Inside...

...open the window to the west,

and dissappear into the air inside you...

Kabir

Lost cultures : the Nubas of Niyaro

Tribal beauty survives through oral traditions and passionate lovers of "otherness". European and Arab war lords have crushed cultures that had chosen "mother" consciousness models rather than "father's"...here's an extraordinary video excerpt of the amazing Nuba people in Sudan! It's another planet!
Photo par : Leni Riefenstahl (!?) Do you know what this woman did for the Nazis??? Are these photos her personal exorcism against her dark past?
(I assume there was a copyright problem : blogger erased the photo of Riefenstahl...Hmmm....)

2009-09-26_Street performance in Antananarivo

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2009-09-26_Street performance in Antananarivo, originally uploaded by speedykoala. How to dance when there are thousands of street kids around?
The opening of the festival i Trôtra (pronounce the "r" the american way) is on september the 30th. I worked with young, non professional, dancers this time and it was a moving experience. Bernardo Montet worked with the professional dancers. In one of the poorest countries in the world with high corruption I have the chance to realize once more, how deeply existential dance is. The urgency to create newtopias, even ephemeral, and live them through embodiment is a state of "freedom" and a source of inspiration; inspiration to live through regimes like the one in Madagascar and have visions of a "better" world...
Freedom in greek : ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ, means openness to that which will come; openness to the unknown...
In the picture you see dancers with street kids...For more pics go here : Flickr-Madagascar

Eros & the Dragon

"Eros is born of chaos, implying that out of every chaotic moment the creativity of which we have been speaking can be born. Further more, eros will always hearken back to its origins in chaos and will seek it for its vivification. Aristophanes writes even of their mating. Eros will attempt again and again to create those dark nights and confusions which are its nest. It renews itself in affective attacks, jealousies, fulminations, and turmoils. It thrives close to the dragon."

James Hillmann

Photo (CC) by : Ed_meister (Flickr)

Bons enfants!

This Sunday we danced at Mauricio Cordero's gallery : Du Coté des bons Enfants, in Tours!
It was during the exposition of Olivier Jauzenque!

Photo by : Mauricio Cordero
(http://lesbonsenfants.bonnes-nouvelles.fr/)

More good news!

Controlling the arm trade is becoming a reality! Almost all countries voted for a treaty!
Guess who didn't want to sign? look here : Control arms

Photo by phauly