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style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Childish Gambino\u2019s audacious <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is America <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">routine choreographed by Sherrie Silver, to Sia\u2019s controversial collaborations with child star Maddie Ziegler, not to mention pretty much every performance and music video starring the Knowles sisters, it seems that modern and contemporary dance is having a moment. But why? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what\u2019s the difference between the conventional dance routines of pop tradition and those with a contemporary dance choreographer at the helm anyway? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with nearly everything in the 21st century, the rise of Instagram, personal branding and social media has got a lot to do with it. Pop stars have always understood the need to stand out in order to catch fans\u2019 attention, and if contemporary dance is one thing, it\u2019s certainly attention-grabbing. As an art form, modern and contemporary dance is defined by its conceptual nature: the movements derive from rigorous research into an idea, whether that\u2019s narrative, thematic, scientific or physiological, rather than just visual appeal. It\u2019s characterised by an \u201canything goes\u201d approach, making it the perfect art form for musicians constantly on the lookout for the next big thing to latch onto and explore. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than this, by inviting dancers and choreographers from a modern and contemporary background to collaborate with them, musicians transform their videos and performances into powerful and engaging art works in their own right. With that in mind, here are our top ten collaborations between pop and rock stars with contemporary dance choreographers that will shake up your understanding of art, dance, creativity and everything in between.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Carters, <em>Apes**t \u2014\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui<\/span><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"instagram","code":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bmvi_2-lGhg\/","settings":{"width":"10"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since fronting Destiny\u2019s Child, Beyonc\u00e9 has become synonymous with a complicated set of seductive routines involving gyrating hips, body rolls, leg thrusts and of course, booty-shaking. In her recent video for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apes**t<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Beyonc\u00e9 along with husband, Jay-Z pulled out all the stops by performing against the prized art collection of Paris\u2019 Louvre. But what about the group of dancers in flesh coloured body stockings, contracting and contorting on the museum\u2019s grand staircase? These performers were choreographed by prestigious Flemish-Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, who\u2019s award-winning company, Eastman, performs internationally to critical acclaim. Although Cherkaoui now performs on the world\u2019s finest stages and has collaborated with everyone from Shaolin monks to British sculptor Antony Gormley, he became hooked on dance by watching the music videos of Janet Jackson and Prince. So, by working on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apes**t, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cherkaoui was really just returning to his roots.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Beyonc\u00e9, <em>Countdown \u2014 Anne<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Teresa De Keersmaeker<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3F6KG2-lWpM?start=10\" width=\"1500\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wouldn\u2019t be a list about contemporary dance collabs without mentioning Mrs. Carter not once, but twice. It\u2019s well known that Beyonc\u00e9 wears her dance influences on her sleeve \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single Ladie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, for example<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is indisputably a reference to the work of musical theatre legend Bob Fosse. Some of her routines, however, have been a little less forthcoming in citing their references. In the music video for her 2011 track, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Countdown, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowles performs a routine bearing numerous similarities (including cinematic style, costume and setting as well as the movement itself) to the work of Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, particularly her 1983 performance <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosas Danst Rosas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s co-director Adria Petty admitted to MTV news, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I brought Beyonc\u00e9 a number or references and we picked some out together. Most were German modern dance references\u201d \u2014 which suggests that the imitation was entirely coincidental. Although De Keersmaeker initially <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2011\/oct\/10\/beyonce-dance-moves-new-video\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expressed her anger<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about the copycatting<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the choreographer went on to launch the Re:Rosas project which, through a series of YouTube tutorials, taught the movements to her seminal work, and encouraged performers to video themselves doing their own versions and to post them online.