Pilobolus is an innovative and creative Modern dance company that uses their bodies to create shapes to communicate ideas. The company named themselves after the fungi, pilobolus.
Pilobolus - a fungus which grows prolifically on cow feces and facilitates the spread of lungworm larvae by projecting them up to 10 feet when the fungal sporangia explode, as they do when they ripen.
Disgusting, yes, but the projecting and exploding part makes a lot of sense when you watch them perform.
New York is a piece which gives recognition and appreciation to the great city of New York.
In beginning dance we are going to borrow the techniques of Pilobolus by incorporating the use of shapes (linear and curved), counter balance, weightshare and contact balance into a choreographic work about teen bullying. Bullying is a common problem for kids around the world. We will gather information about bullying in different parts of the world, share and compare it and incorporate the knowledge we find into our own Pilobolus - esque work.
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