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Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Screenon arts, culture, society, concepts, forms.Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-24814180060840027202009-12-01T14:22:00.003-05:002009-12-01T14:36:06.131-05:00Japan Society, New York - Samurai Vendetta: A Chronicle of Pale Cherry Blossoms<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HV6lR3gSi3I/SxVvH4seMqI/AAAAAAAAALA/wbNroEnMbrU/s1600/Hakuoki_Stills004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HV6lR3gSi3I/SxVvH4seMqI/AAAAAAAAALA/wbNroEnMbrU/s320/Hakuoki_Stills004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410352708624200354" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.japansociety.org/event_detail?eid=4e6af0f0">Japan Society, New York - Samurai Vendetta: A Chronicle of Pale Cherry Blossoms</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-65220214693735038492009-11-24T19:00:00.001-05:002009-11-24T19:00:31.824-05:00News: Top 30...Er 54...films from TIFF<a href=http://twitchfilm.net/news/2009/11/top-30er-54films-from-tiff.php>News: Top 30...Er 54...films from TIFF</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-26564988252902018032009-07-20T11:37:00.005-04:002009-07-21T11:36:21.367-04:00Transformers Vs Mobile Suit Gundam<div>Walked past a poster of <i>Transformer 2: Revenge of the Fallen</i> yesterday and was struck at the resemblance with the Mobile Suit Gundam design(s). I think Gundam came first, In any case, it's an interesting instance of cross-cultural circulation.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/Koolkillersam/?action=view&current=TF2SteelPoster.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/Koolkillersam/TF2SteelPoster.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><a href="http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/Koolkillersam/?action=view&current=largeAnimePaperwallpapers_Mobile-Su.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 319px; height: 238px;" src="http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/Koolkillersam/largeAnimePaperwallpapers_Mobile-Su.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><a href="http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/Koolkillersam/?action=view&current=largeAnimePaperwallpapers_Mobile-Su.jpg" target="_blank"><br /></a></div>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-41949516415376689802009-04-21T16:07:00.002-04:002009-04-21T16:08:15.301-04:00North-South<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HV6lR3gSi3I/Se4noDkbkbI/AAAAAAAAAII/ix0UPIqt2Dk/s1600-h/abc174774a12b1618198c91eee02.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HV6lR3gSi3I/Se4noDkbkbI/AAAAAAAAAII/ix0UPIqt2Dk/s400/abc174774a12b1618198c91eee02.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327238978332234162" border="0" /></a>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-23128846134649919672008-12-11T13:48:00.002-05:002008-12-11T13:53:54.555-05:00A Scott Weiland moment and mood behind the desk<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x5N1Pq0rTVo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x5N1Pq0rTVo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-13389286758012434502008-07-10T15:11:00.002-04:002008-07-10T15:33:09.951-04:00Locus SolusNeuroses for the dead<br />avowed to be<br />null and a void<br />allowed to be divided<br />into ten thousand days<br /><br />won't last too longSamuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-13512779586703195752008-07-06T19:33:00.003-04:002008-07-06T19:42:38.941-04:00Like the first whisper of a rising wind<p align="center"><img height="1024" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/Inada_Kyuzo_Shinsuke.jpg" width="693" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Yoshitoshi, <em>Eimei nijûhasshûku</em> (<em>Twenty-eight famous murders with verse</em>), 1867</p>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-54880510660233426282008-07-06T18:39:00.001-04:002008-07-06T18:41:56.092-04:00Thatched Cottages at Cordeville<p align="center"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/vangogh_cottage_cordeville.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Vincent Van Gogh: <em>Thatched Cottages at Cordeville</em>, 1890.</p>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-89257115174679643222008-07-06T14:24:00.002-04:002008-07-06T14:25:31.547-04:00Man / Machine<p align="center"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/rhoner.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Georges Rohner: <em>L'homme et la machine</em>, 1980</p>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-86067414104394509072008-07-06T13:28:00.003-04:002008-07-06T13:31:36.219-04:00Soga Shohaku: "Brahman and Indra"<div align="center"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/fa20011017a4a.jpg" border="0" /> <img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/050203soga.jpg" border="0" /></div>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-51713167707852698812008-06-12T15:31:00.003-04:002008-06-12T15:37:12.085-04:00Pacman and consumerism<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><img style="width: 402px; height: 301px;" src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/pacman.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">“<b>Jesus:</b> Pacman was about consumerism. It was all about seeing how much you could consume before you died. Your whole life is spent eating yellow dots – consuming products – while trying to avoid the reality of of your own death.