Resurrection Dance Company Blog Post – Oct 17
Today
I attended a performance by Resurrection Dance Company from Port Au Prince,
Haiti. It was a very moving
performance. Dance is such a beautiful
outflow of the soul. When people are
dancing, it seems as though their souls are being poured out. [It made me want to do music]. The performance consisted of three drums,
background music, and three dancers. The
performers were all male. The age range
was pretty large, ranging from a young boy (of about age 9 or 10) to middle
aged adult men. The drummers were
incredible. The rhythm and motion that
they created was astounding. Wow. I love
music. They kept this solid beat
throughout the evening. For a solid
hour, they beat ath those drums. They
created. They were artful. They are artists. Passion flowed out of their
bodies and into the drums evidently.
Then, there were the dancers.
Wow. They were strong, quick and
sleek. They were like wild horses or
gazelles. They moved with alacrity and
grace. One in particular was chiseled
like Michelangelo’s David. He was brawny and strong, like a
centaur.
The dancers and the drummer used
song and dance to tell stories. They
told stories of poverty and abuse, of fishing and celebrations. Emotion flowed out from their hearts, crept
through their arteries and escaped gloriously through every pore of their
bodies. Dance exposes the heart. It was beautiful. Even in the sadness it was beautiful.
One of my favorite dances was about
fishing. The young boy, Didi, was the
fish. He wore blues, purples, greens,
and yellows, with a sequined fish hat on.
He glided and danced around the carpeted floor of KOBC 101 (LaRose
Theater). He was a free bird. Then fishermen came and engaged in a
magnificent dance with him. They used
two simple rods to catch him. He stood
with one foot on each rod and was gracefully carried around the room. The simplicity
of this dance was astounding. They used
relatively few items to convey a mighty message.
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