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Solange Knowles,<em> An Ode To<\/em> \u2014 Trisha Brown<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"instagram","code":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BUSByzsBuRy\/","settings":{"width":"10"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March 2017, Solange professed her love for American choreographer Trisha Brown, penning a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solangeknowles\/status\/843970646946320384\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">heartfelt tweet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lamenting her death \u2014 \u201cRest in movement\u201d. Brown was a staple of the postmodernist dance movement that emerged in \u201860s New York, incorporating everyday gestures into her choreography, and putting on performances in unexpected places such as her <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Man Walking Down the Side of a Building<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1970), which does exactly what it says on the tin. Fast forward to May 2018 to Solange\u2019s secretive performance <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Ode To <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the influence of Brown was keenly felt in the energy and pared back movements of Solange\u2019s dancers. By asking attendees to wear all white and to check in their phones, as well as following in Brown\u2019s footsteps by presenting a performance outside of its usual realm, Solange\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Ode To<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was more akin to a ceremonial tribute to black womanhood than your typical concert. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Macabees, <em>Toothpaste Kisses \u2014\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lea Anderson<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8SJmWSWQgdM?start=10\" width=\"1500\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although we may hate to admit it, many of us probably first heard The Macabees\u2019 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toothpaste Kisses <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the soundtrack to 2008 teen flick <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But did you know that the music video for the blissfully romantic tune was in fact directed by Lea Anderson, a legend of the British contemporary dance scene? Before she was directing for The Macabees, Lea Anderson fronted rock bands, dropped out of art school and formed separate female and male dance companies, The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs respectively. Inspired by magazines and cinema, she\u2019s well known for her pop-influenced performances and her characteristically intricate and idiosyncratic gestures. Renowned also for her collaboration with costume designer Sandy Powell, as well as presenting her work in cramped pubs and clubs rather than traditional theatres, it feels apt that a dingy English pub is the setting for the Macabees\u2019 music video. In keeping with Anderson\u2019s style of quirky minimalism, the video features hardly any dance choreography at all, instead presenting an extended snog-a-thon where the performers change kissing partners in quick succession. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Paloma Faith, <em>Loyal<\/em> \u2014\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jasmin Vardimon<\/span><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"instagram","code":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BpSJFl5nl-G\/","settings":{"width":"10"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re a fan of the British songstress, you\u2019re bound to have seen the music video for her new track <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loyal, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was choreographed by Isreali-born, UK-based choreographer, Jasmin Vardimon. After growing up a member of the Kibbutz Dance Company in Central Israel, Vardimon moved to London to make a name for herself as a choreographer of intensely dramatic and physically demanding performance. For example, her current piece is a feminist, environmentalist retelling of the Greek myth <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medusa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is set to tour the UK in 2019. Her signature theatricality and penchant for exploring female power and sexuality is evident in the choreography for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loyal, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Faith \u2014 rather than relying on hired back up dancers \u2014\u00a0boldly performs Vardimon\u2019s signature tumbles and crashes herself. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Florence and the Machine, <em>Big God \u2014\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akram Khan<\/span><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"instagram","code":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BpZWhrxFrpo\/","settings":{"width":"10"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than just hiring a choreographer to do all the work for her, Florence Welch went one step further for her darkly atmospheric 2018 hit <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big God<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and co-choreographed the award winning music video (Best Choreography and Best UK Rock Video at the UK Music Video Awards) alongside Akram Khan. Khan is a staple of the British dance scene, well known for combining the classical Indian dance style Kathak with contemporary dance, and for choreographing works for large scale events, such as the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. Together, they have created a ceremonial music video, in which female dancers in coloured veils perform ritualistic gestures, all the while situated in a reflective pool of water. The opening triangular formation is reminiscent of one of Khan\u2019s seminal works <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vertical Road <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2010), as is the dancers\u2019 tendencies to flick the water around them (though in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vertical Road <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the performers throw chalk).