Category: Performance
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NSFW: Swiss Performance Artist Attends Art Basel Without Clothes
When Bar Rafaeli appeared completely nude on the cover of Esquire, was it performance art? Possibly – she did have an actual artist named Stephen Victore paint the words of Stephen King on her body. Is the above photo? Absolutely, at least according to Milo Moire, a performance artist and psychologist based in Duesseldorff, Germany.…
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Performance Artist Reenacts the Painting ‘The Origin Of The World’
Following on from our previous post where a performance artist was restrained, force-fed and injected with cosmetics in a high street shop window as part of a hard-hitting protest against animal testing (see HERE), another performance artist has gone to great lengths to make a point. Background: if you’ve ever gazed into the beautiful void…
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Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev Performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra!
Sydney Symphony Orchestra has just announced that their latest blockbuster performance “Winter Daydreams” by Tchaikovsky and “Alexander Nevsky” by Prokofiev will be performed for a very limited time on Wednesday 12 March, Friday 14 Mar, and Saturday 15 March at the Sydney Opera House. Conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, led by mezzo-soprano Natascha Petrinsky, and supported by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, this performance…
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Bringing Mozart to the Kids… Spectacular Costumes and Props in the Magic Flute
Costume and effects guru Julie Taymor has outdone herself with Opera Australia’s latest production… Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”. With a particular focus of entertaining the kids as well as their parents, Taymor (who was previously the director of the Lion King on Broadway), brings together a nine-metre serpent, towering polar bears and hundreds of paintstakingly hand-crafted props…
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A New Light Painting Stop Motion Video About a Skateboarding Skeleton by Darren Pearson
Light painter Darren Pearson has a new stop motion short that follows the adventures of a skateboarding skeleton. In the making for nearly a year, the video involves over 700 individual photographs that were painted in camera using a small flashlight. And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang on your…
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Burning Man Past Before Present – Beautiful Photos by Trey Ratcliff
The Burning Man Festival has come and gone for another year, and before we share with you some of our favorite shots from the amazing 2013 gathering, we thought we’d share some of the most beautiful images of past festivals. Captured by photographer Trey Ratcliff these photographers capture the joy, freedom, color, majesty and mystique…
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Ballet Dancers in Everyday Situations!
Following on from our extremely successful blog post about a ballet dancer that danced en pointe on knife shoes on a piano (see HERE), it’s quite clear that an ordinary day as a ballet dancer is never ordinary. Ever wonder what a ballet dancer does on their downtime? With all of those muscles toned and trained…
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Ballerina Wears Knife Shoes to Perform En Pointe En a Piano!
Ballerinas are often associated with beauty, grace, and elegant human forms. In his video En Puntas (‘On Points’), however, artist Javier Perez has managed to preserve all of these elements while also portraying the dark intensity, dedication and even violence that this graceful art form can represent. En Puntas features ballerina Amelie Segarra dancing the…