For Zach

I've been thinking a lot about my friend Zach who is going through a very rough time right now. So I found a few dance videos to cheer him up.

Parle à ma main (talk to my hand): This doesn't need much of an intro, nor is understanding the French really necessary (although it's hilarious!). You'll get the point. Just something stupid I saw on the TV this morning.





Mondotek "Alive": Think the opposite of hip-hop. Here, the weight of the beat is much more up. As far as I can tell, hip-hop is all about the weight being down. Sometimes we all need the weight of things to be up for a change.




Nocturne's Despondency: I wish I had a YouTube video for this too. The quote will have to do: "The most satisfying piece of the evening was associate director Zach De Vries' lovely and evocative "Nocturne's Despondency," set to John Williams' mournful score from Schindler's List. The four dancers in muted shades responded to De Vries' sophisticated choreography with beautiful breath and phrasing. Even when doing simple gestures like tracing circles on the floor with their hands or bending to gather up another dancer, they were luminous." (from "Jazzworks sparkles and shines at Overture Center", Isthmus Daily Page, 03/03/2007).

Here are the words that I'm pulling from that quote and that describe Zach: satisfying, lovely, evocative, mournful (at this moment in time), sophisticated, beautiful, simple, luminous.