DISCORDIA 4.5 :: blanca

CollexArts, like Venus Uprising, is a true artists' collective. There are no directors, no dictators. It is a group of artists gathered together because of their matching views and for no other reason than to express their own Self. Sherene and I belong to both groups.

I don't exactly know why but the range of my aesthetic taste is incredibly wide. I am what you see in Venus Uprising's Bellydance Universe as much as I am what you see when I go into the emotional depths of the Collective and Personal Unconscious with Collex. At first they seemed a contradiction, but more and more the two are interweaving, coming together both inside of me and expressed through the work I put out.

Last weekend CollexArts presented DISCORDIA 4.5 - Works from the Newly Seen. '4.5' because this is Collex's fourth production, (the previous ones were: Planetarium: a Collective Longing, Keeping the Channels Open and Pluto: a Descent). As a collective, we went through an artistic and psychic process in order to create each of these shows. But in 2006 we went through a Process, but produced no show, this is where the .5 comes from.

It is called 'Discordia' and 'Newly Seen' because as the show was developing we began to notice a lot of similarities in the themes of the show and the theme of that recently discovered planet: Eris.

Eris is that Greek Goddess that wasn't invited to the party; the one who, feeling left out, plotted revenge by leaving the Golden Apple with the inscription: "To the Fairest" near Athena, Aphrodite and Hera so they could get jealous of each other and eventually cause havoc, and... well, you know the story.

Here are some images of the show. Make sure you view the complete Photoset. Also make sure you visit the CollexArts website.

PS: pick up a copy of The Golden Apple: Stars of NYC Bellydance so you see that not all golden apples cause discordia :)

PHOTOS:
1. Sherene and Talya in Sherene's "Discordia/Flow"
2. Sherene in "Ketu Maha Dasha"
3 and 4. Leah and Blanca in Blanca's "Sway"
5. Blanca in "Perfect Citizen"
6. Collex in Sherene's "Constant Interruption"
7. William (yes, that is William) in "Rollout"
8. Leah in "Red Ribbon"
9. The dynamic trio celebrating at Matsuri after the show. My beloveds Tanna, Sarah Skinner, Elsa, Ayshe, Jenn, Mindy, Katherine and Manolo also came to the performance.

Thanks to the fabulous Tet for the pictures.

 

 

Comments

[Tanna]

It truly was a very interesting show, well-paced and with a nice diversity of individual artistic expression, while still maintaining an overall group harmony.
Kudos!!

[LadyM]

Looks intriguing. I wish I could have seen it... (heck, why stop there) been a part of it. HA!

The skirt dropping down over the dancer was beautiful... yet I find myself wishing I could have played with the garbage girl =)

peace & laLoVe