Dancing with light | Quixotic Fusion

[@i3e5l4]

To this day, this music brings joy and wonder to the inner-workings of my mind.

[@Mikeinatorable]

Better than a talk. A veritable conversation spoke with perhaps the most versatile and universal aspect of humanity that we all share in common--the body. That is the beauty of this, and is what makes it a hundredfold more telling than the average lecture ever could be.

[@ianconormckinney]

These guys are amazing--I get to see them live in a few weeks! They're doing a show in the southern US for the first time at Art Outside 2012!

[@dennismoore7059]

Imparare a camminare ti rende libero. Imparare a danzare ti dà la libertà più grande di tutte: esprimere con tutto il tuo essere la persona che sei.

[@andrewc2768]

Finally, a TED video that shows women in a positive way. These ladies are a lot less militant, and they realize that their bodies are their best attributes.

[@hill161]

I think anything on TED is worthy of viewing

[@lilclumsy87]

The imagery utilized in dance has basically become visible to the audience's eyes. Great idea and a wonderful way to help amateur dancers (as well as the audience) to understand the deeper concepts of dance. I feel it will allow people to appreciate dance more as a professional performing art.

[@artsysavvy]

I thought this was incredible. If you'll look at what TED is about, it's all about spreading ideas. Dance is communicating ideas and feelings with motion. Music is communicating ideas and feelings with sound. Visual art is communicating ideas and feelings with images. Speaking is communicating ideas and feelings with words. So, in my opinion, all of these forms of communicating ideas and feelings have a place with TED.

[@lilclumsy87]

It's too bad not that many people understand and appreciate dance as a discipline. There's so much more to dance than what we see on tv and at clubs. This piece utilized many elements of choreography that made it quite interesting, By using the lights, the choreographer was able to expand his/her artistic expression, which was the reason why this "talk" was so fascinating. It has potential to cause a revolution to the performing arts. I mean I'm sure it was inspired by many music artists (i.e.

[@belindaterry6010]

Yes. I'm glad you saw it.

[@ZeevaTV]

Oh don't delete--just grow a slightly thicker skin. As an old dancer--I really liked this piece. Sure--the dancing was not what I'd call really world class--but then I grew up in NYC & danced in London & watching solid world-class dancers-- classical, modern, ethnic... This group is pretty good--but the cleverness in the use of the lighting tech is just SWEET! And I DO agree with you--anyone one who's complaining about "this is TED talks" clearly has forgotten what the E in TED stands for!

[@ik04]

Thirty solid seconds of entertainment packed into ten minutes!

[@PlusOtherThings]

Just did their show in Pittsburg KS (it was free for us the students!) and it's AWESOME!!!! this video don't show how good it's , you should see it LIVE

[@journeyhearts]

This is wonderful. Very talented dancers and great choreography.

[@PolyUnRex]

Pure genius. Through and through.

[@mohsen8sabahi]

beautiful limkokwing babyyyy,, the artist with the violin was baaaddddddddd

[@svenlivingston777]

Huge props to the lighting technician!

[@Sahara101010]

Ted isn't just for intellectual stimulation. It is for artistic and emotional inspiration. If you don't like the performance, fine. But don't be bitter and hate a perfectly creatively executed artist doing their thing on the ted stage because it isn't your thing or you don't agree with the venue.

[@jincyquones]

TED stands for Technology, ENTERTAINMENT, and Design. All of you who are complaining should be grateful that TED even exists. Let them decide who gets to do what and be thankful they're doing it.

[@samuelphillippi]

As much as I love science and technology and new ideas, I also enjoy the occasional arts. I would very much like to see them preform in a studio environment where they could after the fact perfectly line the effects to the actions.

[@iwanttodanceallnight]

I keep watching this, it is so amazing.

[@leahpratt6990]

That was beautiful. I don't know what it was, but it was beautiful.

[@TheCoolrandomdudes]

How dare people dislike and hate on this video? Are you really that close minded? I think this performance was beyond fantastic

[@kevinsosa6502]

I just came here because the words quixotic fusion sound so cool together

[@Excolsior]

the effect is interesting, and very intriguing. The concept itself is something I like. Still, I like the fact that alot of peopel here agree that the TED talks aren't just for inspiring speeches about educational subjects, but also about the expression of the arts, etc.

