#StayHome: Dance for International Dance Day!

You can see the video I posted to Instagram if you like

For the first time in weeks, rain has come and looks like it’s here to stay for a few days. Bad weather tends to negatively affect my mood and motivation but there was one thing today that helped perk it all back up: today is International Dance Day!

Dancers all around the world have been sharing their art during isolation and it’s been helpful in giving us all a way to escape the four walls we’ve been forbidden to leave. New fun content is popping up all over today and here’s a little selection of the ones I’ve seen and loved!

Elias Aguirre from his garden

I was lucky to take part in a workshop he ran during the Rencontres Chorégraphiques de Seine-Saint-Denis two years ago. This video gives a new, comedic perspective through many of the characters from his work up until now.

Esto me ha tenido ocupado los últimos 2 días. Un video hecho expresamente para hoy, 29 de abril, DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LA DANZA Confinado. "El Confín del Mundo" La hábil tarea de burlar el secuestro del movimiento Nos han secuestrado el movimiento pero no la inquietud ni la capacidad de imaginar. Somos un complejo insectario danzante que no para aún confinado en su guarida. En momentos extraordinarios como este urge desarrollar habilidades propias de superhéroes o bien inspirarnos en el fascinante y mucho más cercano micromundo entomológico: hormigas que combaten con ácido fórmico, pulgas con súper saltos, luciérnagas con poder de luminiscencia, insectos hoja con increíble poder de camuflaje... Echemos mano de nuestro poderoso anticoagulante creativo y utilicemos lenguajes que habiten el espacio confinado; esos lenguajes que nos hacen viajar, sanar y metamorfosear. Quizá estemos ante el final de la danza como la conocíamos hasta ahora. Quizá nos demos cuenta del verdadero poder de este arte relegado. Quizá haya un nuevo mundo escénico por descubrir. Nuestra liberación podría ir acompañada de una aproximación vertiginosa de la naturaleza invisible que reconquista los lugares que le fueron arrebatados. En ese caso, tendríamos la oportunidad de revivir experiencias de los antiguos exploradores, de adentrarnos en paisajes desconocidos e inspiradores que bien podrían ser los nuevos escenarios. Elías Aguirre Pd.: Video: Una grotesca rebelión de los múltiples personajes del imaginario de Elías Aguirre creados en los últimos 12 años de recorrido escénico. Agradecimientos: Aves variadas, Carbonara, conversaciones de la vecina de enfrente y mi jardín trasero. #did2020 #danza #eliasaguirre #dance #covid19 #video #ciaeliasaguirre #elconfindelmundo

69 Likes, 10 Comments - Elias Aguirre Imbernon (@eliasaguirreimbernon) on Instagram: "Esto me ha tenido ocupado los últimos 2 días. Un video hecho expresamente para hoy, 29 de abril,..."

Wendy Cornu from her bathroom

Wendy Cornu is one of the female choreographers who took part in the first edition of Les Femmes sont là, a personal development program developed by La Fabrique de la Danse to help female choreographers break the glass ceiling and give them better visibility. I have been a volunteer for this program since it began and I’ve been really happy to see how the women who were selected have grown in the past year and a half. I really love the delicate nature of this indoor piece.

Watch Wendy’s video here

For more videos from choreographers that have benefited from this program (or other schemes put together by La Fabrique de la Danse), click here!

Allison Faye from her room

She captioned this “Anemone” and though we see she is on firm ground, we can see her moving through water.

Instagram post by Andrée Brûle * Apr 19, 2020 at 2:46pm UTC

60 Likes, 18 Comments - Andrée Brûle (@allisonandreafaye) on Instagram

Up to you now to turn your kitchen, couch or desk into a dance studio

Head over to Instagram for more videos to watch, as I couldn’t possibly put everything here! If you are looking to take a virtual class, head over to Dancing Alone Together, Gaga Online and so many others keeping us dancers sane in this isolation period.