Dance With Me

Suspended: My project.

37 ♥ / 17 January, 2012

45 ♥ / 10 January, 2012

arleta:

Valeska Gert

94 ♥ / 10 January, 2012

chagalov:

Valeska Gert, Berlin, 1930 -by Lotte Jacobi [+]
from : Rainer Metzger, ‘Berlin - Les années vingt (Art et culture, 1918-1933)’, Éd. Hazan, 2006. Original title: Berlin - Die Zwanziger Jahre (2006)

21 ♥ / 10 January, 2012

maliciousglamour:

Valeska Gert, circa 1940Photographer: Lisette Model

38 ♥ / 10 January, 2012

Thoughts after break.

22 ♥ / 10 January, 2012

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Anita Berber… She is just something else.
Anita came to fame as a dancer, but was immortalized as a symbol of decadence of Berlin between the wars. She drank cognac and did cocaine, a lot of it—although so did many in her time. She also indulged in hashish, opium, morphine and absinthe. She had sex easily and often, with both men and women. She was named in notorious divorce proceedings. She was beautiful, especially in the bloom of her youth: a muse for poets and a boon for journalists; she was a favorite subject in German men’s magazines. She gambled, and often and ultimately, lost.
“Her face was a somber and vicious mask. It seemed obvious that the strongly curved mouth was not her own but was a bloodred concoction out of a little pot of rouge. The chalky cheeks had a violet shimmer. The eyes required at least an hour of work every day—she talked incessantly and lied terribly.”
Something about her…. she is just so seductive, so enticing, even to read about. However, I’m not sure I can perform a nude public dance tribute. And by not sure, I mean I won’t.
Hmmm. I have to find a way to fit her in somehow.
It appears to me that she was known for her life more than her performances, or perhaps the two were simply very closely intertwined. She’s just… I don’t know what to do with her.

2 ♥ / 22 December, 2011

PAUSE by Valeska Gert

9 ♥ / 22 December, 2011

On Foofwa…

2 ♥ / 18 December, 2011

MY NOTES FROM CHATTING WITH ALAN
Essentially, he was giving me inspiration ideas for my “Public Dance Project” idea, along with other names and things to research. He works closely with a dancer name Foofwa, who specializes in public dance interventions (for lack of better words, I suppose), and thought that he could serve as a good starting point. I agree, truly. Because of his work with Foofwa, Alan was also interested in traveling and linear dance spaces, such as the Highline (on or below it), any of the city’s bridges, and even the Riverside Park, or Brooklyn Promenade.
Just lots things to think about.

15 ♥ / 14 December, 2011

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