Sometimes reading or watching the news can get us down these days. There are still plenty of good things in the world, so here is a selection of videos to, hopefully, make us a little happier and able to face the world. Enjoy (and relax).
Dance of the Cygnets s a dance from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Lev Ivanov’s choreography—created for the 1895 revival of Swan Lake—was meant to imitate the way cygnets huddle and move together for protection. Four dancers enter the stage in a line and move across with their arms crossed in front of one another, grasping the next dancers’ hands. They move sideways, doing sixteen pas de chat. Ideally, the dancers move in exact unison. At the very end, they break their chain and try to “fly”, only to drop to the ground.
I think this is amazing and wonderful!
The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)” is the debut single by Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, taken from their debut studio album Hijas del Tomate (2002). The song is about a young man who enters a nightclub while singing and dancing. In addition to the original Spanish version, the song exists in a form with Spanglish verses, although the nonsensical chorus is identical in both versions. “The Ketchup Song” was released on 10 June 2002 and became an international hit the same year. It reached number one in at least 20 European countries and became the best-selling hit of 2002 in eight of them. It also topped the music charts of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand but stalled at number 54 in the United States.
So sing…and dance along! Forget your worries!!
WAKA WAKA was released on 7 May 2010 by Epic Records as the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which was held in South Africa. Released in English and Spanish (with the title “Waka Waka (Esto es África)“), the song samples the original Cameroonian song “Zamina mina (Zangaléwa)”.
Sing, dance and cheer along!
The Venus Orchestra was founded in 2001 in Germany as the “Ladies First Symphony Orchestra”. They are fun to watch and listen to. Here they play a piece from Jacques Offenbach, a German-born French composer. Enjoy this remarkable performance!
Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) is a rotating musical collective founded by New York-based pianist Scott Bradlee in 2011. Postmodern Jukebox is known for reworking popular modern music into different vintage genres, especially early 20th century forms such as swing and jazz. They have toured North America, Europe, and Australia; often simultaneously due to the extensive discography and the numerous artists and performers involved in the project.
Slow down and enjoy that bass…
Finally,for today, is a fun 1983 song by ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) with some ‘dancing’. Get up and dance yourself!
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