 70ies I wanted to listen to it one more time, one more... and it is still so.
We can all stay warm dancing or watching flamenco dancers:
"Also Flamenco dance has changed, specially female dancers try to rather showcase their temperament than artistry. The Flamenco guitar that formerly was just featuring the dancers arrived to be a soloistical art form, great virtuoso Paco de Lucia being the pioneer of that development.
Mass medias have brought Flamenco to the world stage, but deeply it has always been and will remain an intimate kind of music. You have not listened authentical Flamenco if not in a juerga with a small group of friends, at midnight somewhere in the South of Spain, when there is nothing around but the voice, the guitar and the body of a dancer moving in the moonlight."
In the meantime take a look at these photos of dancers.
Paco de Lucia has recorded and participated in films such as Carmen by Carlos Saura and in 1995 was featured in Bryan Adams hit "Have you ever loved a woman" for the movie Don Juan deMarco.I watched the movie and I have good recollections and Marlon Brandon is still on my mind.
"So tell me have you ever really - really really ever loved a woman?"
Have a great September! Music unites people.
Update:
September, 3
You can click at the video "Rio Ancho" when the first video finishes. It is as amazing and also very known music.
I wonder how some people can go through life without knowing some of the incredible things some people created. Paco de Lucia is at this list for me.