[@usaaok]

Best comment on a ted video. Ever.

[@akulshi]

TED: Technology Entertainment and Design: TED celebrates original works of art in all three categories Quixotic is a very original and def fits this paradigm. I think they have just as much right to show their work as professors and researchers have.

[@SoulofToast]

Dancing is an art, an expression of one's soul and thinking... Why wouldn't it be on TED?

[@eternalearth88]

It's the three goddesses creating the TRIFORCE :O

[@ReikoCarnesya]

Do you know how much practice and years of hard work it takes for a girl to dance on pointe? It doesn't matter if this is TED or some random dance stage, that was a great dance!

[@JezebelDecibel]

What an astounding & beautiful Light & Dance performance :)

[@Eirwyn]

you took my words right out of my mouth!

[@ianStaten]

TED= ideas worth sharing. Not all communication is with words. Open your minds a little....that is the purpose of TED to begin with.

[@sweetilleyad]

This is so refreshing :D I think this is so creative and hope to see more like it!

[@MarijaTravels]

"What's in a name? A rose by any name would smell as sweet" (Shakespeare) "When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself" (Plato) "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy" (Beethoven) "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” (Nietzche)

[@JanaOracle]

Bloody marvelous!

[@Kaymortality]

Magnificent Show!

[@DiamondLego]

this is truly beautiful. does anyone know where i could get the soundtrack to this? or was all the music custom and not reproduced anywhere...

[@laswan5]

Beautiful and amazing!

[@PokePackFire]

MAGNIFICENT!

[@JeniferPriscilaPC]

Really beautiful and amazing

[@SOSSTSE]

Beautiful

[@TruthAndLoyalty]

Definitely.

[@anastie469]

She's light bending!

[@vyolateher]

Amazing dancing!

[@CocoXLarge]

actually 90% is worthy. There is actually batshit crazy stuff on TED if you look hard enough. on TED can you believe it?

[@กิตติพัฒน์วัชรพันธุ์-ค5ป]

perfect!!

[@Martial-Mat]

Well said, and of course, that's ignoring the obvious fact that body language and dance are forms of communication in any case...

[@matthewjay660]

This feels so Chancellor Palpatine and Anakin Skywalker at the Opera.

[@MotuBiral]

SOMEONE SHOULD TELL TED TO RELEASE THE ENTIRE CLIP RECORDED FROM THE CAMERA WE WERE MEANT TO SEE IT WITH!!:@

[@MarijaTravels]

Here's another appropriate quote - “Dance is the hidden language of the soul” (M.Graham) ;)

[@mayvidmusicpublishing6800]

Fantastic! Is there anyone i can speak to about collaborations?

[@MrNemitri]

who would dislike this?

[@CultofTiphereth]

amazing :) Good one TED

[@HiAdrian]

Really good, i enjoyed it.

[@Martial-Mat]

Good one!

[@JosephDillman]

4:40 SPIIIRIT BOOOOOOOOOOMB!!!

[@Martial-Mat]

I realise that the literal name of this channel has the word "talks" in the name, but don't you feel that its unspoken greater brief is to stimulate thought and provoke conversation? Even if only for its technical accomplishment I think this performance qualifies. If you want to get literal TED and Director are missing from most posts too ;-)

[@TheCoolrandomdudes]

i dont know much about ballet, but i thought it had a very modern twist with the electronic drum and bass sounding chorus

[@WendellLee100]

Awesome

[@ChristopherJManess]

Those who disliked this video apparently can't think with both sides of their brain. This is your brain...this is your brain on TED...any questions?

[@Jayeeyee]

Are they dancing in front of a glass panel screen and just syncing their dance moves with the beat/music?

[@babyfish6]

It's Amazing！

[@dasadopeboy]

if this had just a bit of motion blur it would have been far beyond.

[@wearethemusicyoumake]

It's pretty and it makes me happy shut up

[@Beautifulifesonata]

I found the dance very interesting!

[@SofiDural]

Very well said!!

