Reference Desk

By Garth Grimball

Performing arts and culture podcast. In each episode I look at a piece of dance culture and discuss it via references - pop culture, personal, and otherwise.

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Dancing for All the Senses

Reference DeskFeb 17, 2021

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the I((nternet)) of DaNcE : : learning TikTok with TEENS

Savage:

https://www.tiktok.com/@keke.janajah/video/6802722722389576965?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgoweg3wQvueQJBZHmAxHa6NQ5bD1mY29s5epqL2yXYSGe8Qho5mZ0EUWk2%2F8Ps%2B7%2FVGGgA%3D&language=en&preview_pb=0&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAN42SZGAy-ewr3Lgqpqhs0QAqSP2m6ZFoBH90euAlMt307TlKx0iokcaimOdDVRI_&share_item_id=6802722722389576965&share_link_id=33AA3C94-CFF5-467E-A4E2-0A49666BAF09×tamp=1615520690&tt_from=more&u_code=dfe47hladidf6m&user_id=6894711126735979526&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=more&source=h5_m

Renegade:

https://www.tiktok.com/@matheusalbinow/video/6898425467351649538?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowGCemp1GSBFdS%2FWcktgZARSn%2B9hkmtsmOiNx710mupCbJLFM%2Fi%2FznBFNPA82nkRCOGgA%3D&language=en&preview_pb=0&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAN42SZGAy-ewr3Lgqpqhs0QAqSP2m6ZFoBH90euAlMt307TlKx0iokcaimOdDVRI_&share_item_id=6898425467351649538&share_link_id=F5A6EDFA-4DF7-453D-951F-536F30B492E6×tamp=1615520745&tt_from=more&u_code=dfe47hladidf6m&user_id=6894711126735979526&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=more&source=h5_m

Mar 12, 202115:02

FLASH MOB! IT'S (A) HAPPENING! with Nataly Morales

2009 Flash Mob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Ustn0-UqY

2019 Flash Mob wedding proposal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH-J72HiRSo

Mar 05, 202122:30

Dance with your Grandma at 2am with Javi Ramos

A dance from the Virgen de la guía festival in Llanes, Spain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQEeYcahvtw

Feb 26, 202130:06

The Spirit Moves Me (and I want to know more)

James Brown in Blues Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdxSfPURVpk

Sufi Whirling Dervishes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkuimX1bh6g

Bharatanatyam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PfRSr0F9eM

Candomblé: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrCFtojoy7Q

Hula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO87RSZp65o

Feb 24, 202109:57

Invoking the Physical Experience with Jess Curtis

Jess Curtis/Gravity website: https://www.jesscurtisgravity.org/#welcome

(IN)VISIBLE performance: https://www.jesscurtisgravity.org/invisible#invisible-desc

The Way You Look (At Me) Tonight performance: https://www.jesscurtisgravity.org/twyl

Feb 18, 202138:46

Dancing for All the Senses

More info on Access Services: https://www.jesscurtisgravity.org/access

Feb 17, 202107:01

A Trinity of Dance, Song, and Drum with Muisi-kongo Malonga

Excerpt from Kongo Odyssey documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hAa2t4s8cU

Fua Dia Congo Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WaDiaFuaYikaDio/?ref=page_internal

Feb 12, 202124:08

A Brief Look into Black History Month, the Black Arts Movement, and the Expansion of West African Dance

"The Black Arts Movement" by Larry Neal: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1144377?origin=crossref

Carnival of Rhythm by Katherine Dunham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lTcPgmZoj8

Fanga Dance performed by Pearl Primus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtPvsUwHXsE

Revelations by Alvin Ailey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDXerubF4I4

Balante Dance performed by Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ys9uv_8HPc

