Music has a part to play in the art of modern dance...

Playlist
Jorn - Heavy Rock Radio
Brown - Abstract Sound Objects
Ligeti - György Ligeti Works
Various Artists - The Cream Of Funky Jams Vol. 1
The Velvet Underground - The Very Best Of The Velvet Underground
Various Artists - The Listening Room Volume II
Barber - The Songs
Susato - Dansereyre 1551
W F Bach - Three Fantasias, Three Fugues, Three Sonatas
ZZ Top - Deguello
Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
Tippett - A Tribute to Sir Michael Tippett
Various Artists - Electronic Music... It Started Here
Captain Beefheart - Unconditionally Guaranteed
Various Artists - Funk
Various Composers - Classically Chilled
Various Artists - The Cream Of Rare Groove Vol. 1
Simon & Garfunkel - Live From New York City, 1967
Adamus Trio - Works for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Bang on a Can - Industry
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonatas

Out this evening with Anne and chum Teresa for some Modern Dance from the Richard Alston Company at the Festival Theatre...

Prior to that though, a top notch pasta based dinner with lashings if Vino Rosso at Gordon's Trattoria on the Royal Mile (or Roger's Trattoria as we call it)...

Out and a walk up the road to the theatre...

The view from the office this evening...

Excitement mounting...

We were to witness four pieces - music by Scarlatti, Wolfe, Chopin and Piazzolla...

The dancing was absolutely superb...

...but "Stronghold" was, for me, the best piece of the night by a long chalk...

The music is such an important part of the performance for me that, if it doesn't fit with me, it's not going to go well...

The exact same movements with a glitchy electronic soundtrack would probably have had me praising matters to the rooftops...

The Wolfe piece was danced to music composed for 8 double basses - and was top notch..

The first piece, to the music of Scarlatti, was "acceptable"...

The third, to various Mazurkas by Chopin (which makes me realise why I was listening to this last night) was disappointing but mainly as I didn't enjoy the music...

Another factor was that the piece involved a few solo dances whilst others looked on and it smacked too much to me of traditional ballet...

As for the Piazzolla piece - well, apart from one poignant and quite beautiful piece, I have no real truck with tango music...

All in all though, despite all of the above, an enjoyable evening - the Wolfe would be the only one I'd like to see again...

Here's a clip...

And here's a clip of the Scarlatti piece "Mazur : An Italian in Madrid"

 

A walk down to Princes St post the "gig"...

Back home, the first of the two history books had arrived...

Scarlatti and Wolfe enjoyed before "Red Dwarf XI" which appeared to be "up to the standards" as they say...

To bed...

Highlight of the Day : A night at the dancin'...