Join us on Free Third Thursday, July 18 at 6PM for Rebellion and Movement, a communal dance and history sharing with San Diego-based Bomba Liberté. Brought to Puerto Rico by enslaved people four centuries ago and developed in coastal sugar plantations, Bomba spread across the Caribbean and became a tool for expression. It represented rebellion, a movement against anti-systemic, anti-racist, and anti-all the oppressions that the slave system created and perpetuated. Today, music and dancing remain tools for freedom and political transformation. To practice bomba in California is a daily reminder of this process. RSVP for this FREE program through the link: https://lnkd.in/gAfwT4v9 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭é Bomba Liberté was founded in 2011 by San Diego bomberxs who have been studying and practicing bomba since the early 2000s. Through performances and workshops, this group educates about Afro-Puerto Rican history and culture, while also learning about links between culture, artistry, and personal expression. "Bomba Liberté" refers to the way that bomba has and continues to be used as a way to liberate ourselves from historical and daily struggles. It also calls upon a shared history with other Afro-Caribeñxs and diasporic peoples, reminding us of how music and dance travel with the bodies that move across diaspora. [Photography: Courtesy of the artist.]
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🌍 When the worlds of dance and diplomacy intersect, transformative stories can emerge. One such narrative is of Hussein Smko, who, through a serendipitous encounter with an American soldier in Iraq, discovered a path that led him straight into the arms of dance. 🎭 This week, he has the honor of gracing the esteemed Joyce Theater stage, performing in Pontus Lidberg's acclaimed choreographies. We can only anticipate a show that marries raw emotion, culture, and undeniable talent. 🔮 With that said, here are some thoughts and predictions: ▫️ This performance will significantly raise Hussein's standing in the international dance community. ▫️ Hussein’s story is a testament to the universal language of art and its power which transcends cultural barriers, underpinning the need to integrate and celebrate diversity in performing arts. ▫️ Performances such as this one have the potential to bring greater awareness to the richness of Middle Eastern dance forms when fused with modern expressions. 💼 As professionals in the 21st Century, it's stories like these that serve as a reminder to us: ▫️ The importance of cross-cultural understanding stays significant across industries and professions, not just confined to arts. ▫️ True success often resonates beyond one's professional sphere, by making profound cultural and social impacts. 🎯 My prediction? Hussein’s performance at the Joyce Theater will not only be a personal triumph but also a brilliant victory for cross-cultural collaboration, showcasing the universal beauty and harmony of dance. This event will underscore the extraordinary power that lies in the fusion of tradition and innovation. 💡 And let's not forget, such powerful narratives do more than merely inspire; they spark important conversations, encouraging us to understand and appreciate our shared human experiences. Stay open. Stay curious. Turn the page. Let the world surprise you.
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Food for thought - how and why do we nurture and support arts and culture from the ground up, from children to professional organizations and everything in between? What is our understanding of the purposes of arts and culture? Is it simply about mindless entertainment to fill the void of our lives, or is there something deeper at work that makes it a fundamental element of life as a human being? In the most recent issue of Opera Canada, editor Elizabeth Bowman writes about the demise of The Met Opera Guild’s venerable Opera News publication, the elimination of full scale productions by Chautauqua Opera, Tulsa Opera’s almost complete cancellation of their 2023/24 season, and Artscape Toronto’s devastating financial situation. “This shift hasn’t exactly come out of nowhere, it has come after many years of educational arts programs being cut from schools: a lack of arts education divests a country of culture. Germany has a radically different approach: in 2022, the country boosted its culture spending by 7% to $2.4 Billion citing a link between arts and democracy!” And further, “for every $1 TAC (Toronto Arts Council) grants to an arts organization, over $15 is received from earned revenue/donations/ticket sales—arts and culture contribute $11 billion annually to Toronto’s GDP (3.3%”. The indirect benefits are tourism, consumerism, education and, says Bowman, “I bet it cuts down crime too - hence, Germany’s strategy”.
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The Fourth Circle is guarded by a figure Dante names as Pluto: this is Plutus, the deity of wealth in classical mythology. Although the two are often conflated, he is a distinct figure from Pluto (Dis), the classical ruler of the underworld.Those whose attitude toward material goods deviated from the appropriate mean are punished in the fourth circle. They include the avaricious or miserly (including many "clergymen, and popes and cardinals"), who hoarded possessions, and the prodigal, who squandered them. The hoarders and spendthrifts joust, using great weights as weapons that they push with their chests. Relating this sin of incontinence to the two that preceded it (lust and gluttony), Dorothy L. Sayers writes, "Mutual indulgence has already declined into selfish appetite; now, that appetite becomes aware of the incompatible and equally selfish appetites of other people. Indifference becomes mutual antagonism, imaged here by the antagonism between hoarding and squandering." There have been many artists who used Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy as inspiration for their art. For the painters in particular, William Blake’s drawings and paintings of Dante’s journey are among the most famous. The coming months I’ll be regularly sharing a combination of Blake’s work and a composition of mine that was inspired by the painting and Dante’s corresponding verses. With Tijs Klaassen Mo van der Does Wietse Voermans Koen Schalkwijk —-- AMBROSIA Tour List 📍22-02-24 Ambrosia De Doelen, Rotterdam 🎫Tickets & Info: https://lnkd.in/eksQNfF2 John Weijers zennez records Tami Toledo Matuoka #rotterdam #livetour #ambrosia #livemusic #jazz #inferno #dante #impro #drummersdelight #improof #williamblake #art #divinecomedy #greed #appetite
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In this substack article, my premise is that The Arts Explore All Of Our Emotions. I invite you to read!
