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Pilobolus: A Performance Merging Dance and Biology

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http://www.ted.com Pilobolus dance company members Otis Cook and Jennifer Macavinta perform the sensuous duet "Symbiosis." Does it trace the birth of a human relationship, or the co-evolution of a pair of symbiotic species? That's left for you to decide. Gorgeous, organic choreography blurs the boundaries between the two performers, who use the body's own geometry to lift, move and combine. The music, recorded by the Kronos Quartet on Nonesuch Records, is a compilation of works: "God Music" from Black Angels by George Crumb, "Fratres" by Arvo Pärt, and "Morango ... Almost a Tango" by Thomas Oboe Lee.

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  • That was extremely ...

    That was extremely impressive. I'm very awed by the fluidity of their movement together in such difficult poses requiring the amount of strength they do. Very, very well done.

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  • does anyone know ...

    does anyone know what the second song is? I know the first part is Kronos, but I can't figure out the second

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  • We see what we ...

    We see what we choose to see. Same thing with hearing what we choose to hear. I see many angle from one and having someone special in mind I pick up ideas..

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  • Simply excellent!!

    Simply excellent!!

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  • I didn't see ...

    I didn't see anything sexual at all about this video.

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  • Its really hard to ...

    Its really hard to get a boner when there are a couple hundred people watching you and you are out of puberty and you are using your other muscles a lot and you are very tired. Its also mind over matter. I could even will myself uut of that one.

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  • Holy S**t , this has ...

    Holy S**t , this has to be one of the most amazing things I have seen. That guy must be really strong, but the thong thing really wasn't working for me lol. I know that there would be no other way to show his whole figure, but maybe some briefs or something, I dunno... I guess it is perfect how it is, and changing it would just ruin it... IT WAS STILL AMAZING.

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  • It wasn't all that ...

    It wasn't all that sensual. There was no sex whatever.

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  • I need to see these ...

    I need to see these guys live.

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  • This video is a ...

    This video is a torrent of sensual stimulation ~ that's so nice

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  • I'm choreographing ...

    I'm choreographing a production of "Bat boy" and if you know that show theres a number in it called Children children. This has truly inspired me for that very challenging number.
    AMAZING WORK

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  • spinning by holding ...

    spinning by holding her head must have hurt so much!

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  • this is the single ...

    this is the single most sensual video i've ever seen

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  • that is freakin ...

    that is freakin trippy as hell

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    maravilhosooooooooooooooooo,,,,mágicooooooooo....O humano e seus incriveis movimentos

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  • FENOMENAL.

    FENOMENAL.

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  • who choreographed ...

    who choreographed this wow

    By flexymidge [Affiliate User] 1203311741 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • THAT WAS ...

    THAT WAS AMAAAAAAZING!!! OMG!!

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  • Beautiful!

    Beautiful!

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  • she WROCKS my world

    she WROCKS my world

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  • oh god. EVERYTHING? ...

    oh god. EVERYTHING??
    the movement and their interaction is just SO ...biotic. it's creepy how much this made me feel like...they were "alive" together

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  • the symbiosis theme ...

    the symbiosis theme is the bio part...

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  • hi people of TED... ...

    hi people of TED... is the dancer jennifer macavinta Pinay? she really looks very Pinay

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  • Uhh... I guess in ...

    Uhh... I guess in an artsy way, the dance was good. But what the hell does this have anything to do with bio???

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  • The music, recorded ...

    The music, recorded by the Kronos Quartet on Nonesuch Records, is a compilation of works: "God Music" from Black Angels by George Crumb, "Fratres" by Arvo Pärt, and "Morango ... Almost a Tango" by Thomas Oboe Lee.

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