<br /></p><br /><b>Elvis:</b> Do what?<br /><p><br /><b>Jesus:</b> That was what the ghosts represented. Mortality. They were always coming to get you, and the Pacman's whole existence was based on avoiding them while devouring as much crap as he could fit his mouth around. But there was death, always around the corner, and no matter how much you consumed, they always got you in the end. You never noticed that?”<br /><br />Captain Smack, <a href="http://captainsmack.blogspot.com/2007/05/captain-smack-special-edition-how-to.html">This Is Your Captain Speaking</a><br /><a href="http://captainsmack.blogspot.com/2007/12/jesus-and-elvis-happy-birthday-jesus.html">Full post</a>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-52922388641951026452008-06-11T10:25:00.010-04:002008-06-11T14:59:07.208-04:00Cultural revolution or mass hysteria?<div style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><img src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/r2954395349.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></span><br /></div><span style=""><p><br />“But beyond the very legitimate concerns about the quality of American beef, I think there is also something more going on here, at least for the university students.<br />I get the sense that young people are bored, bored with pop culture, bored with plastic surgery, bored with consumerism and the fetishization of luxury goods.<br />They are also angry that they have spent their entire lives studying, only to leave university and enter a jobless future. Korea was convulsed by political revolution in the 1980s, but never really went through an equivalent cultural revolution.The protests are about mad cow disease today, but social movements have a way of accumulating new meanings and directions over time. Who could have predicted that opening the Korean market to U.S. beef would have sparked such massive protests. And who knows where this thing will end up. That’s the exciting thing about history.”<br /><br />John Eperjesi (Kyung Hee University), <span style="">“</span>Candlelight Vigils, Food Sovereignty for Healthier Future”<br /><a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2008/06/139_25625.html">Full article</a><br /><br /></p></span><p><span style="">“</span>This situation would not be so confusing if the diplomats, journalists and other foreign residents who know Korea did their jobs properly. But either they don’t understand the dynamic themselves or out of love for Koreans they moderate their language. Thus the foreign press, for example, refers to “anger against resumed beef imports,” rather than public hysteria, which is what it really is. Believe me. As a European, I know hysteria when I see it. We murdered 200,000 people as witches in the 15th century and 6 million Jews, and large numbers of Gypsies and homosexuals, in the 20th, for reasons that we don’t know.”<br /><br />Mike Breen, <span style="">“</span>Mad Cow Hysteria”<br /><a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2008/06/137_25396.html">Full article</a></p>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-26634710870292659932008-06-10T14:24:00.002-04:002008-12-11T13:54:57.689-05:00Office stuff- What are you working on?<br />- [thick Korean accent] What work?<br /><br />[staring at a blank spreadsheet] I didn't really think this through...Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-61360868908916211632008-06-08T16:04:00.003-04:002008-06-08T16:24:48.772-04:00Almost rational<span style="">“</span>The real trouble with the world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one. The commonest kind of trouble is that it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians. It looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is; its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden; its wildness lies in wait.”<br /><br />G.K. Chesterton, <span style="font-style: italic;">Orthodoxy</span>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-52524127451060288992008-06-05T09:31:00.002-04:002008-06-05T09:35:44.394-04:00From 'Anatomy of Melancholy'<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="">“</span>To say truth, 'tis the common fortune of most scholars to be servile and poor, to complain pitifully, and lay open their wants to their respective patrons... and... for hope of gain to lie, flatter, and with hyperbolical elogiums and commendations to magnify and extol an illiterate unworthy idiot for his excellent virtues, whom they should rather, as Machiavel observes, vilify and rail at downright for his most notorious villainies and vices.<span style="">”</span><br /></p>“I have read many books, but to little purpose, for want of good method. I have confusedly tumbled over divers authors in our libraries with small profit for want of art, order, memory, judgment.”<br /><br />Robert Burton, <span style="font-style: italic;">Anatomy of Melancholy</span>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-1893990672046813722008-06-04T10:57:00.001-04:002008-06-04T10:58:27.929-04:00Averroes in his analogical plenitude<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 420px; height: 558px;" src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/DSC04652.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></div>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-43305961075033268022008-05-27T15:29:00.003-04:002008-06-05T09:37:39.135-04:00Non-dreamsAnd there you go, dreaming about new women. It took you a while to figure out what you wanted from life in general: a little bit of solitude, silence, drinking... doing drugs, and every now and then, a very pretty girl that you'll never see again.Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-85292431673857168462008-05-04T18:55:00.005-04:002008-06-08T23:59:57.474-04:00NietzscheHis war against God was madness of course. Direct war was completely out of the question. Christianity had the genius (the wisdom?) of positioning go-betweens, intercessors and mediators, like Jesus Christ himself. <span class="quote">It is better to have to do with the saints than with God sometimes. How wise polytheism was in this respect.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="quote"><img src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/mgodsmaller.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></span><br /></div>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-86906910032178517812008-04-25T03:46:00.003-04:002008-05-05T00:36:32.141-04:00AppointmentEverything is temporary: love, art, earth, you and me. Death is inevitable that it takes everyone by surprise.<br />How would you know if today might not be your last day? this time the last time?<br />You think you have enough time but you really have no idea at all.<br />And then, that's it, you drown, you die: game over.<br />Death is the only appointment that cannot be written down in your calendar.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/pineapple.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /><br /></div>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-2991333495293713872008-03-25T16:36:00.003-04:002008-04-01T00:15:50.632-04:00One-way street<div><p>Deafening... defining. The shore might not be there any more<br />among seasons of seasickness and reeling waves.<br /></div>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-45133653286602730682008-03-07T20:39:00.001-05:002008-03-07T20:42:52.869-05:00Asian Markets Fall Like Cherry Blossoms In Gentle Spring Rain<div class="onion_embed headline"><a class="img" target="theonion" href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/asian_markets_fall_like_cherry?utm_source=Distributed&utm_medium=Embedded%2BHTML&utm_campaign=Widgets"><img src="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Asian-Market-R.frontpage_thumbnail_small.jpg" alt="Asian Markets Fall Like Cherry Blossoms In Gentle Spring Rain" /></a><h2><a target="theonion" href="http://www.theonion.com/content?utm_source=Distributed&utm_medium=Embedded%2BHTML&utm_campaign=Widgets"><img src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/onion/assets/logos/onion_super_tiny.png" alt="The Onion" height="12" width="92" /></a></h2><h3 style=""><a target="theonion" href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/asian_markets_fall_like_cherry?utm_source=Distributed&utm_medium=Embedded%2BHTML&utm_campaign=Widgets">Asian Markets Fall Like Cherry Blossoms In Gentle Spring Rain</a></h3><p class="embed_teaser">TOKYO, HONG KONG, SEOUL—"Our worst monthly drop; rate cuts make investors flee—to commodities," Nikkei index vice commissioner Fukako Mishima said in haiku last week.</p></div><style type="text/css">.onion_embed {background: rgb(256, 256, 256) !important;border: 4px solid rgb(65, 160, 65);border-width: 4px 0 1px 0;margin: 10px 30px !important;padding: 5px;overflow: hidden !important;zoom: 1;}.onion_embed img {border: 0 !important;}.onion_embed a {display: inline;}.onion_embed a.img {float: left !important;margin: 0 5px 0 0 !important;width: 66px;display: block;overflow: hidden !important;}.onion_embed a.img img {border: 1px solid #222 !important;;width: 64px;;padding: 0 !important;;}.onion_embed h2 {line-height: 2px;;clear: none;;margin: 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;}.onion_embed h3 {line-height: 16px;font: bold 16px arial, sans-serif !important;margin: 3px 0 0 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;}.onion_embed h3 a {line-height: 16px !important;;color: rgb(0, 51, 102) !important;font: bold 16px arial, sans-serif !important;text-decoration: none !important;display: inline !important;;float: none !important;;text-transform: capitalize !important;}.onion_embed h3 a:hover {text-decoration: underline !important;color: rgb(204, 51, 51) !important;}.onion_embed p {color: #000 !important;;font: normal 11px/ 11px arial, sans-serif !important;;margin: 2px 0 0 0 !important;;padding: 0 !important;}.onion_embed a {display: inline !important;;float: none !important;}</style><img src="http://statistics.theonion.com/b/ss/theonionprod/1/H.6--NS/1234567?pe=lnk_d&pev2=Asian%20Markets%20Fall%20Like%20Cherry%20Blossoms%20In%20Gentle%20Spring%20Rain&pev1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Fnews%2Fasian_markets_fall_like_cherry%3Futm_source%3DDistributed%26utm_medium%3DEmbedded%252BHTML%26utm_campaign%3DWidgets" style="display: none;" height="1" width="1" /><br /><br />And yet another masterpiece from <span style="font-style: italic;">The Onion</span>. A genuine poem in prose.Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-11077304161519874192008-03-06T16:56:00.001-05:002008-03-06T16:58:53.058-05:00All plots tend to move deathward<p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">“The discussion moved to plots in general. I found myself saying to the assembled heads, “All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots. Political plots, terrorist plots, lovers<span style="font-size: 12pt;">’</span> plots, narrative plots, plots that are part of children's games. We edge nearer death every time we plot. It is like a contract that all must sign, the plotters as well as those who are the targets of the plot.” ”<br /></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Don DeLillo, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">White Noise</span></span>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-3420605968052130622008-03-06T15:15:00.002-05:002008-03-06T15:26:00.763-05:00Grendizer/Goldorak. Giant robot knight shell<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><embed allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x47rb9" height="256" width="320"></embed> <p> <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x47rb9_goldorak-generique-japonais-1_fun"></a></p><br /><P><br />After more than twenty years, what I find surprising is the bizarre Americanization of the main character, an aristocrat from a remote (and dead) planet, who passes himself off as a humble horse wrangler (of all things).Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-77277153868164807932008-01-30T00:08:00.000-05:002008-02-10T12:34:28.091-05:00The New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang<p style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/new_york_philharmonic_concert_in_py.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></span></p><p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The New York Philharmonic</span><span style="font-size:100%;">’</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> concert in Pyongyang on February 26, conducted by Lorin Maazel, will be broadcast live, worldwide, on satellite television, a statement from the orchestra said on Friday, January 25. </span></p> <p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The announcement of this historical concert was made on December 11 in New York during a press conference to which participated Pak Gil Yon, alongside the orchestra</span><span style="font-size:100%;">’</span><span style="font-size:100%;">s president Paul Guenther and Zarin Mehta, who has been music director since 2002.</span></p> <p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The orchestra will perform the American and North-Korean national anthems, then will proceed to play the Prelude to</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Act III of Richard Wagner's opera </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Lohengrin</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, Anton Dvorak</span><span style="font-size:100%;">’</span><span style="font-size:100%;">s ninth symphony, </span><span style="font-size:100%;">“From the New World”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> and </span><span style="font-size:100%;">George Gershwin</span><span style="font-size:100%;">’</span><span style="font-size:100%;">s </span><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;">An</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> American in Paris</span><span style="font-size:100%;">”</span><span style="font-size:100%;">. </span></p> <p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The concert will take place in the East Pyongyang Grand Theater, at the end of a tour that will take the New York Philharmonic to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. The musicians, who will be staying in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from February 25 to 27, will then go to Seoul, where they are scheduled for a concert on February 28. </span></p> <p style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The live broadcast of the concert will be co-produced by the Philharmonic and EuroArts Music International </span>(a Medici Arts company)<span style="font-size:100%;">, the South-Korean television channel </span><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;">Munhwa Broadcasting Company</span><span style="font-size:100%;">”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> (MBC), ARTE France and the EBU (European Broadcasting Union). </span>The broadcast will be directed by Michael Beyer, with Paul Smaczny and Thomas Baer as executive producers. The performance can be watched on Thursday, February 26 at 8 p.m. (ET) on Thirteen/WNET New York GREAT PERFORMANCES on PBS (check local listings). The DVD of the event will be released in spring 2008 by EuroArts. </p>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959503251051577241.post-86965577156585620132008-01-14T02:16:00.001-05:002008-01-15T13:57:11.897-05:00Below the Surface<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/leeyonginbelowthesurface.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><br /><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Saw the “</span><span style="font-size:100%;">Contemporary Dance Showcase, Phase 2: Japan + East Asia</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;">” at Japan Society on Friday. A good variety of performances, i.e., tones and colors. In a nutshell, a very strong show, funny, angst-filled at times, beautiful in the most traditional sense of the word.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">I found Lee Yong-In’s solo </span>performance to be the strongest, if not necessarily the most original. The sharp precision, the austerity of the movements, and the beauty of the dancer: a very nice piece.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/samuel_jamier/leeyongin.jpg" border="0" /> </div>Samuel Jamierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194756439448971591noreply@blogger.com0