Monthly Archives: October 2013

Black and white, I thought, except for the bright sneakers. “Cesena” by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker was a rendition of the typical contrasts of life; between white and black, life and death, enlightenment and despair. The piece started with a dimly lit setting used … Continue reading →

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Cesena starts off with a screaming man belting out tribal-sounding chants, then later running in a circle while the audience watches in near complete darkness, barely being able to see the action on the stage.  After … Continue reading →

As a man stood in the almost complete darkness, squatting down and singing in a shrill, high- pitched voice, I was admittedly confused and unsure what to make of what I was seeing.  Soon after this, he began running around … Continue reading →

A man stood on stage, alone and in the dark. A dimly lit stage cast an eerie glow on him as he projected a series of notes. He was eventually accompanied by the rest of the dancers, as they remained … Continue reading →

In analyzing Rambert’s history of economics through dance I am left dazed and confused. The dance, if it can even be called a dance, begins with a very macabre performance about the death of a woman’s mother, which left a … Continue reading →

  When first looking at Andre Kertesz’s
Rue des Ursins
(1931) I couldn’t see any direct use of the Rule of Thirds, the Golden Ratio or any of the other rules that I was looking for after reading the articles. I’m not … Continue reading →

Watching the Pascal Rambert piece was a very unique experience. I wasn’t expecting the type of performance that I saw and while my immediate reaction was a wave of confusion, after seeing the whole thing, while still disappointed, I at … Continue reading →