Putting Together
Michael Hedges covers Neneh Cherry in the best way possible. The Urban Dance Camp dancers are put in a friendly dance battle to emphasize musical layers and ... it just clicked!
Links to videos I used:
Chris Martin and EZ Twins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hscob05vtTg&ab_channel=URBANDANCECAMP
Keone Madrid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq1AS3DbJlc&ab_channel=URBANDANCECAMP
Michael Hedges cover for Neneh Cherrry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41l3UzA64sE&ab_channel=type3secretion
Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsRz3TJDEY&ab_channel=NenehCherryVEVO
Gravity Dogz slow motions skating down hills to Pearl Jam.
Links to videos I used:
Gravity Dogz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bzATDSKuVs&ab_channel=WaveMusic
Pearl Jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZCMgm6Z-8M&ab_channel=PearlJam-Topic
Hilty & Bosch dancing with precision and style, to the tune of an Alice in Chains song.
Links to videos I used:
Hilty & Bosch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AifQ64khhY4&ab_channel=URBANDANCECAMP
Alice In Chains:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucp1yNPDu-Y&ab_channel=AliceinChains-Topic
I love this piece by Chopin, and apparently so does Skeletor.
Videos I used:
Skeletor and He-Man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsVhf8AHMAw&t=2s&ab_channel=MastersoftheUniverse%3AHe-Man%26She-Ra
Chopin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDT_gtC5faQ&ab_channel=IlPadrino
This short and genius song by the Smiths feels even better with The Nicholas Brothers dancing to it.
Videos I used:
Nicholas Brothers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNKRm6H-qOU&t=3s&ab_channel=docludi2
The Smiths:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C906lbkcYug&ab_channel=TheSmiths-Topic
The free divers at the DODS competition each have their own style of flying, just for a moment. I wanted to emphasize the flight and the fall. Jeff Buckley covers the Smiths in an unbelievable way, so as to make a beautiful song even more touching. The video and the song were a match made in heaven.
This Mortal Coil covering Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren, mashed-up with John Frusciante's cover of the same song. I assume John Frusciante was very aware of the of Elizabeth Frasier's version, since they fit almost perfectly. Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot skate so beautifully to this music, of course this is not the original track they are dancing to in the Olympics but I thought this was an interesting combination. (They are slowed down to 25% speed, which just shows how their routine is just perfect, even though I cut it up).
Links to videos I used:
Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P05Nv_VMS00&ab_channel=Eurosport
This Mortal Coil's cover to - Song To The Siren:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWKJ2FUiAQ&ab_channel=4AD
John Frusciante's cover - Song To The Siren:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZgyv1-i6s4&ab_channel=FlorisFrusciante
This song by Alice in Chains, juxtaposed with the choreography in the video (Directed & Choreographed by Andrew Winghart). The video helps distinguish this song, one of my all time favorites, and the song gives the choreography even more meaning.
Jeff Buckley covers Van Morrison's song, and Hilty & Bosch dance to it.
In reality they are dancing to another tune, but somehow they manage to enhance this specific song so beautifully.
Links to videos that I used:
Hilty & Bosch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-eKTrnbuWk&ab_channel=URBANDANCECAMP
Jeff Bucley's cover to Van Morrison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-eKTrnbuWk&ab_channel=URBANDANCECAMP
Putting Together aims to connect, mix and juxtapose movement and visuals with music and sound in a way that will enhance and support the beauty, complexity and depth in both mediums. The ideas and execution are a product of trial and error with intuition, and are not meant to mock or hurt the original creators or creations that are being used for mashups and "collages". I sincerely hope the artists I've "sampled" would be happy with the end result, or at least with the idea, if they saw it.