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Radiohead, <em>Lotus Flower<\/em> \u2014\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wayne McGregor<\/span><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"instagram","code":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BPofUdCjVZa\/","settings":{"width":"10"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;d be forgiven for thinking on seeing Radiohead\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus Flower <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video for the first time that Thom Yorke was merely having a groovy improvisation to his band\u2019s track, as it turns out the 5-minute video was in fact meticulously choreographed by Wayne McGregor \u2014 the former resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet and director of the world-renowned company, Company Wayne McGregor (formerly Random Dance). McGregor is no stranger to collaboration, but his artistic partners are more often from science and academia than the world of rock and pop (in 2017, he was even awarded an Honorary Fellowship to the British Science Association, though you might know him better as the choreographer of \u00a02016\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In the<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lotus Flower<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> vid, Yorke judders, shakes and writhes to the recurring rhythmical beat, with some of his movements reminiscent of hip hop or street dance movements. This being said, McGregor regards Yorke to be an \u201cincredible dancer\u201d. And who are we to dispute that?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Chemical Brothers, <em>Wide Open \u2014\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wayne McGregor<\/span><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BC2dRkm8ATU?start=10\" width=\"1500\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Lotus Flower<\/em> isn\u2019t the last time that Wayne McGregor has lent his expertise to music videos. In 2016, he choreographed the video for The Chemical Brothers\u2019 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wide Open<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, featuring Beck. The video is more in keeping with McGregor\u2019s stylistic preferences than his work with Radiohead: the solo barelegged performance by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ex-Machina<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> actress Sonoya Mizuno exhibits a fluidity and precision of movement that\u2019s typical of his work. In the video, as Mizuno meanders and ripples her way around the setting of an abandoned warehouse, her body gradually metamorphoses into a 3D plastic lattice version of itself \u2014 a technical feat achieved by directing team Dom&amp;Nic \u2014 suggesting a cyborgian future and AI bots. Bearing McGregor\u2019s scientific interests in mind, it\u2019s easy to see why this project might have peaked his interest. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Kate Bush \u2014 Linsday Kemp<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"instagram","code":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bm5ns-Kl0bj\/","settings":{"width":"10"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think of music videos and memorable dance moves, and chances are Kate Bush\u2019 wild \u00a0and energetic hand movements in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will come to mind. Bush is renowned for her spirited engagement with modern dance, experimenting with the genre in a number of her videos. \u00a0Her dancing prowess was refined under the direction of mentor, Lindsay Kemp, a dancer, choreographer and mime artist, who also tutored the likes of David Bowie (with whom legend has it he had a brief affair). A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2018\/aug\/26\/lindsay-kemp-obituary\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recent obituar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y (Kemp died in August), acknowledges that he was an artist who defied categorisation. He trained at Ballet Rambert in London, studied under famed mime artist Marcel Marceau in Paris, and danced with Viennese expressionist Hilde Holger before going on to form his own company in 1962 and create a phenomenal body of work. With such credentials, it is understandable why Bush continued to turn to him for choreographic guidance throughout her career, and why she wrote her 1978 track <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in his honour.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Fall, <em>The Lay of the Land<\/em> \u2014 Michael Clark<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1cVegCDlbkA?start=10\" width=\"1500\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going further back to \u201870s \u00a0Manchester, post-punk band The Fall had a close \u2014 and surprising \u2014 working relationship with the bad boy of British ballet, Michael Clark. Originally training at London\u2019s Royal Ballet School, Clark later went on to train with pioneering contemporary practitioner Merce Cunningham in New York, whose style is evident in Clark\u2019s choreography. Unlike Cunningham, however, whose work was often accompanied by the post-modern sounds of his musical (and romantic) partner John Cage, Clark\u2019s choreographies were (and still are) often set to rebellious rock and punk tracks by the likes of Patti Smith and Bowie. Clark\u2019s company has been regarded as being more like a rock band than a dance group, especially if you consider their outrageous bare buttock costumes, and their early associations with heroin abuse \u2014 Clark is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2009\/aug\/27\/guide-dance-michael-clark\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quoted as saying<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that he started taking it to \u201cexplore physical addiction\u201d. \u00a0In this regard, it\u2019s not so surprising that Clark would collaborate with the post-punk band, ranging from TV performances on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Old Grey Whistle Test <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to formal collaborations at Sadler\u2019s Wells in 1988. By introducing the punk band to the theatre stage, the Clark x The Fall collab ushered in a new era in modern dance, foreshadowing the outlandish work that Sadler\u2019s Wells would present in coming years.<\/span><\/p>\n"}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 times contemporary dance turned pop music into art 10 times contemporary dance turned pop music into art<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/contemporary-dance-collaborations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 times contemporary dance turned pop music into art 10 times contemporary dance turned pop music into art\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/contemporary-dance-collaborations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-07T17:36:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-08T11:24:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sleek\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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