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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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Reference DeskMay 14, 2020

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

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

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

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)
Feb 24, 202109:57
Invoking the Physical Experience with Jess Curtis

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

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

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

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
Feb 05, 202143:10
Making it Rain

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
Jan 29, 202130:56
Spacing Out

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
Dec 29, 202012:31
Blame it on My Wild Heart: Or, are we all semioticians now?
Aug 18, 202006:48
Dance, Protest, and Public Health with Dr. Rhea Boyd
Aug 11, 202033:45
Dance Yrself Unseen

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
May 19, 202007:30
What about what I want?
May 14, 202020:52
Anyone can see she's working her ass off
May 13, 202020:29
Dance the Sh*t Out of It!
May 12, 202014:40
Call Your Mother

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?
Apr 28, 202009:35
Remember When
Apr 21, 202009:48