The Arts Explore All Of Our Emotions
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Expectations live in everything we do and everyone we meet, in our conscious & subconscious mind, in the atmosphere of places, interactions and circumstances. They might bring good energy... serve as motivation or a sign of ambition (!)... After all, we need to expect from ourselves a bit more every time we want to achieve new goals. But for an artist what are the expectations regarding his art? "The creative act knows no memory, science, or knowledge. These things are always related to the past. The creative act accepts no conditions other than itself, therefore it is free. The creative moment is free… free of all knowledge and instincts, all is transcendent. In music, the present is a perpetual, continuous genesis. The present is always linked to the beginning and the end, but at the same time it is free from any element that can influence its musical function." considered Sergiu Celibidache speaking about his musical philosophy... This is true also for us "mere mortals": the past is Experience, the future is Expectation and the present is the time in which we can express our Freedom, attempting to create the supreme masterpiece: our own Life! Credit: "Smoke" by Dimash Qudaibergen
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#ArtAsMedicine works in a similar way to #MusicAsMedicine. This oil painting by Joseph Watson (jospehwatsonart.com) was commissioned by Bret Riley, depicting the Great Migration of Black Americans out of the South and into the North and West of America between 1915 and 1970. Over the past month, I’ve shared how sound and specific frequencies can impact our health. It’s nearly common sense that music can impact our emotions. We’re out to prove that’s because our endocrine system, the system with all our hormones in it, responds to vibration in many ways, including sound, light, color, and even our thoughts. One path I took to understand this was the psychology of color and the mathematics of music. #ArtAsMedicine explains the same phenomena. Colors influence our health, first psychologically, then physiologically. My aversion to yellow for most of life continues to offer opportunities for growth… Yet beyond the colors and sound and vibrations is consciousness. What are the words in your favorite songs that create connection. What is the message in art that speaks to you? If it’s supposed to be different for everyone, how does it heal? The stories that explain our lives have a lot to do with how we function in our environments. How we function in our environment influences our health. If you can imagine that some of the people in this painting moved to California in 1915, started making some money, and then decided to move their families into neighborhoods with good schools, their trajectory toward healthy environments was obvious. Families were met not with open arms, but with clenched fists—violence, vandalism, and terrorizing acts. White families departed and stayed away Real estate games during the White Flight, impoverishing the new landowners and leaving the neighborhood with a crumbling infrastructure. Amidst this turmoil, art and music emerged as healing elixirs, as did the success of local athletes. The beats of N.W.A. reverberated through the streets, channeling rage, pain, and resilience. Their lyrics spoke of police brutality, riots, and the raw wounds of a community. Through self-expression, Compton found solace—a way to release emotions bottled up for too long. Science whispers that inflammation, the silent enemy, can be tamed through creative expression and observation, so thank you to Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Venus and Serna Williams, Ice Cube, Issa Rae, Yolda King (and all the rest – Snoop and Inglewood have their story too). Compton’s story mirrors the human saga—a tapestry woven by migrations, both voluntary and forced. Our genes carry echoes of our ancestors’ struggles, shaping our health, decisions, and resilience. We’ve created magic with what little we’re told about our history. My question now is: What will we create with a deeper understanding of our story? The answer, my friend, lies within us—a symphony waiting to be composed, a mural waiting to be painted.
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It’s simple. We often don’t stand a chance against the secular media world when it comes to artistic innovation (even though all of western art was pioneered by us) because we try to play it safe in so many ways. Somewhere along the line we correlated artistic risk with “scandal”, “immorality”, or “heresy.” This is not the case. Now, are there cases where someone abandons their morals, values, and beliefs just to be noticed, accepted, and seen? Yes. But that doesn’t need to be the case. Risk is not sin. On the contrary risk is inherent to the disciple. It’s risky to get out of a boat and walk on water. It’s risky to proclaim the Gospel. Artistically: It was risky to incorporate an organ into liturgical music for the first time. It was risky to debut stained glass windows to catechize the lay faithful for the first time. WE HAVE TO START TAKING RISKS IF WE WANT TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE NEXT GENERATION. If you’re ready to take risks, contact me. 👍🏽
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