Interview with dancer, choreographer Enzo Celli

An interview with Enzo Celli, the Italian choreographer of Botega Dance Company.

Enzo Celli recently finished his workshop series at Peridance, although he will continue to teach at the school. Class with Celli is a lesson in developing self and in performing courageously. No moment is lost as a simple technical lesson; every turn and twist is a chance to hone your personal dance vocabulary in the guise of Celli's movement. He celebrates the differences within each dancer. And in turn they can celebrate themselves. 

Some of the questions that I asked Nathan Trice for my first interview did not seem like they would translate well for this interview, which was decidedly blurred through a language barrier. Celli is very, charmingly, Italian. Any attempts at irony were lost in translation; instead revealing Celli's insanely kind heart. Here is a preview of the interview. More can be read online at periblog.com

Informal Floor: The three songs at the top of your play list?

Enzo Celli:

The Overture of the 1^st act of La traviata

"Faun" by Olafur Arnalds

Gotye's "Somebody that I used to know"

I.F. What is your signature move?

E. C. Probably something about the density of the movement. I like density very much. This is the core of my dynamic (sensibility).

I.F. What are the three things that you think that are most beautiful?

E.C. 

My wife.

The Holy Spirit. It’s the most beautiful thing in the world.

Humanity.

Interview with dancer, choreographer Nathan Trice

Nathan Trice. 

8.07.12

at the Peridance Capezio Center

Nathan Trice is hosting a workshop at Peridance Capezio Center this week. I'm sitting in the office, doing officey things, and watching his class working hard in the studio just outside the door. The students are always smiling, always moving. Trice takes a while to teach a long phrase, but then the dancers get to dance full out until they are out of breath. It looks exhilarating. Trice spoke with my after his class on Wednesday. Here is a quick selection from that interview. 

Informal Floor: If you were a prop, what prop would you be?

Nathan Trice: I probably would be a tree or a hat. 

I.F. Do you want to explain?

N.T. The tree...it reminds the audience that there is something natural in the space. 

The hat would be to tell the performer not to think about the whole thing. I would be that voice inside the hat telling the dancer "don't think, don't think, don't think"

I.F. If alarm clocks didn't exist, you would wake up at...

N.T. At this point in my life, I wake up at 7 am.

I.F. The three songs at the top of your playlist?

N.T. Miles Davis,"Mood"

Lil Louis, "Club Lonely"

and

A DJ mix

I.F. Three things that you think are beautiful

N.T. The human body. The four elements. Attraction.

Read more of my interview with Nathan Trice of nathantrice / Rituals on the Peridance Capezio Center blog,

http://peridance.blogspot.com/

Pilobolus Review

Pilobolus is a fine-tuned dancing machine. With lighting that hits the ever-exposed abs just right, winks and smiles that elicit laughter at perfectly timed moments and the Olympic-like strength of the performers, every moment is rehearsed and calculated. This sense of knowing can grind a performance to a halt, but Pilobolus stays on the edge of what is physically possible, and this means that sometimes, they fall. It is fun to fall into the unknowing....

Read the rest of the review at

http://www.dance-enthusiast.com/enthusiasts/reviews/view/124

And watch the movies!!!! They were a show in and of themselves!
Thank you to Danielle of Pilobolus for letting me know about these links!

Starlings:

http://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=eakKfY5aHmY

Explosions:

 http://www.

youtube.com/watch?v=lUZ-

e2SkeMI