Sep 12 2009

E-learning: Electronic Embroidery

Time to learn some new skill in the fields of textile art and electronic geekery for girlz (boyz could jump in, too!)… Learning basics of Electronic Embroidery, LED Robot Embroidery and  the usage of LilyPad Arduino  with Becky Stern and Diana Eng is gonna be smooth and creative… very cool, geek-ish and chic at the same time…

embroideredmrislice.jpgPhoto: Embroidered MRI slices by B. Stern taken from Craftzine (c)

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Jul 31 2009

E-learning: African Dance for beginners, part 3

There are only few tips left in classes African Dance for beginners to launch you into some other bodily sensation and understanding of coordination…

africa3.jpgPhoto: Manfred Schweda (c)

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Jul 30 2009

E-learning: African Dance for beginners, part 2

No break for us… Today’s classes by Nkachika will guide you through some technique tips of African Dance for beginners…

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Photo: Male Dancer from Karamu House by Gjon Mili (1949)
Taken from LIFE

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Jul 29 2009

E-learning: African Dance for beginners, part 1

Summer could be a perfect time to learn some new skills and because Africa fascinates me so much, I thought that African Dance is perfect for hot days… We might talk for days about all ethnic forms of dance that exists on this continent  for centuries… I already covered in E-learning basics of Capoeira, dance form that is of African origin, too.

africa.jpgPhoto: An African Woman by Roger Frazer

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Jun 25 2009

E-learning: How to Perform Mime Routines

After being such good performers of mime, it’s time to end series of mime classes under the guidance of Mike Wenzel.

Today you are gonna train some Mime routines, and at the same time, you will learn how to distinguish mime from an old form of street culture, and that’s clownery. I leave gentlemen Pierrot and Harlequin for some other time…

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