The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic
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0:01 - 0:03Isadora Duncan --
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0:03 - 0:05(Music) --
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0:05 - 0:10crazy, long-legged woman
from San Francisco, -
0:10 - 0:14got tired of this country,
and she wanted to get out. -
0:16 - 0:21Isadora was famous
somewhere around 1908 -
0:21 - 0:25for putting up a blue curtain,
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0:25 - 0:28and she would stand
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0:28 - 0:31with her hands over her solar plexus
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0:32 - 0:34and she would wait,
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0:35 - 0:37and she would wait,
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0:37 - 0:41and then, she would move.
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0:41 - 0:46(Music)
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1:10 - 1:16Josh and I and Somi call this piece
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1:16 - 1:20"The Red Circle and the Blue Curtain."
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1:25 - 1:28Red circle.
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1:28 - 1:31Blue curtain.
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1:31 - 1:34But,
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1:39 - 1:43this is not the beginning
of the 20th century. -
1:43 - 1:48This is a morning in Vancouver
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1:48 - 1:51in 2015.
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1:52 - 1:58(Music)
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2:22 - 2:30(Singing)
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3:14 - 3:16Come on, Josh!
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3:16 - 3:22(Music)
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3:35 - 3:43(Singing)
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3:55 - 3:56Go!
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4:13 - 4:15Are we there yet?
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4:15 - 4:17I don't think so.
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4:17 - 4:19Hey, yeah!
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4:19 - 4:24(Music)
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4:38 - 4:40What time is it?
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4:40 - 4:41(Music)
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4:41 - 4:44Where are we?
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4:47 - 4:49Josh.
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4:52 - 4:54Somi.
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4:54 - 4:57Bill T.
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4:57 - 4:59Josh.
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5:01 - 5:04Somi.
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5:06 - 5:10Bill T.
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5:51 - 5:56(Applause)
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6:08 - 6:12Yeah, yeah!
- Title:
- The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic
- Speaker:
- Bill T. Jones
- Description:
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Legendary dance choreographer Bill T. Jones and TED Fellows Joshua Roman and Somi didn't know exactly what was going to happen when they took the stage at TED2015. They just knew they wanted to offer the audience an opportunity to witness creative collaboration in action. The result: An improvised piece they call "The Red Circle and the Blue Curtain," so extraordinary it had to be shared ...
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
closed TED
- Project:
- TEDTalks
- Duration:
- 06:26
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