[@PlusOtherThings]

Aquarium from the album AXIS

[@The26sugar]

Beautiful :)

[@saerain]

So... what does the fullscreen button do for you?

[@UpliftMofoPartyPlane]

Right now it enlarges to a big size that fits inside the internet window, as opposed to filling the whole screen, but before it wouldn't enlarge at all if I remember correctly..

[@tittyhoe4]

One of 1,000+ TED "Talks" ?

[@LimitedShed]

Great......

[@XZSerenityZX]

And TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. So enjoy and don't hate.

[@Crimsonphilosophy]

It's gpt potential, if the light images were in 3D live that would be cool

[@Buoy2]

actually, yeah they do. This is not a talk but a dance performance

[@chekmaytful]

so you are saying that what you typed does not matter because it wasnt spoken? or are you saying that it has to be spoken because you dont understand?

[@mathroots]

This is A++++ performance, but once again, a performance where the videographers think they are more important than the performers by constantly changing camera angles, rather than staying stationery to let us watch the entire performance. We miss so much of the action when they focus on only one person performing, for example the high-wire lady. the worst is So You Think You Can Dance, where they constantly show the judges' faces , rather than keeping cameras on the dancers. Even when they do, they are constantly changing angles - - to what purpose, really? Because they can?

[@Edeinawc]

Mathroots SharpEdge I entirely agree with you, though I must say that I don't think it comes from some sort of arrogance from the film makers. I reckon they just don't understand, and that they try to make the performance more palatable for "casual" audiences, so to speak. I mean, don't even bring So You Think You Can Dance or any such nonsense to the discussion, that's quite off the radar, though that's surely a symptom of the disease. In the end the diseases itself is that not many of us would get our butts of the house to actually watch this in a theater where it's so supposed to be done, so we are relegated to this.

[@UpliftMofoPartyPlane]

For this Visual category it would be nice....

[@uranomar]

A veces, este cuerpo se quiere liberar, transmutarse en luz, pero esa luz, sólo es hermosa y liberadora porque existe un cuerpo que la observa y asimila el sentido poético que ella encierra y desconoce.

[@reyanx7]

Nice performance

[@MarcoDieter]

Did the music sound a lot like Crystallize by Lindsey Sterling?

[@birmanezu-wo5th]

WOW !~

[@DRMMSC]

Pls help ... i am searching the 2nd song start 02:40

[@znon2]

so beautiful... :)

[@UpliftMofoPartyPlane]

Why do TEDtalks Videos seem unable to FULLSCREEN for me?

[@OrejasParalelas]

Hi, I had the pleasure to see this guys in WLCO, would you tell me the CD name with all this fantastic music please? I tried finding it on amazon, but a lot of random stuff came up. Thanks a lot!

[@coldray5]

i was gonna comment on this, but i was blown away to far to say something clever

[@Arghira]

I'm not going to watch this because I'm not interested..But that doesn't mean it's not quality entrainment or that TED should not post this...I a matter of fact I vote thumbs up....

[@parsadorbeigi3166]

It was great, but is it TEDTalks or TEDShows? It lacks a little explanation.

[@ryanfinkler9151]

Nice talk.

[@MalcolmRohon]

How did they do this?

[@BoneyardLabs]

You will understand my disappointment when my assumption was going to be watching particles colliding only to see some blue mist balls

[@shadywalker2159]

0:25 Kaaaaaa meeeee haaaa meee ha!

[@palidus]

seems spiritual almost alien-like. Shits tight.

[@luisaparameninas1408]

amei

[@karinafebriani9535]

what is she using? is it a projector?

[@violenthipshaking]

This kinda reminds me of Beyoncé(Billboard awards 2011) and Måns(Eurovision 2015, Sweden)

[@marcussmith7669]

She made a kamehameha ball of energy at :38

[@WhitentonMike]

I have no problem with personal enrichment through the arts. I think the light show portion could have been done much better. The lights were prerecorded and the dancers were not always in sync with the light show. Would have been more interesting if the light show was actually interacting live with the dancers through some sort of motion capture system. It wasn't really exceptional enough to be moved emotionally by it. It was like they through it together a week before the performance.

[@sotokadipiro]

this is from water village avatar performance xD I bet the teacher was katara hahaha