Feb 10, 202108:45

Healed People Heal People with Rose Hammock

Video of Rose Hammock: https://youtu.be/KuM09iH5uvc

Organizations:

https://www.pomoproject.org/

https://cimcc.org/

https://www.nativewellness.com/

https://www.redbudresourcegroup.org/

https://crihb.org/

Rose's IG: https://www.instagram.com/rosie_hammock/

Feb 05, 202143:10

Making it Rain

Public performance of Hopi Rain Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi4mTKufky0&t=67s

Feb 03, 202111:39

How is that Oyster performing? with Daniel Fernández Pascual

Cooking Sections:

cooking-sections.com

empireremains.net

climavore.org

New book is OUT >> Salmon: A Red Herring

Jan 29, 202130:56

Spacing Out

Book: The Eyes of the Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa

MCDC Nearly Ninety rehearsal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Jj-JGVIr8

Jan 27, 202113:40

BONUS EPISODE: The Year that Was, Online

MerceTrust IG: https://www.instagram.com/mercetrust/

Dance and Stuff: https://www.danceandstuff.com/the-podcast

Pam Tanowitz & Reid+Harriet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUc188WtE08&t=1560s

Review of State of Darkness: https://blog.lifeasamoderndancer.com/2020/11/state-of-darkness-and-the-internet-of-dance.html

More info about Kim Ip: https://www.instagram.com/krimmip/

Dance Writing: https://www.dancemagazine.com/protest-dance-2648441874.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2

and: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/arts/dance/dancing-protests-george-floyd.html?searchResultPosition=2

Lover's Rock trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVOhXowWqDU

Dec 29, 202012:31

Blame it on My Wild Heart: Or, are we all semioticians now?

Watch Stevie Nicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2rOh6dCwao

See Gay Semiotics: https://www.gaysemiotics.com/gay-semiotics

Read Pitchfork's Stevie breakdown: https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/stevie-nicks-in-33-songs/

Aug 18, 202006:48

Dance, Protest, and Public Health with Dr. Rhea Boyd

Read NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/arts/dance/dancing-protests-george-floyd.html?searchResultPosition=2

Watch Durham protest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLVZpTCJrZo

See photograph from Newark, 1967: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/nyregion/newark-riots-50-years.html

Aug 11, 202033:45

Dance Yrself Unseen

MIRIAM (excerpt) by Nora Chipaumire: https://vimeo.com/67897269

Teepa Snow on Dementia and Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BlZF_4EKp4

May 26, 202009:13

Decisions Decisions

Kurt Jooss's The Green Table section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5BUkCd2Hfw

Crystal Pite's The Statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hslbcnPF27M

May 19, 202007:30

What about what I want?

Waving a Rose Back & Forth: A 3 Part Look into Center Stage on its 20th Anniversary

Part 3: A conversation with dancer and scholar Katherine McGinity on the movie's final performance

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoBTuIsB3ls

May 14, 202020:52

Anyone can see she's working her ass off

Waving a Rose Back & Forth: A 3 Part Look into Center Stage on its 20th Anniversary

Part 2: Anyone can see she's working her ass off

A conversation with dancer. choreographer Nataly Morales

Nataly's favorite scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnApvAf1A8s

May 13, 202020:29

Dance the Sh*t Out of It!

Waving a Rose Back & Forth: A 3 Part Look into Center Stage on its 20th Anniversary

Part 1: Dance the Sh*t Out of It!

A conversation with curator and dance lover Anna Harsanyi

Anna's favorite scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1lF6D8frfw

May 12, 202014:40

Call Your Mother

Molissa Fenley's 100 Vessels: https://vimeo.com/57373707 (8:10-14:30)

Also:

Molissa Fenley's State of Darkness: https://vimeo.com/46187147

Clip of Holley Farmer dancing: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk5F_9Bg1q-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

May 05, 202010:09

How slow can you go?

See Eiko and Koma's Mourning (excerpts): https://vimeo.com/9525564

Apr 28, 202009:35

Remember When

See the Picnic dance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oivcG31tDY

Apr 21, 202009:48