Category Archives: Artist Profile

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  Anait (Arevik) Seyranyan – Artist Profile

  Posted on April 13, 2014 by tantro in Artist Profile

  A lot of people have now seen this amazing video (625,048 YouTube views, and many more Facebook ‘likes’) and wondered just who this extraordinarily accomplished woman is. Her strength, balance, flexibility and grace are inspiring and quite mesmerising.  The fact that what we are witnessing seems so casual in such a domestic setting, with the […]

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  James Hood – PanArt Hang

  Posted on March 31, 2014 by tantro in Artist Profile

  Introducing the magical sound of the ‘PanArt Hang’ composed and played by James Hood.  His forthcoming double-cd album ‘Ceremony’ is due out shortly. EPK for the album ‘Ceremony’. ©2014 Edible Sounds. Original Artwork: Tatiana Plakhova www.complexitygraphics.com (26th Jan 2014) James Hood ‘Cherry Mandala’ from the album ‘Ceremony’ (26th January 2014). Directed and edited by Robin […]

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  Artist Profile – Amira Willighagen

  Posted on March 27, 2014 by tantro in Artist Profile

  “Amira waited for the curious crowd to fall silent. Then, an Angel’s voice burst from her tiny body.” Audition (31 August 2013) ‘Holland’s Got Talent’ judges Gordon Heuckeroth, Chantal Janzen and Dan Karaty were blown away when the very last audition featured the unique talent of nine-year-old opera singer Amira Willighagen from Nijmegen. They initially […]

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  Circle of Life – Valérie Inertie

  Posted on March 7, 2014 by tantro in Artist Profile

  “While training at the Québec Circus School, [Valérie Inertie] explored various techniques, including aerial silk, German Wheel, monocycling and acrobatics. She also met Daniel Cyr, inventor of the Cyr Wheel, who gave her advice on building her own wheel and generously shared his expertise with her. She also developed her dance and theatre talents, all […]

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  Jiří Kylián’s ‘Bella Figura’ (1995) Nederlands Dans Theater

  Posted on January 29, 2014 by tantro in Artist Profile

  Last year Ros and I were blown away by a contemporary dance work we saw on a tv arts channel by Jiří Kylián. ‘Bella Figura’ (1995) Nederlands Dans Theater was a real treat and an eye-opener.  We particularly loved the ‘walking the dog’ sequence (12:38 mins) which we tried, only relatively successfully, to introduce to […]

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