Innovation and Interference: Research & Ideas for a dance film

Since we have had a briefing into this terms projects I have started to research into the chosen subjects.

Dance Video - I found a variety of interesting work and inspiration when looking into dance videos. 

Here is an interesting piece by Terah Maher & Michael Langan. http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2013/02/05/choros/

Repetition to create these beautiful peacock like patterns 

Every movement made by the dancer is repeated. 

What I liked most about this video is the use of repetition throughout the film. The dancer takes slow calm movements which lead to these beautiful patterns from the use of repetition (e.g. Look at the first screen shot). I liked this technique because it was interesting to watch, and the fact that I have never seen a dance video using this specific technique before. It was inspiring and would be interesting to adapt a technique such as this into any ideas that come to mind.

Martial Arts - One concept I liked is to create a dance video related around martial arts. Martial arts such as shaolin kung fu, which features this great rhythm and movement when it comes to practicing and meditating, and in which I think would be unique to integrate with dance choreography or even as a dance movement of its own.

Sidi Larbi and Anthony Gormley create a piece of work related around Shaolin monks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_cMBDeIGAE - At around 1.17 into the video features nice smooth movements from a child sitting on a pillar. This work was interesting as all of the Shaolin monks featured in it are children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSTCWH_4KCQ - This video features Shaolin monks performing a variety of animal forms featured in Shaolin kung fu. E.g. Dragon form, Snake form, Tiger form, panther form and crane form. Even though there is a variety of animal forms in kung fu, those are the top five. The piece was inspiring as it features a variety of movements with different parts of the body, and thats because of the different animal forms available. Each animal form focuses on something different compared to the rest, both mentally and physically.

Nigel Stanford - Cymatics. A video featuring the manipulation of water, fire, earth and electricity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3oItpVa9fs

It was an inspiring video as it featured the manipulation of specific elements using sound waves. As we are focusing on rhythm and movement of the body, I know it would be a good idea to also look into the rhythm and movement of other elements alongside the body or within the background.

Terry Crews - Old spice muscle music advert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ15vCGuvH0 - This advert features muscle movement to create music. It may be an advert but it was inspiring as it gave me some ideas and a concept I could research more into. Another concept of a dance video would be to play a specific sound with a specific movement of the body. The subject would start off still and would slowly start to move a different part of the body, gradually moving faster to eventually create this rhythm and dance movement.